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George Washington
On their wedding day, Martha Washington gave him a miniature portrait of herself. He wore it on a chain around his neck until his death 40 years later -
John Adams
Adams was the first President to live in the White House -
Thomas Jefferson
: Considered the most brilliant President, he wrote the Declaration of Independence, founded the University of Virginia, and was an architect, a farmer, and a scientist. -
James Madison
Madison is considered the father of the Bill of Rights -
James Monroe
Monroe lived out his retirement in poverty. -
Andrew Jackson
Jackson was the first President to ride on a train -
John Quincy Adams
John Adams and John Quincy Adams were the first father and son to have served as Presidents. -
William Henry Harrison
Harrison was the first President to die in office and he served the briefest term -
Martin Van Buren
Van Buren was the first President to be born an American citizen, rather than a British subject. -
Zachary Taylor
Taylor won fame as a general in the Mexican War. His soldiers called him "Old Rough and Ready." -
John Tyler
Tyler had 15 children, more than any President -
James Buchanan
Buchanan was the only bachelor to ever serve in the White House. -
James K. Pork
Polk is the only President to have served as Speaker of the House. -
Millard Fillmore
In 1856, Fillmore ran for President on the anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party ticket. -
Franklin Pierce
Pierce's wife hated Washington, D.C., so much, that she fainted when she found out he had been nominated for President.
