GEORGE WASHINGTON
•BORN: FEBRUARY 22, 1732
•BIRTHPLACE: POPE’S CREEK, WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
VIRGINIA
•POLITICAL PARTY: NONE
•DIED: FEBRUARY 14TH 1799
•VICE PRESIDENT: JOHN ADAMS (F)
•TURNED DOWN OFFER , TO BE KING OF THE U.S.
•SERVED AS PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA.
•WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED
UNANIMOUSLY BY EVERYONE WHO VOTED.
•MARRIED MARTHA CUSTIS, A WEALTHY WIDOW, AND
HELPED RAISE HER TWO CHILDREN.
JOHN ADAMS
•BORN: October 30th, 1735
•BIRTHPLACE: BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS
•POLITICAL PARTY: FEDERALIST
•DIED: JULY 4TH, 1826
•VICE PRESIDENT: THOMAS JEFFERSON (DR)
•WAS THE FIRST EVER VICE PRESIDENT.
•WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
IN WASHINGTON D.C.
•HAD A SON WHO ALSO BECAME PRESIDENT (JOHN
QUINCY ADAMS.
•DIED JULY 4TH, 1826 50 YEARS AFTER SIGNING THE D.O.I.
•MARRIED ABIGAIL SMITH AND HAD SIX CHILDREN.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
•BORN: APRIL 13TH, 1743
• BIRTHPLACE: GOOCHLAND, VIRGINIA
•POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC – REPUBLICAN
•DIED: JULY 4TH, 1826
•VICE PRESIDENT: (1) AARON BURR (DR)
(2) GEORGE CLINTON (DR)
• FOUNDED THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
• DESIGNED HIS HOME, MONTICELLO.
• DIED JULY 4TH, 1826 50 YEARS AFTER SIGNING THE
D.O.I.
• WAS KNOWN AS “THE FATHER OF THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE.
• MARRIED MARTHA WAYLES SKELTON.
JAMES MADISON
•BORN: MARCH 16TH, 1751
•BIRTHPLACE: PORT CONWAY, VIRGINIA
•POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC – REPUBLICANS
•DIED: JUNE 28TH, 1836
•VICE PRESIDENT:
(1) GEORGE CLINTON (DR)
(2) ELBRIDGE GERRY (DR)
• BOTH OF HIS VICE PRESIDENTS DIED IN OFFICE.
• OFTEN CALLED THE FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION.
• WROTE A BOOK TITLED THE FEDERALIST.
• YOUNGEST DELEGATE IN CONGRESS (29)
• MARRIED A WIDOW NAMED DOLLEY PAYNE TODD.
JAMES MONROE
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BORN: APRIL 28, 1758
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BIRTHPLACE: WESTMORELAND, COUNTY VIRGINIA
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POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC - REPUBLICAN
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DIED: JULY 4TH, 1831
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VICE PRESIDENT: DANIEL TOMPKINS (DR)
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FIRST ELECTED TO THE VIRGINIA GOVERNMENT WHEN
HE WAS 24 YEARS OLD.
ENCOURAGED THE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THE
NATION
DIED JULY 4, 1831 5 YEARS AFTER JEFFERSON AND
ADAMS AND 55 YEARS AFTER THE D.O.I. WAS SIGNED.
MARRIED ELIZABETH KORTRIGHT AND HAD THREE
CHILDREN
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JOHN QUINCY
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ADAMS
BORN: JULY 11, 1767
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BIRTHPLACE: BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS
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POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS
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DIED: FEBRUARY 23, 1848
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VICE PRESIDENT: JOHN CALHOUN (DR)
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WAS THE FIRST CHILD OF A PRESIDENT WHO WAS
LATER ELECTED PRESIDENT.
WORKED AS AN INTERPRETER FOR A GOVERNMENT
DIPLOMAT AT AGE 14
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HAD A STROKE WHILE DEBATING AN ISSUE IN
CONGRESS AND DIED 2 DAYS LATER.
MARRIED LOUISA JOHNSON AND HAD THREE CHILDREN
ANDREW JACKSON
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BORN: MARCH 15, 1767
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BIRTHPLACE: WAXHAW, SOUTH CAROLINA
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POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
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DIED: JUNE 8, 1845
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VICE PRESIDENT: (1) JOHN CALHOUN (D)
(2) MARTIN VAN BUREN (D)
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WAS CALLED OLD HICKORY BECAUSE OF HIS
TOUGHNESS.
INVITED THE PUBLIC TO WHITE HOUSE PARTIES.
FOUGHT DUELS TO DEFEND HIS WIFE’S HONOR
KILLING AT LEAST ONE MAN.
MARRIED RACHEL ROBARDS BEFORE SHE HAD
DIVORCED HER FIRST HUSBAND; MARRIED HER
AGAIN AFTER HER DIVORCE.
MARTIN VAN BUREN
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BORN: DECEMBER 5, 1782
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BIRTHPLACE: KINDERHOOK, NEW YORK
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POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
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DIED: JULY 24, 1862
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VICE PRESIDENT: RICHARD JOHNSON (D)
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WAS CALLED “THE LITTLE MAGICIAN” BECAUSE OF HIS
SIZE AND POLITICAL CLEVERNESS.
BECAME A LAWYER AT AGE 20.
HIS FOLLOWERS WERE KNOWN AS “BUCKTAILS”
BECAUSE THEY WORE DEER TAILS ON THEIR HATS.
HE MARRIED HANNAH HOES IN 1807 AND HAD FOUR
SONS.
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WILLIAM H. HARRISON
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BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1773
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BIRTHPLACE: CHARLES CITY, VIRGINIA
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POLITICAL PARTY: WHIG
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DIED: APRIL 4, 1841
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VICE PRESIDENT: JOHN TYLER (W)
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WAS A SOLDIER BEFORE BECOMING PRESIDENT.
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WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO DIE IN OFFICE.
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WAS THE GRANDFATHER OF THE 23RD PRESIDENT.
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MARRIED ANNA SYMMES, AND HAD 10 CHILDREN.
JOHN TYLER
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BORN: MARCH 29, 1790
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BIRTHPLACE: CHARLES CITY, VIRGINIA
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POLITICAL PARTY: WHIG LATER (DR)
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DIED: JANUARY 18, 1862
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VICE PRESIDENT: VACANT
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WAS CALLED “THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT A PARTY.”
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HAD HIMSELF SWORN IN AFTER HARRISON DIED
RATHER THAN CALLING FOR A NEW ELECTION.
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ADDED TEXAS AS A STATE.
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WAS GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
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HAD 15 CHILDREN WITH TWO WIVES.
JAMES POLK
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BORN: NOVEMBER 2, 1795
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BIRTHPLACE: MECKLENBURG, NORTH CAROLINA
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POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
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DIED: JUNE 15, 1849
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VICE PRESIDENT: GEORGE DALLAS (D)
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COULD BARELY READ OR WRITE WHEN HE STARTED
SCHOOL AT AGE 18.
LEARNED QUICKLY AND GRADUATED COLLEGE WITH
HONORS.
BECAME FRIENDS WITH ANDREW JACKSON AND
COINED THE NICKNAME “LITTLE HICKORY”
STARTED A WAR WITH MEXICO OVER LAND
MARRIED SARAH CHILDRESS
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ZACHARY TAYLOR
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BORN: NOVEMBER 24, 1784
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BIRTHPLACE: ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
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POLITICAL PARTY: WHIG
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DIED: JULY 9, 1850
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VICE PRESIDENT: MILLARD FILLMORE (W)
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WAS KNOWN AS “OLD ROUGH AND READY” BECAUSE OF
HIS MILITARY BACKGROUND.
LET HIS FAVORITE HORSE RUN LOOSE ON THE WHITE
HOUSE LAWN.
WAS THE SECOND PRESIDENT TO DIE IN OFFICE.
HIS DAUGHTER MARRIED JEFFERSON DAVIS.
MARRIED MARGARET SMITH AND HAD SIX CHILDREN.
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MILLARD FILLMORE
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BORN: JANUARY 7, 1800
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BIRTHPLACE: CAYUGA, NEW YORK
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POLITICAL PARTY: WHIG
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DIED: MARCH 8, 1874
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VICE PRESIDENT: VACANT
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STUDIED LAW.
REPRESENTED NEW YORK IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
WAS THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT TO FINISH THE TERM
OF A PRESIDENT.
STARTED TRADE BETWEEN U.S. AND JAPAN
MARRIED ABIGAIL POWERS AND DIVORCED HER AND
MARRIED CAROLINE MCINTOSH.
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FRANKLIN PIERCE
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BORN: NOVEMBER 23, 1804
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BIRTHPLACE: HILLSBOROURGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
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DIED: OCTOBER 8, 1869
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VICE PRESIDENT: WILLIAM KING (D)
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AT AGE 49 WAS THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT.
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SERVED AS A GENERAL IN THE MEXICAN WAR.
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WAS FRIENDS WITH JEFFERSON DAVIS AND
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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MARRIED JANE APPLETON AND HAD THREE
CHILDREN.
JAMES BUCHANAN
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BORN: APRIL 23, 1791
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BIRTHPLACE: COVE GAP, PENNSYLVANIA
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POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
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DIED: JUNE 1, 1868
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VICE PRESIDENT: JOHN BRECKINRIDGE (D)
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NICKNAMED “OLD BUCK”
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NEVER MARRIED.
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WAS THOUGHT OF AS A “LAME DUCK” PRESIDENT.
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LOST SEVEN SOUTHERN STATES IN FROM THE UNION.
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HANDED THE PRESIDENCY OVER TO LINCOLN.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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BORN: FEBRUARY 12, 1809
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BIRTHPLACE: HARDIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
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POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
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DIED: APRIL 15, 1865
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VICE PRESIDENT:
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(1) HANNIBAL HAMLIN (R)
(2) ANDREW JOHNSON (D)
NICKNAMED “HONEST ABE”
TRAVELED TO HIS INAUGURATION BY TRAIN.
MADE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AND
FREED THE SLAVES.
DELIVERED THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, AND LED THE
COUNTRY THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR.
WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE ASSASSINATED.
MARRIED MARY TODD AND HAD FOUR SONS.
ANDREW JOHNSON
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BORN: DECEMBER 29, 1808
BIRTHPLACE: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED: JULY 31, 1875
VICE PRESIDENT: VACANT
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FAVORED THE SOUTH WITH HIS POLITICAL
VIEWS
WAS IMPEACHED BY CONGRESS BUT FOUND
NOT – GUILTY.
PURCHASED ALASKA “SEWARD’S FOLLY”
HAD 5 CHILDREN WITH HIS WIFE ELIZA.
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ULYSSES S. GRANT
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BORN: APRIL 27, 1822
BIRTHPLACE: POINT PLEASANT, OHIO
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: JULY 23, 1877
VICE PRESIDENT: HENRY WILSON (R)
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SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR.
WAS A CIVIL WAR HERO.
KEPT HIS MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME SIMPSON
AS HIS MIDDLE NAME.
MARRIED JULIA BOGGS DENT AND HAD FOUR
CHILDREN.
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RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
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BORN: OCTOBER 4, 1822
BIRTHPLACE: DELAWARE, OHIO
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN:
DIED: JANUARY 17, 1893
VICE PRESIDENT: WILLIAM WHEELER (R)
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WAS NICKNAMED “RUDDY”
HE SERVED AS GOVERNOR OF OHIO FOR TWO
TERMS.
MARRIED LUCY WARE WEBB FROM DELAWARE,
OHIO.
RETIRED TO FREMONT, OHIO.
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JAMES A. GARFIELD
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BORN: NOVEMBER 19, 1831
BIRTHPLACE: ORANGE, OHIO
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: SEPTEMBER 19, 1881
VICE PRESIDENT: CHESTER A. ARTHUR (R)
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LIVED IN MENTOR, OHIO
WAS DEAN OF HIRAM COLLEGE.
WAS PRESIDENT FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR.
WAS ASSASSINATED BY A DISSAPOINTED
OFFICE SEEKER
MARRIED LUCY RANDOLPH AND HAD SEVEN
CHILDREN.
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CHESTER A. ARTHUR
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BORN: OCTOBER 5, 1829
BIRTHPLACE: FAIRFIELD, VERMONT
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: NOVEMBER 18, 1886
VICE PRESIDENT: VACANT
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PASSED THE PENDLETON ACT
MODERNIZED THE NAVY
WAS KNOWN FOR HIS HONESTY AND HIS
PRIVACY.
MARRIED ELLEN LEWIS HERNDON AND HAD
THREE CHILDREN.
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GROVER CLEVELAND
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BORN: MARCH 18, 1837
BIRTHPLACE: CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED: JUNE 24, 1908
VICE PRESIDENT: ADIAL STEVENSON (D)
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PAID TO HAVE SOMEONE FIGHT FOR HIM IN THE
CIVIL WAR.
WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO SERVE TWO
SEPARATE TERMS.
FOUGHT FOR THE SPOILS SYSTEM.
MARRIED FRANCES FOLSOM AND HAD 5
CHILDREN.
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BENJAMIN HARRISON
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BORN: AUGUST 20, 1833
BIRTHPLACE: NORTH BEND. OHIO
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: MARCH 13, 1901
VICE PRESIDENT: LEVI P. MORTON (R)
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WAS THE GRANDSON OF WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON THE 9TH PRESIDENT.
WAS NICKNAMED “LITTLE BEN”
WAS A CIVIL WAR GENERAL.
MARRIED CAROLINE SCOTT WHO DIED AND THEN
MARY SCOTT DIMMICK AND HAD THREE CHILDREN.
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WILLIAM MCKINLEY
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BORN: JANUARY 29, 1843
BIRTHPLACE: NILES, OHIO
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: SEPTEMBER 19, 1881
VICE PRESIDENT: THEODORE ROOSEVELT (R)
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WAS KNOWN AS THE IDOL OF OHIO.
DEFEATED WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN TWICE.
WON INDEPENDENCE FOR CUBA.
WAS ASSASSINATED BY A MAN WHO WANTED TO
GET RID OF ALL LEADERS.
MARRIED IDA SAXTON AND HAD TWO CHILDREN
WHO DIED AS INFANTS.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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BORN: OCTOBER 27, 1858
BIRTHPLACE: NEW YORK, NEW YORK
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: JANUARY 6, 1919
VICE PRESIDENT: CHARLES FAIRBANKS (R)
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WAS NICKNAMED “TEDDY”
EARNED A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
HAD A NAVY FLEET THAT WAS CALLED “THE GREAT
WHITE FLEET”
MARRIED ALICE LEE WHO DIED AND THEN
MARRIED EDITH CAROW, HE HAD SIX CHILDREN.
DIED OF JUNGLE FEVER.
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WILLIAM H. TAFT
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BORN: SEPTEMBER 15, 1857
BIRTHPLACE: CINCINNATI, OHIO
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: MARCH 8, 1930
VICE PRESIDENT: JAMES SHERMAN (R)
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WAS NICKNAMED “WILLIE”
WAS GOVERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PROPOSED THE 16TH AMMENDMENT (INCOME TAX)
FIRST PRESIDENT TO THROW THE FIRST PITCH AT A
BASEBALL GAME.
MARRIED HELEN HERRON AND HAD THREE
CHILDREN.
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WOODROW WILSON
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BORN: DECEMBER 28, 1856
BIRTHPLACE: STAUNTON, VIRGINIA
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED: FEBRUARY 3, 1924
VICE PRESIDENT: THOMAS MARSHALL (D)
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LIVED THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR AS A CHILD.
PROMOTED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
EARNED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 1919.
MARRIED ELLEN AXSON WHO DIED, THEN MARRIED
EDITH GALT; HE HAD THREE CHILDREN.
WARREN G. HARDING
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BORN: NOVEMBER 2, 1865
BIRTHPLACE: BLOOMING GROVE, OHIO
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: AUGUST 2, 1923
VICE PRESIDENT: CALVIN COOLIDGE (D)
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WAS ELECTED IN THE FIRST ELECTION THAT WOMEN
WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
TRIED TO REDUCE WORLDWIDE NAVAL STRENGTH.
ELECTED MANY OF HIS “POKER BUDDIES” INTO KEY
POLITICAL POSITIONS. (OHIO GANG)
MARRIED FLORENCE DEWOLFE.
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CALVIN COOLIDGE
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BORN: JULY 4, 1872
BIRTHPLACE: PLYMOUTH, VERMONT
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: JANUARY 5, 1933
VICE PRESIDENT: CHARLES DAWES III (R)
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WENT BY HIS MIDDLE NAME CALVIN – HIS NAME WAS
JOHN.
USED THE SLOGAN “KEEP COOL WITH COOLIDGE” IN 1924.
WROTE HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN 1929
SPENT MUCH TIME CLEANING UP AFTER THE SCANDALS BY
THE HARDING ADMIN.
MARRIED GRACE GOODHUE.
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HERBERT HOOVER
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BORN: AUGUST 10, 1874
BIRTHPLACE: WEST BRANCH, IOWA
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: OCTOBER 20, 1964
VICE PRESIDENT: CHARLES CURTIS (R)
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DONATED MUCH OF HIS MONEY TO CHARITY.
WAS AN ORPHAN AT AGE 9.
WORKED TO BUILD THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY.
SERVED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF WILSON,
HARDING, AND COOLIDGE.
MARIED HIS COLLEGE SWEETHEART LOUANNE HENRY.
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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BORN: JANUARY 30, 1882
BIRTHPLACE: HYDE PARK, NEW YORK
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED: APRIL 12, 1945
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VICE PRESIDENT: (1) JOHN GARNER (D)
» (2) JOHN GARNER (D)
» (3) HENRY WALLACE (D)
» (4) HARRY S. TRUMAN (D)
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WAS MARRIED TO A WOMEN WITH THE SAME LAST
NAME. ANNA ELANOR ROOSEVELT.
HAD POLIO THAT PARALYZED HIM.
FIRST PRESIDENT TO APPOINT A WOMEN TO HIS
CABINET: FRANCIS PERKINS.
ONLY PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED 4 TIMES.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
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BORN: MAY 8, 1884
BIRTHPLACE: LAMAR, MISSOURI
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED: DECEMBER 26, 1972
VICE PRESIDENT: ALBEN BARKLEY (D)
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WAS A CAPTAIN IN WORLD WAR I.
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INTRODUCED THE MARSHALL PLAN FOR REBUILDING
WAR TORN COUNTRIES AFTER WWII.
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DIED IN 1972 AND WAS BURRIED AT THE TRUMAN
LIBRARY GROUNDS IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI.
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MARRIED ELIZABETH WALLACE IN 1919.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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BORN: OCTOBER 14, 1890
BIRTHPLACE: DENISON, TEXAS
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: MARCH 28, 1969
VICE PRESIDENT: RICHARD NIXON
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LOVED GOLF AND HAD A PUTTING GREEN ON
THE WHITE HOUSE FRONT LAWN.
WAS PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
HELPED PUT AN END TO SEGREGATION IN THE
U.S.
WAS AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY
MARRIED MAMIE DOWD.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY
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BORN: MAY 29, 1917
BIRTHPLACE: BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSSETTS
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED: NOVEMBER 22, 1963
VICE PRESIDENT: LYNDON B. JOHNSON
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WAS INJURED IN WWII.
NEVER LOST AN ELECTION.
WON A PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
WAS THE YOUNGEST MAN AND FIRST ROMAN
CATHOLIC EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT.
WAS ASSASSINATED IN DALLAS, TEXAS IN 1963
MARRIED JACQUELINE LEE BOUVIER.
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON
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BORN: AUGUST 27, 1908
BIRTHPLACE: STONEWALL, TEXAS
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED: JANUARY 22, 1973
VICE PRESIDENT: HUBERT HUMPREY (D)
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WAS A TEACHER AT SAM HOUSTON HIGH
SCHOOL IN TEXAS.
APPOINTED THE FIRST BLACK CABINET
MEMBER, ROBERT WEAVER.
WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT EVER SWORN IN
ON AN AIRPLANE.
MARRIED CLAUDIA TAYLOR
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RICHARD M. NIXON
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BORN: JANUARY 9, 1913
BIRTHPLACE: YORBA LINDA, CALIFORNIA
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: APRIL 22, 1994
VICE PRESIDENT: SPIRO AGNEW (R)
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WAS THE SON OF A GROCER.
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WAS FIRST PRESIDENT TO VISIT MOSCOW.
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WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY PRESIDENT TO
RESIGN FROM OFFICE.
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MARRIED THELMA CATHERINE RYAN.
GERALD FORD
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BORN: JULY 14, 1913
BIRTHPLACE: OMAHA, NEBRASKA
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: DECEMBER 26, 2006
VICE PRESIDENT: NELSON ROCKEFELLER (R)
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ONCE WORKED AS A FOOTBALL COACH AT YALE.
WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO WAS VICE
PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT WITHOUT BEING
ELECTED TO EITHER OFFICE.
ENDED THE VIETNAM WAR.
FIRST PERSON TO BE NOMINATED FOR VICE
PRESIDENT UNDER THE 25TH AMMENDMENT.
MARRIED ELIZABETH “BETTY” WARREN.
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JIMMY E. CARTER
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BORN: OCTOBER 1, 1924
BIRTHPLACE: PLAINS, GEORGIA
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED:
VICE PRESIDENT: WALTER MONDALE (D)
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BEAT FORD BY OVER 1 MILLION VOTES.
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WAS IN THE NAVY.
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DEVELOPED TREATIES TO GIVE PANAMA
CONTROL OVER THE PANAMA CANAL.
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HIM AND HIS WIFE, ROSALYNN NOW LIVE IN
THEIR HOMETOWN OF PLAINS GEORGIA.
RONALD REAGAN
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BORN: FEBRUARY 6, 1911
BIRTHPLACE: TAMPICO, ILLINOIS
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED: JUNE 5, 2004
VICE PRESIDENT: GEORGE BUSH (R)
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WORKED TO HELP PAY FOR HIS
EDUCATION.
APPEARED IN OVER 50 MOTION PICTURES.
ENDED THE COLD WAR WITH RUSSIA.
ONLY PRESIDENT WHO WAS AN ACTOR.
MARRIED NANCY DAVIS
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GEORGE H.W. BUSH
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BORN: JUNE 12, 1924
BIRTHPLACE: MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED:
VICE PRESIDENT: DAN QUAYLE (R)
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GREW UP IN CONNECTICUT AND
MASSACHUSETTS.
WAS A DECORATED PILOT IN WORLD WAR II.
WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF THE CIA.
REFUSED TO EAT BROCALI.
MARRIED BARBARA PIERCE.
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WILLIAM CLINTON
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BORN: AUGUST 19, 1946
BIRTHPLACE: HOPE, ARKANSAS
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED:
VICE PRESIDENT: AL GORE (D)
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ONCE TAUGHT LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARKANSAS.
REFORMED THE ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
WAS BORN WILLIAM JEFFERSON BLYTHE BUT WAS
RENAMED AFTER HIS MOTHER REMARRIED.
MARRIED HILLARY RODHAM AND HAD ONE
DAUGHTER.
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GEORGE W. BUSH
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BORN: JULY 6, 1946
BIRTHPLACE: NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
POLITICAL PARTY: REPUBLICAN
DIED:
VICE PRESIDENT: RICHARD CHENEY (R)
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OWNED AN OIL AND GAS BUSINESS.
WAS CO-OWNER FOR THE TEXAS RANGERS
BASEBALL TEAM.
WAS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, AND ELECTED
TO TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS.
BECAME PRESIDENT IN ONE OF THE CLOSEST
ELECTIONS OF ALL TIME.
MARRIED LAURA WELCH AND HAD TWIN
DAUGHTERS.
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BARACK H. OBAMA
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BORN: AUGUST 4, 1961
BIRTHPLACE: HONOLULU, HAWAII
POLITICAL PARTY: DEMOCRATIC
DIED:
VICE PRESIDENT: JOSEPH R. BIDEN (D)
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LIVED IN INDONESIA AS A CHILD.
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RECEIVED LAW DEGREE FROM HARVARD.
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ELECTED INTO THE U.S. SENATE IN 2004.
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PLAYED VARSITY BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
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MARRIED MICHELLE ROBINSON.