Articles Containing Tag: U.S. presidents

William McKinley (1843-1901) was the 25th president of the United States and the third to be assassinated. His terms saw the United States in a victory over Spain, freeing Cuba, and leading the nation out of a depression. In 1869,… Read More

Benjamin Harrison (1833 – 1901), the 23rd president of the United States, was the second in his family to be elected to the position. His grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was the ninth president and served the shortest term in history…. Read More

Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837 – 1908) was the 22nd president of the United States. Before breaking into politics, he studied law and held several jobs. During the Civil War, Cleveland was able to avoid military service by paying $300 for… Read More

James A. Garfield (1831–1881) was the 20th president of the United States. Although his term, and life, were cut short by an assassin just a few months after being elected, his legacy as both a soldier and a leader remain…. Read More

Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) became the 19th president of the United States in 1877. He was the first president to be elected by the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote, which earned him the nickname “His Fraudulency” by his… Read More

Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) was the 18th president of the United States. Unlike former commanders in chief, he did not have a background in politics and was elected more because of his military achievements during the war than anything else…. Read More

Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) was the 17th president of the United States and the first to ever be impeached. In 1829, he was elected alderman in Greeneville, Tennessee. Andrew Jackson was elected president that same year, a man who Johnson shared… Read More

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