Articles Containing Tag: U.S. presidents

Perhaps one of the most famous of all presidents is the 16th, Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). Known by such nicknames as Honest Abe, the Great Emancipator, and the Rail-Splitter, Lincoln’s presidency helped reshape the nation. Lincoln was born on Feb. 12,… Read More

James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States. He was born on April 23, 1791 to an Irish immigrant in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. Like many of his predecessors, he attended and then studied law. Buchanan’s political career began… Read More

Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, on November 23, 1804. He was elected to the New Hampshire state legislature at the young age of 24, and then at 26, he became the body’s speaker. Pierce was a… Read More

Millard Fillmore (1800 – 1874) was the 13th president of the United States and the last to hold office that was not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties. In 1828, Fillmore began his political career as… Read More

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th president of the United States. He was born on Nov. 24, 1784 in Orange County, Virginia. The Taylor family moved to Louisville, Kentucky when Zachary was an infant. Although he didn’t have much in… Read More

James Polk (1795-1849) was the 11th president of the United States. He vowed to only serve one term – a promise he kept – but he managed to accomplish much in his time in the White House. James Knox Polk… Read More

John Tyler (1790-1862) became the tenth president of the United States while serving as vice president to William Henry Harrison, who died in office. Tyler was born on March 29, 1790, at Greenway, his family’s plantation in Charles County, Virginia…. Read More

William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) was the ninth president of the United States. He took the office on March 4, 1841, but died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841. Even though he didn’t stay the nation’s leader for long, he lived… Read More

Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was the eighth president and the first to take office who was born an American citizen. He was born to Dutch parents on December 5, 1782 – just six years after the colonists declared independence from… Read More

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the seventh president of the United States. He was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws region on the border of North and South Carolina. No one knows the exact location of his birth, so… Read More

John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was the sixth president of the United States. He was born on July 11, 1767, in Quincy, Massachusetts – which was called Braintree at the time, not to be confused with the modern small town of… Read More

James Monroe (1758-1831) was the fifth president of the United States. His presidency saw a lot of changes and the ever-growing contention between the northern and southern states over slavery. Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County,… Read More