According to some research, lefties may be more creative, be better at " divergent thinking " — generating new ideas based on existing information — and face challenges better. His great-grandfather, King George IV, was also left handed. He was one of many left-handed presidents. Bush was photographed in the Rose Garden signing the Central American Bipartisan accord in with his left hand.
Bolivar was a military and political leader from Venezuela who liberated Latin America from Spain. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. And there's every reason to believe that this trend will continue because it's no longer standard practice to steer children away from natural left-handedness.
A quick count of political parties in the list above shows the Republicans slightly ahead of the Democrats, with five of the eight lefties being Republican. If the numbers were reversed, perhaps someone would argue that left-handed people are more in line with left politics.
After all, many people believe that left-handedness seems to correspond to creative, or at least "out of the box" thinking, pointing to famous lefty artists such as Pablo Picasso, Jimi Hendrix, and Leonardo Di Vinci. While this theory obviously wouldn't be supported by the history of left-handed presidents, the unusually high percentage of lefties in the White House may point to other characteristics that may give lefties an edge in leadership roles or at least at winning elections :.
So, if you're a lefty who gets annoyed with all the right-handed bias in the world, perhaps you can help change things as our next president. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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Unfortunately, in addition to being one of the minority of left-handed presidents, Garfield was also one of the four presidents who was assassinated. He served just four months in before he was shot, and died two months later from his wounds. The next president that was thought to be left-handed was Herbert Hoover , who served from Most known for his efforts to relieve the country of the problems of the Great Depression , Hoover, in fact, failed in his attempts to aid the United States and wound up losing the election as a result.
Serving from to , Ford was the first person to serve as both vice president and president, but to not be elected into either of those positions. He became vice president under the terms of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and then become president when Richard Nixon resigned.
Although considered a leftie, Ford did say, "For as long as I can remember, I have been left-handed when I've been sitting down and right-handed standing up. The elder Bush is perhaps best remembered for his foreign policy during his time in office from He oversaw military activity in both Panama and the Persian Gulf, and he saw both the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall.
Defeating Bush in the election, some may think that Clinton will only be remembered for the infamous sex scandal or his impeachment that was eventually acquitted. They had little choice, too: back in the day, all everyday items were designed for righties. Of his handedness, Gerald Ford once said , "For as long as I can remember, I have been left-handed when I've been sitting down and right-handed standing up.
In , all three presidential candidates — George H. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot — were left-handed. Studies show left-handers often have above-average verbal skills , which might explain Bill Clinton's charisma. When he signed his first executive order , Obama joked, "That's right, I'm a lefty, get used to it. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
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