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George Washington
-Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family
-He pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion
-From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses
-Died of a throat infection December 14, 1799. For months the Nation mourned him. -
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John Adams
-Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. -A Harvard-educated lawyer
-During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, helped negotiate the treaty of peace.
-Word came to Adams that France also had no stomach for war and would receive an envoy with respect. Long negotiations ended the quasi war.
-On July 4, 1826, he whispered his last words: “Thomas Jefferson survives.” But Jefferson had died at Monticello a few hours earlier. -
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Thomas Jefferson
-Was born in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia
-In the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress, he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause.
-He died on July 4, 1826. -
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James Madison
-Born in 1751, Madison was brought up in Orange County, Virginia, and attended Princeton
-When delegates to the Constitutional Convention assembled at Philadelphia, the 36-year-old Madison took frequent and emphatic part in the debates.
Madison made a contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. He was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution”
-Died in 1836 -
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James Monroe
-Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758, Monroe attended the College of William and Mary
-He joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, was elected United States Senator
-He died in 1831 -
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John Quincy Adams
-Born July 7th, 1767
-After graduating from Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At age 26 he was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin Legation.
-In 1836 southern Congressmen passed a “gag rule” providing that the House automatically table petitions against slavery. Adams tirelessly fought the rule for eight years until finally he obtained its repeal
-Died February 23rd, 1848 -
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Andrew Jackson
-Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee.
-In his first Annual Message to Congress, Jackson recommended eliminating the Electoral College.
-Died June 8, 1845 -
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Martin Van Buren
-He was born in 1782, the son of a tavernkeeper and farmer, in Kinderhook, New York.
-As a young lawyer he became involved in New York politics.
-Van Buren devoted his Inaugural Address to a discourse upon the American experiment as an example to the rest of the world. The country was prosperous, but less than three months later the panic of 1837 punctured the prosperity.
- He died in 1862 -
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William Henry Harrison
-William Henry Harrison was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States.
-Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration as president in 1841, making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history -
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John Tyler
-Born in Virginia in 1790, he was raised believing that the Constitution must be strictly construed.
-He never wavered from this conviction.
-He attended the College of William and Mary and studied law.
-Suddenly President Harrison was dead, and “Tyler too” was in the White House. At first the Whigs were not too disturbed, although Tyler insisted upon assuming the full powers of a duly elected President.
- He died in 1862, a member of the Confederate House of Representatives -
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James K Polk
-Born November 2nd, 1795
-James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849.
-He also served as the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839 and the ninth governor of Tennessee from 1839 to 1841.
-Died on June 15th, 1849 -
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Zachary Taylor
-Zachary Taylor was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850.
-Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War.
-Died on July 9th,1850 -
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Millard Filmore
-Born on January 7th, 1800
-Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853
-The last president to have been a member of the Whig Party while in office.
-Thus the sudden accession of Fillmore to the Presidency in July 1850 brought an abrupt political shift in the administration.
-Died on March 8th, 1874 -
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Franklin Pierce
-Born November 23rd, 1804
-Franklin Pierce became President at a time of apparent tranquility. The United States, by virtue of the Compromise of 1850, seemed to have weathered its sectional storm.
-By pursuing the recommendations of southern advisers, Pierce–a New Englander–hoped to prevent still another outbreak of that storm.
-His policies, far from preserving calm, hastened the disruption of the Union.
-Died October 8, 1869 -
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James Buchanan
-Born April 23rd, 1971
-James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician.
-He served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861, as the secretary of State from 1845 to 1849
-Represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
-Died June 1st, 1868 -
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Abraham Lincoln
-Born February 12th,1809
-Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865
-Issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.
-Died April 15th 1865 -
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Andrew Johnson
-Born December 29, 1808
-Andrew Johnson was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.
-Died July 31, 1875 -
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Ulysses S. Grant
-Born April 27th, 1822
-Ulysses S. Grant was an American military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States, who served from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war
-Died July 23, 1885 -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
-Born October 4, 1822
-Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an American military officer and politician from the state of Ohio. A Republican, Hayes served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881. As an attorney in Ohio, Hayes served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861
-Died January 17, 1893 -
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James Garfield
-Born November 19, 1831
-James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death the following September after being shot by an assassin in July.
-Died September 19, 1881 -
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Chester A. Arthur
-Born October 5, 1829
-Chester Alan Arthur was an American politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield.
-Died November 18, 1886 -
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Grover Cleveland
-Born March 18, 1837
-Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms
-Died June 24, 1908 -
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Benjamin Harrison
-Born August 290, 1833
-Benjamin Harrison was an American politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father
-Died March 13, 1901 -
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Grover Cleveland
-Born March 18, 1837
-Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms.
-Died June 24, 1908 -
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William McKinley
-Born January 29, 1843
-William McKinley was an American politician who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades
-September 14, 1901 -
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Theodore Roosevelt
-Born October 27, 1858
-Theodore Roosevelt Jr., often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
-Died January 6, 1919 -
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William Howard Taft
-Born September 15, 1857
-William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices
-Died March 8, 1930 -
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Woodrow Wilson
-Born December 28, 1856
-Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election
-Died February 3, 1924 -
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Warren G. Harding
-Born November 2, 1865
-Warren Gamaliel Harding was an American politician who served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents.
-Died August 2, 1923