Dwight David Eisenhower was the United States’ thirty-fourth president and is best remembered for his ‘Atoms for Peace’ campaign, which helped defuse Cold War tensions. He served as a five-star general in the United States Army before becoming president, and he was a key figure in World War II. As Supreme Commander … Read more
Herbert Hoover served as the thirty-first President of the United States and is remembered as one of the worst presidents today. Many people became homeless as a result of his inaction at the start of the Great Depression. On August 10, 1874, Herbert Hoover was born in Iowa. Jesse, his father was … Read more
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born to Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet Woodrow in Staunton, Virginia, on December 28, 1856. More than two decades before becoming president, he was respected as a novelist, a scholar, and an educator. Before he served as the Governor of New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson spent twenty-four years working … Read more
Benjamin Harrison followed his grandfather William Henry Harrison’s notable example all the way to the White House, when he became the 23rd president of the United States in 1888. He was born on August 20, 1833 in North Bend, Ohio to Elizabeth Ramsay Irvin and John Scot Harrison. He was their second … Read more
Born on March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey, Stephen Grover Cleveland was the fifth of the nine children to a bookseller’s daughter, Ann Neal, and a Presbyterian priest, Richard Falley Cleveland. He was named Stephen Grover in honor of the first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, eventually, he … Read more
On October 5, 1829, Chester Alan Arthur was born to Malvina and Reverend William Arthur, a dedicated Baptist abolitionist preacher, in North Fairfield, Vermont. He was the fifth of nine children and was named after Chester Abell, a physician and a family friend who assisted his birth. His middle name, “Alan,” came … Read more
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, to religious and hard-working parents, Jesse and Hannah Grant, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was eldest among the six children. He grew up in a middle-class family, educated in private and public schools because of his father’s tannery business. Ulysses was from a … Read more
Born on November 23, 1804, Franklin Pierce was born to Anna Kendrick Pierce and Benjamin Pierce in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. His father was one of the first settlers in the town and involved in local politics and was considered a hero during the American Revolution. Their neighbors were delighted with Franklin Pierce. … Read more
James Buchanan was the final president born in the 18th century and the only president from Pennsylvania. On April 23, 1971, he was born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania to Elizabeth and James Buchanan Sr. His parents were an immigrant from Ireland and owned a mercantile in rural Pennsylvania. He had eleven siblings … Read more
Born to nearly illiterate parents, Andrew Johnson was born on December 29, 1808, in a log cabin in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Jacob and Eliza Johnson. His father, Jacob, worked as a porter in an inn, sexton in a Presbyterian Church, bank janitor, and eventually as a constable. He died as he … Read more
Millard Fillmore was born to the modest couple, Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe Millard, in a small log cabin in Cayuga County, New York. He was the second eldest among their eight children. His family farmed in a lean and rocky soil in Cayuga County, which led his family to endure poverty and … Read more
James Knox Polk is a Jacksonian Democrat is considered a strong president, preceding the American Civil War, born on November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, to Jane Knox and Samuel Polk. James was the eldest among their ten children. He had four sisters and five brothers. He grew up with … Read more