16th President of the United States
(March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865)
Nicknames: "Honest Abe"; "Illinois Rail-Splitter"
Born: February 12, 1809, in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky
Died: April 15, 1865, at Petersen's Boarding House in Washington, D.C.
Father: Thomas Lincoln
Mother: Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Stepmother: Sarah Bush Johnston
Married: Mary Todd (1818-1882), on November 4, 1842
Children: Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926); Edward Baker Lincoln (1846-50); William Wallace Lincoln (1850-62); Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (1853-71)
Religion: No formal affiliation
Education: No formal education
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Republican
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
During the Civil War, telegraph wires were strung to follow the action on the battlefield. But there was no telegraph office in the White House, so Lincoln went across the street to the War Department to get the news. Abraham Lincoln hated the idea of a civil war, but accepted it as the only means to save the Union.
Lincoln's son Robert tired to have his mother committed to an insane asylum and take control of her money. He lost.
17th President of the United States
(April 15, 1865 to March 3, 1869)
Nickname: None
Born: December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina
Died: July 31, 1875, in Carter's Station, Tennessee
Father: Jacob Johnson
Mother: Mary McDonough Johnson
Married: Eliza McCardle (1810-1876), on May 5, 1827
Children: Martha Johnson (1828-1901); Charles Johnson (1830-63); Mary Johnson (1832-83); Robert Johnson (1834-69); Andrew Johnson (1852-79)
Religion: No formal affiliation
Education: No formal education
Occupation: Tailor, public official
Political Party: Democratic
SPECIAL INFORMATION
Andrew Johnson faced impeachment for steadfastly opposing Radicals in Congress.
18th President of the United States
(March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877)
Nickname: "Hero of Appomattox"
Born: April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio
Died: July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York
Father: Jesse Root Grant
Mother: Hannah Simpson Grant
Married: Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902), on August 22, 1848
Children: Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912); Ulysses Simpson Grant
(1852-1929); Ellen Wrenshall Grant (1855-1922); Jesse Root Grant (1858-1934)
Religion: Methodist
Education: Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. (1843)
Occupation: Soldier
Political Party: Republican
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
After retiring from the Presidency, Grant became a partner in a financial firm, which went bankrupt. He started writing his recollections to pay off his debts and provide for his family, and produce a memoir that ultimately earned nearly $450,000. Soon after completing the last page, in 1885, he died.
19th President of the United States
(March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1881)
Nickname: "Dark-Horse President"
Born: October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio
Died: January 17, 1893, at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio
Father: Rutherford Hayes
Mother: Sophia Birchard Hayes
Married: Lucy Ware Webb (1831-1889), on December 30, 1852
Children: Birchard Austin Hayes (1853-1926); James Webb Cook Hayes (1856-1934); Rutherford Platt Hayes (1858-1927); Joseph Thompson Hayes (1861-63); George Crook Hayes (1864-66); Fanny Hayes (1867-1950); Scott Russell Hayes (1871-1923); Manning Force Hayes (1873-74)
Religion: No formal affiliation
Education: Graduated from Kenyon College (1842) and Harvard Law School (1845)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Republican
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
In 1879, the first telephone was installed in the White House. At first it was hardly used, because there weren't many other phones in Washington to call.
Rutherford B. Hayes gained the Presidency by a margin of only one electoral vote.
20th President of the United States
(March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881)
Nickname: None
Born: November 19, 1831, in Orange, Ohio
Died: September 19, 1881, in Elberon, New Jersey
Father: Abram Garfield
Mother: Eliza Ballou Garfield
Married: Lucretia Rudolph (1832-1918), on November 11, 1858
Children: Eliza A. Garfield (1860-63); Harry A. Garfield (1863-1942); James R. Garfield (1865-1950); Mary Garfield (1867-1947); Irvin M.Garfield (1870-1951); Abram Garfield (1872-1958); Edward Garfield (1874-76)
Religion: Disciples of Christ
Education: Attended Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College); Graduated from Williams College (1856)
Occupation: Teacher, public official
Political Party: Republican
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
James Garfield was the second president shot in office. Doctors tried to find the bullet with a metal detector invented by Alexander Graham Bell. But the device failed because Garfield was placed on a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him. He died on September 19, 1881.
James A. Garfield died from an assassin's bullet only six months after he took office.
Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont
Died: November 18, 1886, in New York, New York
Father: William Arthur
Mother: Malvina Stone Arthur
Married: Ellen Lewis Herndon (1837-1880), on October 25, 1859
Children: William Lewis Herndon Arthur (1860-63); Chester Alan Arthur (1864-1937); Ellen Herndon Arthur (1871-1915)
Religion: Episcopalian
Education: Graduated from Union College (1848)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Republican
22nd and 24th President of the United States
(March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889 and March 4, 1893 to March 3,
1897)
Nickname: None
Born: March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey
Died: June 24, 1908, in Princeton, New Jersey
Father: Richard Falley Cleveland
Mother: Anne Neal Cleveland
Married: Frances Folsom (1864-1947), on June 2, 1886
Children: Ruth Cleveland (1891-1904); Esther Cleveland (1893-1980); Marion Cleveland (1895-1977); Richard Folsom Cleveland (1897-1974); Francis Grover Cleveland (1903-1995)
Religion: Presbyterian
Education: No formal education
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Democrat
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
Grover Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House to Frances Folsom in 1886, and the first to have a child born in the White House, in 1893.
Grover Cleveland was the only President elected to two nonconsecutive terms.
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