Who has the most sense of humor among all American presidents?

Undoubtedly Lincoln

Interesting Facts about President Lincoln

(1) Lincoln often joked. As early as when he was studying, there was an exam. The teacher asked him: "Would you like to answer one difficult question, or two easy questions?" Lin Lincoln's portrait answered confidently: "Answer one difficult question." "Then you answer "Where do eggs come from?" "Chickens." The teacher asked again, "Where do chickens come from?" "Teacher, this is already the second question," Lincoln said with a smile. (2) After becoming president, he was insulted because he was the son of a shoemaker. One of his men wrote "Idiot" on the note and passed it to Lincoln. After reading this, Lincoln, instead of being angry, said humorously: "We only write the text here, not the name. But this person only wrote the name, not the text." (3) Once, Lincoln walked to the city. When a car came from behind him, he raised his hand to stop the car and said to the driver: "Can you take this coat to the city for me?" "Of course," the driver said, "But what should I do? Give you the coat?" Lincoln replied, "Oh, it's easy. I'm going to wrap it up in the coat." The driver was impressed by his humor and let him get in the car with a smile. (4) Lincoln worked as a lawyer. Once in court, the opposing lawyer presented a simple argument over and over for more than two hours, making the audience impatient. Finally it was Lincoln's turn to go on stage to defend the defendant. He walked up to the podium, first took off his coat and placed it on the table, then picked up the glass and drank two sips of water, then put his coat back on, and then took off his coat and placed it on the table. , drank water, and dressed again, repeated five or six times, and the audience in the court fell forward and backward with laughter. Lincoln said nothing, and only after the laughter subsided did he begin his defense speech. (5) Lincoln's face is long and unsightly. Once, when he was debating with Stephen Douglas, Douglas ridiculed him for being two-faced. Lincoln replied: "If I had another face, would I still wear this ugly face?" (6) Once, Lincoln was wiping His own shoes, a foreign diplomat came up to him and said: "Mr. President, you polish your own shoes?" "Yes," Lincoln asked in surprise, "Do you polish other people's shoes?" (7) Once, When a congressman criticized President Lincoln's attitude toward his enemies, he asked: "Why do you try to be friends with them? You should try to destroy them." "Am I not destroying my political enemies? When I make them my friends "Political enemies no longer exist," Lincoln said gently. (8) Another time, a woman came to Lincoln and said confidently: "Mr. President, you must give my son the position of colonel. We should have such rights because my grandfather once participated in the Leixin Revolution." At the Battle of Dunton, my uncle was the only one who did not escape at Bradensburg, and my father participated in the Battle of Naolins, and my husband was killed at Mantle, so..." Lincoln replied Said: "Madam, your family has served the country for three generations. You have made a lot of contributions to the country. I deeply respect it. Now can you give others a chance to serve the country?" The woman had nothing to say, so she could only whisper. Gone. (9) One day, Lincoln and his eldest son Robert took a carriage to the street. The street was blocked by passing troops. Lincoln opened the door and stepped out with one foot and asked a passerby: "Excuse me, what is this?" What Lincoln meant was this. Which army? The passerby thought he didn't know the army, so he replied: "Union army, you are such a big fucking fool." Lincoln said "Thank you", closed the car door, and then said seriously to his son: " It is a kind of happiness for someone to tell the truth in front of you." Then he said: "I am indeed a big fool!" (10) When he was a lawyer in Lincoln, he once learned that his friend's son Armstrong was murdered. He was charged with murder for money and has been preliminarily found guilty. As the defendant's lawyer, he went to the court to review all the case files. The key to knowing the whole case lies in one of the plaintiff's witnesses, Folson, because he swore that he clearly witnessed Armstrong Jr. shooting the deceased with a gun under the moonlight on October 18. In response, Lincoln requested a review.

In this wonderful review, there is the following conversation. Lincoln asked the witness: "You swear you saw little Armstrong clearly?" FOLSON: Yes. Lincoln: You are behind the haystack, and little Armstrong is under the big tree. They are twenty or thirty meters apart. Can you tell them clearly? FOLSON: It was clear because the moon was so bright. Lincoln: Surely you didn't recognize him by his clothes? FOLSON: No, I must have seen his face because the moonlight illuminated it. Lincoln: Are you sure the time is 11 o'clock? Folson: Absolutely because I went back in and looked at the clock and it was 11:15. When Lincoln asked this, he turned around and made an astonishing speech: "I have to tell everyone that this witness is a complete liar. He insisted that he saw the defendant clearly in the moonlight at 11 o'clock in the evening on October 18. Please think about it, October 18th is the first quarter moon, the moon has set at 11 o'clock in the evening, where is the moonlight? To say the least, maybe he didn't remember the time very accurately, but at that time, The moonlight shines from west to east, with the haystacks in the east and the big trees in the west. If the defendant's face faces the haystacks, there will be no moonlight on his face! "Everyone was silent for a while, followed by applause and cheers. come out. Folsom was dumbfounded. (11) One day, President Lincoln was feeling unwell and did not want to meet with the people who came to the White House to ask for a job. But a nasty guy was hanging around Lincoln, ready to sit down for a long chat. Lincoln was disgusted, but too polite to just turn him away. At this time, the president's doctor happened to walk into the room. Lincoln hurriedly stretched out his hands to him and asked: "Doctor, what are the spots on my hands?" "That's false smallpox, just a mild form of smallpox." The doctor said. "I have it all over my body," Lincoln said. "I think it's contagious, right?" "Yes, it's very contagious," the doctor said. After hearing these words, the visitor immediately stood up and shouted: "Well, I can't stay any longer now, Mr. Lincoln. I have nothing to do. I just came to visit you." "Yeah, there's no need to be in such a hurry. "Busy, sir," Lincoln said briskly. "Thank you, sir, I'll come see you next time." After that, he walked out the door without looking back. (12) One day, Secretary of Defense Stanton came to Lincoln and angrily told him that a major general had used insulting words to accuse him of favoring some people. Lincoln listened and suggested that he write a letter to rebut him tit for tat, saying, "You can sting him hard." Stanton immediately wrote a very strong letter and showed it to the president. "That's right, that's right," Lincoln fully agreed, shouting, "well done! Give him a severe scolding, that's the best way, Stanton." But when Stanton folded the letter and was about to put it in When he picked up the envelope, Lincoln stopped him and said, "What are you going to do with it?" "Send it." Stanton was confused by his question, and Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out. "Don't be ridiculous," Lincoln shouted. "You shouldn't send the letter. Throw it into the stove. Every time I get angry, I write a letter to vent my anger. When I'm done, I write it. It's thrown away. I always do this. But when you spend a lot of time writing it, you feel relieved. Now let’s write the second letter.” The general nodded in understanding, very grateful for the president’s guidance. (13) In 1843, Abraham Lincoln, as the candidate of the Democratic Party of Illinois, ran against the Democratic Party's Peter Cartwright for the state's representative seat in Congress. Cartwright was a famous clergyman. In order to defeat his opponents in the election, he took advantage of his favorable position to vigorously attack Lincoln for not recognizing Jesus, and even slandered Jesus as an "illegitimate son". This caused a storm in the city and Lincoln's prestige among voters plummeted. Lincoln was confident and determined to defeat his opponent. Once, Lincoln learned that Cartwright was going to give a sermon in a church again, so he walked into the church on time and sat devoutly in a conspicuous position, deliberately letting the pastor see him. Cartwright saw him at a glance, and he felt happy for a moment, thinking that a good opportunity had come. He wanted to make Lincoln embarrassed in public.

At the unanimous request of the audience, the court passed a verdict protecting the widows of martyrs from blackmail.