Let’s Learn About the
Presidents
Mrs. Haring’s Class
Production
George Washington
First
president of the United States
Commander of the Revolutionary War
Accepted the British surrender at
Yorktown, Virginia in 1781.
On the quarter and 1 dollar bill
Had a pet parrot named Polly
John Adams
2nd
president of the United States
1st president to live in the White
House.
1st president to live in Washington
D.C.
Was a member of the House of
Representatives after he was
president.
Thomas Jefferson
3rd president of the
Bought the Louisiana
United States
Purchase from France in
1803.
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Started the University of Virginia
Face on the nickel and $2.00 bill
Had two bear cubs as pets - gifts from Lewis
and Clark
James Madison
Took
careful notes about the Consitution.
Face is on the $5000 bill
Wife Dolley saved the painting of George
Washington from the burning White House
in 1814.
Kept pet sheep at the White House.
James Monroe
Served
two terms as president from 1817-
1825
First president to ride in a steamboat
Was a lawyer
Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine,
Missouri became states during his
presidency.
John Quincy Adams
Son
of the 2nd president, John
Adams
Swam in the Potomac River every
morning
Had a pet alligator
Was a lawyer
Andrew Jackson
7th
president
Nickname was Old Hickory
Had no formal education
Had pet horses and ponies
Arkansas and Michigan became states
while he was president
First president to be born in a log cabin.
Martin Van Buren
8th president
Nickname Old
Kinderhook. He would sign
things O.K. which is where OK came from.
Was a lawyer
1st president born a citizen of the United
States.
Had two pet tiger cubs.
William Henry Harrison
9th president
Nickname: Old Tippecanoe
Died one month after becoming
president.
Gave his presidential speech in the rain,
caught pneumonia and died.
His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, became
the 23rd president.
Had a pet cow and goat.
John Tyler
10th
president
Had 15 children
Played the violin
Was a lawyer
Served in the army as a captain
Had a pet horse named General
James K. Polk
11th
president
Did not allow dancing or music in the
White House while he was president
Colonel in the army
While Polk was president, gold was
discovered in California.
Zachary Taylor
12th
president
Nickname: Old Rough and Ready
Spent 40 years in the army
His horse, Whitey, was allowed to
graze on the White House lawn.
Millard Fillmore
13th
president
Went to school in a one room schoolhouse
Could barely read but collected over 4000
books
Had the first bathtub installed in the
White House with running water.
Franklin Pierce
14th
president
Was a lawyer
Had 3 sons
First president to put a Christmas
tree in the White House
James Buchanan
15th
president
Never got married
Had a pet elephant
First president to send a telegram.
He exchanged telegrams with Queen
Victoria of England.
Abraham Lincoln
16th
president
Nickname: Honest Abe
First president to be photographed
at his inauguration
Favorite food was fried chicken
Had pet goats named Nanny & Nanko
Andrew Johnson
17th
president
Worked as a tailor
Served as a vice president for
Abraham Lincoln
Nebraska became a state during his
presidency
Had pet white mice
Ulysses S. Grant
18th president
Commander of the
Union Army during the
Civil War
Got a $20 speeding ticket for riding his
horse too fast in downtown Washington
D.C. The police officer didn’t know he was
the president.
Favorite breakfast was cucumbers soaked
in vinegar.
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th
president
First president to use a telephone
Favorite sport was Croquet
Had pet birds, cows, and lots of dogs
James Garfield
20th
president
Worked as a teacher
First left handed president
Had 7 children
Chester A. Arthur
21st
president
First president who had citizenship
challenged. People believed he was
born in Canada.
Nickname: Dude president
Favorite hobbie: fishing
Grover Cleveland
22rd and 24th president
Only president to serve 2
non-consecutive
terms
Nickname: Old Jumbo
Favorite hobby: Fishing
Old president to be married in the White
House.
Benjamin Harrison
24th
president
Grandfather was the 9th president,
William Henry Harrison
Had a pet possum
When electricity was installed in the
White House in 1891, his family was
afraid to touch the switches.
Grover Cleveland
22nd
and 24th president
William McKinley
25th
president
Served in the Civil War
Was Governor of Ohio
Had a pet parrot and cats
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president
The Teddy Bear was named after him
He had lots of pets in the White House
including lizards, snakes, bears, badgers, a
lion, and horses.
Established the first National Park Yellowstone in Wyoming.
William Taft
27th president
Had a pet cow named Pauline Wayne
Was the largest president. He weighed
350 pounds.
Once got stuck in the White House
bathtub. He had a larger one installed that
could hold 4 men.
Woodrow Wilson
28th
president
Was a teacher
President during World War I
Loved to go to the theater.
Warren Harding
29th
president
Loved to play cards
Favorite sport: golf
Died of a heart attack while
president
Calvin Coolidge
30th
president
Was a lawyer
Had an electronic horse installed in
the White House
First president to be born on July
4th
Herbert Hoover
31st
president
Born in Iowa
President at start of Great
Depression
He approved the “Star Spangled
Banner” as the National Anthem.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd
president
Served 4 terms as president
Led the country during World War II
Fifth cousin was Theodore Roosevelt, the
26th president
Contracted polio and was in a wheelchair
during part of his presidency.
Harry S. Truman
33rd
president
Became president after the death of
Franklin Roosevelt
The “S” in his middle name is just a
letter. It stands for nothing.
Loved to play the piano
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th
president
General in the U.S. Army during WWII
Nickname: Ike
First president of all 50 states
First president to appear on color
television.
John F. Kennedy
35th
president
Became president at age 43
Nickname: J.F.K.
Boat was sunk under him during
World War II - PT-109
Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th
president
Nickname: L.B.J.
Loved to drive his car 90 miles per
hour around his Texas ranch
Enjoyed hunting and fishing
Richard M. Nixon
37th
president
First president to visit China
Nickname: Tricky Dick
Was vice president for Eisenhower.
Ran for president and lost against
John F. Kennedy
Favorite sport: Bowling
Gerald Ford
38th
president
Became president after Nixon resigned.
Never elected president by the people
Served as president during the
Bicentennial - America’s 200th birthday.
Died in 2007
Jimmy Carter
39th
president
Was a peanut farmer
Can read 2000 words a minute
Served in the United States Navy
Went to the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Maryland
Ronald Reagan
40th president
Born in Illinois
Loved Jelly Belly Jelly beans
Survived an assassination attempt
Enjoyed riding horses.
Was a movie actor and Governor of
California before president
George H.W. Bush
41st
president
Worked as an oil man
Was director of the CIA
Disliked broccoli and banned it from
the White House meals
Bill Clinton
42nd
president
Met John F. Kennedy when he was 16
years old.
Favorite activity: jogging
Was Governor of Arkansas
Loved fast food
George.W. Bush
43rd
president
Nickname: Dubuya
Owned the Texas Rangers Baseball
Team from 1989-1994
Father was the 41st president