George Washington
FAMOUS FACT: He was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and is the only president to have a state named after him.
PARTY: Independent/Federalist
TERM: April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797
BIRTHPLACE: Popes Creek, Virginia
VICE PRESIDENT: John Adams
WIFE: Martha Washington
CHILDREN: Fathered no children but raised two stepchildren with Martha Washington.
QUOTE: “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”
BORN: Feb 22, 1732
Died: Dec 14, 1799
John Adams 2ND PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: He was one of the founding fathers and an active participant in drafting the Declaration of Independence.
PARTY: Federalist
TERM: March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1801
BIRTHPLACE: Braintree, Massachusetts
VICE PRESIDENT: Thomas Jefferson
WIFE: Abigail Adams
CHILDREN: Had six children and his son John Quincy Adams became the 6th president of the United States.
QUOTE: “From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.”
BORN: Oct 30,1735 Died: July 4, 1826
Thomas Jefferson 3RD PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
PARTY: Democratic-Republican
TERM: March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1809
BIRTHPLACE: Shadwell, Virginia
VICE PRESIDENT: Aaron Burr (1801-1805) and George Clinton (1805-1809)
WIFE: Martha Jefferson
CHILDREN: They had six children. Also fathered 6 children with Sally Hemings.
QUOTE: “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
BORN: April 13, 1743
Died: July 4, 1826
James Madison 4TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Played a crucial role in drafting the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution
PARTY: Democratic-Republican
TERM: March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1817
BIRTHPLACE: Port Conway, Colony of Virginia
VICE PRESIDENT: George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
WIFE: Dolley Madison
CHILDREN: While Madison never had children with Dolley, he adopted her one surviving son, John Payne Todd (known as Payne).
QUOTE: “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”
BORN: Mar 16, 1751 Died: Jun 28, 1836
1817-1825
James Monroe 5TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Served in the Continental Army, attended William & Mary College, and authored the Monroe Doctrine
PARTY: Democratic-Republican Party
TERM: March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1825
BIRTHPLACE: Westmoreland County, Virginia
VICE PRESIDENT: Daniel D. Tompkins
WIFE: Elizabeth Kortright
CHILDREN: Three children
QUOTE: “We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps our liberties.”
BORN: Apr 28, 1758 Died: July 4 1831
1825-1829
John Quincy Adams 6TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Multilingual, speaking English, French, Dutch, and German
PARTY: Whig
TERM: March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829
BIRTHPLACE: Braintree, Massachusetts
VICE PRESIDENT: John C. Calhoun
WIFE: Louisa Adams
CHILDREN: Four children
QUOTE: “America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own.”
BORN: July 11, 1767
Died: Feb 23, 1848
Andrew Jackson 7TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: He rose to prominence through his military heroics during the War of 1812 and later became known as “Old Hickory” for his unyielding character.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837
BIRTHPLACE: The Carolinas
VICE PRESIDENT: John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
WIFE: Rachel Jackson
CHILDREN: None, but they adopted and raised several children and including Andrew Jackson Jr.
QUOTE: “I was born for a storm, and calm does not suit me.”
BORN: Mar 15, 1767 Died: June 8, 1845
PRESIDENT
Martin Van Buren 8TH
FAMOUS FACT: He was the first US president born in the United States, and was the founder of the Democratic Party.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841
BIRTHPLACE: Kinderhook, New York
VICE PRESIDENT: Richard Mentor Johnson
WIFE: Hannah Van Buren
CHILDREN: Four Children
QUOTE: “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.”
BORN: Dec 5, 1782 Died: July 24, 1862
9TH PRESIDENT
William Henry Harrison
FAMOUS FACT: Had the shortest U.S.
Presidential term and military heroics as ‘Old Tippecanoe’ in the War of 1812.
PARTY: Whig
TERM: March 4 1841 - April 4, 1841
BIRTHPLACE: Charles City County, Virginia
VICE PRESIDENT: John Tyler
WIFE: Anna Harrison
CHILDREN: Nine children
QUOTE: “There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.”
BORN: Feb 9, 1773 Died: Apr 4, 1841
10TH PRESIDENT
John Tyler
FAMOUS FACT: He was the first vice president to become president after the death of William Henry Harrison.
PARTY: Whig
TERM: April 4, 1841 - March 4, 1845
BIRTHPLACE: Greenway Plantation, Virginia
VICE PRESIDENT: None
WIFE: Letitia Christian Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler
CHILDREN: Fifteen
QUOTE: “I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.”
BORN: Mar 19, 1790 Died: Jan 18, 1862
James K. Polk 11TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Polk is considered the president most associated with the concept of Manifest Destiny, the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849
BIRTHPLACE: Pineville, North Carolina
VICE PRESIDENT: George M. Dallas
WIFE: Sarah Childress Polk
CHILDREN: None
QUOTE: “No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.”
BORN: Nov 2, 1795 Died: Jun 15, 1849
Zachary Taylor 12TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: He was born into a prominent family of plantation owners who moved westward from Virginia to Louisville, Kentucky, in his youth.
PARTY: Whig
TERM: March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850
BIRTHPLACE: Gordonsville, Virginia
VICE PRESIDENT: Millard Fillmore
WIFE: Margaret Mackall Smith
CHILDREN: Six children
QUOTE: “I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.”
BORN: Nov 24, 1784
Died: July 9, 1850
13TH PRESIDENT
Millard Fillmore
FAMOUS FACT: He was born into poverty in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York.
PARTY: Whig
TERM: July 10, 1850 - March 4, 1853
BIRTHPLACE: Moravia, New York
VICE PRESIDENT: None
WIFE: Caroline Fillmore, Abigail Fillmore
CHILDREN: Two children
QUOTE: “May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.”
BORN: Jan 7, 1800 Died: March 8, 1874
Franklin Pierce 14TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: He alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act which eventually led to the Civil War.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857
BIRTHPLACE: Hillsborough, New Hampshire
VICE PRESIDENT: William R. King
WIFE: Jane Means Appleton
CHILDREN: Three children
QUOTE: “If your past is limited, your future is boundless.”
BORN: Nov 23, 1804
Died: Oct 8, 1869
James Buchanan 15TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: He was the only bachelor president. He was infamous for the nation’s drift towards the Civil War.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861
BIRTHPLACE: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
VICE PRESIDENT: John C. Breckinridge
WIFE: None
CHILDREN: None
QUOTE: “Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.”
BORN: April 23, 1791
Died: June 1, 1868
Abraham Lincoln 16TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: He led the Union during the Civil War, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 to free slaves in Confederate states. President Lincoln is the tallest President at 6 foot 4 inches.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865
BIRTHPLACE: Hodgenville, Kentucky
VICE PRESIDENT: Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
WIFE: Mary Todd
CHILDREN: Four children
QUOTE: “A house divided cannot stand.”
BORN: Feb 12, 1809
Died: Apr 15, 1865
Andrew Johnson 17TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: After leaving office, Johnson returned to the Senate, becoming the only former president to serve there.
PARTY: Democratic (National Union ticket with Abraham Lincoln)
TERM: April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869
BIRTHPLACE: Raliegh, North Carolina
VICE PRESIDENT: None
WIFE: Eliza McCardle Johnson
CHILDREN: Five
QUOTE: “Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.”
BORN: Dec 29, 1808 Died: July 31, 1875
Ulysses S. Grant 18TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Ulysses wasn’t his real first name. Having the name U.S. Grant gave him the nickname “Sam”, as in Uncle Sam.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877
BIRTHPLACE: Point Pleasant, Ohio
VICE PRESIDENT: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
WIFE: Julia Dent
CHILDREN: Four
QUOTE: “The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.”
BORN: April 27, 1822
Died: July 23, 1885
19TH PRESIDENT
Rutherford B. Hayes
FAMOUS FACT: In 1878, Hayes opened the White House grounds to children for the first annual Easter Egg Roll, a tradition that continues today.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1881
BIRTHPLACE: Delaware, Ohio
VICE PRESIDENT: William A. Wheeler
WIFE: Lucy Webb Hayes
CHILDREN: Eight
QUOTE: “One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.”
BORN: Oct 4, 1822 Died: Jan 17, 1893
James A. Garfield 20TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Garfield was a staunch abolitionist. He joined the Union Army and quickly rose through the ranks to become a major general. By 1863, he was Chief of Staff to General Rosecrans.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1881 - Sept 19, 1881
BIRTHPLACE: Moreland Hills, Ohio
VICE PRESIDENT: Chester A. Arthur
WIFE: Lucretia Garfield
CHILDREN: Seven
QUOTE: “
The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.”
BORN: Nov 19, 1831
Died: Sept 19, 1881
Chester A. Arthur 21ST PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act to reduce political patronage.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Sept 19, 1881 - Mar 4, 1885
BIRTHPLACE: Fairfield, Vermont
VICE PRESIDENT: None
WIFE: Nell Arthur
CHILDREN: Three
QUOTE: “Where you stand depends where you sit.”
BORN: Oct 5, 1829 Died: Nov 18, 1886
1885-1889, 1893-1897
Grover Cleveland 22ND & 24TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Known for vetoing hundreds of bills and promoting limited government.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
BIRTHPLACE: Caldwell, New Jersey
VICE PRESIDENT: Thomas A. Hendricks, Adlai Stevenson
WIFE: Frances Cleveland
CHILDREN: Five
QUOTE: “A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.”
BORN: Mar 18, 1837 Died: June 24, 1908
23RD PRESIDENT
Benjamin Harrison
FAMOUS FACT: Oversaw the admission of six new states into the Union. Remembered for his work to protect voting rights.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1889 - March 4, 1893
BIRTHPLACE: North Bend, Ohio
VICE PRESIDENT: Levi P. Morton
WIFE: Caroline Harrison
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “Great lives never go out; they go on.”
BORN: Aug 20, 1833 Died: Mar 13, 1901
William McKinley 25TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Led the nation during the Spanish-American War and oversaw major U.S. territorial expansion.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1897 - Sept 14, 1901
BIRTHPLACE: Niles, Ohio
VICE PRESIDENT: Garret Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
WIFE: Ida Saxton McKinley
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.”
BORN: Jan 29, 1843 Died: Sept 14, 1901
26TH PRESIDENT
Theodore Roosevelt
FAMOUS FACT: Youngest president to take office at age 42. Roosevelt championed Progressive Era reforms, oversaw construction of the Panama Canal, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for mediating the Russo-Japanese War.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Sept 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909
BIRTHPLACE: Manhattan, New York
VICE PRESIDENT: Charles W. Fairbanks
WIFE: Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Edith
Kermit Carow Roosevelt
CHILDREN: Six
QUOTE: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
BORN: Oct 27, 1858 Died: Jan 6, 1919
William Howard Taft 27TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Later became Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court — the only person to hold both offices. Ratification of the 16th Amendment. Dollar Diplomacy.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1909 - March 4, 1913
BIRTHPLACE: Cincinnati, Ohio
VICE PRESIDENT: James S. Sherman
WIFE: Helen Herron Taft
CHILDREN: Three
QUOTE: “We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.”
BORN: Sept 15, 1857
Died: March 8, 1930
Woodrow Wilson 28TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Led the U.S. through World War I and helped create the League of Nations.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1921
BIRTHPLACE: Staunton, Virginia
VICE PRESIDENT: Thomas R. Marshall
WIFE: Ellen Axson Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
CHILDREN: Three
QUOTE: “The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat”
BORN: Dec 28, 1856 Died: Feb 3, 1924
Warren G. Harding 29TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Campaigned on a “return to normalcy” after World War I.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923
BIRTHPLACE: Blooming Grove, Ohio
VICE PRESIDENT: Calvin Coolidge
WIFE: Florence
CHILDREN: One
QUOTE: “Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend”
BORN: Nov 2, 1865 Died: August 2, 1923
Calvin Coolidge 30TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Known for a quiet personality and pro-business economic policies during the Roaring Twenties.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: August 2, 1923 - March 4, 1929
BIRTHPLACE: Plymouth Notch, Vermont
VICE PRESIDENT: Charles G. Dawes
WIFE: Grace
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”
BORN: July 4, 1872 Died: Jan 5, 1933
Herbert Hoover 31ST PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: President when the Great Depression began.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933
BIRTHPLACE: West Branch, Iowa
VICE PRESIDENT: Charles Curtis
WIFE: Lou
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”
BORN: August 10, 1874 Died: Oct 20, 1964
Franklin D. Roosevelt 32ND PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Only president elected to four terms. Led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II and became one of the most influential presidents in American history.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945
BIRTHPLACE: Hyde Park, New York
VICE PRESIDENT: John Nance Garner,
Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman
WIFE: Eleanor
CHILDREN: Six
QUOTE: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
BORN: Jan 30, 1882 Died: April 12, 1945
Harry S. Truman 33RD PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Authorized use of atomic bombs in World War II and led the start of the Cold War.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: April 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953
BIRTHPLACE: Lamar, Missouri
VICE PRESIDENT: Alben W. Barkley
WIFE: Bess
CHILDREN: One
QUOTE: “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
BORN: May 8, 1884 Died: Dec 26, 1972
Dwight D. Eisenhower 34TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Supreme Allied Commander in World War II before serving two presidential terms.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961
BIRTHPLACE: Denison, Texas
VICE PRESIDENT: Richard Nixon
WIFE: Mamie
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.”
BORN: Oct 14, 1890 Died: March 28, 1969
John F. Kennedy 35TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Youngest elected president; known for the Space Race and Cuban Missile Crisis leadership.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963
BIRTHPLACE: Brookline, Massachusetts
VICE PRESIDENT: Lyndon B. Johnson
WIFE: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
CHILDREN: Four
QUOTE: “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
BORN: May 29, 1917 Died: Nov 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson 36TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Signed major civil rights legislation and Great Society programs.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: Nov 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969
BIRTHPLACE: Johnson City, Texas
VICE PRESIDENT: Hubert Humphrey
WIFE: Lady Bird Johnson
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.”
BORN: Aug 27, 1908 Died: Jan 22, 1973
37TH PRESIDENT
Richard M. Nixon
FAMOUS FACT: First president to resign from office amid the Watergate scandal.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974
BIRTHPLACE: Yorba Linda, California
VICE PRESIDENT: Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford
WIFE: Pat Nixon
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”
BORN: Jan 9, 1913 Died: April 22, 1994
PRESIDENT
Gerald M. Ford 38TH
FAMOUS FACT: First president never elected as president or vice president. Pardoned Richard Nixon.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Aug 9, 1974 - Jan 20, 1977
BIRTHPLACE: Omaha, Nebraska
VICE PRESIDENT: Nelson Rockefeller
WIFE: Betty
CHILDREN: Four
QUOTE: “I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.”
BORN: July 14, 1913 Died: Dec 26, 2006
PRESIDENT
Jimmy Carter 39TH
FAMOUS FACT: After office, won the Nobel Peace Prize for global humanitarian work.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981
BIRTHPLACE: Plains, Georgia
VICE PRESIDENT: Walter Mondale
WIFE: Rosalynn Carter
CHILDREN: Four
QUOTE: “We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.”
BORN: Oct 1, 1924 Died: Dec 29, 2024
40TH PRESIDENT
Ronald Reagan
FAMOUS FACT: Former actor who championed “Reaganomics” and helped end the Cold War. Effective Communicator.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989
BIRTHPLACE: Tampico, Illinois
VICE PRESIDENT: George H.W. Bush
WIFE: Jane Wyman, Nancy Reagan
CHILDREN: Five
QUOTE: “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
BORN: Feb 6, 1911 Died: June 5, 2004
George H.W. Bush 41ST PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Led the U.S. during the Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993
BIRTHPLACE: Milton, Massachusetts
VICE PRESIDENT: Dan Quayle
WIFE: Barbara
CHILDREN: Six
QUOTE: “We don’t want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.”
BORN: June 12, 1924 Died: Nov 30, 2018
Bill Clinton 42ND PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: Oversaw a long economic expansion and balanced federal budgets.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: Jan 20, 1993 - Jan 20, 2001
BIRTHPLACE: Hope, Arkansas
VICE PRESIDENT: Al Gore
WIFE: Hillary
CHILDREN: One
QUOTE: “Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
BORN: Aug 19, 1946 Died:
43RD PRESIDENT
George W. Bush
FAMOUS FACT: President during the 9/11 attacks; led the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Jan 20, 2001 - Jan 20, 2009
BIRTHPLACE: New Haven, Connecticut
VICE PRESIDENT: Dick Cheney
WIFE: Laura
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.”
BORN: July 6, 1946 Died:
Barack Obama 44TH PRESIDENT
FAMOUS FACT: First African-American US president. Signed the Affordable Care Act (2010), expanding coverage to millions and protecting those with pre-existing conditions.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: Jan 20, 2009 - Jan 20, 2017
BIRTHPLACE: Honolulu, Hawaii
VICE PRESIDENT: Joe Biden
WIFE: Michelle
CHILDREN: Two
QUOTE: “There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America - there’s the United States of America.”
BORN: August 4, 1961 Died:
2017-2021, 2025-
45TH & 47TH PRESIDENT
Donald Trump
FAMOUS FACT: First president elected with no prior political or military experience (since before Eisenhower). Only president to be impeached twice. Covid 19 Pandemic in 2020.
PARTY: Republican
TERM: Jan 20, 2017-Jan 20, 2021 and Jan 20, 2025 - Present
BIRTHPLACE: New York, New York
VICE PRESIDENT: Mike Pence, JD Vance
WIFE: Ivana Trump, Marla Maples, Melania
CHILDREN: Five
QUOTE: “You have to think anyway, so why not think big?”
BORN: June 14, 1946 Died:
46TH PRESIDENT
Joe Biden
FAMOUS FACT: Joe Biden is one of the youngest senators elected (age 29 in 1972) and later the oldest inaugurated president at 78. Russia-Ukraine War 2022.
PARTY: Democratic
TERM: Jan 20, 2021 - Jan 20, 2025
BIRTHPLACE: Scranton, Pennsylvania
VICE PRESIDENT: Kamala Harris
WIFE: Neilia Hunter Biden, Jill Biden
CHILDREN: Four
QUOTE: “We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.”
BORN: Nov 20, 1942 Died:
The Statue of Liberty
FAMOUS FACT: The Statue of Liberty
(“Liberty Enlightening the World”) is a 305-foot (including base) copper-and-iron monument in New York Harbor. A gift from France to the US, it was designed by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi with a structure engineered by Gustave Eiffel, representing the Roman goddess Libertas.
DEDICATED: October 28, 1886
STATS: 151 feet tall, weighs 225 tons, with 300 sheets of copper hammered to just 3/32 of an inch thick—the thickness of two pennies.
SYMBOLISM: The 7 rays on the crown represent the seven seas/continents, while the tablet displays the date of American independence (July 4, 1776). She is stepping out of chains and shackles, symbolizing the end of slavery.
LOCATION: New York City, New York
NATIONAL MONUMENT Mount Rushmore
FAMOUS FACT: Each president’s head is 60 feet tall, and about 90% of the carving was done by blasting away granite with dynamite, removing over 400,000 tons of rock.
CONSTRUCTION: 1927-1941
STATS: 60-foot tall, carved from granite
SYMBOLISM: The four chosen presidents represent the nation’s founding (Washington), expansion (Jefferson), growth (T. Roosevelt), and preservation (Lincoln).
ARTIST: Sculptor Gutzon Borglum intended to carve the presidents from head to waist, but funding issues stopped the project, leaving only the heads.
LOCATION: In the Black Hills of South Dakota, near the town of Keystone.
The White House
FAMOUS FACT: Construction began in 1792 but it wasn’t until 1800 when the White House was nearly completed when President John Adams and his wife moved in.
CONSTRUCTION: 1792-1800
STATS: There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.
ARCHITECT: Irish-born architect James Hoban’s design was selected for the White House in 1792.
ARTIST: At various times in history, the White House has been known as the “President’s Palace,” the “President’s House,” and the “Executive Mansion.”
LOCATION: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.