8 presidents you had no idea were left-handed

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Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are both left-handed.

• Only eight United States presidents have been left-handed.
• Harry S. Truman wrote left-handed as a child, but was forced by his parents to write right-handed.
• Bill Clinton was the third consecutive president to be left-handed.

For much of history, left-handedness was looked down upon, and often lefties were forced into becoming righties.

Thus, only a handful of presidents have been left-handed, though the number of lefties has increased dramatically over the last 50 years, as left-handedness has become widely accepted.

Keep reading to see which US presidents were lefties.