U.S. Presidents

By BarCharts, Inc.

Our popular 3-panel (6-page) U.S. Presidents guide has been updated to include President Barack Obama, as well as additional facts and trivia regarding America’s past Commanders-in-Chief. This is one comprehensive resource that no student or history buff should be without! Points of interest are set off for readers to find easily, and the chronological arrangement of every President from #1 to #44 makes quick reference a snap.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BarCharts, Inc.
• Release date: May 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781423237372

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Table of Contents

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson

Martin Van Buren

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

James Knox Polk

Zachary Taylor

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

James Buchanan

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

James Abram Garfield

Chester Alan Arthur

Grover Cleveland

Benjamin Harrison

Grover Cleveland

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Warren Gamaliel Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Clark Hoover

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Harry S Truman

Dwight David Eisenhower

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Richard Milhous Nixon

Gerald Rudolph Ford

James Earl Carter

Ronald Wilson Reagan

George Herbert Walker Bush

William Jefferson Clinton

George Walker Bush

Barack Hussein Obama

U.S. Presidents

1

George Washington

Born   February 22, 1732

Died   December 14, 1799

Married   Martha Dandridge Custis

Children   2 (from wife’s first marriage)

Served   1789–1797 (2 terms)

Vice President   John Adams

First Lady   Martha Washington (wife)

Political Party   Federalist

Nickname   Father of Our Country

Government Offices   Virginia House of Burgesses, President – Continental Congress, Constitutional Convention

Key Events   As Commander in Chief of Continental Army, won Revolutionary War; helped organize Constitutional Convention (Philadelphia – 1787); under new Constitution, Electoral College unanimously elected him first President of the United States; he joined states together and helped establish federal government.

Facts   Boyhood tale of chopping down cherry tree is among most famous stories told about him, yet no evidence confirms it is true; he worked as a surveyor prior to entering politics, was an avid spelunker (cave explorer), and kept detailed diaries from age 16 until his death.

Did You Know?   Washington's annual salary as President (in 1789) was $25,000. As of January 1, 2001, presidential compensation is $400,000/year, plus $50,000 expense account.

U.S. Presidents

2

John Adams

Born   October 30, 1735

Died   July 4, 1826

Married   Abigail Smith

Children   5

Served   1797–1801 (1 term)

Vice President   Thomas Jefferson

First Lady   Abigail Adams (wife)

Political Party   Federalist

Nickname   Atlas of Independence

Government Offices   Massachusetts Legislature, Continental Congress, diplomat to France, Netherlands & Britain, V.P. (Washington)

Key Events   Negotiated Treaty of Paris (with Benjamin Franklin & John Jay) that officially ended Revolutionary War; first V.P. of U.S.; averted war with France and kept U.S. neutral during war between France and Great Britain.

Facts   On