The GOP Convention has come and gone and November will be here before we know it. All this political talk made me wonder: Who is the most traveled U.S. President? Who is the least traveled? What political party travels the most?
Thanks to the
U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian, we have put together maps showing the World Travels of U.S. Presidents. Over the next week or two follow along and you'll see who wins the prize as the most traveled U.S. President. All of the maps will be put on our
Pinterest Page for easy access and viewing.
We'll start in order with Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. Hang in there, after these first 6 Presidents it gets pretty interesting.
President Theodore Roosevelt was the first President or President-Elect to visit any country abroad. He traveled to Panama to inspect the construction of the Panama Canal in 1906.
President William Taft also traveled to Panama to inspect the Panama Canal in 1909 and he visited Mexico the same year.
President Woodrow Wilson visited Bermuda in 1912, France 5 times in 1918 & 1919, London in 1918, Italy in 1919, Vatican City in 1919, and Belgium in 1919.
President Warren Harding visited Panama as President-Elect in 1920, Jamaica as President-Elect in 1920, and Canada in 1923.
President Calvin Coolidge just made it to one country, Cuba in 1928.
President Herbert Hoover visited 10 Central & South American countries in November-December 1928 as the President-Elect; Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil
Stay tuned for over the next couple of weeks as we map out the travels of the remaining U.S. Presidents.
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