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Who was the first president to appear on a postage stamp?
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According to the Smithsonian Institute, Franklin Delano Roosevelt suggested a national competition to design the first of a series of presidential postage stamps in 1937. Elaine Rawlinson of New York City would eventually win with a design based on a bust of George Washington made by Jean Antoine Houdin.
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Who was the first president to appear on a postage stamp?
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Washington
- Martin Van Buren
- Andrew Jackson
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