8th President of the United States
(March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841)
Nicknames: "The Little Magician"; "The Red Fox of Kinderhook"
Born: December 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 (1783-1819), on February 21, 1807
Children: Abraham Van Buren (1807-73); John Van Buren (1810-66); Martin Van Buren (1812-55); Smith Thompson Van Buren (1817-76)
Religion: Dutch Reformed
Education: Graduated from Kinderhook Academy (1796)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Democratic
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
Martin Van Buren was the first Chief Executive born under the United States flag.
9th President of the United States
(March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841)
Nicknames: "Old Tippecanoe"; "Old Tip"
Born: February 9, 1773, in Berkeley, Virginia
Died: April 4, 1841, in Washington, D.C.
Father: Benjamin Harrison
Mother: Elizabeth Bassett Harrison
Married: Anna Tuthill Symmes (1775-1864), on November 25, 1795
Children: Elizabeth Bassett Harrison (1796-1846); John Cleves Symmes Harrison (1798-1830); Lucy Singleton Harrison (1800-26); William Henry Harrison (1802-38); John Scott Harrison (1804-78); Benjamin Harrison (1806-40); Mary Symmes Harrison (1809-42); Carter Bassett
Harrison (1811-39); Anna Tuthill Harrison (1813-65); James Findlay Harrison (1814-17)
Religion: Episcopalian
Education: Attended Hampden-Sydney College
Occupation: Soldier
Political Party: Whig
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
Harrison had been in office less then a month when he caught a cold that developed into pneumonia. On April 4, 1841, he died (the first President to die in office) and with him died the Whig program.
Born: March 29, 1790, in Greenway, Virginia
Died: January 18, 1862, in Richmond, Virginia
Father: John Tyler
Mother: Mary Marot Armistead Tyler
Married: Letitia Chrisitan (1790-1842), on March 29, 1813; Julia Gardiner (1820-1889), on June 26, 1844
Children: Mary Tyler (1815-48); Robert Tyler (1816-77); John Tyler (1819-96); Letitia Tyler (1821-1907); Elizabeth Tyler (1823-50); Anne Contesse Tyler (1825); Alice Tyler (1827-54);
Tazewell Tyler (1830-74); David Gardiner Tyler (1846-1927); John Alexander Tyler (1848-83); Julia Gardiner Tyler (1849-71); Lachlan Tyler (1851-1902); Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853-1935);
Robert Fitzwalter Tyler (1856-1927); Pearl Tyler (1860-1947)
Religion: Episcopalian
Education: Graduated from the College of William and Mary (1807)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Whig
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
John Tyler was the first president to be married in office on June 26, 1844. At the end of John Tyler's administration, the United States annexed Texas. Tyler was 70 years old when his youngest child was born. She died in 1947 ... but her father was born in 1790!
11th President of the United States
(March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849)
Nickname: "Young Hickory"
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 (1803-1891), on January 1, 1824
Children: None
Religion: Presbyterian
Education: Graduated from the University of North Carolina (1818)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Democratic
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
James Polk extended the Nation's boundaries to the shores of the Pacific
12th President of the United States
(March 5, 1849 to July 9, 1850)
Nickname: "Old Rough and Ready"
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 (1788-1852), on June 21, 1810
Children: Ann Mackall Taylor (1811-75); Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-35); Octavia P. Taylor (1816-20); Margaret Smith Taylor (1819-20); Mary Elizabeth Taylor (1824-1909); Richard
Taylor (1826-79)
Religion: Episcopalian
Education: No formal education
Occupation: Soldier
Political Party: Whig
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
Zachary Taylor spent July 4, 1850, eating cherries and milk at a ceremony at the Washington Monument. He got sick from the heat and died five days later, the second president to die in office.
13th President of the United States
(July 9, 1850 to March 3, 1853)
Nickname: "The American Louis Philippe"
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
Stepmother: Eunice Love
Married: Abigail Powers (1798-1853), on February 5, 1826; Caroline Carmichael McIntosh (1813-1881), on February 10, 1858
Children: Millard Powers Fillmore (1828-89); Mary Abigail Fillmore (1832-54)
Religion: Unitarian
Education: No formal education
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Whig
14th President of the United States
(March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857)
Nickname: "Young Hickory of the Granite Hills"
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 (1806-1863), on November 10, 1834
Children: Franklin Pierce (1836); Frank Robert Pierce (1839-43); Benjamin Pierce (1841-53)
Religion: Episcopalian
Education: Graduated from Bowdoin College (1824)
Occupation: Lawyer, public official
Political Party: Democrat
15th President of the United States
(March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861)
Nickname: "Old Buck"
Born: April 23, 1791, in Cove Gap (near Mercersburg), Pennsylvania
Died: June 1, 1868, at Wheatland (near Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
Father: James Buchanan
Mother: Elizabeth Speer Buchanan
Married: Never married.
Children: None
Religion: Presbyterian
Education: Graduated from Dickinson College (1809)
Occupation: Lawyer
Political Party: Democrat
SPECIAL INFORMATION:
The White House hostess was his niece Harriet Lane (1830-1903).
James Buchanan a very good host, when England's Prince of
Wales came to visit in the fall of 1860, so many guests came with him, it's said the president slept in the hallway!
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