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He was from Westmoreland County, Virginia. George Washington had minimal formal education, mostly at a local school in Virginia. He volunteered for active duty for 10 months. He got into office in the House of Burgesses. Family members he had are half-brother butler Washington, Lawrence Washington, Augustine Washington Jr, Half-sister Jane Washington, Father Augustine Washington, and Mother Mary Ball Washington. Washington built a distillery that created whiskey from rye, corn, and barley.

Adams was born on the family farm in Braintree, Massachusetts. He went to Harvard college and Harvard University. Adams built up a military. Adams was the first person to hold the office of vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Adam's family members are John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston. He had two younger brothers, Peter and Elihu. John and Abigail finally obtained the homelife that she had always wanted.

James Madison is from Port Conway, Virginia. He went to Princeton University, and The College of New Jersey. James Madison was commissioned as colonel and commander of the Orange County Regiment, Virginia Militia. Madison served as his Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809 and supported Jefferson in the case of Marbury v. Madison. His parents were James Madison, Sr., and Eleanor Rose Conway. He spent the remaining years on a large plantation.

Thomas Jefferson was from Shadwell, Virginia. He studied history, science and the classics. Jefferson was also responsible for providing soldiers as replacements for the Virginia regiments of the Continental Army. He served as the second governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781. His family members are, Peter Jefferson, Jane Randolph, six sisters, and one brother. He spent his years in daily operation of his plantation, planning the University of Virginia, and hosting his friends and guests.

James Monroe is from Monroe Hall, VA. He went to William and Mary college and Campbelltown Academy. He joined the Continental Army's 3d Virginia Regiment in September 1775. Monroe served as a member of the Congress of the Confederation, a U.S. Senator, Governor of Virginia, and U.S. President. Family members he had are Eliza Kortright Monroe, James Spence Monroe (who died in infancy), and Maria Hester Monroe. Monroe worked to resolve his financial difficulties.

John is from Braintree, MA. He went to Harvard College, Harvard University, and University of Leiden. Adams served as the head of the War and Ordnance Board, keeping records of the men who served, and the supplies needed for the army. He was an American statesman, politician, diplomat, and lawyer. His family members are Deacon John Adams and Susanna Boylston Adams, Abigail, Susanna, Charles and Thomas. He served at the House of Representatives after office.

Andrew Jackson is from Waxhaw. Received sporadic education. Jackson was commissioned a major general in the Regular Army of the United States to fight the British at Pensacola. He American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States. His family members are Rachel Jackson, and he had no children. Jackson yearned for a quiet retirement at The Hermitage

James is from Moreland Hills, OH. He got a college education from Williams College. he successfully led a brigade at Middle Creek, Kentucky, against Confederate troops. A lawyer and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. He had four sons and one daughter. Murdered within months of his inauguration, Garfield served as President briefly for him to have left much of an impact.

Martin is from Kinderhook, NY. He attended to village schools and studied law. He did not serve in the military. He played an active part in prosecuting the accused murderers of Richard Jennings. The Van Burens were a struggling family with six children in the household. He wrote his memoirs in the early 1850s.

WIlliam lived in North Bend, Columbia. He went to Hampden- Sydney College, and the University of Pennsylvania. Harrison briefly served as a major general in the Kentucky militia until the government commissioned him on September 17 to command the Army of the Northwest. He was elected United States House of Representatives. His siblings include Elizabeth, Ann, Lucy, Benjamin Harrison VI, Cater Bassett, Nathaniel Harrison, and Sarah. William Henry Harrison was the first President to die in office.

John is from Charles City, VA. John went to William and Mary University. For his military service, Tyler received a land grant near what later became Sioux City, Iowa. He served as a Virginia state legislator and governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator. He had 15 children and two wives. They retired to the former President's plantation and the rapidly vanishing world of Old Dominion aristocracy.

James is from Pineville, NC. He went to University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill. Polk is known for extending the territory of the United States through the Mexican American War during his presidency, annexing the Republic of Texas, the Oregon Territory. He also served as the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives and the ninth governor of Tennessee. He had five brothers and 4 sisters. Polk left office in 1848 and returned to Tennessee, where he died of cholera soon afterward.

Zachary is from Orange County, VA. Taylor received a basic education and aspired from a young age to join the military. In 1808, Zachary Taylor began his long career in the U.S. Army, serving in the 7th Infantry Regiment. Taylor became the first president to be elected without having previously held political office. In 1810, Taylor married Margaret Mackall Smith, a member of a prominent Maryland family. They had five daughters and one son. Zachary Taylor's presidency was too short after office.

Millard is from Summer Hill, NY. Though he had little formal schooling, he studied diligently to become a lawyer. He became prominent in the Buffalo area as an attorney and politician. Fillmore was relegated to menial labor, and unhappy at not learning any skills, he left Hungerford's employ. A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Millard and Abigail wed on. They had two children, Millard Fillmore and Mary Fillmore. Became its first chancellor and served until his death in 1874.

Franklin is from Hillsborough, NH. He went Bowdoin college, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Northampton Law School. The 1846-48 Mexican War took him into active military service as a brigade commander in General Winfield Scott's army. He served in the House of Representatives until his election to the Senate, where he served until his resignation in 1842. He had three children and his wife. Pierce took part in the Mexican American War as a brigadier general in the United States Army.

James is from Cove Gap, PA. He went to Dickinson College. He did not himself serve in a militia during the War of 1812, during the British occupation he joined a group of young men who stole horses for the United States Army in the Baltimore area. He served as the secretary of State and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He had six sisters and four brothers.
Buchanan all but vanished from public life. He retreated inside of his home and saw only close friends.

Lincoln is from Larue County, KY. He never attended an academy or college. He served briefly in the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War of 1832. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846. His wife, Mary Todd, and his sons Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas. On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South.

Andrew is from Raleigh, NC. Johnson was born into poverty and never attended school. Johnson joined the Tennessee Militia as a member of the 90th Regiment. He became governor of Tennessee for four years and was elected by the legislature to the Senate in 1857. He had a brother William, four years his senior, and an older sister Elizabeth, who died in childhood. Jackson supported the annexation of Texas. Jackson's legacy remains controversial, and opinions are frequently polarized.

Ulysses is from Point Pleasant, OH. He went to United States Military Academy. He served for seven years in garrison and on frontier duty. In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. He briefly served as U.S. secretary of war. He and his wife Julia had four children. Grant became a partner in a financial firm, which went bankrupt. About that time, he learned that he had cancer of the throat.

Rutherford is from Delaware, OH. Hayes was educated at Kenyon College and Harvard Law School. Rutherford Hayes left a life of leisure to accept a commission as a major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry. He served in Congress in 1865 and was elected governor of Ohio, serving two consecutive terms and half of a third two-year term. Lucy gave birth to three sons: Birchard Austin, Webb Cook, and Rutherford Platt. In retirement, he opposed the death penalty.

Chester is from Fairfield, VT. He went to State and National Law School and Union College. He served as quartermaster general of the New York Militia during the American Civil War. Arthur was promoted to Quartermaster General of New York. After the war Arthur became Chief Lieutenant to Republican Senator Roscoe Conkling. Chester had six sisters and one older brother. Arthur tried to resume the practice of law after leaving the presidency, but his ill health prevented him from doing much work.

Stephen is from Caldwell, NJ. Cleveland received his elementary education at the Fayetteville Academy and the Clinton Grammar School. Cleveland served as assistant district attorney for Erie County. He had avoided military service in the war by hiring a substitute. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms. He had a father and mother. Cleveland lived in retirement at his estate, Westland Mansion, and served as a trustee of Princeton University

Benjamin Harrison is from North Bend, OH. He went to Miam University and Farmer's College. During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army as a colonel, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers in 1865. The Indiana General Assembly elected Harrison to a six-year term in the Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1887. John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin Harrison are his parents. He returned to private life and his law practice in Indianapolis.

Stephen is from Caldwell, NJ. Cleveland received his elementary education at the Fayetteville Academy and the Clinton Grammar School. Cleveland served as assistant district attorney for Erie County. He had avoided military service in the war by hiring a substitute. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms. He had a father and mother. He continued to voice his political views but fell seriously ill during the autumn of 1907. He died in 1908, aged 71.

Wialliam is from Niles, OH. He went to Allegheny college, Albany Law school, Poland seminary, and University of Mount Union. Enlisting as a private in the Union Army, he was mustered out at the end of the war as a brevet major of volunteers. The next year he was elected Governor of Ohio, serving two terms. William's siblings are David Allison McKinley, Anna McKinley, James Rose McKinley, Mary McKinley May, Helen Minerva McKinley, Sarah McKinley Duncan, Abigail Celia McKinley and Abner McKinley.

Roosevelt is from New York, NY. He went to Harvard College and Friends Seminary. Roosevelt served as assistant secretary of the Navy under President McKinley, and helped plan the highly successful naval war against Spain. Rising up the ranks to serve as the state's 33rd governor for two years. From left to right: Quentin, Theodore Jr., Theodore III, Archie, Alice, Kermit, Edith, and Ethel. Following his return to the United States, he spent his days writing scientific essays and history books.

William is from is Cincinnati, OH. He went to University of Cincinnati college, Woodward Career Technical High School, Yale College, Yale University. No, William Howard Taft never served in the military. He continued a rapid rise, being named solicitor general and a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He and his wife Helen Louise Herron had three children that they named Robert, Helen, and Charles. Taft returned to Yale as a professor, continuing his political activity.

Woodrow Wilson is from Staunton, VA. He went to Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, University of Virginia, and Davidson College. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism. Wilson served as governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. He was the third of four children of Janet Woodrow and Joseph Ruggles Wilson. Wilson left office on March 4, 1921.

Warren is from Blooming Grove, OH. He went to Ohio Central College. United States Marine Corps Reserve, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving as a Machine Gunner. Harding served in the Ohio State Senate from 1900 to 1904 and was lieutenant governor for two years. Warren and Florence Harding had no family life. On his return journey, he became ill with what was then attributed to a touch of ptomaine (food) poisoning.

Calvin is from Plymouth Notch, Plymouth, VT. He went to Amherst College and St. Johnsbury Academy. Avoided military service. Calvin Coolidge was an American attorney and politician. In 1905 he married Grace Anna Goodhue, a teacher at the Clarke Institute for the Deaf, with whom he had two sons. Coolidge announced his decision not to seek reelection in a sharp and typically playful statement.

Herbert is from West Branch, IA. He went to Stanford University and George Fox University: Newberg Campus. He organized and headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium, an international relief organization that provided food to occupied Belgium. He served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration and served as the U.S. secretary of commerce. Herbert, his older brother Theodore, and younger sister Mary. He authored numerous works and became increasingly conservative in retirement.

Franklin is from Hyde Park, NY. He went to Columbia Law School, Groton School, Harvard University, Columbia University, and Harvard College. Roosevelt requested that he be allowed to serve as a naval officer, but Wilson insisted that he continue as Assistant Secretary. He later served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt had five sons and a daughter. he returned to public office as governor of New York from 1929 to 1933.

Harry is from Lamar, MO. He went UMKC School of Law and William Chrisman High School. Truman was discharged from the U.S. Army as a captain in 1919. Truman was elected a judge of the Jackson County Court (an administrative position) in 1922. Truman's younger sister Mary Jane and brother Vivian were always close to him. Truman went into a retirement marked by the founding of his presidential library and the publication of his memoirs.

Dwight is from Denison, TX. He went to US Army War College, United States Military Academy, Command and General Staff College, and Abilene High School. His service as the commanding officer of the U.S. Army Tank Corp at Camp Colt in Gettysburg, PA. Eisenhower served as executive officer to General George V. Moseley, Assistant Secretary of War. Eisenhower married Helen Elsie Eakin, he had a son, Milton Stover Eisenhower, Jr., in and a daughter, Ruth Eakin Eisenhower.

Kennedy is from Brookline, MA. He went to Harvard college, Choate Rosemary Hall, Princeton University, Canterbury School, and Riverdale Country School. He naval combat officer in the South Pacific fighting the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was elected for U.S House of Representatives and U.S Senate. he has his parents, Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and his eight brothers and sisters, and their spouses. Kennedy was assassinated.

Lyndon is from Stonewall, TX. He went to Texas State University, Georgetown University Law Center, and Lyndon B. Johnson High School. LBJ served in the Pacific through July 1942. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a U.S. representative and U.S. senator. Gillespie County, Texas, U.S. Lyndon B, Johnson consists of his wife and their two daughters. Johnson returned to his Texas ranch, where he died in 1973.

Nixon is from Yorba Linda, CA. He went to Duke University School of Law, Whittier College, Whittier High School, Fullerton Union High School, and East Whittier Elementary School. Nixon volunteered for sea duty and reported to Commander Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California. Nixon had two children. Nixon wrote ten books, many foreign trips, making his image good and leading expert on foreign affairs

Rudolph is from Omaha, NE. He went to Yale Law School, University of Michigan Law School, and University of Michigan. Ford enlisted in the Navy. He received a commission as ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve on April 13, 1942. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives. President Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty Ford, had three sons and one daughter. Ford was active in the public sphere, traveling, writing a memoir, and voicing his opinion.

James is from Plains, GA. He went to Union College, United States Naval Academy, Georgia Institute of technology, and Georgia Southwestern State University. In 1948, he began officer training for submarine duty and served aboard USS Pomfret. A member of the Democratic Party, 76th governor of Georgia, and a Georgia state senator. He had a wife and 4 children. He traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, monitor elections, and further the eradication of infectious diseases.

Reagan is from Tampico, IL. He went to Eureka College and Dixon High School. He was assigned as a private in Des Moines' 322nd Cavalry Regiment and reassigned to second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps. He was elected governor of California. Ronald Reagan's Parents · John Edward Jack Reagan and Nelle Clyde Wilson. Reagan married Jane Wyman. Together, they had two biological daughters. Ronald Reagan retired from the White House to a home in the wealthy Los Angeles enclave of Bel Air.

Bush is from Milton, MA. He went to Yale University, Greenwich Country Day School, Phillips Academy-Andover, and Davenport College. he enlisted in the United States Navy as a naval aviator, and ensign in the Naval Reserve at Naval Air Station becoming one of the youngest pilots in the Navy. Following an unsuccessful run for the United States Senate, he was elected to represent Texas's 7th congressional district. Bush's post-presidency ended when he died on November 30, 2018.

Clinton is from Hope, AR. He went to Yale Law School, University College, Edmund A. Walsh School, Hot Springs World Class High School, Yale University, Georgetown University, Ramble Elementary, and St. John's Catholic School. Clinton made every effort to avoid the draft prior to entering it. George Bush and third-party candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential race. Four members of the family, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Dorothy Rodham.

George is from New Haven, CT. He went to Harvard Business School, Davenport College, Yale University, Phillips Academy, and Kinkaid School. Timeline. George W. Bush joined the 147th Fighter-Interceptor Group of the Texas Air National Guard on May 27, 1968, during the Vietnam War. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Married with Barbara Bush they had four sons, George W., John (Jeb), Marvin, and Neil, and one daughter, Dorothy.

Obama is from Honolulu, HI. He went to Harvard Law School, Columbia University, Occidental College, Punahou School, State Elementary School, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, and Noelani Elementary School. He did not serve any military service. His immediate family includes his wife Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha. United States. Obama has remained very active in Democratic politics, campaigning for candidates in various American elections.

Donald is from New York, NY. He went to Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Fordham University, New York Military Academy, University of Pennsylvania, Kew-Forest School. He did not serve any military service. he is the only American president to have no political or military service prior to his presidency. Trump has five children from three marriages. He is not out of retirement and is trying to run for president again.

Joe Biden is from Scranton, PA. He went to Syracuse University College of Law, University of Delaware, Archmere Academy. He did not serve any military service. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972, Biden was reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and 2008, regularly receiving about 60% of the vote. Biden family when his wife Neilia and daughter Naomi were killed, and sons Hunter and Beau were critically injured, in an auto accident. He is still in office.