GEORGE WASHINGTON
Born 2/22/1732 in Pope's Creek, Virginia
Previous experience: Surveyor, farmer, Continental Congress delegate
Political Party: No official
Vice President: John Adams
Term of Office: 4/30/1789-3/3/97
Died on 12/14/99
Nickname: Father of His Country
JOHN ADAMS
Born 10/30/1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts
Previous experience: Lawyer, Continental Congress delegate, Vice President
Political Party: Federalist
Vice President: Thomas Jefferson
Term of office: 4/4/1797-3/3/1801
Died on 7/4/1826
Nickname: Duke of Braintree
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Born 4/13/1743 in Shadwell, Virginia
Previous experience: Continental Congress delegate, governor, Secretary of State, Vice President
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Vice Presidents: Aaron Burr, George Clinton
Term of office: 3/4/1801-3/3/09
Died on 7/4/1826
Nickname: Red Fox
JAMES MADISON
Born 3/16/1751 in Port Conway, Virginia
Previous experience: Lawyer, Continental Congress delegate, Congressman, Secretary of State
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Vice Presidents: George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
Term of office: 3/4/1809-3/3/17
Died 6/28/1836
Nickname: Father of the Constitution
JAMES MONROE
Born 4/28/1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Previous experience: Soldier, lawyer, Continental Congress delegate, Senator, governor, Secretary of State, Secretary of War
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins
Term of office: 3/4/1817-3/3/25
Died 7/4/31
Nickname: Last of the Cocked Hats
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Born 7/11/1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts
Previous experience: Lawyer, Senator, Secretary of State, Congressman
Political Party: unlike his father, Democratic-Republican
Vice President: John C. Calhoun
Term of office: 3/4/1825-3/3/29
Died 2/23/48
Nickname: Old Man Eloquent
ANDREW JACKSON
Born 3/15/1767 in Waxhaw District, South Carolina
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, military leader, governor, Senator
Political Party: Democratic
Vice Presidents: John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
Term of office: 3/4/1829-3/3/37
Died 6/8/1845
Nickname: Old Hickory
MARTIN VAN BUREN
Born 12/5/1782 in Kinderhook, New York
Previous experience: Lawyer, Senator, governor, Secretary of State, Vice President
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Richard M. Johnson
Term of office: 3/4/1837-3/3/41
Died 7/24/1862
Nickname: the Little Magician
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
Born 2/9/1773 in Berkeley, Virginia
Previous experience: Military leader, territorial governor, Congressman, Senator
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: John Tyler
Term of office: sadly, 3/4/1841-4/4/41
Died 4/4/41
Nickname: Old Tippecanoe
JOHN TYLER
Born 3/29/1790 in Charles City County, Virginia
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, governor, Senator, Vice President
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: None
Term of office: 4/6/1841-3/3/45
Died 1/18/62
Nickname: His Accidency
JAMES KNOX POLK
Born 11/2/1795 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: George M. Dallas
Term of office: 3/4/1845-3/3/49
Died 6/15/49
Nickname: Young Hickory
ZACHARY TAYLOR
Born 11/24/1784 in Montebello, Orange County, Virginia
Previous experience: Military leader
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: Millard Fillmore
Term of office: 3/4/1849-7/9/50
Died 7/9/50
Nickname: Old Rough & Ready
MILLARD FILLMORE
Born 1/7/1800 in Summerhill, New York
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Vice President
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: None
Term of office: 7/10/1850-3/3/53
Died 3/8/74
Nickname: Last of the Whigs
FRANKLIN PIERCE
Born 11/23/1804 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Senator
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: William R. King
Term of office: 3/4/1853-3/3/57
Died 10/8/69
Nickname: Handsome Frank
JAMES BUCHANAN
Born 4/23/1791 in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Senator, member of Cabinet
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: John C. Breckenridge
Term of office: 3/4/1857-3/3/61
Died 6/1/68
Nickname: Ten-Cent Jimmy
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Born 2/12/1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Senatorial candidate
Political Party: Republican (called National Union in the election of 1864)
Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
Term of office: 3/4/1861-4/15/65
Assassinated 4/15/65
Nickname: Honest Abe
ANDREW JOHNSON
Born 12/29/1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina
Previous experience: Congressman, governor, Senator
Party: National Union
Vice President: None
Term of office: 4/15/1865-3/3/69
Died 7/31/75
Nickname: Tennessee Tailor
ULYSSES S. GRANT
Born 4/27/1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio
Previous experience: Army General
Political Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
Term of office: 3/4/1869-3/3/77
Died 7/23/85
Nickname: Uncle Sam
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
Born 10/4/1822 in Delaware, Ohio
Previous experience: Lawyer, military leader, Congressman, governor
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: William A. Wheeler
Term of office: 3/4/1877-3/3/81
Died 1/17/93
Nickname: His Fraudulency
JAMES A. GARFIELD
Born 11/19/1831 in Orange, Ohio
Previous experience: Military leader, Congressman, Senator
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Chester A. Arthur
Term of office: 3/4/1881-9/17/81
Assassinated 9/17/81
Nickname: Preacher President
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
Born 10/5/1830 in Fairfield, Vermont
Previous experience: Public official, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: None
Term of office: 9/20/1881-3/3/85
Died 11/18/86
Nickname: Elegant Arthur
GROVER CLEVELAND
Born 3/18/1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey
Previous experience: Lawyer, sheriff, mayor, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Thomas A. Hendricks
Term of office: 3/4/1885-3/3/89
Died 6/24/1908
Nickname: Uncle Jumbo
BENJAMIN HARRISON
Born 8/20/1833 in North Bend, Ohio
Previous experience: Lawyer, military leader, Senator
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Levi P. Morton
Term of office: 3/4/1889-3/4/93
Died 3/13/1901
Nickname: Little Ben
GROVER CLEVELAND
Born 3/18/1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey
Previous experience: Lawyer, sheriff, mayor, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson
Term of office: 3/4/1893-3/3/97
Died 6/24/1908
Nickname: Uncle Jumbo
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Born 1/29/1843 in Niles, Ohio
Previous experience: Soldier, lawyer, Congressman, governor
Political Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Garret A. Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
Term of office: 3/4/1897-9/14/1901
Assassinated on 9/14/1901
Nickname: Wobbly Willie
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Born 10/27/1858 in New York, New York
Previous experience: governor, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks
Term of office: 9/14/1901-3/3/09
Died 1/6/1919
Nicknames: Teddy, TR
WILLIAM H. TAFT
Born 9/15/1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Previous experience: Lawyer, judge, governor of Philippines, Secretary of War
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: James S. Sherman
Term of office: 3/4/1909-3/3/13
Died 3/8/1930
Nickname: Big Bill
WOODROW WILSON
Born 12/28/1856 in Staunton, Virginia
Previous experience: Princeton University President, Governor of New Jersey
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall
Term of office: 3/4/1913-3/3/21
Died 2/3/1924
Nickname: Professor
WARREN G. HARDING
Born 11/2/1865 in Corsica, Ohio
Previous experience: lieutenant governor, Senator
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Calvin Coolidge
Term of office: 3/4/1921-8/2/23
Died 8/2/23
Nickname: Wobbly Warren
CALVIN COOLIDGE
Born 7/4/1872 in Plymouth, Vermont
Previous experience: lawyer, public official, governor, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles G. Dawes
Term of office: 8/3/1923-3/3/29
Died 1/5/33
Nickname: Silent Cal
HERBERT C. HOOVER
Born 8/10/1874 in West Branch, Iowa
Previous experience: Secretary of Commerce
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles Curtis
Term of office: 3/4/1929-3/3/33
Died 10/20/64
Nickname: Chief
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Born 1/30/1882 in Hyde Park, New York
Previous experience: Public official, lawyer, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice Presidents: John N. Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman
Term of office: 3/4/1933-4/12/45
Died 4/12/45
Nickname: FDR
HARRY S TRUMAN
Born 5/8/1884 in Lamar, Missouri
Previous experience: judge, Senator, Vice President
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Alben W. Barkley
Term of office: 4/12/45-1/20/53
Died 12/26/72
Nickname: Man from Independence
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER
Born 10/14/1890 in Denison, Texas
Previous experience: Military leader, college president
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
Term of office: 1/20/53-1/20/61
Died 3/28/69
Nickname: Ike
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Born 5/29/17 in Brookline, Massachusetts
Previous experience: Congressman, Senator, author
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Term of office: 1/20/61-11/22/63
Assassinated 11/22/63
Nickname: JFK
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Born 8/27/1908 in Stonewall, Texas
Previous experience: public official, Vice President
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
Term of office: 11/22/63-1/20/69
Died 1/22/73
Nickname: LBJ
RICHARD M. NIXON
Born 1/9/13 in Yorba Linda, California
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Senator, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford
Term of office: 1/20/69-8/9/74
Died 4/22/94
Nickname: Tricky Dick
GERALD R. FORD
Born 7/14/13 in Omaha, Nebraska
Previous experience: Congressman, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Term of office: 8/9/74-1/20/77
Nickname: Mr. Nice Guy
JAMES E. CARTER
Born 10/1/24 in Plains, Georgia
Previous experience: Naval officer, bussinessman, state senator, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Walter F. Mondale
Term of office: 1/20/77-1/20/81
Nickname: Hot
RONALD W. REAGAN
Born 2/6/11 in Tampico, Illinois
Previous experience: actor, union official, governor
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: George H.W. Bush
Term of office: 1/20/81-1/20/89
Nickname: Dutch
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
Born:6/12/24 in Milton, Massachusetts
Previous experience: Vice President, Congressman, ambassador, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle
Term of office: 1/20/89-1/20/93
Nickname: Poppy
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
Born 8/19/46 in Hope, Arkansas
Previous experience: governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Albert Gore, jr.
Term of office: 1/20/93-
Nicknames: Bubba, Slick Willy
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