About 12% of the people in the United States are lefties, yet 46% of American presidents are lefties. Why is this?
Due to left-handedness having a negative character trait prior to the 20th century, there isn’t much on record before 1929 as to how many presidents were lefties. However, since then 6 out of 14 presidents have been southpaws.
President Term Party Handedness
Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 Republican Disputed
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945 Democrat Right
Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 Democrat Left
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961 Republican Right
John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 Democrat Right
Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969 Democrat Right
Richard Nixon 1969-1974 Republican Right
Gerald Ford 1974-1977 Republican Left
Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 Democrat Right
Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 Republican Left
George H.W. Bush 1989-1993 Republican Left
Bill Clinton 1993-2001 Democrat Left
George W. Bush 2001-2009 Republican Right
Barack Obama 2009-present Democrat Left
