First Twelve Presidents' Birthdays

  • George Washington

    George Washington
    George Washington Video George_Washington George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. He served as president from 1789 until 1797.
  • John Adams

    John Adams
    John Adams John Adams was the second president of the United States. During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Video Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. He succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785.
  • James Madison

    James Madison
    James Madison James Madison was the fourth president of the United States. He was raised in Orange County, Virginia and attended Princeton.
  • James Monroe

    James Monroe
    James Monroe Video James Monroe
    James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States. He was president from 1817 until 1825.
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He was elected by popular vote.
  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States. He was the first president who was the son of a president. John Quincy Adams Video
  • William Henry Harrison

    William Henry Harrison
    William Henry Harrison
    William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States. He was presented as a simple frontier Indian fighter in 1840.
  • Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States. He is about five feet, six inches tall.
  • Zachary Taylor

    Zachary Taylor
    Zachary Taylor
    Zachary Taylor was the twelfth president of the United States. He was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. Zachary Taylor Video
  • John Tyler

    John Tyler
    John Tyler
    John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States. He served in the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1821.
  • James K. Polk

    James K. Polk
    James K. Polk
    James K. Polk was the eleventh president of the United States. James Polk was the last strong president before the civil war.