How to Make Presidential Squirrel Soup

PRESIDENTIAL PALATES

James A. Garfield is the only president who was elected while a member of the House. He also had a recipe should we need to go back to eating squirrels.

Published Feb. 28 2016 7:17AM EST

articles/2016/02/28/how-to-make-presidential-squirrel-soup/160227-dobeneck-garfields-tease_p7u3ya — Ailsa von Dobeneck

President 20: James A Garfield March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881

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How to Make Presidential Squirrel Soup

James A. Garfield is the only president who was elected while a member of the House. He also had a recipe should we need to go back to eating squirrels.

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