All 46 U.S. Presidents

George Washington

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

‣ Westmoreland County, VA
‣ Elementary and limited secondary; No college education.
‣ Served as Commander-in-Chief of the army throughout the War.
‣ Delegate for Continental Congress, Pres. of Constitutional Convention.
‣ Martha Dandridge Custis (wife).
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John Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801

‣ Braintree, MA
‣ Harvard, (1751-1755), Bachelor of Arts degree.
‣ During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, helped negotiate the treaty of peace.
‣ Delegate for Continental Congress, Diplomat, Vice President.
‣ Abigail Adams (wife), Abigail, John, Susanna, Charles, Thomas (children).
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Thomas Jefferson

Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809

‣ Shadwell, VA
‣ 7 years studying, pursued education at William and Mary (1760-1762). Read law with George Wythe, studied primarily under Dr. William Small.
‣ Military experience was limited to his service in the Virginia militia as a colonel.
‣ Delegate, Continental Congress, Governor, Minister, Secretary of State, Vice Pres.
‣ Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson (wife), Patsy and Mary (children).
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James Madison

Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

‣ Port Conway, Virginia
‣ Princeton University, graduated in 1771.
‣ Commissioned as colonel and commander of the Orange County Regiment, Virginia Militia.
‣ Delegate, Constitutional Convention, US House of Representatives, Secretary of State.
‣ Dolley Payne Todd Madison (wife).
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James Monroe

Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

‣ Monroe Hall, VA
‣ College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
‣ Enlisted in the Third Virginia Infantry (1775), then fought during the Revolutionary War.
‣ Delegate, Continental Congress, US Senator, Governor, Minister, Secretary of State.
‣ Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (wife), Eliza and Maria (children).
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John Quincy Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

‣ Braintree, MA
‣ Harvard College (1787), studied law for 3 years with Theophilus Parsons, then practiced law in Boston.
‣ Served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
‣ Minister, US Senate, Secretary of State.
‣ Louisa Catherine Adams (wife), George, John, and Charles (children).
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Andrew Jackson

Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

‣ Waxhaws, NC
‣ Returned to school, taught reading and writing to children. Studied law under attorney Spruce Macay (1784).
‣ Commissioned a major general in the Regular Army of the United States to fight the British at Pensacola, fought the Battle of New Orleans.
‣ US House Representatives, US Senate.
‣ Rachel Donelson Jackson (wife), adopted several children.
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Martin Van Buren

Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

‣ Kinderhook, NY
‣ Did not attend college.
‣ Did not have any military service.
‣ Senator, Attorney General, Governor, US Senator, US Secretary of State, Vice President.
‣ Hannah Hoes Van Buren (wife), Abraham, John, Martin, Smith (children).
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William Henry Harrison

Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Mar 4, 1841

‣ Charles City County, VA
‣ Hampden–Sydney College University of Pennsylvania.
‣ American military officer.
‣ Governor of Indiana Territory, Delegate for US Congress.
‣ Anna Tuthill Symmes (wife), Elizabeth, John, Lucy, William, John, Benjamin, Mary, Carter, Anna, James (children).
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John Tyler

Period: Apr 6, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845

‣ Charles City County, VA
‣ College of William and Mary and studied law.
‣ War of 1812.
‣ Virginia House of Delegates, US House of Representatives, Governor, US Senator, Vice President.
‣ Letitia Christian Tyler (first wife) Julia Gardiner (second wife), Mary, Robert, John...(+12)(children).
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James K. Polk

Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 3, 1849

‣ Pineville, NC
‣ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
‣ Not much military service. extended the territory of the U.S. through the Mexican–American War.
‣ Governor, US House of Representatives, Speaker of the House.
‣ Sarah Childress Polk (wife).
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Zachary Taylor

Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

‣ Orange County, VA
‣ Basic education.
‣ Aspired from a young age to join the military, career officer in the Army.
‣ No previous political offices.
‣ Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (wife), Ann, Sarah, Octavia, Margaret, Mary, Richard (children).
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Millard Fillmore

Period: Jul 10, 1850 to Mar 3, 1853

‣ Summer Hill, NY
‣ Self taught to read and enrolled at a local school, 6 months later he took the bar exam and passed to become an attorney.
‣ Union Continentals, Major/Captain, during American Civil War (1820-30s)(1860-70s).
‣ NY State Assembly, US House of Representatives, Vice President of the US.
‣ Abigail Fillmore (wife), Millard, Mary (children).
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Franklin Pierce

Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

‣ Hillsborough, HN
‣ Attended Bowdoin College Northampton Law School.
‣ Mexican War took him into active military service as a brigade commander in General Winfield Scott's army. (1846-48).
‣ US House of Representatives, Legislature, US Senate.
‣ Jane Means Appleton Pierce (wife), Franklin, Frank, Benjamin (children).
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James Buchanan

Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

‣ Cove Gap, PA
‣ Dickinson College, was gifted as a debater and learned in the law.
‣ Served in a reserve unit during the War of 1812 and did not experience any combat.
‣ US House of Representatives, Minister, US Senator, Secretary of State.
‣ No wife or children.
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Abraham Lincoln

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

‣ Larue County, KY
‣ No formal education, mostly educated himself by borrowing books and newspapers.
‣ Served as a volunteer in the Illinois Militia (1832), during the Black Hawk War, never saw combat.
‣ Legislature, US House of Representatives.
‣ Mary Todd Lincoln (wife), Robert, Edward, William, Thomas (children).
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Andrew Johnson

Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

‣ Raleigh, NC
‣ Never attended school.
‣ American Civil War (1862–1865), Brigadier General, as Military Governor of Tennessee.
‣ Mayor of Greeneville, Legislature, US House of Representatives, Senate, Governor, US Senate.
‣ Eliza McCardle Johnson (wife), Martha, Charles, Mary, Robert, Andrew (children).
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Ulysses S. Grant

Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

‣ Point Pleasant, OH
‣ Received an education from several private schools.
‣ Attended the U.S. Military Academy. Commanding colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteer Regiment (1861), remained in the U.S. Army throughout the Civil War,
‣ Secretary of War.
‣ Julian Dent Grant (wife), Frederick, Ulysses, Ellen, Jesse (children).
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Rutherford B. Hayes

Period: Mar 3, 1877 to Mar 3, 1881

‣ Delaware, OH
‣ Kenyon College and Harvard Law School.
‣ Commission as a major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry, fought during the Civil War.
‣ City Solicitor, US House of Representatives, Governor.
‣ Lucy Webb Hayes (wife), Birchard, Webb, Rutherford, Joseph...(4+) (children).
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James Garfield

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

‣ Moreland Hills, OH
‣ College education, Williams College (1856).
‣ Major general, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, fought during the American Civil War Battle (1861–1863)
‣ State Senate, US House of Representatives.
‣ Lucretia Rudolph Garfield (wife), Eliza, Harry, James...(+4)(children).
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Chester A. Arthur

Period: Sep 20, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

‣ Fairfield, VT
‣ Union College in 1848.
‣ Brigadier general, Second Brigade (1857–1863).
‣ Collector of the Port of NY, Quartermaster General, Chairman of NY Republican State Committee.
‣ Ellen Herndon Arthur (wife), Wlliam, Chester, Ellen (children).
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Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

‣ Caldwell, NJ
‣ Elementary education at the Fayetteville Academy and Clinton Grammar School.
‣ Did not personally serve during the Civil War, but was involved.
‣ Mayor of Buffalo.
‣ Frances Folsom Cleveland (wife), Ruth, Esther, Marion...(+2)(children).
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Benjamin Harrison

Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

‣ North Bend, OH
‣ Farmer's College Miami University.
‣ Served as a colonel in the Union Army, was in the Battle of Resaca, Battle of Peachtree Creek and Battle of Nashville.
‣ US Senator, reporter for Supreme Court.
‣Caroline Scott Harrison (wife), Russell, Mary (children).
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Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

‣ Caldwell, NJ
‣ Elementary education at the Fayetteville Academy and Clinton Grammar School.
‣ Did not personally serve during the Civil War, but was involved.
‣ Mayor of Buffalo.
‣ Frances Folsom Cleveland (wife), Ruth, Esther, Marion...(+2)(children).
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William McKinley

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

‣ Niles, OH
‣ Allegheny College & Albany Law School.
‣ Served during the Civil War, a private in the Union Army (1861).
‣ US House of Representatives, Governor.
‣ Ida Saxton McKinley (wife), Katherine, Ida (children).
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Theodore Roosevelt

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

‣ New York, NY
‣ Homeschooled then attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School.
‣ Served in the Spanish-American War (1898), involved with the "Rough Riders", Battle of San Juan Hill.
‣ State Assembly, Civil Service Commission, City Policy Commissioner, Assistant Secretary for Navy, Governor.
‣ Edith Roosevelt (wife), Alice Theodore, Kermit, Ethel, Archibald (children).
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William Howard Taft

Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

‣ Cincinnati, OH
‣ Yale University in 1878, he studied at Cincinnati Law School.
‣ Judge and appointed co-chairman, did not server in combat.
‣Assistant Prosecutor, US Solicitor General, US Circuit Judge, Governor, Secretary of War.
‣ Helen Herron Taft (wife), Robert, Helen, Charles (children).
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Woodrow Wilson

Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

‣ Staunton, VA
‣ Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University.
‣ Did not have any military service,
‣ Governor, Pres. of Princeton Uni.
‣ Ellen Axson Wilson (wife), Margaret, Jessie, Eleanor (children).
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Warren G. Harding

Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

‣ Blooming Grove, OH
‣ Ohio Central College, high school level institution (1879-1882).
‣ Did not have any military service.
‣ US Senate.
‣ Florence Kling Harding (wife), Marshall (child).
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Calvin Coolidge

Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

‣ Plymouth Notch, VT
‣ Black River Academy and then St. Johnsbury Academy before enrolling at Amherst College.
‣ Did not have any military service.
‣ City Solicitor, Mayor of Northampton, State Senator, Lieutenant Governor, Vice Pres.
‣ Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (wife), John, Calvin (children).
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Herbert Hoover

Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

‣ West Branch, IA
‣ Stanford University.
‣ Did not have any military service.
‣ Secretary of Commerce.
‣ Lou Henry Hoover (wife), Herbert, Allan (children).
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

‣ Hyde Park, NY
‣ Harvard (1903), he entered Columbia Law School (1904), dropped out in 1907 after passing the New York Bar Examination.
‣ Did not serve in active military, served as Assistant Secretary for the Navy (1913-1920).
‣ Assistant of Secretary of Navy, Senator, Governor.
‣ Eleanor Roosevelt (wife), Anna, James, Franklin...(+3)(children).
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Harry S. Truman

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

‣ Lamar, MO
‣ Public high school education.
‣ Served during WWI as an artillery officer and later then captain, enlisted in the Missouri National Guard (1905).
‣ County Judge, US Senator, Vice Pres.
‣ Bess Truman (wife), Margaret (child).
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

‣ Denison, TX
‣ Both elementary and high school.
‣ Graduated from US Military Academy, served as a Military officer politician for 35+ years.
‣ Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, Chief of Staff of US Army, Pres. of Columbia Uni.
‣ Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (wife), Dwight, John (children).
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John F. Kennedy

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

‣ Brookline, MA
‣ Public school(s), went on to The Choate School and London School of Economics (1935-1936). Harvard University (1940) began graduate school at Stanford University.
‣ Served during WWII, enlisted in the US Navy (1941). Commanding Officer of a PT-109, served in the Pacific theater.
‣ US Hose of Representatives, Congressman, US Senate/Senator.
‣ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (wife) Caroline, John, Patrick, Arabella (children).
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Lyndon B Johnson

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

‣ Stonewall, TX
‣ Bachelor's degree in education, Welhausen School in Cotulla, Texas.
‣ Served during the WWII, commissioned as Lieutenant Commander in the US Naval Reserve (1940). Mainly a member rather than in active combat duty, stationed in the Pacific theater.
‣ US Representative, US Senator, Vice Pres.
‣ Claudia Alta Johnson (wife), Lynda, Luci (children).
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Richard M. Nixon

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

‣ Yorba Linda, CA
‣ Whittier College and Duke University.
‣ Served in the military during WWII, joined the US Navy (1942), lieutenant commander in the Pacific theater.

‣ US Representative, US Senator, Vice Pres.
‣ Patricia Nixon (wife), Tricia, Julie (children).
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Gerald R. Ford

Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

‣ Omaha, NE
‣ University of Michigan.
‣ Served during WWII, joined the US Navy, participated in the Pacific theater, including the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
‣ US House Representative, Vice Pres.
‣ Elizabeth Ford (wife), Michael, John, Steven, Susan (children).
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Jimmy Carter

Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

‣ Plains, GA
‣ Public schools in Plains.
‣ Graduate of the US Naval Academy, served in the Navy (1946-1953).
‣ Governor.
‣ Rosalynn Carter (wife), Jack, James, Donnel, Amy (children).
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Ronald Reagan

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

‣ Tampico, IL
‣ Eureka College for economics and sociology in 1932.
‣ Served during WWII, no combat role. Captain in the US Army Reserve, served as a liaison officer in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Forces.
‣ Governor, Pres. of Screen Actors Guild.
‣ Nancy Reagan (wife), Patti, Ronald (children).
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George H. W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

‣ Milton, MA
‣ Yale University.
‣ Served in the military during WWII, enlisted in the US Navy (1942), one of the youngest naval aviators.
‣ US Representative, Ambassador to the UN, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Chief of US Liaison Office, Director of Central Intelligence, Vice Pres for US.
‣ Barbara Bush (wife), George, Pauline, John, Neil, Marvin, Dorothy (children).
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William J. Clinton

Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

‣ Hope, AR
‣ Georgetown University University College and Oxford Yale University.
‣ Did not serve in the military.
‣ Attorney General, Governor.
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George W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

‣ New Haven, CT
‣ High school at Phillips Academy, Yale University from (1964 -1968).
‣ Served in the military, member of the Texas Air National Guard.
‣ Governor.
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Barack Obama

Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017

‣ Honolulu, HI
‣ Columbia University (1983), Harvard Law School (1988), where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
‣ Did not serve in the military.
‣ US Senator.
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Donald Trump

Period: Jan 20, 2017 to Jan 20, 2021

‣ New York, NY
‣ University of Pennsylvania (1968).
‣ Did not serve in the military.
‣ No previous political office.
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Joseph R. Biden

Period: Jan 20, 2021 to 2024

‣ Scranton, PA
‣ University of Delaware before earning his law degree from Syracuse University.
‣ Did not serve in the military.
‣ US Senator, Vice Pres.
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