Chester A. Arthur
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Preferred Drink: Ale
In an article by Sam Greenspan for 11points.com, citing John R. Bumgarner's book "The Health of Presidents," Greenspan wrote, "Arthur would drink wine and after-dinner liqueurs pretty much nightly."
Per foodtimeline.org, however, "His favorite meal was a mutton chop with a glass of ale, or a slice of rare roast beef with hot baked potatoes and fruits."
And, as Will-Weber wrote, when a representative of the Temperance movement pressured Arthur to consider a no-alcohol policy at the White House, "he thundered: 'Madam, I may be the president of the United States, but what I do with my private life is my own damned business!"
Let's just say that Arthur enjoyed his alcoholic beverages, and that he would have received a ton of flak on Twitter had it existed in the 1880s.
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