Bio Ulysses S. Grant
In 1822, Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant’s father, Jesse, was a tanner and an abolitionist. Gr...
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Bio Lyndon B. Johnson
A "Great Society" for the American people was the vision of Lyndon Johnson. As president, he obtained passage of one...
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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 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 Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He grew up in poverty and was apprenticed to a tailor...
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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 A. Garfield
As the last of the log cabin presidents, James A. Garfield attacked political corruption and won back for the presidency...
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Bio Harry S. Truman
During his few weeks as vice president, Harry S. Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the...
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Bio Grover Cleveland
The first Democrat elected after the Civil War, Grover Cleveland was the only president to leave the White House and...
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Bio Gerald R. Ford
When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, "I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances. . . ....
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Bio George Washington
On February 22, 1732, George was born to Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. He spent most of his childhood at Ferry Farm...
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Bio Eliza Johnson
"I knew he'd be acquitted; I knew it," declared Eliza Johnson when told how the Senate had voted in her...
