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American Presidents & Their Times/ West Hills Ca./ San Fernando Valley Real Estate

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(1) George Washington
1789-1797 First president of the United States of America.

(2) John Adams
1797-1801 First president to live in the White House.

(3) Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809 Sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase.

(4)James Madison
1809-1817 First president to wear long trousers. All previous presidents wore knee breeches.

(5) James Monroe
1817-1825 First president to have been a U.S. senator.

(6)  John Quincy Adams
1825-1829 First president to be photographed

(7)   Andrew Jackson
1829-1837 The only president who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812

(8)  Martin Van Buren
1837-1841 First president born in the United States

(9)  William Henry Harrison
1841 The only president who studied to become a doctor

(10) John Tyler
1841-1845 the playing of "Hail to the Chief" at presidential functions was started by his second wife,Julia

(11) James K. Polk
1845-1849 Expanded the United States westward to the Pacific Ocean. 

(12) Zachary Taylor
1849-1850 November 7, 1848 was the first time a presidential election was held on the same day in every state

(13) Millard Fillmore
1850-1853 Established the first permanent library in the White House

(14) Franklin Pierce
1853-1857 Gave his 3,319-word  inaugural address from memory, without the aid of notes.

(15) James Buchanan
1857-1861 The only president who never married

(16) Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865 At 6 foot, 4 inches, he was the tallest president.

(17) Andrew Johnson
1865-1869 First vice president made president after an assassination

(18) Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877 superstition of retracing his steps was an asset in leading troops in battle during the war

(19) Rutherford B. Hayes
First president to graduate from law school

(20) James A. Garfield
1881-1881 Wrote Latin with one hand and Greek with the other

(21) Chester A. Arthur
1881-1885 Reformed the civil service by signing the Pendleton Act.

(22) Grover Cleveland
1885-1889 The only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms.

(23) Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893 Brought six states into the union. This was more than any other president in one term

(24)Grover Cleveland
1893-1897 Answered the White House phone, personally

(25) William McKinley
1897-1901 Always wore a red carnation in his lapel for good luck

(26) Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909 The stuffed, cuddly teddy bear was name after president "Teddy" Roosevelt

(27) William H Taft
1909-1913  The only president in American history to serve on the Supreme Court

(28) Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921 First president to hold a press conference

(29) Warren G Harding
1921-1923 First president to arrive at his inauguration in an automobile

(30) Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929 Was known as a man of few words and was even nicknamed "Silent Cal."

(31) Herbert Hoover
1929-1933 First president to have an asteroid name after him

(32) Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933-1945 First president  to use radio to speak to the American Public

(33) Harry S. Truman
1945-1953 First president to travel under water in a submarine

(34) Dwight D Eisenhower
1953-1961 Had a putting green installed on the White House lawn

(35) John F. Kennedy
1961-1963  Created the Peace Corps

(36) Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1969 Only president to be sworn into office on Air Force One

(37) Richard M. Nixon
1969-1974 First president to resign his office

(38) Gerald R. Ford
1974-1977 Survived not one but two attempted assassinations

(39) Jimmy Carter
1977-1981 First president to be born in a hospital

(40) Ronald Reagan
1981-1989 The oldest person to be elected president

(41) George Bush
1989-1993 President during the fall of the Berlin wall

(42) William Clinton
1993-2001 First president to have been a Rhodes Scholar

(43) George W. Bush
2001-2008 Established the Office of Homeland Security

(44) Barack Obama - 2009-

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Comments (1)

Joyce Herr
Prudential Lancaster Real Estate - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster County & Beyond

Enjoyed the list of presidential firsts. Nice video ad, too.

Feb 21, 2011 08:22 AM