FDR , who had contracted his own paralytic illness in 1921 , started visiting Warm Springs in 1924 in the hope that exercising in the springs ' warm waters would cure him . U.S. presidents leave the White House to relax on vacations . Presidents Lyndon Johnson , Ronald Reagan , George W. Bush visited their ranches . Comment: Pres . Lincoln spent four months at the slightly cooler Soldiers ' Home .
U.S. presidents leave the White House to relax on vacations . Presidents Lyndon Johnson , Ronald Reagan , George W. Bush visited their ranches . Comment: Pres . Lincoln spent four months at the slightly cooler Soldiers ' Home .