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UNITED STATES of AMERICA - PRESIDENTS

GEORGE WASHINGTON
1ST President - Party: None
1789 - 1797
"The Father of His Country"

...State Represented : Virginia; home of "wild ponies" that roamed free on Assateague Island for a
...unknown amount of time. No one knows where the ponies came from but most believe they
...swam onto shore from a shipwreck.

Born: February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia
Died: December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon, Virginia
Occupations: Surveyor; planter; soldier (General)
Education: Home Schooled

Facts and Achievements
- Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
- President of Constitutional Convention
- Face carved on mount Rushmore
- Portrait on one-dollar bill and quarter

WASHINGTON MONUMENT

...Cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848. However, lack of funding & the American Civil War prevented the completion of this monument until 1884, almost 30 years after the death of Robert Mills who was the original architect. It was dedicated on February 21, 1885, and was opened to the public on October 9, 1888

"I hope ever to see America among the foremost Nations of Justice and Liberality."
Washington
JOHN ADAMS
2ND President - Party: Federalist
1797 - 1801
"The Father of the Navy"

...State Represented : Massachusetts; home of Harvard University founded in
... 1639 and was the first institution of higher learning in North America.

Born: October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Colony of Massachusetts
Died: July 4, 1826, in Braintree (Quincy), Massachusetts
Occupations: Farmer; teacher; lawyer
Education: Harvard College

Facts and Achievements
- Continental Congressman
- First U.S. Vice President
- First president to live in the White House
- Father of the 6th U.S. President
THOMAS JEFFERSON
3RD President - Party: Democratic-Republican
1801 - 1809
"The Father of the Declaration of Independence"

...State Represented : Virginia; where in 1607 at Jamestown, the first
... permanent English settlement was founded.

Born: April 13, 1743, in Goochland (Albemarle) County, Colony of Virginia
Died: July 4, 1826, at Monticello, Virginia
Occupations: Farmer; lawyer
Education: College of William and Mary

Facts and Achievements
- Governor of Virginia
- Face carved on Mount Rushmore
- Portrait on two-dollar bill and nickel
- Died on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

Quotes:
....The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

....It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which
....bind each of them separately.

....I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over
....others.

....Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it
.... has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.

....Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

....When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Jefferson
JAMES MADISON
4TH President - Party: Democratic-Republican
1809 - 1817
"The Father of the Constitution"

...State Represented : Virginia; where the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Arlington National Cemetery is located.

Born: March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Colony of Virginia
Died: June 28, 1836, at Montpelier near Orange, Virginia
Occupations: Farmer; politician
Education: College of New Jersey (Princeton)

Facts and Achievements
- President during the War of 1812
- Both vice presidents died in office
- Portrait on the $5,000 bill
JAMES MONROE
5TH President - Party: Democratic-Republican
1817 - 1825
"The Last of the Crooked Hats"

...State Represented : Virginia; where Statehood was established on June 25, 1788.

Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia
Died: July 4, 1831, in New York, New York
Occupations: Farmer; lawyer
Education: College of William and Mary

Facts and Achievements
- Signed the Missouri Compromise, forbidding slavery above southern border of Missouri
- Implemented the Monroe Doctrine, closing America to further colonization
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
6TH President - Party: Democratic-Republican
1825 - 1829
"Old Man Eloquent"

...State Represented : Massachusetts; where Statehood was established on February 6, 1788.

Born: July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Colony of Massachusetts
Died: February 23, 1848, in the Speaker's Room, house of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: Harvard College

Facts and Achievements
- Son of the 2nd U.S. President
- After presidency, served in Congress for 18 years
- Served as co-counsel on the Amistad case, arguing that the African rebels had a right to freedom
ANDREW JACKSON
7TH President - Party: Democratic
1829 - 1837
"Old Hickory"

...State Represented : Tennessee; where the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is located.

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxshaw, South Carolina
Died: June 8, 1845, at The Hermitage near Nashville, Tennessee
Occupations: Lawyer; soldier (General)
Education: Studied law in North Carolina

Facts and Achievements
- Was hero in the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812)
- Signed Indian Removal Act (tragically forced migration of Native Americans
- Founder of the Democratic Party
- Portrait on the twenty-dollar bill
MARTIN VAN BUREN
8TH President - Party: Democratic
1837 - 1841
"The Little Magician"; "Old Kinderhook"

...State Represented : New York; where Niagara Falls flow on the international line between Niagara Falls New York,
..................................and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Born: December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York
Died: July 24, 1862, in Kinderhook, New York
Occupation: Lawyer;
Education: Studied law in New York

Facts and Achievements
- First U.S. President to have been born in the independent United States
- Only president to have learned English as a second language, as he grew up speaking Dutch
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
9TH President - Party: Whig
1841 - (March 4 - April 4)
"Old Tippecanoe"

...State Represented : Ohio; where Statehood was established on March 1, 1803

Born: February 9, 1773, in Charles City, County of Virginia
Died: April 4, 1841, in Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Soldier (General)
Education: Hampden-Sydney College; University of Pennsylvania Medical School

Facts and Achievements
- Grandfather of 23rd U.S. President
- First president to die in office (pneumonia)
JOHN TYLER
10TH President - Party: Whig
1841 - 1845
"His Accidency"

...State Represented : Virginia; with the flowering Dogwood as it's State symbol.

Born: March 29, 1790, in Greenway, Virginia
Died: January 18, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: College of William and Mary

Facts and Achievements
- Governor of Virginia
- First president to assume office upon the death of predecessor
- Father of 15 children
JAMES KNOX POLK
11TH President - Party: Democratic
1845 - 1849
"Young Hickory"

...State Represented : Tennessee; with the Tulip tree as it's State symbol.

Born: November 2, 1795, in Pineville, North Carolina
Died: June 15, 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: University of North Carolina

Facts and Achievements
- Expanded on geographical areas for a larger United States, but acquisition precipitated a bitter quarrel between the North
...and the South over expansion of slavery
- Extended nation's boundaries to Pacific Ocean resulting from Congress declaring war on Mexico
ZACHARY TAYLOR
12TH President - Party: Whig
1849 - 1850 (16 months)
"Old Rough and Ready"

...State Represented : Louisiana; where Statehood was established on April 30, 1812.

Born: November 24, 1784, at Montebello, Orange County, Virginia
Died: July 9, 1850 in Washington, D.C.
Occupations: Farmer; soldier (General)
Education: No formal education

Facts and Achievements
- Hero of the Mexican War
- 40-year military career
- Personal horse named "Whitey", grazed on the White House lawn
MILLARD FILLMORE
13TH President - Party: Whig
1850 - 1853
"The Accidental President"

...State Represented : New York; with the Sugar Maple tree as it's State symbol.

Born: January 7, 1800, in Locke, New York
Died: March 8, 1874 in Buffalo, New York
Occupations: Lawyer; teacher
Education: Studied law in New York

Facts and Achievements
- Became president upon Zachary Taylor's death
- When Fillmore took office, the entire cabinet offered their resignations which he accepted & appointed new men who favoured
...the Compromise of 1850
- Supported the Compromise of 1850, which he signed, including the Fugitive Slave Act ("Bloodhound Law") which was part
...of the compromise
- Last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president
FRANKLIN PIERCE
14TH President - Party: Democratic
1853 - 1857
"Young Hickory of Granite Hills"

...State Represented : New Hampshire; where Delegates were the first colonist to sign the Declaration of Independence,
..................................following Congress President John Hancock.

Born: November 23, 1804, in Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Died: October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire
Occupations: Lawyer; soldier (General)
Education: Bowdoin College

Facts and Achievements
- Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act which is also known as popular sovereignty which gave settlers in Kansas and
...Nebraska territories the right to decide for themselves whether slavery would be allowed.
- Lost all 3 children to early childhood deaths
- Reputation was destroyed during the Civil War when he declared support for the Confederacy
- Youngest president at that time - age 48
JAMES BUCHANAN
15TH President - Party: Democratic
1857 - 1861
"The Sage of Wheatland"

...State Represented : Pennsylvania; home of the nation's first zoo, called Philadelphia Zoo.

Born: April 23, 1791, in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
Died: June 1, 1868 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Lawyer
Education: Dickinson College

Facts and Achievements
- Last president born in the 18th century
- Served as Minister to Russia under President Andrew Jackson
- Southern states declared their secession in the prologue to the American Civil War
- Ran as the "Save the Union" candidate
REASON
...He who will not reason, is a bigot:
he who cannot, is a fool;
and he who dares not, is a slave.
Byron

REFORM
...Reform, like charity, must begin at home. Once well at home, how will it radiate outwards, irrepressible, into all that we touch and handle, speak and work: kindling every new light by incalculable contagion, spreading, in geometric ratio, far and wide, doing good only wherever it spreads, and not evil.
Carlyle.

...He who reforms himself, has done more towards reforming the public, than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots.
Lavater.

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GOVERNING
...A man must first govern himself ere he be fit to govern a family, and his family ere he fit to bear the government in the commonwealth.
Sir Walter Raleigh
GOVERNMENT

...The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Jefferson

...It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws.
Aristotle.

...They that govern most make the least noise. You see, when they row in a barge they that do drudgery work, slash and puff, and sweat, but he that governs sits quietly at the stern, and is scarce seen to stir.
Selden.

...We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.
Franklin
CUNNING AND WISDOM
...We Take cunning for a sinister and crooked wisdom, and certainly there is a great difference between a cunning man and a wise man, not only in point of honesty but in point of ability
Bacon
CONSEQUENCES
...As the dimensions of the tree are not always regulated by the size of the seed, so the consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them.
Colton
BEHAVIOR
...Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.
Seneca

...Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap.
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
We seldom repent having eaten too little.
Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
How much pain the evils have cost us that have never happened!
Take things always by the smooth handle.
When angry, count ten before you speak:
if very angry, a hundred.
Jefferson
APPEARANCE
...Within the oyster's shell uncouth
The purest pearl may hide,
Trust me you'll find a heart of truth
Within that rough inside.
Mrs. Osgood.

..."Tis not the fairest form that holds
The mildest, purest soul within;
"Tis not the richest plant that holds
The sweetest fragrance in.
Dawes.

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