The World Almanac 5,001 Incredible Facts for Kids on America's Past, Present, and Future
100 POWERFUL FACTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS Name Political Party Dates Served 1 George Washington Federalist 1789-1797 2 John Adams Federalist 1797-1801 3 Thomas Jefferson Democratic Republican 1801-1809 4 James Madison Democratic Republican 1809-1817 5 James Monroe Democratic Republican 1817-1825 6 John Quincy Adams National Republican 1825-1829 7 Andrew Jackson Democrat 1829-1837 8 Martin Van Buren Democrat 1837-1841 9 William Henry Harrison Whig 1841 10 John Tyler Whig 1841-1845 11 James K. Polk Democrat 1845-1849 12 Zachary Taylor Whig 1849-1850 13 Millard Fillmore Whig 1850-1853 14 Franklin Pierce Democrat 1853-1857 15 James Buchanan Democrat 1857-1861 16 Abraham Lincoln Republican 1861-1865 17 Andrew Johnson Democrat 1865-1869 18 Ulysses S. Grant Republican 1869-1877 19 Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 1877-1881 20 James Garfield Republican 1881 21 Chester A. Arthur Republican 1881-1885 22 Grover Cleveland Democrat 1885-1889 23 Benjamin Harrison Republican 1889-1893 24 Grover Cleveland Democrat 1893-1897 25 William McKinley Republican 1897-1901 26 Theodore Roosevelt Republican 1901-1909 2
Name Dates Served 1909-1913 27 William Howard Taft 1913-1921 Political Party Republican Democrat Republican Republican Republican Democrat 1921-1923 1923-1928 1929-1933 1933-1945 Democrat 1945–1953 1953-1961 1961-1963 1963-1969 28 Woodrow Wilson 29 Warren G. Harding 30 Calvin Coolidge 31 Herbert Hoover 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 33 Harry S. Truman 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 35 John F. Kennedy 36 Lyndon B. Johnson 37 Richard M. Nixon 38 Gerald R. Ford 39 James E. Carter 40 Ronald Reagan 41 George H. W. Bush 42 William J. Clinton 43 George W. Bush 44 Barack Obama 45 Donald J. Trump 46 Joseph R. Biden 1969-1974 1974-1977 1977-1981 Republican Democrat Democrat Republican Republican Democrat Republican Republican Democrat Republican Democrat Republican Democrat 1981-1989 1989-1993 1993-2001 2001-2009 2009-2017 2017-2021 2021 47 John Adams was the first president to live in the White House 48 James Madison was the shortest president at just 5 feet 4 inches 1.63 m tall 49. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president He was 6 feet 4 inches 1.9 m tall 50 John Tyler had 15 children 51 George Washington wore false teeth made of ivory gold and elephant and walrus tusks 52 James Buchanan was the only president who was never married 53 Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to have a telephone installed in the White House 54 The first White House phone number was 1 55 Benjamin Harrison was the first person to have electricity installed in the White House 56 However Benjamin Harrison was too afraid of getting an electric shock to touch the light switches himself 57 James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other hand at the same time 3
69 Richard Nixon is the only president to resign from office 70 Gerald Ford who replaced Nixon was appointed vice president in 1973 and assumed the presidency before ever appearing on a presidential ballot 71 Ronald Reagan was a successful movie actor before becoming president 72 While he was president Grover Cleveland had a secret surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his mouth 73 Theodore Roosevelt was shot while giving a speech He continued speaking for 90 minutes after the attempted assassination 74 William Taft the heaviest president weighed 340 pounds 154 kg 75 James Madison was the lightest president He weighed about 100 pounds 45 kg 76 Franklin Roosevelt was the only president to serve four terms 77 Martin Van Buren was the first president born in the United States 78 William Henry Harrison was only president for a month before dying of pneumonia 79 Millard Fillmore and his wife established the first White House library 80 The middle initial S in Ulysses S Grant’s and Harry S Truman’s names doesn’t stand for anything 81 Rutherford B Hayes held the first Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn in 1878 82 Woodrow Wilson was the first president to have a speech heard on the radio 83 Herbert Hoover was the first president born west of the Mississippi River 58 Grover Cleveland was the only president to be married in the White House 59 Cleveland is also the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms 60 After his presidency William Howard Taft served as the U S Supreme Court Chief Justice and swore in Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover 61 Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D Roosevelt were fifth cousins 62 There have been two father-and-son presidential pairs John Adams and John Quincy Adams and George H W Bush and George W Bush 63 There have been four presidential assassinations Lincoln Garfield McKinley and Kennedy 64 James Madison was Princeton University’s first graduate student 65 Monrovia the capital of Liberia was named after James Monroe 66 John Quincy Adams enjoyed skinny dipping in the Potomac River 67 Andrew Jackson participated in more than 100 duels 68 Though he was president on the eve of the Civil War James Buchanan called the conflict over slavery and states rights happily a matter of but little practical importance in his inaugural address 4
84 Lyndon Johnson is the only president to 88 Only five presidents have worn be sworn in on an airplane 85 Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama have all won the Nobel Peace Prize 86 Donald Trump was the first president who did not have a background in politics or the military 87 Eight presidents were left-handed James Garfield Herbert Hoover Harry Truman Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan George H W Bush Bill Clinton and Barack Obama beards All served as president during the 19th century 89 Five presidents did not have biological children They were George Washington James Madison Andrew Jackson James Polk and James Buchanan 90 Five presidents were elected without winning the popular vote John Quincy Adams Rutherford B Hayes Benjamin Harrison George W Bush and Donald Trump 91 Jimmy Carter became the longest living president in March 2019 at age 94 years 172 days 98 Pushinka’s mother had flown in outer space on one of the Sputnik missions 99 Bill Clinton’s cat Socks was the first presidential pet to have a website 100 Although several presidential pets have been rescues Joe Biden’s dog Major was the first dog adopted from an animal shelter to live in the White House PRESIDENTIAL PETS 92 Herbert Hoover’s son had two pet alligators and an opossum living in the White House 93 Calvin Coolidge and first lady Grace Coolidge had a pet raccoon named Rebecca that walked on a leash 94 Theodore Roosevelt and his children had many unusual pets including a pig several bears a badger a snake named Emily Spinach and a one legged rooster 95 Andrew Jackson had a parrot named Polly who liked to swear She learned the curse words from Jackson himself 96 During World War I Woodrow Wilson had a herd of sheep grazing on the front lawn of the White House 97 John F Kennedy’s dog Pushinka was a gift from the Soviet Union Security officials checked her for implanted listening devices before she moved into the White House 5
