For your President’s section of the notebook

• #16 – Abraham Lincoln (Republican)• Nickname – “Honest Abe”, “Rail-splitter”• Wife – Mary Todd (“crazy” Southerner)• Tallest – 6’3”• Great sense of humor (“you can fool some of the

people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but . . .”

• Grandfather was scalped by Indians• Too tall, too skinny, too ugly – a “hick”

President Andrew Johnson

(R) #17

President Andrew Johnson

(R) #17 Jacksonian Democrat.

No Vice President

Anti-Aristocrat.

White Supremacist

Never went to school.

Agreed with Lincolnthat states had neverlegally left the Union.

Andrew Johnson #17 (R)

• Rags to Riches Story (last to be born in a log cabin – very poor)

• Got drunk at Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural

• First president to be impeached

• Was apprenticed to become a tailor

• Reconstruction Plan (Proclamation of Amnesty—May 1865) similar to Lincoln’s

#18 President Ulysses S. Grant (R)• Famous Civil War General• Hated the sight of blood (made him sick)• Smoked about 20 cigars a day (would die

of throat cancer)• His presidency was filled with corruption –

he appointed friends and old military buddies to high positions

• Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of War took kickbacks from profits slated to help the Indians – “The Indian Ring”

#19 Rutherford B. Hayes (R)

• Nickname – “His Fraudulency”

• Wife hated Alcohol and wouldn’t serve it – called her “Lemonade Lucy”

• The family spent every night singing gospel hymns

• Made a deal to end Reconstruction – pulled out the troops

• Was very honest

#20 James A Garfield (R)

• Nickname – “The Teacher”

• Wife – Lucretia – 4 sons/1 daughter

• Bribed for $329 – Credit Mobilier under Grant

• Shot by Charles Guiteau – 2 times at a railroad station

• Took 80 days to die

• Alexander Graham Bell “helped” with a metal detector

#21 – Chester A. Arthur (R)• Nickname – “Elegant Arthur”• Was a “Stalwart” – (conservative) BUT followed

Garfield’s reform policy• Was a widower – “heartbroken” when his wife

died• Rumored to own 80 pairs of pants• Only president that had his own valet• Had “Bright’s” disease – lack of energy• Died 8 months after leaving the White House

#22 – Grover Cleveland (and #24) (D)

• Nickname – “Uncle Jumbo”• Big guy – weighed 250 lbs• Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms• Had been a sheriff and mayor of Buffalo then

Governor of NY• Very honest – didn’t like the press• Only president to have hanged anyone• Only president married in the White House (married

his ward when she reached 21)• Had an illegitimate child that he supported

#23 – Benjamin Harrison (R)

• Grandson of William Henry Harrison (president for 1 month)

• Lost the popular vote, but won the electoral• Nicknamed “White House Iceberg”• Last president to have a beard• His administration wasted billions of dollars –

angered voters • Lost his wife and he didn’t campaign for re-

election• Signed Sherman Anti-Trust Act

#25 – William McKinley (R)• Wife Ida suffered from epilepsy – he’d cover her

head with his handkerchief• Built the first White House press room• “Front Porch” campaign against Williams

Jennings Bryant• Campaign manager – Mark Hannah – “The

Wizard”• First to have his inaugural on film• Last president to have served in the Civil War

#26 – Theodore Roosevelt (R)• Teddy’s dad founded the Museum of Natural

History (Night at the Museum)• Loved nature – created 5 national parks• Is on Mount Rushmore• Had asthma – worked at bodybuilding, boxed,

was a cowboy and a hunter• Wife and mother died on the same day.• Had six kids (snakes in the bathtub – a pony on

the lawn)• Formed the “Bull Moose” Party - Progressives

#27 William Taft (R)• Progressive – the real trust buster• Nickname – “Big Lub”• Only president to serve on the Supreme Court• 1900 was governor of the Philippines• 300+ pounds – the heaviest president• Wife, Nellie, planted 3,000 Japanese cherry

trees (a gift from Japan) – she died of a stroke the 1st year as first lady

• Said the White House was “the loneliest place in the world”.

#28 Woodrow Wilson (D)• Was a southerner (VA)• A History professor – great speaker• WWI – At first was an isolationist – then

said “The world must be made safe for democracy.”

• Came up with 14 points at the end of the war – League of Nations

• 2nd President to win the Nobel Peace Prize• Had a stroke at the end of his term• Racist – supported segregation

#29 Warren G. Harding (R)

• Newspaper editor• Hard drinking, gambling, womanizer• Considered very handsome – women

voted for him• Teapot Dome scandal – Sec of Interior

took a bribe – went to jail• Part of the “Ohio Gang” – to DC –

gambling buddies• Segregationist – Isolationist - Nativist

#30 – Calvin Coolidge (R)

• Nickname was “Silent Cal” – shy, unsmiling, blunt

• Cut taxes, let big business “run wild”• Probably most responsible for the

Great Depression• Secretary of Treasury, Andrew Mellon –

let stock market “run wild”• A Calvinist – did not drink, smoke,

gamble or dance

#31 – Herbert Hoover (R)

• Was left an orphan at 9

• Was a mining engineer (his wife Lou was too!)

• Traveled all over the world – was a millionaire by 40

• Relief for starving people of Europe after WWI

• Was blamed for the Great Depression

#32 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D)

• Born rich (TR’s 5th cousin) – only child, older dad, domineering mother – spoiled

• Personal magnetism – Governor of NY• Polio at 39 – sailing, stagnant water• “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.”

Inaugural address• Empathy because of his physical problems• Only president to be elected 4 times• Cheated on Eleanor• Cute little dog named Fala

Harry S. Truman #33 (D)

• “S” is his full middle name!• He was notorious for his explosive temper

and “salty” language• Was religious, walked 2 miles a day, liked

to play poker, played piano• Wife – Bess (she hated Washington DC),

daughter Margaret• Philosophy –

– If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen

– The buck stops here

Dwight D. Eisenhower # 34 (R)

• Had 5 brothers – nickname “Ike”

• Wife – Mamie – one son (Married Nixon’s daughter in the White House)

• Very good golfer! Professional soldier

• Sent troops to Little Rock to desegregate Central High School

• Started the nuclear missle buildup – strategy of massive retaliation

• Sent aid to South Vietnam

#35 – John F. Kennedy (D)

• Youngest elected president – 43• 1st Catholic to be elected• 1st televised debate – he “rocked”• Famous quote – “Ask not what your

country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”

• Married Jackie – fashionable, young – went to Broadway, gave great parties

• Was a Navy war hero – PT109

#36 – Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

• Poor kid from Johnson City, Texas – worked his way through college as a janitor – Social Studies teacher

• Supported Civil Rights• Vietnam was his downfall• 6’3” – tough, crass – youngest Senate

Majority Leader ever• War on Poverty• Wife – “Lady Bird” – daughters Lynda Bird

and Luci Baines – dog Little Beagle Johnson

#37 – Richard M. Nixon (R)

• Poor kid from California – a Quaker• Eisenhower’s Vice President• “Secret Plan” to end the war in Vietnam• 1st President to visit China• 1st President to resign from office• Wife – Pat – wore a Republican cloth

coat – “I am not a crook”• Had a dog named Checkers

#38 – Gerald Ford (R)• Only man in American history

to be president without being voted for

• Birth name – Leslie Lynch King, Jr.

• Football scholarship U of Michigan – MVP

• Eagle Scout – Navy in WWII• Good looking – cover of Look

& Cosmo• Wife established the Betty

Ford Clinic

#39 – James (Jimmy) Carter (D)

• Peanut farmer – Plains, Georgia• Born again Christian• Builds home with Habitat for Humanity• International negotiator (Somalia, Haiti)

– Nobel Peace Price 2002• Says he’s seen a UFO• Brother Billy was an embarrassment• “Lusted in his heart” – Playboy

interview

#40 – Ronald Reagan (R)

• Oldest elected president (69)

• Movie star – 53 films – TV – president of the Screen Actors Guild

• Nicknames – “Dutch”, “The Great Communicator”

• Shot by John Hinckley

• “Mr. Gorbachev, “tear down this wall”

• Wife, Nancy, did his astrological charts

#41 – George H.W. Bush (R)

• Youngest navy pilot in WWII – hero• CIA director – Texas oilman• Vomited on the Japanese prime minister• “Read my lips, no new taxes” – got him

beat by Clinton• Kidnapped Manuel Noriega (Panama) to

stand trial for drug charges• Wife, Barbara, very rich and very

popular

#42 – William J. Clinton (D)

• Talented saxophone player• Father died before he was born – step-father

was abusive• Youngest governor – Arkansas• Beat Bush with 43.5% of the vote• “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy• Nicknames – “Comeback Kid”, “Slick Willie”,

“Bubba”• Second president to be impeached• “Travelgate”, “Watergate”, “Sleep overs”

#43 – George W. Bush (R)• Raised in Texas – partied through Yale –

MBA Harvard• Managing partner of the Texas Rangers• Governor of Texas 2 times• DWI in his youth – gave up alcohol• Choked on a pretzel while watching a

football game• First African-American Secretary of

State – Colin Powell (then Condaleesa Rice)

#44 – Barrack Obama (D)• You tell me . . .