Bio Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born in Albemarle County, Virginia in 1743 to Jane and Peter Jefferson. His father was a Virginia planter,...
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Bio Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address, "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine,...
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Bio Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore became president upon the death of Zachary Taylor in July 1850. Born in the Finger Lakes country of New...
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Bio Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce became president at a time of what seemed on the surface like domestic tranquillity. The United States, by...
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Bio Julia Tyler
Born in 1820, Julia Gardiner by the age of 20 was already famous as the "Rose of Long Island." Descended from prominent...
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Bio John Quincy Adams
On July 11, 1767, John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts to Abigail and John Adams. Over the course of his...
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Bio John Adams
On April 21, 1789, John Adams became the first Vice President of the United States. Over the next twelve years, John and...
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Bio Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was born in 1767 near Lancaster, South Carolina, to a family of Irish emigrants. His father, Andrew, passed away...
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Bio James Monroe
Considered the last “Founding Father” president, James Monroe was born in 1758 into an affluent, slave-owning family in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His...
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Bio Barack Obama
When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. The framers of...
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Bio James K. Polk
In 1795, James K. Polk was born in Pineville, North Carolina to Samuel and Jane Polk. The promise of greater economic...
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Bio James Buchanan
Tall, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only president who never...
