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Presidents of the United States

Presidents of the United States

Presidents of the United States

George Presidents of the United States 1 1789–1797 The Presidents are portrayed in this section by their Born: 1732 official White House portrait (except Presidents Clinton Died: 1799 and George W. Bush). Born in: Virginia Elected from: Virginia Age when elected: 56 ** The Republican Party during this period developed into today’s Democratic Occupations: Planter, Soldier Party. Today’s Republican Party originated in 1854. Party: None Vice President:

John Adams James Madison

2 1797–1801 3 1801–1809 4 1809–1817 Born: 1735 Born: 1743 Born: 1751 Died: 1826 Died: 1826 Died: 1836 Born in: Massachusetts Born in: Virginia Born in: Virginia Elected from: Massachusetts Elected from: Virginia Elected from: Virginia Age when elected: 61 Age when elected: 57 Age when elected: 57 Occupations: Teacher, Lawyer Occupations: Planter, Lawyer Occupation: Planter Party: Federalist Party: Republican** Party: Republican** Vice President: Thomas Jefferson Vice Presidents: , Vice Presidents: George Clinton, George Clinton

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James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson

5 1817–1825 6 1825–1829 7 1829–1837 Born: 1758 Born: 1767 Born: 1767 Died: 1831 Died: 1848 Died: 1845 Born in: Virginia Born in: Massachusetts Born in: South Carolina Elected from: Virginia Elected from: Massachusetts Elected from: Tennessee Age when elected: 58 Age when elected: 57 Age when elected: 61 Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Lawyer Occupations: Lawyer, Soldier Party: Republican** Party: Republican** Party: Democratic Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins Vice President: John C. Calhoun Vice Presidents: John C. Calhoun,

Martin Van Buren William H. Harrison

8 1837–1841 9 1841 10 1841–1845 Born: 1782 Born: 1773 Born: 1790 Died: 1862 Died: 1841 Died: 1862 Born in: Born in: Virginia Born in: Virginia Elected from: New York Elected from: Ohio Elected as V.P. from: Virginia Age when elected: 54 Age when elected: 67 Succeeded Harrison Occupation: Lawyer Occupations: Soldier, Planter Age when became President: 51 Party: Democratic Party: Whig Occupation: Lawyer Vice President: Richard M. Johnson Vice President: John Tyler Party: Whig Vice President: None

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James K. Polk Zachary Taylor

11 1845–1849 12 1849–1850 13 1850–1853 Born: 1795 Born: 1784 Born: 1800 Died: 1849 Died: 1850 Died: 1874 Born in: North Carolina Born in: Virginia Born in: New York Elected from: Tennessee Elected from: Louisiana Elected as V.P. from: New York Age when elected: 49 Age when elected: 63 Succeeded Taylor Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Soldier Age when became President: 50 Party: Democratic Party: Whig Occupation: Lawyer Vice President: George M. Dallas Vice President: Millard Fillmore Party: Whig Vice President: None

Franklin Pierce James Buchanan

14 1853–1857 15 1857–1861 16 1861–1865 Born: 1804 Born: 1791 Born: 1809 Died: 1869 Died: 1868 Died: 1865 Born in: New Hampshire Born in: Pennsylvania Born in: Kentucky Elected from: New Hampshire Elected from: Pennsylvania Elected from: Illinois Age when elected: 47 Age when elected: 65 Age when elected: 51 Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Lawyer Party: Democratic Party: Democratic Party: Republican Vice President: William R. King Vice President: John C. Breckinridge Vice Presidents: ,

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Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes

17 1865–1869 18 1869–1877 19 1877–1881 Born: 1808 Born: 1822 Born: 1822 Died: 1875 Died: 1885 Died: 1893 Born in: North Carolina Born in: Ohio Born in: Ohio Elected as V.P. from: Tennessee Elected from: Illinois Elected from: Ohio Age when became President: 55 Age when elected: 46 Age when elected: 54 Succeeded Lincoln Occupations: Farmer, Soldier Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Tailor Party: Republican Party: Republican Party: Republican Vice Presidents: , Vice President: William A. Wheeler Vice President: None

James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur

20 1881 21 1881–1885 22 1885–89, 24 Born: 1831 Born: 1830 1893–97 Died: 1881 Died: 1886 Born: 1837 Died: 1908 Born in: Ohio Born in: Vermont Born in: Elected from: Ohio Elected as V.P. from: New York Elected from: New York Age when elected: 48 Succeeded Garfield Age when elected: 47; 55 Occupations: Laborer, Professor Age when became President: 50 Occupation: Lawyer Party: Republican Occupations: Teacher, Lawyer Party: Democratic Vice President: Chester A. Arthur Party: Republican Vice Presidents: Thomas A. Vice President: None Hendricks, Adlai E. Stevenson

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Benjamin Harrison William McKinley

23 1889–1893 25 1897–1901 26 1901–1909 Born: 1833 Born: 1843 Born: 1858 Died: 1901 Died: 1901 Died: 1919 Born in: Ohio Born in: Ohio Born in: New York Elected from: Indiana Elected from: Ohio Elected as V.P. from: New York Age when elected: 55 Age when elected: 53 Succeeded McKinley Occupation: Lawyer Occupations: Teacher, Lawyer Age when became President: 42 Party: Republican Party: Republican Occupations: Historian, Rancher Vice President: Levi P. Morton Vice Presidents: Garret Hobart, Party: Republican Theodore Roosevelt Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks

William H. Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding

27 1909–1913 28 1913–1921 29 1921–1923 Born: 1857 Born: 1856 Born: 1865 Died: 1930 Died: 1924 Died: 1923 Born in: Ohio Born in: Virginia Born in: Ohio Elected from: Ohio Elected from: New Jersey Elected from: Ohio Age when elected: 51 Age when elected: 55 Age when elected: 55 Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: College Professor Occupations: Newspaper Editor, Party: Republican Party: Democratic Publisher Vice President: James S. Sherman Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall Party: Republican Vice President:

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Calvin Coolidge Herbert C. Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt

30 1923–1929 31 1929–1933 32 1933–1945 Born: 1872 Born: 1874 Born: 1882 Died: 1933 Died: 1964 Died: 1945 Born in: Vermont Born in: Iowa Born in: New York Elected as V.P. from: Massachusetts Elected from: California Elected from: New York Succeeded Harding Age when elected: 54 Age when elected: 50 Age when became President: 51 Occupation: Engineer Occupation: Lawyer Occupation: Lawyer Party: Republican Party: Democratic Party: Republican Vice President: Vice Presidents: John N. Garner, Vice President: Charles G. Dawes Henry A. Wallace, Harry S Truman

Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy

33 1945–1953 34 1953–1961 35 1961–1963 Born: 1884 Born: 1890 Born: 1917 Died: 1972 Died: 1969 Died: 1963 Born in: Missouri Born in: Texas Born in: Massachusetts Elected as V.P. from: Missouri Elected from: New York Elected from: Massachusetts Succeeded Roosevelt Age when elected: 62 Age when elected: 43 Age when became President: 60 Occupation: Soldier Occupations: Author, Reporter Occupations: Clerk, Farmer Party: Republican Party: Democratic Party: Democratic Vice President: Richard M. Nixon Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Vice President: Alben W. Barkley

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Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford

36 1963–1969 37 1969–1974 38 1974–1977 Born: 1908 Born: 1913 Born: 1913 Died: 1973 Died: 1994 Born in: Born in: Texas Born in: California Appointed by Nixon as V.P. upon Elected as V.P. from: Texas Elected from: New York Agnew’s resignation; assumed Succeeded Kennedy Age when elected: 55 presidency upon Nixon’s resignation Age when became President: 55 Occupation: Lawyer Age when became President: 61 Occupation: Teacher Party: Republican Occupation: Lawyer Party: Democratic Vice Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew, Party: Republican Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey Gerald R. Ford Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller

James E. Carter, Jr. Ronald W. Reagan George H.W. Bush

39 1977–1981 40 1981–1989 41 1989–1993 Born: 1924 Born: 1911 Born: 1924 Born in: Georgia Born in: Illinois Born in: Massachusetts Elected from: Georgia Elected from: California Elected from: Texas Age when elected: 52 Age when elected: 69 Age when elected: 64 Occupations: Business, Farmer Occupations: Actor, Lecturer Occupation: Business Party: Democratic Party: Republican Party: Republican Vice President: Walter F. Mondale Vice President: George H.W. Bush Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle

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William J. Clinton THE WHITE HOUSE ... The President’s Home White House White House Technology Firsts Statistics 1834 Indoor Plumbing 3 Elevators 1845 Central Heating 5 Major Floors with: 1848 Gas Lighting 2 Basements 1866 Telegraph 7 Staircases 1877 Telephone 12 Chimneys 1891 Electricity 1921 32 Bathrooms Radio 1926 Electric Refrigerator 132 Rooms 1933 Air Conditioning 42 1993–2001 160 Windows 1942 Bomb Shelter Born: 1946 412 Doors Born in: Arkansas 1947 Television Elected from: Arkansas 1979 Computer Age when elected: 46 Occupation: Lawyer Party: Democratic Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr.

George W. Bush

Did You Know? The first baby born in the White House was Thomas Jefferson’s grandson in 1806. The first White House wedding held was for Dolley 43 Madison’s sister in 1812. 2001– Born: 1946 General Lafayette visited the White House in 1825 Born in: Connecticut with his pet alligator, which he kept in the East Room. Elected from: Texas Cows grazed on the front lawn of the White House Age when elected: 54 Occupation: CEO up until 1913. Party: Republican The only president married in the White House was Vice President: Richard Cheney Grover Cleveland, in 1886.

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