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1. George Washington | 1732-1799 | 1789-1797 | took the Oath of Office in 2 cities (New York and Philadelphia |
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2. John Adams | 1735-1826 | 1797-1801 | First President to live in Washington D.C. |
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3. Thomas Jefferson | 1743-1826 | 1801-1809 | Arranged the Louisiana Purchase |
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4. James Madison | 1751-1836 | 1809-1817 | Faced enemy gunfire while in office |
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5. James Monroe | 1758-1831 | 1817-1825 | First President to ride on a steamboat |
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6. John Quincy Adams | 1767-1848 | 1825-1829 | only President whose father was also President |
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7. Andrew Jackson | 1767-1845 | 1829-1837 | First President born in a log cabin |
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8. Martin Van Buren | 1782-1862 | 1837-1841 | First President born a U.S. citizen |
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9. William Henry Harrison | 1773-1841 | 1841 | Served the shortest term (1 month) |
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10. John Tyler | 1790-1862 | 1841-1845 | Had the most children (15) |
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11. James K. Polk | 1795-1849 | 1845-1849 | Helped set the present U.S.-Canada border |
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12. Zachary Taylor | 1784-1850 | 1849-1850 | Had a horse that grazed on the White House lawn |
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13. Millard Fillmore | 1800-1874 | 1850-1853 | First President to have a stepmother |
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14. Franklin Pierce | 1804-1869 | 1853-1857 | First President born in the 19th century |
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15. James Buchanan | 1791-1868 | 1857-1861 | First President to see states secede, the Union |
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16. Abraham Lincoln | 1809-1865 | 1861-1865 | Tallest President (6ft.4in), first President to be assassinated |
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17. Andrew Johnson | 1808-1875 | 1865-1869 | First President Congress tried to impeach |
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18. Ulysses S. Grant | 1822-1885 | 1869-1877 | Wrote a book that became a best-seller after his death |
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19. Rutherford B. Hayes (cousin to my grandmother) | 1822-1893 | 1877-1881 | Wife served NO alcohol in the White House |
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20. James A. Garfield | 1831-1881 | 1881 | First left-handed President |
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21. Chester Arthur | 1829-1886 | 1881-1885 | He held a tag sale to get rid of junk in the White House {*Could we call this a White Sale?* 8-)..) |
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22. Grover Cleveland | 1837-1908 | 1885-1889 | Only President married inside the White House |
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23. Benjamin Harrison | 1883-1901 | 1889-1893 | Only grandson of a President to become a President |
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24. Grover Cleveland | 1837-1908 | 1893-1897 | Only President to serve 2 non-consecutive terms |
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25. William McKinley | 1843-1901 | 1897-1901 | First candidate to use the phone to campaign |
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26. Theodore Roosevelt | 1858-1919 | 1901-1909 | First President to go underwater in a submarine |
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27. William H. Taft | 1857-1930 | 1909-1913 | The Heaviest President(300lbs) |
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28. Woodrow Wilson | 1856-1924 | 1913-1921 | First President to hold a press conference |
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29. Warren G. Harding | 1865-1923 | 1921-1923 | First President to visit Alaska |
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30. Calvin Coolidge | 1872-1933 | 1923-1929 | First President to see an American fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean |
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31. Herbert Hoover | 1874-1964 | 1929-1933 | Adopted "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem |
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32. Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1882-1945 | 1933-1945 | Only President elected to 4 terms |
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33. Harry S. Truman | 1884-1972 | 1945-1953 | First President to broadcast on TV from the White House |
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34. Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1890-1969 | 1953-1961 | First President of all 50 states |
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35. John F. Kennedy | 1917-1963 | 1961-1963 | 2nd youngest elected President |
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36. Lyndon B. Johnson | 1908-1973 | 1963-1969 | First President to take the Oath of Office in an airplane |
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37. Richard Nixon | 1913-1994 | 1969-1974 | Only President to resign |
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38. Gerald R. Ford | 1913- | 1974-1977 | Became President without having run for either President or Vice President |
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39. Jimmy Carter | 1924- | 1977-1981 | First President whose nick-name was his offical name |
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40. Ronald Reagan | 1911- | 1981-1989 | the oldest President |
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41. George Bush | 1924- | 1989-1993 | First President with a birthday in June (June 12) |
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42. Bill Clinton | 1946 | 1993-2001 | Youngest President |
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43. ALL the US presidents (even Obama) accept for the 18th are related |