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KIDSPOST’S GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTS These guys made history

Did you guess “the presidents of the United States”? If so, you’re in February.) So here is KidsPost’s tribute to the presidents. We right. And while more presidents — six of them — were born in can think of endless games you can play while studying this page. October than any other month, many people think of the Who had the longest name? Who had the shortest? How many presidents during February because of the Presidents’ Day presidents had beards? How many wore glasses? (See, the fun holiday. (In addition to George and Abraham never ends!) To find out more about each president and their Lincoln, and were born inaugural speeches, go to www.kidspost.com.

1st: 1789-97 = elected once or served less than four years Only president to win 100 percent = elected more than once of electoral votes

2nd: John 3rd: 4th: 5th: 6th: Adams 7th: 1797-1801 1801-09 1809-17 1817-25 1825-29 1829-37 First one-term president Tried to assemble a mastodon Shortest U.S. president Died on Kept an alligator in the Invited public to the skeleton in the White House at 5 feet 4 inches (as did and Jefferson) White House for several months for inaugural ball

8th: 9th: William Henry Harrison 10th: 11th: James K. Polk 12th: 13th: 1837-41 1841 1841-45 1845-49 1849-50 1850-53 First president to be born Served as president Had 15 children Signed law creating First voted in 1848, Was born in a log cabin a U.S. citizen for only 32 days the when he was 62 years old

14th: 15th: 16th: 17th: 18th: Ulysses S. Grant 19th: Rutherford B. Hayes 1853-57 1857-61 1861-65 1865-69 1869-77 1877-81 His nickname was Only president to His son Willie is the only child Congress tried to remove First president to see Hosted first White House “Handsome Frank” never get married to die in the White House him from office the Pacific Ocean Easter Egg Roll

20th: James A. Garfield 21st: Chester A. Arthur 22nd, 24th: 23rd: 25th: William McKinley 26th: 1881 1881-85 1885-89; 1893-97 1889-93 1897-1901 1901-09 First left-handed president Had the first elevator installed Only president to serve First president to have a Christmas First president to ride in a car The teddy bear was in the White House two terms not in a row tree in the White House named after him

27th: 28th: 29th: Warren G. Harding 30th: 31st: Herbert C. Hoover 32nd: Franklin D. Roosevelt 1909-13 1913-21 1921-23 1923-29 1929-33 1933-45 Only president to become a Supreme Signed the law giving Had the largest shoe size Only president born on Two asteroids are No president will ever Court after leaving office women the right to vote of any president: 14 the Fourth of July named for him serve as long as he did

33rd: Harry S. Truman 34th: Dwight D. Eisenhower 35th: John F. Kennedy 36th: Lyndon B. Johnson 37th: Richard M. Nixon 38th: Gerald R. Ford 1945-53 1953-61 1961-63 1963-69 1969-74 1974-77 First president to be First president of all 50 states (Alaska Youngest person Only president to be First president to speak First president to have sworn in on television and Hawaii were new) elected president sworn in by a woman to a man on the moon been an Eagle Scout

39th: 40th: Ronald Reagan 41st: George H.W. Bush 42nd: 43rd: George W. Bush 44th: 1977-81 1981-89 1989-93 1993-2001 2001-09 2009-present Was a peanut farmer before Acted in movies before Only president to be First president to have Second president to also be the son Won the Nobel (as did running for president becoming president born in June an e-mail address of a president (J.Q. Adams was first) T. Roosevelt, Wilson and Carter)

KK illustrations by Michael Hoeeweler for the washington post