american prezidents

1、1AboutAmericanPresidentsItisimptanttoknowaboutthepeoplethathavehelpedshapetheUnitedStatesasweknowittoday.FewindividualshavedirectlycontributedtotheprogressionexpansionoftheUnitedStatesonsuchascaleastheftythreeU.SPresiden

2、ts.EachPresidentfeaturesapersonalbiographylistwithinfmationsuchasdateofbirthpresidentialpartyeducationalbackgroundhobbieseventhenameoftheirpets.AmericanoffersplentyofinfmationfyoutogetacquaintedwhicheachUnitedStatesPresi

3、dent.PresidentialFunFacts?BarackObamaisour44rdpresidentbutthereactuallyhaveonlybeen43presidents:Clevelwaselectedftwononconsecutivetermsiscountedtwiceasour22nd24thpresident.?TheoldestpresidentinauguratedwasReagan(age69)th

4、eyoungestwasKennedy(age43).TheodeRoosevelthoweverwastheyoungestmantobecomepresidenthewas42whenhesucceededMcKinleywhohadbeenassassinated.?ThetallestpresidentwasLincolnat64“at54“Madisonwastheshtest.?JamesBuchananwastheonly

5、presidentnevertomarry.?EightPresidentsdiedinoffice:WilliamH.Harrison(afterhavingservedonlyonemonth)TaylLincolnGarfieldMcKinleyHardingF.RooseveltKennedy.GegeWashingtonFactsPresidentNo.:1stServed:17891797Firstterm:April301

6、789toMarch41793Secondterm:March41793toMarch41797Party:FederalistAgeonbecomingPresident57From:VirginiaFirstLady:MarthaWashingtonMarthaWashington’smaidenname:MarthaDridgeCustisBnon:February221732Bnin:WestmelCountyVirginiaD

7、iedon:December141799Diedin:MountVernonVirginiaBurialsite:WashingtonburialvaultMountVernonVirginiaChildren:2step2adopted.Stepchildren:JohnCurtis(175481)MarthaCurtis(175573)Parents:AugustineMaryBellWashingtonEducation:Didn

8、otattendcollegebutstudiedathomeJobsBefePresident:PlantersurveyfarmersoldiergeneralPreviousgovernmentpositions:VirginiaHouseofBurgessesmemberContinentalCongressrepresentativeChairmanoftheConstitutionalConventionHeight:6fe

9、et2inchesReligion:EpiscopalianPopulationattimeGegeWashingtonwaspresident:3929214Hobbies:FishingridingPets:HsenamedNelsonTransptationGegeWashingtonwouldhavetaken:HsecarriageCommunicationMethods:LetterTimeline1732:GegeWash

10、ingtonisBn.175974:MemberofVirginiaHouseofBurgesses.1775:ContinentCongressunanimouslyelectWashingtontocommContinentalArmy.3Lawrencetohelphimovercometuberculosis.WashingtonwasinitiatedasaFreemasoninFredericksburg.In1754Was

11、hingtonbeganhisservicewiththeVirginiaMilitiaasacolonel.HeservedintheOhioValleybefebeingaskedtoaidtheBritishArmyduringtheFrenchIndianWar.Beferesigninghiscommissiontomarryin1757WashingtonganizedtheFirstVirginiaRegiment.Aft

12、er20yearsin1774ofwkshrewdinvestmentWashingtonwasaskedtobeadelegatetotheFirstSecondContinentalCongress’thoughhedidnotsupptindependenceuntil1776.AmericanRevolutionaryWarTheContinentalCongressnamedWashingtontheCommerinChief

13、oftheContinentalArmyafterwhichWashingtondrovetheBritishoutofBostonin1776.WashingtonwasthendrivenoutofNewYkCityLongIslintoNewJersey.OnChristmasDay1776WashingtonleadasurpriseattackonTrentonNewJerseyswingingthewarbackinthef

14、avoftherevolutionaries.ThiswasfollowedupbyanothermajvictyatPrincetononJanuary3rd.DespitethemalboostofthevictiestheparticularlyharshwinterleadtoalargecontractioninthesizeofWashington’sarmytonumberaslowasathousthroughbothl

15、ackofreenlistmentdesertion.Americanvictywasdespitethebrillianceofthevictiesnotguaranteedatthisstage.Washingtonsetaboutareganisationofthearmyinresponsewithbothacarrotstickmethod–acarrotofpromiseofmoaryrewardfthreeyearenli

16、stmentlfenlistingfthedurationofthewarastickofincreasingpunishmentfrom39to100lashesindertodiscouragedesertion.ThiswaseffectivenumbersquicklyroseagaintotenthousunderWashington’sdirectcomm.Washingtoncontinuedtobattleeffecti

17、velyagainsttheBritishlosingsomebattlesbutremaininganeffectiveleaderthroughoutuntilhehelpedstoppedtheBritishattemptstoquelltheRevolutionbyjoiningAmericanFrenchfcesinYktownVirginiasuccessfullynegotiatingasurrender.Afterres

18、igningasCommerinChiefWashingtonpresidedovertheAmericanConstitutionalCongressin1787.Washington’spresencemethanhisparticipationwasenoughtoencouragetheCongressfwardafterwhichhepushedftheadoptionoftheConstitutionwhereagainhi

19、sverypresencewasenoughtoconvincemoststatesincludingVirginia.PresidencyIn1789GegeWashingtonwasunanimouslyelectedasthefirstPresidentoftheUnitedStatestheonlymantoeverachieveaunanimouselectionbytheelectalcollege.Duringhisser

20、viceasPresidentWashingtonwasmethananythingamodelofdemocracytofuturepresidentssettingprecedentsinmanyareasincludingafaithincivilnotmilitaryruleafocusonthewillofthepeopleaboveallthings.LaterLifeWashingtonrelinquishedthepre

21、sidencytoJohnAdamsinMarchof1797atwhichtimehereturnedtoMountVernonwherehespenttimeonhisfarmingturninganunprofitablefarmintooneofthelargestdistilleriesintheUnitedStateswhichproducedwhiskeyfruitbry.Twoyearslateron13thJuly17