It was way back in the day!
And it was for speeding…..
With a horse….
Future President Ulysses S. Grant is pictured standing with a horse in this 19th century photo. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
Are presidents above the law? History says no.
Questions have been raised if it would still be possible to arrest a U.S. president — President Trump, for example — if they were found guilty of breaking the law.
Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th U.S. president, was arrested for speeding his horse carriage through Washington D.C. in 1872.
Details of the story vary, but the president was stopped three separate times for speeding — and was arrested once during his presidency….