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President Grant was fined $20 for a speeding violation while riding his horse in Long Branch—possibly America's first presidential traffic ticket.
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President Lincoln visited Cape May in 1849, staying at the Mansion House hotel with his family. He later called it "the finest seaside resort in America."
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Seven U.S. presidents—Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, McKinley, and Wilson—all vacationed in Long Branch, earning it the nickname "Summer Capital."
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In 1881, locals built a 5/8-mile railroad spur overnight to bring the dying President Garfield to the shore in hopes the sea air would help him recover.
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