The news that Kansas Republican Representative Kevin Yoder went skinny-dipping in the Sea of Galilee made a big splash this weekend. But Yoder is hardly the first politician to strip down for a leisurely swim. A small sampling of previous naked-swimming statesmen:

—John Quincy Adams. The sixth president was, arguably, the founding father of skinny-dipping. As a morning ritual of sorts, he’d wake at first light and walk down to the Potomac for a denuded dip. Evidently this was no secret to Washington insiders: According to DC lore, Anne Royall, one of the first female journalists, met Adams at the shore during one of his swims, sat on his clothes, and demanded that he answer her questions.

—Theodore Roosevelt. The great naturalist liked to disrobe and commune with nature on occasion. But Teddy didn’t limit his skinny-dipping to private recreation; one might say it was all part of his, er, “big stick diplomacy.” In 1903, Roosevelt and Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot took the French Ambassador for a jaunt in the woods. When they got to the Potomac, Pinchot and the President took off their clothes and dove in. The more demure ambassador eventually joined them, but kept his kidskin gloves on as a precaution: “We might meet ladies,” he explained.

—Franklin Delano Roosevelt. T.R.’s younger cousin also apparently thought skinny-dipping could break down political barriers. Among some of the papers in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidential Library is a “stag party” invitation—issued in 1937 by FDR himself in an effort to win over the good will of Congressional Democrats. Activities at the stag party included fishing, clay pigeon shooting, and, most notably, swimming naked.

—John F. Kennedy. In his account of the more sordid side of the Kennedy political dynasty, Seymour Hersh reports that JFK frequently took nude dips in the White House pool to unwind. He wasn’t always alone. Sometimes his advisers and his brothers Robert and Teddy would jump in with him. And, according to Hersh, on at least one occasion the President invited two young female assistants—nicknamed Fiddle and Faddle—to join him in the water. The pool party was broken up when Jackie O came home early.