He may not know how to tie his shoes yet, but he already has an epic command of the nation’s commanders-in-chief.
Five-year-old Arden Hayes can recite the full name of every U.S. president and will even tell you a bevy of interesting facts about each one, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The bright California kindergartener loves everything his fellow tots do -- Legos, running around the room and planets. It’s just that he just also happens to be a savant on presidential history.
“I think Arden’s passion for the presidents was sparked by, when one day, we were learning about who was born on his birthday. And Arden shares a birthday with FDR, and so he got really excited about learning more about the presidents,” his mother, Lynn Hayes told the Los Angeles Times.
“One morning several months ago, we were sitting at the breakfast table, and we must have been reading a book about (Abraham) Lincoln, or at the very least, talking about Lincoln,” she told the Times. ”And Arden breaks into the Gettysburg Address in full, from start to finish, and we were like what in the what what?”
Arden can tell you on command who the 29th President was (Warren G. Harding), who the first president to use a telephone was (Rutherford B. Hayes) and that George H.W. Bush hated eating broccoli.
His parents recognized Arden’s gift immediately and have tried to foster their son’s presidential passion by feeding him head-of-state-themed books, puzzles and music.
The brainy kid might even have a future in politics himself. He’s already fashioned himself as a candidate who could appeal to members of both major parties.
"I'm a Republican and a Democrat," he told the Times. “Because my first president, George W. Bush, was a Republican and my next president was a Democrat."