USA presidents

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John Adams

He was the first president to live in the White House, he moved in before it was finished

Dwight David Eisenhower

His first son died of scarlet fever at age 3

Chester Alan Arthur

His grandfather was George Washington

John Tyler

Loved kids, had 15 children

James Knox Polk

his wife Sarah introduced the tradition of the annual White House Thanksgiving dinner

Lyndon Baines Johnson

his's wife was key to his success

Woodrow Wilson

learned to read when he was ten years old

James Madison

shortest president

John Quincy Adams

son of John Adams

Theodore Roosevelt

was blind in the left eye after boxing.

Barack Obama

elected as the first African American president of the US in 2008

Grover Cleveland

first Democrat elected after the Civil War

Andrew Jackson

first president to ride a train

Harry Truman

gave the order to drop the atomic bomb which is illeagal

Richard Nixon

he could play five musical instruments

William McKinley

he had a pet parrot who could whislte the tune of 'Yankee Doodle"

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

he met with Farouk I, king of Egypt, and Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia.

James Monroe

he nearly died after being shot during the battle of Trenton.

Thomas Jefferson

he was a terrible public speaker but spoke 6 different languages

Calvin Coolidge

Acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken.

James Abram Garfield

Could write with both hands at the same time - in different languages

Warren Gamaliel Harding

Died of a heart attack.

Donald Trump

Famous billionaire in the 80s

Martin Van Buren

First President born an American citizen - all before him were born in the British colonies

Millard Fillmore

First President to have a stove and running water in the White House

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

First President to use a phone - his phone number was 1

Franklin Pierce

First president to have a Christmas tree

Andrew Johnson

He was buried wrapped in American Flag with a copy of the U.S. Constitution for a pillow

Benjamin Harrison

Grandson of William Henry Harrison

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

He donated his congressional and presidential salaries to charity

Gerald Rudolph Ford

He nearly lost his life when a typhoon hit his Navy aircraft carrier during World War II

Zachary Taylor

James Madison's cousin

Grover Cleveland

Married in the White House

Ulysses S. Grant

The "S" in his name didn't stand for anything

Bill Clinton

Played the saxophone on national TV

George Walker Bush

President during 9/11.

William Henry Harrison

President for only 31 days, died of pneumonia.

Jimmy Carter

Shot his sister with a BB gun after she threw a wrench at him

Herbert Hoover

Spoke chinese to his wife to keep their stories private

George Herbert Walker Bush

Survived 4 planes crashes during World War II

Abraham Lincoln

Tallest President

William Howard Taft

Tended to fall asleep at public functions

Ronald Reagan

he was also known to some as the "Jelly Bean Man" because of his love of them

George Washington

his favorite food was ice cream

James Buchanan

his niece was a White House hostess


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