Presidential right or left handedness.  List our presidents by their
left or right handedness.  I have noticed many leaders tend to sign
documents with the left hand - more than is representative in the
nation (world?) Can you list US Presidents by their right or left or
ambidextrous "handedness?"  What about other world leaders?

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 16 Jun 2004 17:39 PDT

Hi!

I was able to find a list of left-handed US presidents and famous
people in history (not necessarily world leaders).

Is this enough as an answer?

Thanks!

Hello Jed8

There have been 7 left handed presidents.

James A. Garfield
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton

Of these presidents James Garfield was ambidextrous.  Obviously, all
the other US presidents were right handed!

Here is a list of other famous politicians or people in political life
who were left handed:
Senator Bill Bradley
McGeorge Bundy
Benjamin Franklin
Steve Forbes
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Senator Daniel Inouye
Anthony Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Col. Oliver North
H. Ross Perot
William Perry
Senator Hugh Scott
Robert Wagner, New York mayor
Henry Wallace, Vice President
Senator Bob Dole
Brigadier Gen. Lee Hsien Loon, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore 
Julius Caeser
Napoleon
Tiberius 
Alexander the Great 
Charlemagne 
Julius Caesar 
Napoleon Bonaparte 
King Louis XVI 
Queen Victoria of England 
George II of Great Britain 
King George VI of England 
Prince Charles of England 
Prince William of Wales 
Fidel Castro 
Benjamin Netanyahu former Israeli Prime Minister 
Tojo Hideki Japanese war-time prime minster 
Winston Churchill, Ex Prime Minister of England
Jean Charest, Canadian Politician 
Bertie Ahern Irish Prime Minister
Brig. Gen. Lee Hsein Loon  Deputy PM of Singapore  
Jean-Marc Froidevaux Swiss Politician  
Jörn Donner Finnish MEP  
Lee Hsien Loong Singapore Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore  
Mahatma Gandhi
Otto von Bismarck 
Politics - UK 
Aneurin (Nye) Bevan UK Politician
Austin Mitchell MP UK Politician 
Gerald Kaufmann UK Politician
James Callaghan UK Prime Minister
Leon Brittan UK Politician
Robert Hayward UK Politician
Roy Jenkins UK Politician
Terry Waite Church Envoy  
 
Useful links:
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000216.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_left-handed_people
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/List%20of%20famous%20left-handed%20people
http://www.anything-left-handed.com/ALHSite/pages/information/information.asp?ctgry=Lefty_Info_Famous_Lefties&cookie%5Ftest=1

If you have any further questions regarding this subject please ask
for clarification and I will do my best to help.