1. A Mrs. VanderSchaaf Presentation
The U.S. Presidents
A Mrs. VanderSchaaf
Presentation

2. George Washington (1789-1797) Fun Facts:
His favorite subject in school was arithmetic
Choose the site for the White House
One of his favorite foods was ice cream and cream of peanut soup
Had a dog named Sweet Lips
Liked to fish

3. John Adams (1797-1801) Fun Facts: Had a horse named Cleopatra
Loved to read
During the move to the White House, they got lost in the woods north of the city What? Did they forget to leave the light on?

4. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) Fun Facts:
He was the first president to have his inauguration in Washington, D.C.
Used to soak his feet in cold water in the morning believing it would keep him from catching colds
Could play the violin

5. James Madison (1809-1817) Fun Facts: He was the shortest president
Oldest of 12 children
He and his wife were the first people to serve their guests ice cream
His wife is known for saving the Declaration of Independence and a portrait of George Washington from the burning White House

6. James Monroe (1817-1825) Fun Facts:
First president to be ignagurated outdoors

7. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) Fun Facts:
Used to walk 4 miles each day before starting his agenda
He and his wife raised silkworms at the White House
Had an alligator living at the White House for several months

8. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Fun Facts:
First president to be born in a log cabin
First president to ride in a train
Had a pet parrot named Poll

9. Martin Van Buren ( )
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10. William H. Harrison (1841) Fun Facts:
First president to be photographed in office
Had a cow named Sukey to provide dairy products for the White House

11. John Tyler (1841-1845) Fun Facts:
First president to marry while in office

12. James K. Polk ( )
Fun Facts:
Oldest of 10 children

13. Zachary Taylor ( )

14. Millard Fillmore ( )

15. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) Fun Facts:
He was arrested for accidently running down an elderly lady with his horse
First president to install heat at the White House

16. James Buchanan ( )
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17. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Fun Facts:
Had a scar above his right eye from a fight with would-be thieves
First president to have a full beard
Grew the beard after a 11 year old Grace Bedell wrote him a letter

18. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Fun Facts:
First president to be visited by a queen
Only wore suits he custom tailored himself

19. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) Fun Facts: Full name: Hiram Ulysses Grant
Once arrested in for speeding on a Washington street with his horse and carriage
First president to have both parents alive when he became president
Was very superstitious about retracing his footsteps

20. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) Fun Facts:
He became the first president to put a typewriter for the White House
Made the first telephone call from the White House to Alexander Graham Bell

21. James A. Garfield (1881) Fun Facts: Had a dog named Veto
First president to have his mother present at his ignaguration
Could write in Latin in one hand while, at the same time, write in Greek in the other hand
First left-handed president

22. Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) Fun Facts:
Owned at least 80 pairs of pants

23. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) Fun Facts:
He was the only nineteeth century president born in New Jersey

24. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) Fun Facts:
First president to have a Christmas tree in the White House
First president to die in the 20th century
First president to attend a baseball game

25. Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) Fun Facts:
It is said that his daughter Ruth was the inspiration for the name of the Baby Ruth candy bar
His child ,Ester, was the first to be born in the White House

26. William McKinley ( )

27. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
Fun Facts:
First president to play tennis
First President to have his voice recorded
First president to ride in a submarine and in a airplane
First president to master the art of jujitsu

28. William H. Taft (1909-1913) Fun Facts:
He was the first president to ever throw out the season-opening pitch
He once got stuck in the White House bath tub, after that the bathtub was enlarged

29. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) Fun Facts:
Coached football at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
First president to address the nation by radio
First president to belong to the American Automobile Association

30. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) Fun Facts: Middle name: Gamaliel
As a child he played the cornet
He was the first president to use an automobile in an inaugural parade
First president to not outlive his father

31. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) Fun Facts: His first name was John
Was born on the Fourth of July
Was known as “Silent Cal” because he never said much
Had a raccoon named Rebecca living at the White House

32. Herbert C. Hoover (1929-1933) Fun Facts:
He could speak Chinese fluently
Played shortstop for his university’s baseball team
Had a dog named King Tut
First president to have a telephone installed in the White House

33. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Fun Facts:
He was the first president to appear on television

34. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) Fun Facts:
Was ambidextrous (meaning he could write with both hand equally well)
The S in his middle name doesn’t actually stand for anything

35. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
Fun Facts:
Favorite subjects in high school- Geometry and History
First president born in Texas
First president to introduce the use of helicopters at the White House
First president to receive his pilot’s license

36. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Fun Facts:
He was the first president born in the twentieth century

37. Lyndon B. Johnson ( )

38. Richard M. Nixon (1969- 1974) Fun Facts:
As a young law student he broke into the deans office at Duke University Law School
First president to visit all 50 states

39. Gerald Ford (1974-1977) Fun Facts: Obtained the rank of Eagle Scout
Birth Name: Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
Obtained the rank of Eagle Scout
Had a golden retriever named Liberty
Middle name was Rudolph

40. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Fun Facts:
First President to be born in a hospital
Had a permenatly crooked finger from a cotton gin accident
First president since the Civil War to be elected from the Deep South

41. Ronald Regan (1981-1989) Fun Facts:
As a child he collected birds’ eggs and butterflies
Appointed the first woman member to the Supreme Court
Known for dispensing Jellybeans

42. George Bush (1989-1993) Fun Facts:
Full name: George Herbert Walker Bush
Survived four crashes as a navy pilot in WWII
Flew 58 combat missions in WWII
Had broccoli removed from the menu of Air Force One

43. Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Fun Facts:
Birth name: William Jefferson Blythe
Plays the saxaphone

44. George W. Bush (2001-present)