Have you ever wondered what the Presidents of the United States have done for fun when not attending to their Presidential duties? Some have been heavily invested in outdoor activities such hunting, fishing, horseback riding, to even skinny dipping. Others enjoyed hobbies like reading fiction, writing poetry, and stamp collecting.
0:00 George Washington 0:48 John Adams 1:18 Thomas Jefferson 1:33 James Madison 1:55 James Monroe 2:03 John Quincy Adams 2:56 Andrew Jackson 3:24 Martin Van Buren 3:35 William Henry Harrison 4:00 John Tyler 4:19 James K. Polk 4:55 Zachary Taylor 5:19 Millard Fillmore 5:40 Franklin Pierce 5:57 James Buchanan 6:28 Abraham Lincoln 7:04 Andrew Johnson 7:25 Ulysses S. Grant 7:47 Rutherford B. Hayes 8:20 James A. Garfield 8:50 Chester A. Arthur 9:11 Grover Cleveland 9:31 Benjamin Harrison 10:07 William McKinley 10:26 Theodore Roosevelt 10:58 William Howard Taft 11:56 Woodrow Wilson 12:35 Warren G. Harding 13:11 Calvin Coolidge 13:37 Herbert Hoover 14:31 Franklin D. Roosevelt 15:00 Harry S. Truman 15:57 Dwight D. Eisenhower 16:30 John F. Kennedy 17:02 Lyndon B. Johnson 18:02 Richard Nixon 18:23 Gerald Ford 18:55 Jimmy Carter 19:49 Ronald Reagan 20:38 George Bush 21:20 Bill Clinton 21:54 George W. Bush 22:55 Barack Obama 23:35 Donald Trump 24:29 Joe Biden
George Washington loved farmingso much that when people would visit him to hear stories of the war, Washington would instead talk to them about his Garden and his plans to improve it. James A. Garfield enjoyed chess so much that he decided to give it up for the good of his career as he was becoming too absorbed with the game.
Presidents like George W. Bush became very engaged in creative hobbies later in life after leaving office. In the case of Bush, he enjoys painting. Certain presidents have faced criticism over their hobbies. In recent years, both Barack Obama and Donald Trump were criticized were spending too much time golfing.
