A m e r i c a n P r e s i d e n t s
| Term: | April 30, 1789 to March 3, 1797 |
| Born: | February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| Died: | December 14, 1799 at Mount Vernon, Virginia |
| Father: | Augustine Washington |
| Mother: | Mary Ball Washington |
| Married: | Martha Dandridge Custis on January 6, 1759 |
| Children: | John "Jack" Parke Custis (adopted) and Marth "Patsy" Custis (adopted) |
| Fun fact: | Washington had only one tooth left at the time of his inauguration. He had many dentures constructed during his lifetime made of his own teeth, cow, hippopotamus, ivory, or lead, but never wore wooden teeth as the myth suggests. Washington always bowed to White House visitors because he believed shaking hands was beneath a president. |
| Term: | March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1801 |
| Born: | October 30, 1735, in Braintree(now Quincy), Massachusetts |
| Died: | July 4, 1826 in Braintree, Massachusetts |
| Father: | John Adams |
| Mother: | Susanna Boylston Adams |
| Married: | Abigail Smith on October 25, 1764 |
| Children: | Abigail Amelia Adams, John Quincy Adams, Susanna Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams |
| Fun fact: | Adams was the first resident of the White House moving in while the paint was still wet. Adams holds the record for living longer than any other president by reaching the age of 90. |
| Term: | March 4, 1801 to March 3 1809 |
| Born: | April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virinia |
| Died: | July 4, 1826, at Monticello (near Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| Father: | Peter Jefferson |
| Mother: | Jane Randolph Jefferson |
| Married: | Martha Wayles Skelton on January 1, 1772 |
| Children: | Martha Washington Jefferson, Jane Randolph Jefferson, infant son, Mary Jefferson, Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (1780-1781), Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (1782-85) |
| Fun fact: | Jefferson invented the swivel chair, and the lazy susan. |
| Term: | March 4, 1809 to March 3,1817 |
| Born: | March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia |
| Died: | June 28, 1836 at Montpelier, Virginia |
| Father: | James Madison |
| Mother: | Nelly Conway Madison |
| Married: | Dolley Payne Madison on September 15, 1794 |
| Children: | None |
| Fun fact: | Madison was the shortest and lightest president @ 5'4" tall and weighed less than 100 lbs |
| Term: | March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1825 |
| Born: | April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| Died: | July 4, 1831 in New York, New York |
| Father: | Spencer Monroe |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Jones Monroe |
| Married: | Elizabeth Eliza Kortright on February 16, 1786 |
| Children: | Eliza Kortright Monroe, James Spence Monroe, Maria Hester Monroe |
| Fun fact: | Monroe's daughter was the bride in the first White House wedding and he was the first president to ride on a steamboat. |
| Term: | March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1829 |
| Born: | July 11, 1767 in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts |
| Died: | February 23, 1848 in Washington, D.C. |
| Father: | John Adams |
| Mother: | Abigail Smith Adams |
| Married: | Louisa Catherine Johnson on July 26, 1797 |
| Children: | George Washington Adams, John Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Louisa |
| Fun fact: | Adams swam nude regularly in the Potomac River at 5:00 a.m in the morning (weather permitting). He was also the first president to ever be photographed |
| Term: | March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1837 |
| Born: | March 15, 1767 in Waxhaw, South Carolina |
| Died: | June 8, 1845 at the Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Father: | Andrew Jackson |
| Mother: | Wlizabeth Hutchinson Jackson |
| Married: | Rachel Donelson Robards in August 1791 and in aa second ceromony on January 17, 1794 |
| Children: | Andrew Jackson, Jr (adopted) |
| Fun fact: | Jackson was the only president to serve as a prisoner of war. When he was thirteen fighting in the Revolutionary war he was captured and ordered to clean the boots of a British officer. When Jackson refused, the officer slashed Jackson across the forehead with his sword leaving a scar. Jackson was the first president to be born in a log cabin and the first one to ride on a railroad train. 7th U.S. president, dueled with Charles Dickinson after he insulted Jackson's marriage. Jackson let his opponent fire first, giving himself time to take aim. Jackson took a bullet in the chest and, without flinching, calmly killed his man. |
| Term: | March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841 |
| Born: | Decembr 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York |
| Died: | July 24, 1862 in Kinderhook. New York |
| Father: | Abraham Van Buren |
| Mother: | Maria Hoes Van Buren |
| Married: | Hannah Hoes on February 21, 1807 |
| Children: | Abraham Van Buren, John Van Buren, Martin Van Buren, Smith Thompson Van Buren |
| Fun fact: | Van Buren wrote an autobiography but did not mention his wife once. Also, Van Buren took $100,000 (the sum of his salary as president over four years) in a lump sum at the end of his term. |
| Term: | March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841 |
| Born: | Februay 9, 1773 in Berkley, Virginia |
| Died: | April 4, 1841 in Washington D.C. |
| Father: | Benjamin Harrison |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Bassett Harrison |
| Married: | Anna Tuthill Symmes on November 25, 1795 |
| Children: | Elizabeth Bassett Harrison, John Cleves Symmes Harrison, Lucy Singleton Harrison, William Henry Harrison, John Scott Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Mary Symmes Harrison, Carter Bassett Harrison, Anna Tuthill Harrison, James Findlay Harrison. |
| Fun fact: | Harrison was the only president who studied to become a doctor. Anna (his wife ) received $25,000 pension after his death. |
| Term: | April 6, 1841 to March 3, 1845 |
| Born: | March 29' 1790 in Greenway, Virginia |
| Died: | January 18, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia |
| Father: | John Tyler |
| Mother: | Mary Marot Armistead Tyler |
| Married: | Letitia Christitan on March 29, 1813 & Julia Gardiner on June 26, 1844 |
| Children: | Mary Tyler, Robert Tyler, John Tyler, Letitia Tyler, Elizabeth Tyler, Anne Contesse Tyler, Alice Tyler, Tazewell Tyler, David Gardiner Tyler, John Alexander Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Lachlan Tyler, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Robert Fitzwalter Tyler, Pearl Tyler |
| Fun fact: | Tyler never made an Inaugural Address and he was so poor after leaving office after five years that he was unable to pay a $1.25 bill until he had sold his corn crop. |
| Term: | March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849 |
| Born: | November 2, 1795 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina |
| Died: | June 15, 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Father: | Samuel Polk |
| Mother: | Jane Knox Polk |
| Married: | Sarah Childress on January 1, 1824 |
| Children: | None |
| Fun fact: | The first White House Thanksgiving dinner was hosted by James's wife Sarah and she banned dancing, card-playing and alcoholic beverages in the White House. |
| Term: | March 5, 1849 to July 9, 1850 |
| Born: | November 24, 1784 near Barboursville, Virginia |
| Died: | July 9, 1850 in Washington D.C. |
| Father: | Lieutenant Colonel Richard Taylor |
| Mother: | Sarah Dabney Strother Taylor |
| Married: | Margaret Mackall Smith on June 21, 1810 |
| Children: | Ann Mackall Taylor, Sarah Knox Taylor, Octavia P. Taylor, Margaret Smith Taylor, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Taylor. |
| Fun fact: | Moving from place to place when he was a sodier Taylor did not establish an official place of residence and never registered to vote. He did not even vote in his own election. He didn't cast his first ballot until he was 62. Taylor kept his old Army horse on the White House lawn and visitors would pluck hairs from it as souveniers. |
| Term: | July 9, 1850 to March 3, 1853 |
| Born: | January 7, 1800 in Locke Township (now Summerhill), New York |
| Died: | March 8, 1874 in Buffalo, New York |
| Father: | Nathaniel Fillmore |
| Mother: | Phoebe Millard Fillmore |
| Married: | Abigail Powers on Feb 5, 1826; Caroline Carmichael McIntosh on Feb 10, 1858 |
| Children: | Millard Powers Fillmore, Mary Abigail Fillmore |
| Fun fact: | Fillmore had no formal education and refused an honorary degree from Oxford University because he felt he had "neither literary nor scientific attainment". He was the first president to have a stepmother and installed the first library, bathtub and kitchen stove in the White House. |
| Term: | March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857 |
| Born: | November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough (now Hillsboro), New Hampshire |
| Died: | October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire |
| Father: | General Benjamin Pierce |
| Mother: | Ann Kendrick Pierce |
| Married: | Jane Means Appleton on November 10, 1834 |
| Children: | Franklin Pierce, Frank Robert Pierce, Benjamin Pierce |
| Fun fact: | Pierce out lived his three children who all died at a very early age. |
| Term: | March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861 |
| Born: | April 23, 1791 in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania |
| Died: | June 1, 1868 at Wheatland, Pennsylvania |
| Father: | James Buchanan |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Speer Buchanan |
| Married: | Never married |
| Children: | None |
| Fun fact: | Buchanan was the only bachelor to ever occupy the White House. He assigned his niece Harriet Lane as the White House hostess. |
| Term: | March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865 |
| Born: | February 12, 1809 in Hardin (now Larue) Kentucky |
| Died: | April 15, 1865 at Petersen's Boarding House IN Washington D.C. |
| Father: | Thomas Lincoln |
| Mother: | Nancy Hanks Lincoln |
| Married: | Mary Todd on November 4, 1842 |
| Children: | Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln |
| Fun fact: | Lincoln had no formal education but yet he was a Lawyer. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. He is famous for freeing slavery in the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation and his many wonderful public addresses (the most popular being his Gettysburg Address). |