Presidential March Madness

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    George Washington

    From Westmoreland Country, Virginia. Attended local school. Commanding general of the Continental Army. I don't know. Martha Washington, Mary Ball Washington, Augustine Washington, Lawrence Washington. Before presidency Washington was trained as a land surveyor.
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    John Adams

    From Massachusetts Bay Colony. A Harvard educated lawyer. Served in France and Holland. Vice President under George Washington. John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams.
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    Thomas Jefferson

    From Albemarle county Virginia. Studied at the college of William and Mary, proceeded to read law. Service in Virginia Militia as a colonel. Vice president, Secretary of State, Ambassador to France. Martha Jefferson, Madison Hemings, Hariet Hemings. Established the decimal system as the nation's basis of measurement.
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    James Madison

    From Orange County, Virginia. Attended Princeton, and majored history and government. Colonel and commander of the Orange County Regiment. Served as Secretary of State. Dolley Madison, Ambrose Madison, Frances Taylor Madison. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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    James Monroe

    Westmoreland County, Virginia. Entered College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Third Virginia Infantry. Secretary of State. Elizabeth Monroe, Spence Monroe, Joseph Jones Monroe. James Monroe served as a member of the Congress of the Confederation.
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    John Quincy Adams

    Braintree Massachusetts, Graduated from Harvard, became a lawyer. Became Minister of Russia. Became Secretary to his father. John Adams, Abigail Adams, and Charles Adams.
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    Andrew Jackson

    From Backwoods settlement in the Carolina's. He read law for about 2 years and became a lawyer. Became a senate, a war hero of 1812. Joined the Old Hickory. Rachel Jackson, Lyncoya Jackson.
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    Martin Van Buren

    From Kinderhook, New York. Attended Village Schools. Tenth secretary of state. Vice President. Hannah Van Buren, John Van Buren. An American Lawyer.
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    William Henry Harrison

    From Berkeley. Studied Classics and History at Hampden-Sydney College. Commander of Northwest Army (War of 1812) Was governor. Benjamin Harrison, John Scott Harrison, and Ana Harrison.
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    John Tyler

    From Virginia. Attended to College of William and Mary and studied law. Served in military during the war of 1812. Vice president, and served house of representatives. Harrison Ruffin Tyler, Lyon Gardiner Tyler. He served as the governor of Virginia.
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    James K Polk

    From Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina. Was a chief lieutenant of Jackson in his Bank War. Served as a speaker then left to become the governor of Tennessee. Sarah Childress Polk, Samuel Polk.
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    Zachary Taylor

    From Virginia, taken as an infant to Kentucky. Basic education. A general from the Mexican American War. No. Margret Taylor, Sarah Knox Taylor. Played a major role of the Mexican American War.
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    Millard Fillmore

    From Finger Lakes country of New York. Attended One Room Schools. He never served in the military. A member of the House of Representatives. Abigail Fillmore, Millard Powers Fillmore.
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    Franklin Pierce

    From Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Attended Bowdoin college and studied law. A brigade commander in General Winfield Scott's army. Served as House of Representatives. Jane Pierce, Franklin Robert Pierce.
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    James Buchanan

    From Pennsylvania. Graduated from Dickinson College and learned in law. Served in a reserve unit during the War of 1812. Served as Secretary of States. George Washington Buchanan, Harriet Lane.
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    Abraham Lincoln

    From Hardin County, Kentucky. Enrolled in the Illinois Milita. State Legislator and US Representative. Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln. Ended Slavery.
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    Andrew Johnson

    From Raleigh, North Carolina. Participated in the debates at the local academy. None. Was a member of the House of Representatives. Eliza McCardle Johnson, Martha Johnson Patterson. Was a adept stump speaker.
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    Ulysses S. Grant

    From Ohio. Graduated from West Point. Fought Under general Zachary Taylor during the Mexican War. Was the Governor. Julia Dent Grant, Jesse Root Grant, Hannah Simpson Grant.
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    Rutherford B.Hayes

    From Ohio. Graduated from Kenyon College. Fought during the Civil War and titled Brevet major general. One of the House of Representatives. Lucy Webb Hayes, Manning Force Hayes.
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    James Garfield

    From Ohio. Graduated from Williams college. Was a major General in the Union Army. Not sure. Lucretia Garfield, James Rudolph Garfield.
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    Chester A. Arthur

    From Fairfield. Graduated from Union College. An active member of the New York Militia. Served as a Quartermaster General of New York. Nell Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur ll.
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    Grover Cleveland

    From New Jersey. Not much. None. Lawyer, Reformer, and Governor of New York. Frances Cleveland, Ruth Cleveland.
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    Benjamin Harrison

    From Ohio. Graduated from Miami University in Ohio. Colonel of the 70th Volunteer Infantry-Harrison. Served as United States Senate. William Henry Harrison, John Scott Harrison, Russel Benjamin Harrison.
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    William McKinley

    From Ohio. Attended Allegheny College. A private in the Union Army. Seat in Congress. Ida Saxton McKinley, Katherine McKinley.
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    Theodore Roosevelt

    From New York. Graduated from Harvard college. Formed the Rough Riders. New York's 33rd Governor. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt.
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    William Howard Taft

    From Ohio. Graduated from Yale. Haven't served. Was a Federal circuit judge. Robert Alphonso Taft, Helen Herron Taft, Alphonso Taft.
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    Woodrow Wilson

    From Virginia. Graduated from Princeton. Didn't serve. Governor of New Jersey. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Ellen Axson Wilson.
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    Warren G. Harding

    From Ohio. Graduated from Ohio Central College. Commanding general of the Continental army. Senator of Ohio. Florence Harding.
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    Calvin Coolidge

    From Vermont. Graduated from Amherst College. Didn't serve. A counter lawyer. Grace Goodhue Coolidge.