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08-13-2015, 01:41 PM
Thursday is International Left Handers Day (http://www.lefthandersday.com/), where we celebrate those among us whose dominant hand is their left.
Although only one out of 10 Americans identifies as a lefty, (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2012/10/29/left-handed-facts-lefties_n_2005864.html) roughly two out of 10 presidents are left-handed -- a number that includes former President James Garfield, who is thought to have been ambidextrous (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/the-us-presidency-in-numbers-1482929.html).
In addition, two of the nine current Supreme Court justices are left-handed.
Happy #lefthandersday (https://twitter.com/hashtag/lefthandersday?src=hash) to all the lefty Marco supporters out there.
— Team Marco (@TeamMarco) August 13, 2015 (https://twitter.com/TeamMarco/status/631809355353063425)
Created in 1996, International Left Handers Day brings awareness to the difficulties of being a lefty in a mostly all-right world, according to the International Business Times (http://www.ibtimes.com/happy-left-handers-day-facts-trivia-about-being-lefty-1384205).
While studies suggest that left-handed people make 10 to 12 percent less (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2014/12/08/lefties-earn-less-than-righties_n_6288478.html) annually than righties, lefties have certainly made their mark on American politics.
Here are some of the left-handed political figures who have changed America:
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Although only one out of 10 Americans identifies as a lefty, (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2012/10/29/left-handed-facts-lefties_n_2005864.html) roughly two out of 10 presidents are left-handed -- a number that includes former President James Garfield, who is thought to have been ambidextrous (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/the-us-presidency-in-numbers-1482929.html).
In addition, two of the nine current Supreme Court justices are left-handed.
Happy #lefthandersday (https://twitter.com/hashtag/lefthandersday?src=hash) to all the lefty Marco supporters out there.
— Team Marco (@TeamMarco) August 13, 2015 (https://twitter.com/TeamMarco/status/631809355353063425)
Created in 1996, International Left Handers Day brings awareness to the difficulties of being a lefty in a mostly all-right world, according to the International Business Times (http://www.ibtimes.com/happy-left-handers-day-facts-trivia-about-being-lefty-1384205).
While studies suggest that left-handed people make 10 to 12 percent less (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2014/12/08/lefties-earn-less-than-righties_n_6288478.html) annually than righties, lefties have certainly made their mark on American politics.
Here are some of the left-handed political figures who have changed America:
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