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Fun Facts about Our Nation's Presidents | ||||||
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
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| 1 |  | George Washington | Virginia | 1789-1797 | John Adams | Teeth were made from elephant and walrus tusks, not wood. |
| 2 |  | John Adams | Mass. | 1797-1801 | Thomas Jefferson | First to live in the White House |
| 3 |  | Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | 1801-1809 | Aaron Burr, George Clinton | Spoke 6 different languages |
| 4 |  | James Madison | Virginia | 1809-1817 | George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry | Smallest President at 5' 4", under 100 lbs. |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 5 |  | James Monroe | Virginia | 1817-1825 | Daniel D. Tompkins | Died on the 4th of July, 1831, following both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who died on July 4, 1826 |
| 6 |  | John Quincy Adams | Mass. | 1825-1829 | John C. Calhoun | Son of John Adams |
| 7 |  | Andrew Jackson | South Carolina | 1829-1837 | John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren | First President to ride in a train |
| 8 |  | Martin Van Buren | New York | 1837-1841 | Richard M. Johnson | First President born an American citizen - (all before him were born in the British colonies) |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 9 |  | William Henry Harrison | Virginia | 1841 | John Tyler | President for only 31 days, died of pnueumonia |
| 10 |  | John Tyler | Virginia | 1841-1845 | ----- | Loved kids, had 15 children |
| 11 |  | James K. Polk | North Carolina | 1845-1849 | George M. Dallas | First President to serve a nation from coast to coast |
| 12 |  | Zachary Taylor | Virginia | 1849-1850 | Millard Fillmore | Never voted for a President |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 13 |  | Millard Fillmore | New York | 1850-1853 | ----- | First President to have a stove and running water in the White House |
| 14 |  | Franklin Pierce | New Hampshire | 1853-1857 | William R. King | Memorized his entire inaugural speech - 3,319 words |
| 15 |  | James Buchanan | Pennsylvania | 1857-1861 | John C. Breckinridge | Never married, his niece was White House hostess |
| 16 |  | Abraham Lincoln | Kentucky | 1861-1865 | Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson | Tallest President, First President to be assassinated |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 17 |  | Andrew Johnson | North Carolina | 1865-1869 | ----- | Was buried wrapped in an American flag with a copy of the Constitution |
| 18 |  | Ulysses S. Grant | Ohio | 1869-1877 | Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson | Was fined $20 for speeding with his horse and carriage |
| 19 |  | Rutherford B. Hayes | Ohio | 1877-1881 | William A. Wheeler | First President to use a phone - his phone number was 1 |
| 20 |  | James A. Garfield | Ohio | 1881 | Chester A. Arthur | Could write with both hands at the same time - in different languages |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 21 |  | Chester A. Arthur | Vermont | 1881-1885 | Chester A. Arthur | Changed his pants several times a day - he owned 80 pairs of pants |
| 22 |  | Grover Cleveland | New Jersey | 1885-1889 | Thomas A. Hendricks | First and only President married in the White House |
| 23 |  | Benjamin Harrison | Ohio | 1889-1893 | Levi P. Morton | First President to have electric lights and a Christmas tree in the White House, grandson of William H. Harrison |
| 24 | | Grover Cleveland | New Jersey | 1893-1897 | Adlai E. Stevenson | First and only President to ever serve 2 non-consecutive terms |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 25 |  | William McKinley | Ohio | 1897-1901 | Garret A. Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt | First President to use campaign buttons |
| 26 |  | Theodore Roosevelt | New York | 1901-1909 | Charles W. Fairbanks | Youngest person ever to be President |
| 27 |  | William H. Taft | Ohio | 1909-1913 | James S. Sherman | Heaviest President - 332 pounds |
| 28 |  | Woodrow Wilson | Virginia | 1913-1921 | Thomas R. Marshall | Dreamed of being a stage performer |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 29 |  | Warren G. Harding | Ohio | 1921-1923 | Calvin Coolidge | Gambled away a set of White House china |
| 30 |  | Calvin Coolidge | Vermont | 1923-1929 | Charles G. Dawes | Only President born on the 4th of July |
| 31 |  | Herbert Hoover | Iowa | 1929-1933 | Charles Curtis | Spoke chinese to his wife to keep their stories private |
| 32 |  | Franklin D. Roosevelt | New York | 1933-1945 | John N. Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman | Only President to serve more than 2 terms |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 33 |  | Harry S. Truman | Missouri | 1945-1953 | Alben W. Barkley | Read every book in his hometown library |
| 34 |  | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Texas | 1953-1961 | Richard M. Nixon | Commander of Allied Forces during World War II |
| 35 |  | John F. Kennedy | Mass. | 1961-1963 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Youngest elected President, first Catholic President |
| 36 |  | Lyndon B. Johnson | Texas | 1963-1969 | Hubert Humphrey | Was an auto mechanic and teacher before being President |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 37 |  | Richard M. Nixon | California | 1969-1974 | Spiro Agnew, Gerald R. Ford | Recommended a play to the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI |
| 38 |  | Gerald R. Ford | Nebraska | 1974-1977 | Nelson A. Rockerfeller | Held his daughter's High School prom in the White House |
| 39 |  | Jimmy Carter | Georgia | 1977-1981 | Walter F. Mondale | First President born in a hospital |
| 40 |  | Ronald Reagan | Illinois | 1981-1989 | George Bush | Oldest President (69-77) |
| #: | Portrait: | Name: | Born in: | Year(s) President: | Vice President(s): | Fun Fact: |
| 41 |  | George Bush | Mass. | 1989-1993 | J. Danforth Quayle | Survived 4 planes crashes during World War II |
| 42 |  | William J. Clinton | Arkansas | 1993-2001 | Albert Gore | Played the saxophone on national TV |
| 43 |  | George W. Bush | Connecticut | 2001- | Richard Cheney | Has a collection of over 250 signed baseballs |
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