We belong to a club with just 43 members.
All of our members are men.
More of us were born in Virginia than in any other state.
Twelve of us have been generals. More than half of us have been lawyers.
The most common first name among us is James.
Who are we?
Did you guess “the presidents of the United States”? If so, you’re right.
And while more presidents — six of them — were born in October than any other month, many people think of the presidents during February because of the Presidents’ Day holiday. (In addition to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and William Henry Harrison were born in February.) Presidents’ Day in 2013 falls on Monday, February 18.
So here is KidsPost’s tribute to the presidents. We can think of endless games you can play while studying this page. Who had the longest name? Who had the shortest? How many presidents had beards? How many wore glasses? (See, the fun never ends!)
To find out more about each president and their inaugural speeches, go to www.kidspost.com.
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1st: George Washington
1789-97
Only president to 100 percent of electoral votes
2nd: John Adams
1797-1801
First one-term president
3rd: Thomas Jefferson
1801-09
Tried to assemble a mastodon skeleton in the White House
4th: James Madison
1809-17
Shortest U.S. president at 5 feet, 4 inches.
5th: James Monroe
1817-25
Died on July 4 (as did John Adams, Jefferson)
6th: John Quincy Adams
1825-29
Kept an alligator in the White House for several months
7th: Andrew Jackson
1829-37
Invited public to the White House for inaugural ball
8th: Martin Van Buren
1837-41
First president to be born a U.S. citizen
9th: William Henry Harrison
1841
Served as president for only 32 days
10th: John Tyler
1841-45
Had 15 children
11th: James K. Polk
1845-49
Signed law creating the Smithsonian Institution
12th: Zachary Taylor
1849-50
First voted in an election in 1948 when he was 62 years old.
13th Millard Filmore
1850-53
Was born in a log cabin
14th Franklin Pierce
1853-57
His nickname was “Handsome Frank”
15th James Buchanan
1857-61
Only president to never get married
16th Abraham Lincoln
1861-65
His son, Willie, is the only child to die in the White House
17th Andrew Johnson
1865-69
Congress tried to remove him from office
18th Ulysses S. Grant
1869-77
First president to see the Pacific Ocean
19th Rutherford B. Hayes
1877-81
Hosted first White House Easter Egg Roll
20th James A. Garfield
1881
First left-handed president
21st Chester A. Arthur
1881-85
Had the first elevator installed in the White House
22nd, 24th
Grover Cleveland
1885-89; 1893-97
Only president to serve two terms not in a row.
23rd Benjamin Harrison
1889-93
First president to have a Christmas tree in the White House
25th William McKinley
1897-1901
First president to ride in a car
26th Theodore Roosevelt
1901-09
The Teddy Bear was named after him.
27th William H. Taft
1909-13
Only president to serve as a Supreme Court justice after leaving office
28th Woodrow Wilson
1913-21
Signed the law giving women the right to vote.
29th Warren G. Harding
1921-23
Had the largest shoe size of any president, 14.
30th Calvin Coolidge
1923-29
Only president born on the July 4.
31st Herbert C. Hoover
1929-33
There are two asteroids named for him.
32nd Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933-45
No president will ever serve longer than he did.
33rd Harry S. Truman
1945-53
First president to be sworn in on television
34th Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953-61
First president of all 50 states
35th John F. Kennedy
1961-63
Youngest person elected president
36th Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-69
Only president to be sworn in by a woman.
37th Richard M. Nixon
First person to speak to a man on the moon.
38th Gerald R. Ford
1974-77
First president to have been an Eagle Scout
39th Jimmy Carter
1977-81
Was a peanut farmer before running for president
40th Ronald Reagan
1981-89
Was a movie actor before becoming president.
41st George H.W. Bush
1989-93
Only president to be born in June
42nd Bill Clinton
1993-2001
First president to have an e-mail address
43rd George W. Bush
2001-2009
Second president to also be the son of a president.
44th Barack H. Obama
Fourth president to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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