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George Washington Becomes President

Apr 30, 1789

George Washington
1st President of the United States
(April 30, 1789 to March 3, 1797)
Nickname: "Father of His Country"
Born: February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died: December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, Virginia

John Adams becomes president

Mar 4, 1797

John Adams
2nd President of the United States
(March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1801)
Nickname: "Atlas of Independence"
Born: October 30, 1735, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
Died: July 4, 1826, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts

Thomas Jefferson becomes president

Mar 4, 1801

Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States
(March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1809)
Nicknames: "Man of the People"; "Sage of Monticello"
Born: April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia
Died: July 4, 1826, at Monticello (near Charlottesville, Virginia)

James Madison becomes president

Mar 4, 1809

James Madison
4th President of the United States
(March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1817)
Nicknames: "Father of the Constitution"
Born: March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginia
Died: June 28, 1836, at Montpelier, Virginia

James Monroe becomes president

Mar 4, 1817

James Monroe
5th President of the United States
(March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1825)
Nicknames: "The Last Cocked Hat"; "Era-of-Good-Feeling President"
Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died: July 4, 1831, in New York, New York

John Quincy Adams becomes president

Mar 4, 1825

John Quincy Adams
6th President of the United States
(March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1829)
Nickname: "Old Man Eloquent"
Born: July 11, 1767, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
Died: February 23, 1848, in Washington, D.C.

Andrew Jackson becomes president

Mar 4, 1829

Andrew Jackson
7th President of the United States
(March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1837)
Nickname: "Old Hickory"
Born: March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaw area, on North Carolina-South Carolina border
Died: June 8, 1845, at the Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee

Martin Van Buren becomes president

Mar 4, 1837

Martin Van Buren
8th President of the United States
(March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841)
Nicknames: "The Little Magician"; "The Red Fox of Kinderhook"
Born: December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York
Died: July 24, 1862, in Kinderhook, New York

William Henry Harrison becomes president

Mar 4, 1841

William Henry Harrison
9th President of the United States
(March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841)
Nicknames: "Old Tippecanoe"; "Old Tip"
Born: February 9, 1773, in Berkeley, Virginia
Died: April 4, 1841, in Washington, D.C.

John Tyler becomes president

Apr 6, 1841

John Tyler
10th President of the United States
(April 6, 1841 to March 3, 1845)
Nicknames: "Accidental President"; "His Accidency"
Born: March 29, 1790, in Greenway, Virginia
Died: January 18, 1862, in Richmond, Virginia

James Knox Polk becomes president

Mar 4, 1845

James Knox Polk
11th President of the United States
(March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849)
Nickname: "Young Hickory"
Born: November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Died: June 15, 1849, in Nashville, Tennessee

Zachary Taylor becomes president

Mar 5, 1849

Zachary Taylor
12th President of the United States
(March 5, 1849 to July 9, 1850)
Nickname: "Old Rough and Ready"
Born: November 24, 1784, near Barboursville, Virginia
Died: July 9, 1850, in Washington, D.C.

Millard Fillmore becomes president

Jul 9, 1850

Millard Fillmore
13th President of the United States
(July 9, 1850 to March 3, 1853)
Nickname: "The American Louis Philippe"
Born: January 7, 1800, in Locke Township (now Summerhill), New York
Died: March 8, 1874 in Buffalo, New York

Franklin Pierce becomes president

Mar 4, 1853

Franklin Pierce
14th President of the United States
(March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857)
Nickname: "Young Hickory of the Granite Hills"
Born: November 23, 1804, in Hillsborough (now Hillsboro), New Hampshire
Died: October 8, 1869, in Concord, New Hampshire

James Buchanan becomes president

Mar 4, 1857

James Buchanan
15th President of the United States
(March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861)
Nickname: "Old Buck"
Born: April 23, 1791, in Cove Gap (near Mercersburg), Pennsylvania
Died: June 1, 1868, at Wheatland (near Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Abraham Lincoln becomes president

Mar 4, 1861

Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States
(March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865)
Nicknames: "Honest Abe"; "Illinois Rail Splitter"
Born: February 12, 1809, in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky
Died: April 15, 1865, at Petersen's Boarding House in Washington, D.C.

Andrew Johnson becomes president

Apr 15, 1865

Andrew Johnson
17th President of the United States
(April 15, 1865 to March 3, 1869)
Nickname: None listed.
Born: December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, North Carolina
Died: July 31, 1875, in Carter's Station, Tennessee

Ulysses Simpson Grant becomes president

Mar 4, 1869

Ulysses Simpson Grant
18th President of the United States
(March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877)
Nickname: "Hero of Appomattox"
Born: April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio
Died: July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York

Rutherford Birchard Hayes becomes president

Mar 4, 1877

Rutherford Birchard Hayes
19th President of the United States
(March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1881)
Nickname: "Dark-Horse President"
Born: October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio
Died: January 17, 1893, at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio

James Abram Garfield becomes president

Mar 4, 1881

James Abram Garfield
20th President of the United States
(March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881)
Nickname: None listed.
Born: November 19, 1831, in Orange, Ohio
Died: September 19, 1881, in Elberon, New Jersey

Chester Alan Arthur becomes president

Sep 19, 1881

Chester Alan Arthur
21st President of the United States
(September 19, 1881 to March 3, 1885)
Nickname: "The Gentleman Boss"; "Elegant Arthur"
Born: October 5, 1829, in Fairfield, Vermont
Died: November 18, 1886, in New York, New York

Grover Cleveland becomes president

Mar 4, 1885

Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th President of the United States
(March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889 and March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897)
Nickname: "Veto Mayor"; "Veto President"
Born: March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey
Died: June 24, 1908, in Princeton, New Jersey

Benjamin Harrison becomes president

Mar 4, 1889

Benjamin Harrison
23rd President of the United States
(March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893
Nicknames: "Kid Gloves Harrison"; "Little Ben"
Born: August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio
Died: March 13, 1901, in Indianapolis, Indiana

Grover Cleveland becomes president again

Mar 4, 1893

Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th President of the United States
(March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889 and March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897)
Nickname: "Veto Mayor"; "Veto President"
Born: March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey
Died: June 24, 1908, in Princeton, New Jersey

William McKinley becomes president

Mar 4, 1897

William McKinley
25th President of the United States
(March 4, 1897 to September 14, 1901)
Nickname: "Idol of Ohio"
Born: January 29, 1843, in Niles, Ohio
Died: September 14, 1901, in Buffalo, New York

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

Sep 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States
(September 14, 1901 to March 3, 1909)
Nicknames: "TR"; "Trust-Buster"; "Teddy"
Born: October 27, 1858, in New York, New York
Died: January 6, 1919, in Oyster Bay, New York

William Howard Taft becomes president

Mar 4, 1909

William Howard Taft
27th President of the United States
(March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1913)
Nickname: None listed.
Born: September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: March 8, 1930, in Washington, D.C.

Woodrow Wilson becomes president

Mar 4, 1913

Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States
(March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1921)
Nickname: "Schoolmaster in Politics"
Born: December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia
Died: February 3, 1924, in Washington, D.C.

Warren Gamaliel Harding becomes president

Mar 4, 1921

Warren Gamaliel Harding
29th President of the United State
(March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923)
Nickname: None listed.
Born: November 2, 1865, near Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio
Died: August 2, 1923, in San Francisco, California

Calvin Coolidge becomes president

Aug 3, 1923

Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States
(August 3, 1923 to March 3, 1929)
Nickname: "Silent Cal"
Born: July 4, 1872, in Plymouth, Vermont
Died: January 5, 1933, in Northampton, Massachusetts

Herbert Clark Hoover becomes president

Mar 4, 1929

Herbert Clark Hoover
31st President of the United States
(March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933)
Nickname: None listed.
Born: August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa
Died: October 20, 1964, in New York, New York

Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes president

Mar 4, 1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States
(March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945)
Nickname: "FDR"
Born: January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York
Died: April 12, 1945, in Warm Springs, Georgia

Harry S. Truman becomes president

Apr 12, 1945

Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
(April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953)
Nickname: "Give 'Em Hell Harry"
Born: May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri
Died: December 26, 1972, in Kansas City, Missouri

Dwight David Eisenhower becomes president

Jan 20, 1953

Dwight David Eisenhower
34th President of the United States
(January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961)
Nickname: "Ike"
Born: October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas
Died: March 28, 1969, in Washington, D.C.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy becomes president

Jan 20, 1961

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
35th President of the United States(January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963)
Nickname: "JFK", "Jack"
Born: May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts
Died: November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas

Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes president

Nov 22, 1963

Lyndon Baines Johnson
36th President of the United States
(November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969)
Nickname: "LBJ"
Born: August 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Texas
Died: January 22, 1973, near Johnson City, Texas

Richard Milhous Nixon becomes president

Jan 20, 1969

Richard Milhous Nixon
37th President of the United States
(January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974)
Nickname: None listed.
Born: January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California
Died: April 22, 1994, in New York, New York

Gerald Rudolph Ford becomes president

Aug 9, 1974

Gerald Rudolph Ford
38th President of the United States
(August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977)
Nickname: "Jerry"
Born: July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska
Died: December 26, 2006 in Rancho Mirage, California

James Earl Carter, Jr. becomes president

Jan 20, 1977

Gerald Rudolph Ford
38th President of the United States
(August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977)
Nickname: "Jerry"
Born: July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska
Died: December 26, 2006 in Rancho Mirage, California

Ronald Wilson Reagan becomes president

Jan 20, 1981

Ronald Wilson Reagan
40th President of the United States
(January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989)
Nicknames: "The Gipper"; "The Great Communicator"; "Dutch"
Born: February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois
Died: June 5, 2004, in Los Angeles, California

George Herbert Walker Bush

Jan 20, 1989

George Herbert Walker Bush
41st President of the United States
(January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993)
Nickname: "Poppy"
Born: June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts

William Jefferson Clinton becomes president

Jan 20, 1993

William Jefferson Clinton
42nd President of the United States
(January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001)
Nicknames: "Bill"
Born: August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas

George Walker Bush becomes president

Jan 20, 2001

George Walker Bush
43rd President of the United States
(January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009)
Nicknames: "W"
Born: July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut

Barack Hussein Obama becomes president

Jan 20, 2009

Barack Hussein Obama
44th President of the United States
(January 20, 2009 to Present)
Nicknames: None listed.
Born: August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii