Ken Fussichen's List of Presidents
And Other Presidential Factoids

	Party & Term	President	Wife	Vice President
1	Federalist 30 Apr 1789 -3 Mar 1797	George Washington b: 22 Feb 1732 (Westmoreland Co VA) d: 14 Dec 1799 (Mt Vernon VA)	Martha (Dandridge Custis) Washington b: 2 Jun 1732 m: 6 Jan 1759 d: 22 May 1802	#1 John Adams b: 30 Oct 1735 (Braintree MA) d: 4 Jul 1826 (Quincy MA)
2	Federalist 4 Mar 1797 -3 Mar 1801	John Adams b: 30 Oct 1735 (Braintree MA) d: 4 Jul 1826 (Quincy MA)	Abigail (Smith) Adams b: 11 Nov 1744 (Weymouth MA) m: 25 Oct 1764 d: 28 Oct 1818	#2 Thomas Jefferson b: 13 Apr 1743 (Shadwell VA) d: 4 Jul 1826 (Monticello VA)
3	Dem-Rep 4 Mar 1801 -3 Mar 1809	Thomas Jefferson b: 13 Apr 1743 (Shadwell VA) d: 4 Jul 1826 (Monticello VA)	Martha (Wayles) Jefferson b: 19 Oct 1748 m: 1 Jan 1772 (near Williamsburg VA) d: 6 Sep 1782 (prior to Presidency)	#3 Aaron Burr (1st term) b: (Newark NJ) d: (Staten Island NY) #4 George Clinton (2nd term) b: 26 Jul 1739 (Ulster NY) d: 20 Apr 1812 (Washington DC)
4	Dem-Rep 4 Mar 1809 -3 Mar 1817	James Madison b: 16 Mar 1751 (Port Conway VA) d: 28 Jun 1836 (Montpelier VA)	Dolley (Payne) Madison b: 20 May 1768 (North Carolina) m: 15 Sep 1794 d: 12 Jul 1849	#4 George Clinton (1st term) b: 26 Jul 1739 (Ulster NY) d: 20 Apr 1812 (Washington DC) in office #5 Eldridge Gerry (2nd term) b: 17 Jul 1744 (Marblehead MA) d: 23 Nov 1814 (Washington DC) in office
5	Dem-Rep 4 Mar 1817 -3 Mar 1825	James Monroe b: 28 Apr 1758 (Port Conway VA) d: 28 Jun 1836 (New York City)	Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe b: 30 Jun 1768 (New York, NY) m: Feb 1786 d: 23 Sep 1830	#6 Daniel T Tompkins b: 21 June 1774 (Scarsdale NY) d: (Staten Island NY)
6	Dem-Rep 4 Mar 1825 -3 Mar 1829	John Quincy Adams b: 11 Jul 1767 (Braintree MA) d: 23 Feb 1848 (Washington DC)	Louisa Catherine Adams b: 12 Feb 1775 (London England) m: 1797 d: 15 May 1852 (Washington DC)	#7 John C Calhoun b: 18 Mar 1782 (Abbeville SC) d: 31 Mar 1850 (Washington DC)
7	Democrat 4 Mar 1829 -3 Mar 1837	Andrew Jackson b: 15 Mar 1767 (Waxhaw SC) d: 8 June 1845 (Hermitage, Nashville TN)	Rachael (Donelson Robards) Jackson b: 15 Jun 1767 d: 22 Dec 1828 () prior to Presidency	#7 John C Calhoun (1st term) b: 18 Mar 1782 (Abbeville SC) *: 28 Dec 1832 (resigned to US Senate) d: 31 Mar 1850 (Washington DC) #8 Martin Van Buren (2nd term) b: 5 Dec 1782 (Kinderhook NY) d: 24 Jul 1862 (Kinderhook NY)
8	Democrat 4 Mar 1837 -3 Mar 1841	Martin Van Buren b: 5 Dec 1782 (Kinderhook NY) d: 24 Jul 1862 (Kinderhook NY)	Hannah Van Buren b: 8 Mar 1783 (Kinderhook NY) d: 5 Feb 1819 () prior to Presidency	#9 Richard M Johnson b: 17 Oct 1780 (Louisville KY) d: 19 Nov 1850 (Frankfort KY)
9	Whig 4 Mar 1841 -4 Apr 1841	William Henry Harrison b: 9 Feb 1773 (Charles City Co VA) d: 4 Apr 1841 () in office	Anna (Symmes) Harrison b: 25 Jul 1775 m: 25 Nov 1795 d: 25 Feb 1864 (North Bend OH)	#10 John Tyler b: 29 Mar 1790 (Greenway VA) d: 18 Jan 1862 (Richmond VA)
10	Whig 6 Apr 1841 -3 Mar 1845	John Tyler b: 29 Mar 1790 (Greenway VA) d: 18 Jan 1862 (Richmond VA)	Letitia Christian Tyler b: 12 Nov 1790 (Tidewater VA) m: 29 Mar 1813 d: 10 Sep 1842 (Washington DC) Julia (Gardiner) Tyler b: 4 May 1820 m: 26 Jun 1844 (New York City) d: 10 Jul 1889 (Richmond VA)	none
11	Democrat 4 Mar 1845 -3 Mar 1849	James K Polk b: 2 Nov 1795 (Mecklenburg Co NC) d: 15 June 1849 (Nashville TN)	Sarah Childress Polk b: 4 Sep 1803 (near Murfreesboro TN) m: 1 Jan 1824 d: 14 Aug 1891 (Nashville TN)	#11 George M Dallas b: 10 Jul 1792 (Philadelphia PA) d: (Philadelphia PA)
12	Whig 4 Mar 1849 -9 Jul 1850	Zachary Taylor b: 24 Nov 1784 (Orange Co VA) d: 9 Jul 1850 () in office	Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor b: (Calvert Co MD) m: Jun 1810 (KY) d: 18 Aug 1852 ()	#12 Millard Filmore b: 7 Jan 1800 (Summerhill NY) d: 8 Mar 1874 (Buffalo NY)
13	Whig 10 Jul 1850 -3 Mar 1853	Millard Filmore b: 7 Jan 1800 (Summerhill NY) d: 8 Mar 1874 (Buffalo NY)	Abigail (Powers) Filmore b: 13 Mar 1798 (Saratoga Co NY) m: Feb 1826 d: 30 Mar 1853 (Washington DC)	none
14	Democrat 4 Mar 1853 -3 Mar 1857	Franklin Pierce b: 23 Nov 1804 (Hillsboro NH) d: 8 Oct 1869 (Concord NH)	Jane (Means) Pierce b: 12 Mar 1806 () d: 8 Oct 1869 ()	#13 William R King b: 7 Apr 1786 (Sampson Co NC) d: 18 Apr 1853 (Dallas Co AL) in office
15	Democrat 4 Mar 1857 -3 Mar 1861	James Buchanan b: 23 Apr 1791 (Cove Gap PA) d: 1 Jun 1868 (near Lancaster PA)	Harriet Lane (President's niece)	#14 John C Breckinridge b: 21 Jan 1821 (Lexington KY) d: (Lexington KY)
16	Republican 4 Mar 1861 -15 Apr 1865	Abraham Lincoln b: 12 Feb 1809 (Larue Co KY) d: 15 Apr 1865 (Washington DC) in office	Mary (Todd) Lincoln b: 13 Dec 1818 () m: 4 Nov 1842 (Springfield IL) d: 16 Jul 1882 (Springfield IL)	#15 Hanibal Hamlin (1st term) b: 27 Aug 1809 (Paris ME) d: 4 Jul 1891 (Bangor ME) #16 Andrew Johnson (2nd term) b: 29 Dec 1808 (Raleigh NC) d: 30 Jul 1875 (Carter Station TN)
17	Democrat 15 Apr 1865 -3 Mar 1869	Andrew Johnson b: 29 Dec 1808 (Raleigh NC) d: 30 Jul 1875 (Carter Station TN)	Eliza McCardle Johnson b: () m: 17 May 1827 (Greeneville TN) d: ()	none
18	Republican 4 Mar 1869 -3 Mar 1877	Ulysses S Grant b: 27 Apr 1822 (Point Pleasant OH) d: 23 Jul 1885 (Mt McGregor NY)	Julia Dent Grant b: 26 Jan 1826 () d: 14 Dec 1902	#17 Schuyler Colfax (1st term) b: 23 Mar 1823 (New York NY) d: 13 Jan 1885 (Makato MN) #18 Henry Wilson (2nd term) b: 16 Feb 1812 (Farmington NH) d: 22 Nov 1875 (Washington DC) in office
19	Republican 4 Mar 1877 -3 Mar 1881	Rutherford B Hayes b: 4 Oct 1822 (Delaware OH) d: 17 Jan 1893 (Fremont OH)	Lucy (Ware Webb) Hayes b: 28 Aug 1831 m: 30 Dec 1852 (Cincinnati OH) d: 25 Jun 1889 (Fremont OH)	#19 William Wheeler b: 30 Jun 1819 (Malone NY) d: 4 Jun 1887 (Malone NY)
20	Republican 4 Mar 1881 -19 Sep 1881	James Garfield b: 19 Nov 1831 (Orange OH) d: 19 Sep 1881 (Washington DC) in office	Lucretia (Rudolf) Garfield b: 19 Apr 1832 m: Nov 1858 (Hiram OH) d: 14 Mar 1918	#20 Chester A Arthur b: 5 Oct 1830 (Fairfield VT) d: 18 Nov 1886 (New York NY)
21	Republican 20 Sep 1881 -3 Mar 1885	Chester A Arthur b: 5 Oct 1830 (Fairfield VT) m: Oct 1859 d: 18 Nov 1886 (New York NY)	Ellen (Lewis Herndon) Arthur b: 30 Aug 1827() d: 12 Jan 1880 (New York City NY)	none
22	Democrat 4 Mar 1885 -3 Mar 1889	Grover Cleveland b: 18 Mar 1837 (Caldwell NJ) d: 24 Jun 1908 (Princeton NJ)	Francis (Folsom) Cleveland b: 21 Jul 1864 (Buffalo NY) m: 2 Jun 1886 (Washington DC) d: 29 Oct 1947 (Princeton NJ)	#21 Thomas Hendricks b: (Muskingum Co OH) d: 25 Nov 1885 (Indianapolis IN) in office
23	Republican 4 Mar 1889 -3 Mar 1893	Benjamin Harrison b: 20 Aug 1833 (North Bend OH) d: 13 Mar 1901 (Indianapolis IN)	Caroline Lavina Scott Harrison b: 1 Oct 1832 (Oxford OH) m: 1853 d: 25 Oct 1892 (Washington DC) Mary Scott Lord Dimmick b: 30 Apr 1858	#22 Levi P Morton b: 16 May 1824 (Shoreham VT) d: (Rhineback NY)
24	Democrat 4 Mar 1893 -3 Mar 1897	Grover Cleveland b: 18 Mar 1837 (Caldwell NJ) d: 24 Jun 1908 (Princeton NJ)	Francis (Folsom) Cleveland b: 21 Jul 1864 (Buffalo NY) m: 2 Jun 1886 (Washington DC) d: 29 Oct 1947 (Princeton NJ)	#23 Adlai Ewing Stevenson b: 23 Oct 1835 (Christian Co KY d: 14 Jun 1914 (Chicago IL)
25	Republican 4 Mar 1897 -14 Sep 1901	William McKinley b: 29 Jan 1843 (Niles OH) d: 14 Sep 1901 () in office	Ida (Saxton) McKinley b: 1847 (Canton OH) m: Jan 1871 (Canton OH) d: 26 May 1907 (Canton OH)	#24 Garret A Hobart (1st term) b: (Long Branch NJ) d: 21 Nov 1899 (Paterson NJ) in office #25 Theodore Roosevelt (2nd term) b: 27 Oct 1858 (New York NY) d: 6 Jan 1919 (Oyster Bay NY)
26	Republican 14 Sep 1901 -3 Mar 1909	Theodore Roosevelt b: 27 Oct 1858 (New York NY) d: 6 Jan 1919 (Oyster Bay NY)	Alice Lee Roosevelt b: 29 Jul 1861 m: 27 Oct 1880 d: 14 Feb 1884 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt b: 6 Aug 1861 (CT) Dec 1886 (London England) d: 30 Sep 1948 (Oyster Bay NY)	none #26 Charles Warren Fairbanks b: 11 May 1852 (Unionville Center OH) d: 4 Jun 1918 (Indianapolis IN)
27	Republican 4 Mar 1909 -3 Mar 1913	William Howard Taft b: 15 Sep 1857 (Cincinnati OH) d: 8 Mar 1930 (Washington DC)	Helen Heron "Nellie" Taft b: 2 Jan 1861 (Cincinnati OH) m: 19 Jun 1886 d: 22 Jun 1943 (Washington DC)	#27 James S Sherman b: 24 Oct 1855 (Utica NY) d: 30 Oct 1912 (Utica NY) in office
28	Democrate 4 Mar 1913 -3 Mar 1921	Woodrow Wilson b: 28 Dec 1856 (Staunton VA) d: 3 Feb 1924 (Washington DC)	Ellen Louise Axson Wilson b: 15 May 1860 (Rome GA) m: 24 Jun 1885 (Rome GA) d: 6 Aug 1914 (Washington DC) Edith Bolling Galt Wilson b: 15 Oct 1872 (Wyetheville VA) m: 18 Dec 1915 (Washington DC) d: 28 Dec 1961 (Washington DC)	#28 Thomas R Marshall b: 14 Mar 1854 (N Manchester IN) d: (Washington DC)
29	Republican 4 Mar 1921 -2 Aug 1923	Warren G Harding b: 2 Nov 1865 (near Corsica OH) d: 2 Aug 1923 (San Francisco CA) in office	Florence Kling DeWolf Harding b: 15 Aug 1860 (Marion OH) m: 8 Jul 1891 (Marion OH)	#29 Calvin Coolidge b: (Plymouth VT) d: 5 Jan 1933 (Northamption MA)
30	Republican 3 Aug 1923 -3 Mar 1929	Calvin Coolidge b: 4 Jul 1872 (Plymouth VT) d: 5 Jan 1933 (Northamption MA)	Grace Goodhue Coolidge b: 3 Jan 1879 (Burlington VT) m: Oct 1905 (Burlington VT) d: 8 Jan 1957	none #30 Charles G Dawes b: 27 August 1865 (Marietta OH) d: 23 Apr 1951 (Evanston IL)
31	Republican 4 Mar 1929 -3 Mar 1933	Herbert Hoover b: 10 Aug 1874 (West Branch IA) d: 20 Oct 1964 (New York NY)	Lou Henry Hoover b: 29 Mar 1875 (IA) m: 1899 d: 7 Jan 1944 (New York NY)	#31 Charles Curtis b: 25 Jan 1860 (Topeka KS) d: 8 Feb 1936 (Washington DC)
32	Democrat 4 Mar 1933 -12 Apr 1945	Franklin D Roosevelt b: 30 Jan 1882 (Hyde Park NY) d: 12 Apr 1945 (Warm Springs GA)	Eleanor Roosevelt b: 11 Oct 1884 (New York NY) m: 17 Mar 1905 (New York NY) d: 7 Nov 1962 (New York NY)	#32 John Nance Garner (1st & 2nd terms) b: 22 Nov 1868 (Red River Co TX) d: 7 Nov 1967 (Uvalde TX) #33 Henry A Wallace (3rd term) b: 7 Oct 1888 (Adair Co IA) d: 18 Nov 1965 (Danbury CT) #34 Harry S Truman (4th term) b: 8 May 1884 (Lamar MO) d: 26 Dec 1972 (Kansas City MO)
33	Democrat 12 Apr 1945 -20 Jan 1953	Harry S Truman b: 8 May 1884 (Lamar MO) d: 26 Dec 1972 (Kansas City MO)	Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" (Wallace) Truman b: 13 Feb 1885 (Independence MO) m: 28 Jun 1919 (Independence MO) d: 18 Oct 1982 (Independence MO)	none #35 Alban W Barkley b: 31 Dec 1877 (Graves Co KY) d: 30 Apr 1956 (Lexington VA)
34	Republican 20 Jan 1953 -20 Jan 1961	Dwight D Eisenhower b: 14 Oct 1890 (Denison TX) d: 28 Mar 1969 (Washington DC)	Mamie Doud Eisenhower b: 14 Nov 1896 (Boone IA) m: 1 Jul 1916 (Denver CO) d: 1 Nov 1979 (Washington DC)	#36 Richard M Nixon b: 9 Jan 1913 (Yorba Linda CA) d: 22 Apr 1994 (New York NY)
35	Democrat 20 Jan 1961 -22 Nov 1963	John F Kennedy b: 29 May 1917 (Brookline MA) d: 22 Nov 1963 (Dallas TX) in office	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy b: 28 Jul 1929 m: 24 Jun 1953 (Newport RI) 19 May 1994	#37 Lyndon B Johnson b: 27 Aug 1908 (Johnson City TX) d: 22 Jan 1973 (San Antonio TX)
36	Democrat 22 Nov 1963 -20 Jan 1969	Lyndon B Johnson b: 27 Aug 1908 (Johnson City TX) d: 22 Jan 1973 (San Antonio TX)	Lady Bird (Claudia Alta Taylor) Johnson b: 22 Dec 1912 (near Karnack TX) m: 17 Nov 1934	none #38 Hubert H Humphrey b: 27 May 1911 (Wallace SD) d: 13 Jan 1978 (Waverly MN)
37	Republican 20 Jan 1969 -9 Aug 1974	Richard M Nixon b: 9 Jan 1913 (Yorba Linda CA) d: 22 Apr 1994 (New York NY)	Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan Nixon b: 16 Mar 1912 (Ely NV) m: 21 Jun 1940 (Whittier CA) d: 22 Jun 1993 (Park Ridge NJ)	#39 Spiro T Agnew b: (Baltimore MD) : 10 Oct 1973 resigned d: 17 Sep 1996 (Berlin MD) #40 Gerald R Ford b: 14 Jul 1913 (Omaha NE) : 6 Dec 1973 sworn in as VP
38	Republican 9 Aug 1974 -20 Jan 1977	Gerald R Ford b: 14 Jul 1913 (Omaha NE)	Elizabeth Ann "Betty" (Bloomer) Ford b: 8 Apr 1918 (Chicago IL)	#41 Nelson A Rockefeller b: 8 Jul 1908 (Bar Harbor ME) *: 19 Dec 1974 sworn in as VP d: 26 Jan 1979 (New York NY)
39	Democrat 20 Jan 1977 -20 Jan 1981	Jimmy Carter b: 1 Oct 1924 (Plains GA)	Rosalynn (Smith) Carter b: 18 Aug 1927 (Plains GA) m: 1946	#42 Walter F Mondale b: 5 Jan 1928 (Ceylon MN)
40	Republican 20 Jan 1981 -20 Jan 1989	Ronald Reagan b: 6 Feb 1911 (Tampico IL)	Jane Wyman (Sarah Fulks) b: 4 Jan 1914 (St Joseph MO) Nancy Reagan b: 6 July 1921 (New York NY) m: 1952 (Los Angeles CA)	#43 George HW Bush b: 12 Jun 1924 (Milton MA)
41	Republican 20 Jan 1989 -20 Jan 1993	George HW Bush b: 12 Jun 1924 (Milton MA)	Barbara (Pierce) Bush b: 8 Jun 1925 (Rye NY) m: 6 Jan 1945 (Rye NY)	#44 J Danforth Quayle b: 4 Jan 1947 (Indianapolis IN)
42	Democrat 20 Jan 1993 -20 Jan 2001	William J Clinton b: 19 Aug 1946 ()	Hillary Rodham Clinton b: 26 Oct 1947 (Chicago IL) m: 11 Oct 1975	#45 Albert Gore b: 31 Mar 1948 (Washington DC)
43	Republican 20 Jan 2001 -	George W Bush b: 6 Jul 1946 ()	Laura Bush b: ()	#46 Dick Cheney b: 30 Jan 1941 ()

Presidents and Vice Presidents Who Died In Office

20 Apr 1812: George Clinton, VP to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, dies.
23 Nov 1814: Eldridge Gerry, VP to James Madison, dies.
4 Apr 1841: William Henry Harrison, 9th President dies, 31 days after taking office, of pneumonia.
9 Jul 1850: Zachary Taylor, 12th President, dies.
18 Apr 1853: William R King, VP to Franklin Pierce, dies after six weeks in office.
15 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln, 16th President, dies at 7:22AM, after being shot at the theater the night before.
22 Nov 1875: Henry Wilson, VP to Ulysses S Grant (2nd term), dies.
25 Nov 1885: Thomas Hendricks, VP to Grover Cleveland (1st term), dies.
19 Sep 1881: James Garfield, the 20th President, was shot by Charles Guiteau on 2 Jul 1881 in a railway station in Washington DC. He never recovers.
21 Nov 1899: Garret A Hobart, VP to William McKinley (1st term), dies in office.
14 Sep 1901: William McKinley
30 Oct 1912: James S Sherman, VP to William Howard Taft, dies in office.
2 Aug 1923: Warren G Harding
12 Apr 1945: Franklin D Roosevelt, 32nd US President, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 63 in Warm Springs GA.
22 Nov 1963: John F Kennedy, 35th President, dies after being shot by Lee Harvey Oswald earlier in the day.

Presidential and Vice Presidential Assassinatino Attempts

30 Jan 1835: Andrew Jackson survives an assassination attempt by Richard Lawrence when Lawrence misfires two pistols Jackson at the White House.
14 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln is shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln dies at 7:22 the next morning.
2 Jul 1881: At 9:00 AM, James Garfield is shot by Charles Guiteau in a Washington DC railway station. Garfield dies three months later.
6 Sep 1901: William McKinley is shot while attending a reception at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo NY by 28-year old Leon Czolgosz. McKinley dies six days later.
7 Aug 1912: Theodore Roosevelt, running as a presidential candidate for the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party, is shot during a speech in Milwaukee. He completes the speech in spite of the wound and loss of blood. Roosevelt survives, making a full recovery.
11 Dec 1928: Police in Buenos Aires thwart an attempt on President-elect Herbert Hoover's life.
15 Feb 1933: In Miami, Joseph Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin Roosevelt instead killing Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak.
1 Nov 1950: The White House is fired upon by Collazo & Torresola, two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempting to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. Truman was unhurt.
22 Nov 1963: John Kennedy is shot by Lee Harvey Oswald as he traveled in a Dallas TX motorcade. He is declared dead shortly thereafter.
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
William Clinton

Presidents and Vice Presidents Who Resigned From Office or Been Impeached

John C Calhoun, VP to John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, resigns on 28 Dec 1832 to run for office in the Senate.
Andrew Johnson, 17th President, is impeached on 24 Feb 1868. He survives the trial by one vote short of the necessary two-thirds necessary to remove him from office.
Sprio T Agnew, VP to Richard Nixon, resigns on 10 Oct 1973, in disgrace.
Richard M Nixon, 37th President, resigns on 9 Aug 1974, as a result of the Watergate scandal.

Presidents Who Have Served Two Full Terms (or more)

George Washington, 1st President
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President
James Madison, 4th President
James Monroe, 5th President
Andrew Jackson, 7th President
Ulysses S Grant, 18th President
Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President
Woodrow Wilson, 28th President
Franklin D Roosevelt, 32nd President, and the only president to serve more than two terms. He served four.
Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th President
Ronald Reagan, 40th President
William J Clinton, 42nd President

Vice Presidents Who Have Served Two Full Terms

John Adams, 1st Vice President (to George Washington)
Daniel T Tompkins, 6th Vice President (to James Monroe)
Thomas R Marshall, 28th Vice President (to Woodrow Wilson)
John N Garner, 32nd Vice President (to Franklin Roosevelt, 1st & 2nd terms)
Richard M Nixon, 36th Vice President (to Dwight Eisenhower)
George HW Bush, 43rd Vice President (to Ronald Reagan)
Al Gore, 45th Vice President (to William Clinton)

President's Wives & Children Who Died Prior To Or During Their Husband's Administration

#3: Martha (Wayles) Jefferson dies on 6 Sep 1782. Thomas Jefferson took office on 4 Mar 1801.
#7: Rachael Jackson dies on 22 Dec 1828. Andrew Jackson took office nine weeks later.
#8: Hannah Van Buren dies on 5 Feb 1819. Martin Van Buren took office on 4 Mar 1837.
#10: Letitia Tyler dies on 10 Sep 1842, during John Tyler's tenure.
#14: Benny Pierce, son of President and Mrs Franklin Pierce, dies on 6 Jan 1853 in front of his parents eyes in a railroad accident. (The date is after Pierce's election, but before his inauguration.)
#16: William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln, third son of President and Mrs Lincoln dies 20 Feb 1862, during Lincoln's tenure, possibly from foul water.
#21: Ellen (Lewis Herndon) Arthur, wife of Chester A Arthur, dies on 12 Jan 1880, prior to her husband taking office as the 21st President or the 20th Vice President. Mary Arthur McElroy, President Arthur's youngest sister, served as the ranking lady of the Arthur administration.
#26: Alice Roosevelt, wife of Theodore Roosevelt, dies on 14 Feb 1884, 17 years before her husband assumes office.
#28: Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson, dies of Barite's disease on 6 Aug 1914, during her husband's tenure.

White House Births & Weddings

17 Jan 1806: President Jefferson's granson, James Madison Randolph is born in the White House.
9 Mar 1820: President Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House.
25 Feb 1825: President John Quincy Adams' son John marries in the White House.
4 Apr 1842: President Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in the White House.
26 Jun 1844: President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in a ceremony in New York City.
21 Mar 1874: President Grant's daughter, Nellie, marries in the White House.
2 Jun 1886: President Grover Cleveland becomes the first US president to marry in the White House when he weds Florence Folsom.
9 Sep 1893: Esther Cleveland, daughter of President and Mrs Grover Cleveland, is the first child of a president to be born in the White House.
17 Feb 1906: Alice Lee Roosevelt, daughter of President Theodor Roosevelt, marries Congressman Nicholas Longworth in an elaborate White House ceremony.
25 Nov 1913: President Woodrow Wilson's daughter, Jessie, marries in the White House.
7 May 1914: President Woodrow Wilson's daughter, Eleanor, marries in the White House.
18 Dec 1915: President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt at her Washington DC home.
18 Nov 1949: Alben W. Barkley, 35th VP (under Harry Truman) marries Jane Rucker Hadley in St. Louis. It was the first time a US Vice President married while in office.
12 Jun 1971: President Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia Nixon marries Edward Cox in the White House Rose Garden.

Presidential Trivia

There have been four US presidents from the Whig party, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Half died in office. The other half were vice presidents who completed their respective president's terms.
Andrew Jackson, the 7th US President, was the first US President to ride on a train (6 Jun 1833).
Martin Van Buren, the 8th US President, was the first US President actually born in the US.
James K Polk, the 11th US President, turns on the first gas light in the White House (29 Dec 1848).
James K Polk, the 11th US President, is the first president to have his photograph taken (by Matthew Brady, 14 Feb 1949).
James Buchanan, the 15th US President, was the only bachelor president. His fiancee, Ann C Coleman, committed suicide on 9 Dec 1819, nearly 40 years before he took office. His neice served as White House hostess.
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US President, was the first Republican president. His vice president for his second term was Andrew Johnson, a Democrat. In 1864 they ran under the "National Union" ticket.
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US President, is the only US president to receive a patent (#6469, issued 22 May 1849 for a floating dry dock).
During the administration of Ulysses S Grant, the 18th US president, the presidential salary went from $25,000/yr to $50,000/yr (3 Mar 1873).
During the administration of Rutherford B Hayes, the 19th US president, the White House conducted the first Easter Egg Roll (2 Apr 1877).
During the administration of Rutherford B Hayes, the 19th US president, the first telephone is installed in the White House (1 Dec 1878).
Webb Hayes, son of Rutherford B Hayes, the 19th US president, receives the Congressional Medal of Honor (4 Dec 1899).
James Garfield, the 20th US President, was the first left-handed president.
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th US President, is the first president to leave the country on an official visit when he leaves for Panama and Puerto Rico (9 Nov 1906).
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th US President, was the first president to ride in a car and submerge in a submarine and fly in an airplane.
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th US President, is the first (ex-)president to fly in an airplane (11 Oct 1910, over St Louis for about four minutes).
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, son of the 26th US President receives the Congressional Medal of Honor (6 Jun 1944).
William Howard Taft, the 27th US President, throws out the opening day baseball to Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators. The Senators win 3-0, and a tradition begins (14 Apr 1910).
William Howard Taft, the 27th US President, is the only US President to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Helen "Nellie" Taft, wife of William Howard Taft, the 27th US President, and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant the first two cherry trees (gifts from Japan) in Washington DC (27 Mar 1912).
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th US President, collapses during a speech Pueblo CO in support of the League of Nations (25 Sep 1919).
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th US President, suffers a stroke in the White House (2 Oct 1919). He recovers, but his wife, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, and his physician keep him isolated and effectively run the country for about five weeks.
Warren G Harding, the 29th US President, has a radio installed in the White House (8 Feb 1922).
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th US President, has the first electrically lit Christmas tree in the White House (25 Dec 1923).
Herbert Hoover, the 31st US President, was the first president to have a telephone at his desk.
Charles Curtis, VP under Herbert Hoover, the 31st US President, was an American Indian.
Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd US President, becomes the first president to fly while in office (Miami FL to French Morocco, 14 Jan 1943).
Margaret Truman, daughter of the 33rd US President, gives her first public concert (for 15,000 at the Hollywood Bowl CA on 23 Aug 1947).
Harry Truman, the 33rd US President, becomes the first US President to travel in a submerged submarine (21 Nov 1946).
During the administration of Harry S Truman, the 33rd US president, the presidential salary went from $75,000/yr to $100,000/yr with an additional $50,000/year for expenses (19 Jan 1949).
Alben W. Barkley, the VP under President Truman, wrote a letter that made reference to his office as the Veep. The name stuck. Alben W. Barkley was forevermore referred to as the Veep. And ever since, it has been used as the common expression for vice presidents, whether in government or business (2 Sep 1949).
During the administration of the 34th President, Dwight Eisenhower, Air Force One, the first US Presidential airplane, is christened (24 Nov 1954).
Dwight Eisenhower, 34th US President, becomes the first president to fly in a helicopter (12 Jul 1957).
John Kennedy, the (future) 35th US President, loses his ship, PT-109, in action when a Japanese destroyer rams his PT boat (2 Aug 1943).
John Kennedy, the (future) 35th US President, is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles In Courage" (6 May 1957).
George HW Bush, the (future) 41st US President, bails out of his burning plane in action in the Pacific (2 Sep 1944).

Presidential Nobel Prize Winners

1906 Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
1919 Nobel Peace Prize: Woodrow Wilson, 28th President
1925 Nobel Peace Prize: Charles Dawes, 30th VP under Calvin Coolidge
2002 Nobel Peace Prize: Jimmy Carter, 39th President

Ken Fussichen's List of PresidentsAnd Other Presidential Factoids

Last Update: 16 January 2004 Forward questions or comments concerning this page to: kfussichen@commkey.net

Ken Fussichen's List of Presidents
And Other Presidential Factoids

Last Update: 16 January 2004
Forward questions or comments concerning this page to:
kfussichen@commkey.net