PRESIDENTS
George Washington
Born: February 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Virginia Occupation: Planter, soldier Wife: Martha Curtis Children: Two step, Two adopted President: 1789-1797 Federalist Vice President: John Adams Died: December 14, 1799 Buried: Mt. Vernon, Virginia
John Adam
Born: October 30, 1735, Quincy, Massachusetts Occupation: Lawyer, diplomat Wife: Abigail Smith Children: Three boys, Two girls President: 1797-1801 Federalist Vice President: Thomas Jefferson Died: July 4, 1826 Buried: Quincy, Massachusetts
Thomas Jefferson
Born: April 13, 1743, Shadwell, Virginia Occupation: Lawyer, farmer Wife: Martha Skelton Children: One boy, Five girls President: 1801-1809 Democratic-Republican Vice President: Aaron Burr and George Clinton Died: July 4, 1826 Buried: Moticello, Virginia
James Madison Born: March 16, 1751, Port Conway, Virginia Occupation: Planter, statesman, lawyer Wife: Dorothea Payne Todd Children: One stepchild President: 1809-1817 Democratic-Republican Vice President: George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry, Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives Died: June 28, 1836 Buried: Montpelier, Virginia
James Monroe
Born: April 28, 1758 Westmoreland County, Virginia Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Elizabeth Kortwright Children: Two girls President: 1817-1825 Democratic-Republican Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins Died: July 4, 1831 Buried: Richmond, Virginia
John Quincy Adams
Born: July 11, 1767, Quincy, Massachusetts Occupation: Lawyer, statesman Wife: Louisa Johnson Children: Three boys, one girl President: 1825-1829 Democratic-Republican Vice President: John C. Calhoun Died: February 23, 1848 Buried: Quincy, Massachusetts
Andrew Jackson
Born: March 15, 1767, Waxhaw, South Carolina Occupation: Lawyer, soldier Wife: Rachel Robards Children: Adopted son President: 1829-1837 Democratic Vice Presidents: John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren Died: June 8, 1845 Buried: The Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee
Martin Van Buren
Born: December 5, 1782, Kinderhook, New York Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Hannah Hoes Children: Four boys President: 1837-1841 Democratic Vice President: Richard M. Johnson Died: July 24, 1862 Buried: Kinderhook, New York
William Henry Harrison
Born: February 9,1773, Berkeley, Virginia Occupation: Farmer, soldier Wife: Anna Symmes Children: Six boys, five girls President: 1841, one month Whig Party Vice President: John Tyler Died: April 4, 1841 Buried: North Bend, Ohio
John Tyler
Born: March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia Occupation: Lawyer Wives: Letitia Christian and Julia Gardiner Children: Eight boys, seven girls President: 1841-1845, Whig Party Vice President: Samuel L. Southard, President pro tempore of the Senate Died: January 17, 1862 Buried: Richmond, Virginia
James K. Polk
Born: November 2, 1795, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Sarah Childress Children: none President: 1845-1849, Democratic Vice President: George M. Dallas Died: June 15, 1849 Buried: Nashville, Tennessee
Zachary Taylor
Born: September 24, 1784, Orange County, Virginia Occupation: Soldier Wife: Margaret Smith Children: One boy, five girls President: 1849-1850, One year, four months, Whig party Vice President: Millard Fillmore Died: July 9, 1850 Buried: Louisville, Kentucky
Millard Fillmore
Born: January 7, 1800, Summer Hill, Cayuga County, New York Occupation: Lawyer Wives: Abigail Powers, Caroline McIntosh Children: One boy, one girl President: 1850-1853, two years, eight months, Whig Party Vice President: Howell Cobb*, Speaker of the House of Representatives; William R. D. King, David R. Atchison, Presidents pro tempore of the Senate Died: March 8, 1874 Buried: Buffalo, New York * According to the Succession Act of 1792, Cobb was next in succession for only two days (July 9-11) until Congress had time to elect a President pro tempore of the Senate.
Franklin Pierce
Born: November 23, 1804, Hillsboro, New Hampshire Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Jane Appleton Children: Three boys President: 1853-1857, Democratic Vice President: William R. King Died: October 8, 1869 Buried: Concord, New Hampshire
James Buchanan
Born: April 23, 1791, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Occupation: Lawyer Wife: None President: 1857-1861, Democratic Vice President: John C. Breckenridge Died: June 1, 1868 Buried: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln
Born: February 12, 1809, Hardin County, Kentucky Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Mary Todd Children: Four boys President: 1861-1865, Republican Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson Died: April 15, 1865 Buried: Springfield, Illinois
Andrew Johnson
Born: December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina Occupation: Tailor Wife: Eliza McCardle Children: Three boys, two girls President: 1865-1869, Democrat, National Union Vice Presidents: Lafayette Sabine Foster, Benjamin Franklin Wade, Presidents pro tempore of the Senate Died: July 31, 1875 Buried: Greeneville, Tennessee
Ulysses S. Grant
Born: April 27,1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio Occupation: Soldier Wife: Julia B. Dent Children: Two boys, two girls President: 1869-1877, Republican Vice Presidents: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson Died: July 23, 1885 Buried: New York City
Rutherford B. Hayes
Born: October 4,1822, Delaware, Ohio Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Lucy Webb Children: Seven boys, one girl President: 1877-1881, Republican Vice President: William A. Wheeler Died: January 17, 1893 Buried: Fremont, Ohio
James A. Garfield
Born: November 19, 1831, Orange, Ohio Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Lucretia Rudolph Children: Four boys, one girl President: 1881, six and one-half months, Republican Vice President: Chester A. Arthur Died: September 19, 1881 Buried: Cleveland, Ohio
Chester A. Arthur
Born: October 5, 1830, Fairfield, Vermont Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Ellen Herndon Children: Two boys, one girl President: 1881-1885, Republican Vice Presidents: Thomas F. Bayard*, David Davis, George F. Edmunds, Presidents pro tempore of the Senate Died: November 18, 1886 Buried: Albany, New York * Due to some complex political moves, there was no one in line for succession from September 19 to October 10, 1881, in accordance with the terms of the succession act of 1792!
Grover Cleveland
Born: March 18, 1837, Caldwell, New Jersey Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Frances Folsom Children: Two boys, three girls President: 1885-1889;1893-1897, Democratic Vice Presidents: Thomas A. Hendricks, Adlai E. Stevenson Died: June 24, 1908 Buried: Princeton, New Jersey
Benjamin Harrison
Born:August 20, 1833, North Bend, Ohio Occupation: Lawyer Wives: Caroline Scott, Mary Scott Dimmick Children: One boy, two girls President:1889-1893, Republican Vice President: Levi P. Morton Died: March 13, 1901 Buried: Indianapolis, Indiana
William McKinley
Born: January 29, 1843, Niles, Ohio Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Ida Saxton Children:Two girls President: 1897-1901, four years, six and one-half months, Republican Vice Presidents: Garret A. Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt Died: September 14, 1901 Buried: Canton, Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Born: October 27, 1858, New York City Occupation: Public official, lawyer Wives: Alice Lee, Edith Carow Children: Four boys, two girls President: 1901-1909, Republican Vice Presidents: John M. Hay, Secretary of State; Charles W. Fairbanks Died: January 6, 1919 Buried: Oyster Bay, New York
William H. Taft
Born: September 15, 1857, Cincinnati, Ohio Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Helen Herron Children: Two boys, one girl President: 1909-1913 Republican Vice President: James S. Sherman Died: March 8, 1930 Buried: Arlington National Cemetery
Woodrow Wilson
Born: December 28,1856, Staunton, Virginia Occupation: Educator, lawyer Wives: Ellen Axson, Edith Galt Children: Three girls President:1913-1921, Democratic Vice President: Thomas R. Marshell Died: February 3, 1924 Buried: Washington, D.C.
Warren G. Harding Born: November 2, 1865, Corsica, Ohio Occupation: Editor Wife: Florence De Wolfe Children: None President: 1921-1923, Republican Vice President: Calvin Coolidge Died: August 2, 1923 Buried: Marion, Ohio
Calvin Coolidge
Born: July 4, 1872, Plymouth, Vermont Occupation: Lawyer Wife: Grace Goodhue Children: Two boys President: 1923-1929, Republican Vice President: Charles G. Dawes Died: January 5, 1933 Buried: Plymouth, Vermont
Herbert Hoover
Born: August 10, 1874, West Branch, Iowa Occupation: Engineer Wife: Lou Henery Children: Two boys President: 1929-1933, Republican Vice President: Charles Curtis Died: October 20, 1964 Buried: West Branch, Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Born: January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, New York Occupation: Farmer, lawyer, public officer Wife: Eleanor roosevelt Children: Five boys, one girl President: 1933-1945, Democratic Vice Presidents: John N. Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman Died: April 12, 1945 Buried: Hyde Park, New York
Harry S Truman Born: May 8, 1884, Lamar, Missouri Occupation: Farmer, businessman, public official Wife: Bess Wallace Children: One girl President: 1945-1953, Democratic Vice Presidents: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., James F. Byrnes, George C. Marshall, Secretaries of State; Joseph W. Martin*, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Alben W. Barkley Died: December 26, 1972 Buried: Independence, Missouri * The Succession Law of 1947 established the Speaker of the House of Representatives at first in succession.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Born: October 14, 1890, Denison, Texas Occupation: Army Officer Wife: Mary (Mamie) Geneva Doud Children: Two boys President: 1953-1961, Republican Vice President: Richard M. Nixon Died: March 28, 1969 Buried: Abilene, Kansas
John F. Kennedy
Born: May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts Occupation: Author, naval officer, public official Wife: Jacqueline Bouvier Children: Two boys, two girls President: 1961-1963, Democratic Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Died: November 22, 1963 Buried: Arlington National Cemetery
Lyndon B. Johnson
Born: August 27, 1908, near Stonewall, Texas Occupation: Teacher, navy commander, public official Wife: Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Children: Two girls President: 1963-1969, Democratic Vice Presidents: John William McCormack, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Hubert Humphrey Died: January 22, 1973 Buried: L.B.J. Ranch, Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Born: January 9, 1913, Yorbo Linda, California Occupation: Lawyer, public official Wife: Thelma "Pat" Ryan Children: Two girls President: 1969-1974, Republican Vice Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford Died: Buried:
Gerald R. Ford
Born:July 14, 1913, Omaha, Nebraska Occupation: Lawyer, public official Wife: Elizabeth Bloomer Children: Three boys, one girl President: 1974-1977, Republican Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller Died: Buried:
James E. Carter
Born: October 1, 1924, Plains, Georgia Occupation: Farmer, engineer, scientist, businessman Wife: Rosalynn Smith Children: Three boys, one girl President: 1977-1981, Democratic Vice President: Walter F. Mondale Died: Buried:
Ronald Reagan
Born: February 6, 1911, Tampico, Illinois Occupation: Public official, actor Wives: Jane Wyman, Nancy Davis Children: Two boys, two girls President:1981-1989, Republican Vice President: George Bush Died: Buried:
George Bush
Born: June 12, 1924, Milton, Massachusetts Occupation: Businessman, public official Wife: Barbara Pierce Children: Four boys, one girl President: 1989-1993, Republican Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Died: Buried:
William Jefferson Clinton William Jefferson Blythe IV
Born: August 19,1946, Hope, Arkansas Occupation: College professor, governor, state attorney general of Arkansas Wife: Hillary Rodham Children: One girl President: 1993-2000, Democratic Vice President: Al Gore Died: Buried: