We have school now because of the snow days last week, but you should still spend some time checking out information about President's Day.
GEORGE WASHINGTON (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799). Early in his life George Washington became an experienced surveyor. Following these years, he fought in the French and Indian War. After the war he returned to Mount Vernon in 1758, married Martha Dandridge in 1759, and became a planter. That same year he became involved in politics when he was elected representative to the Virginia House of Burgesses. He was a representative until 1774 when he became a delegate to the Continental Congress. In May of 1775 George Washington was appointed Commander of the American army during the Revolution. He was the first President, (1789-1797) governing the 13 states.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865). Abe Lincoln was born into a poor family and had little formal schooling. He basically taught himself to read and write and walked long distances to borrow books. He failed in early business and political ventures, yet became President in 1861 and guided the Union through the Civil War. He shaped his own character and education as was evident in the simple language he used in his speeches. His famous Gettysburg Address was delivered in 1863. LincGln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington just a few days after General Robert E. Lee and his army surrendered.
Information Retrieved From: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/Pd/prindex.html
Look up information about any president you want and post what you find as a comment!
Presidential Biographies- From the official White House website!
Presidential Biographies2- Smithsonian website
Inside the White House- Really cool site
UPDATE: Looking up US Presidents in class...
31 comments:
I chose James Garfield. He died on September 19, 1881. He had been shot and got a bad infection. He also had internal homorrhage. He was the 20th president. Mr. Garfield was born in a place near us called... Ohio. Orange, Ohio to be spesific! He is interesting. I picked him because i like Garfield the cartoon character. Cool!!
I chose James Garfield. He was born in a place near us called... Orange, Ohio! He was the 20th President. He died of a shot infection and he had internal homorrhage. I chose him because i like Garfield the cartoon character! Cool!!
the preidant i choose was lincolan. he was a democrat. he was the 16th presadent. he ran the country into the north and the south war.
James Buchanan
Presidential Number: 15th
Years he was President: 1857-1861
State Represented: Pennsylvania
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Fact(s): He is the only president who represented Pennsylvania. He was a debater. He was elected five times to the House of Representatives.
B-day: April 23,1791
He will be: 212
He was never married.
He attended Dickonsin College.
The reason I chose to write about him is because he was the only president to come from PA.
i look up george washintion he was born in westmorelandcounty,virginiaon. february 22,1732 and died in december 14,1799. He got married to Matha Dandridge custis.Hehad three adopted childern John,Jack,parke custis
Harry s Tuman,He was born May 8, 1884.He was the 33 President.There were 48 states when he left office.
Abraham Lincoln waqs the 16th President.He took office in 1861,and he was born on Febuary 12,1809. If he was still living he be would 194.Abraham Lincoln was 6ft 4in.His hobbies where wrestling,and walking.
The presedent that I looked at was John F. Kennedy. on the page, I learned that he liked to swim, play football, and sail.His height is 6 feet tall, and this year will be 86 years old. He died in 1963, by assasanation.
Hey Mr.Black this is a cool site!!!=)
I'm writing about John Tyler. John Tyler was born on March 29, 1790. He was the tenth president.He was in office from 1841-1845. Some other facts about him are that he was 6 feet tall and he loved to play the violin. I chose to write about him, because I never heard about him before.
I chose Thomas Jefferson. He was 3president. This year he would be 260 years old. There were 17 stars on the flag when he was in office so cool right. His wife's name was martha Jefferson.
Andrew Jackson
Favorite Food:Pancakes
Hobbies or Sports:riding pet horses
Height:6ft.,1in.
Birthday:March 15,1767
He was a lawyer before he was president
Wife:Rachel Jackson
He was president from 1829-1837
He is on the 20$ bill
7th president
William Taft
Favorite Food:Turle soupHobbies or sports:golf,riding pet cow named Pauline Wayne
Birthday:September 15,1857
Height:6ft.
He was president from 1909-1913
He was Federal Circuit judge,professor of law at Yale before he was president
27th president
During Nixon's time in office Man 1'st walked on the moon
.Also he himself was a strong foreign policy leader . Also he ended American and Vietnam wars while improving foreign relations between the soviet union and china . unfortunetly nixon's reelection group took part in illegal activities including wiretaping in democratic offices which began the watergate sandals
leading to his resignation in 1974.
Hey Mr.Black I learned that Martin Van Buren He became a law studant when he was forteen years old and won his first case when he was sixteen.
I chose Geoge Washington. He was born Feburary 22, 1732. In this year of 2008 Mr. Washington would be 271 years old. He did not attend college. His height was 6Feet 2inches. His favorite food is ice cream,and fish. I chose Geoge washington because i did a history report on him in 4th Grade.
George Washington was the very first president of U.S. his nick name is Farther of His Country. he was born in virginia in Feb22,1732 died Jan6,1759. his mom&dad was Augustine&MaryBallWashington. wife is Martha Dandridge Custis <1732 1802> marrie on jan6,1759
William Howard Taft...
Was the 27th president and was part of the republican party. He had three children and wife, Helen Herron Taft. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and his presidential salary was $75,000/year. He also graduated from Yale college in 1878 to be a lawyer.
another thing I found out was he was the biggest president ever for the United States!
Also I found out Gorge Bush was in his school cheerleading sqaud when he was in high school.
I chose Grover Cleveland. He was the 22nd and the 24th president. His nickname was UNCLE JUMBO!! His religion is presbyterian. He learned from things at home. Cleveland was a lawyer.He was also democrat when he was president. He was born in Caldwell, New Jersey and died in Princeton, New Jersey. In his death bed he said "I have tried so hard to do right." If he were still alive he would be 169 years old! He was 5ft 11in.Grover's hobby was fishing. Grover was put on the $1,000 bill. TTYL [talk to you later] My dad says hi!!
Hay Mr.B
Me and Mya looked up some things about President George Washington.
Did you know that he was born in Wesmorland Country, Vergian?His wife's name was Martha and he had two adopted children.He was born on Feb.22 1732 and died Dec.14 1799.His parents were Augustine and Mary BalL. They had wierd names.He was luck enough to go to Mt. Rushmore.Sadly he died of an infection.
i chose Andrew Johnson for my president. He represented the state of Tennessee. He was a Democrat. I like the i really like the republican president though. he was the 7th president of the usa. He served from 1865-1869. He was president for 4 years, but in 1869, he was impeached or kick out of office. A really cool thing i learned about him was that his wife taught him to read.
Richard Nixon
37th president
Born-1/9/13
Died-4/22/94
He was a Republican.
He represented New York
He was the President at the end of the Vietnam War.
he has two daughters, Patricia and Julie. Before he was president he was a lawyer and a businessman. He would now be 90 years old. He attended Whittier College and Duke Law School. He was a congressman and a U.S Senator before he was president. He had 3 dogs, Vicky, King Timahoe, and Pasha. He liked to bowl, golf, and play the piano. He was president from 1969 to 1974. His wife is Pat Nixon
Sorry I forgot my president paper at school today.
Raegan A.
Wow, these are some great little recaps you are doing. Mikayla, that was some really interesting stuff. It is neat that his wife taught him how to read. If that is true, then he didn't know how to read until was way past your age and he will still able to be our president. Good stuff! I'm really glad you all are commenting. Keep up the good work!
i chose abe lincoln. 1861-1865. he was the 16th president. his birhtday was febuary 12,1809.this year he would be 194 years old.his wife was mary lincoln. he was 6ft 4inches he was also the tallest president when he left office there were 36 stars on the flag his favorite foods were fruit salad cheese and crackers he would have traveled by horse and carrige and train he communicated by letter and telegram he was also a republicanother jobs before president were store clerk rail splitter and lawyer
I thought the blog was really really cool!
I also chose Abraham Lincoln. He was the 16th president. He did a lot of things. Abraham was born in Kentucky. He was shot by an actor named John Booth. They call the day he was assassinated... GOOD FRIDAY on April 14th!! U ROCK MR.BLACK! TTYL
Good Friday is a Christian holiday. They don't call it that because it is the day Lincoln was shot. I just wanted to make sure you knew that....
Well, time for bed! Goodnight!
Zachery Taylor,1849-1850:
Birthday~ November 24,1784
If he were still alive he would be~219 years old.
His hobbies were~ horse back riding.
Nickname(from some war)~Old Rough And Ready
He was the 12th president of the United States and died while president. He helped clean up parks and donated money to places that prevented wildfires. His major issue he endured during his time at prestident was slavery.
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the USA. He was in office from August 3, 1923 to March 3, 1929. He was born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth, Vermont. His father amd mother was John Calvin Coolidge and Victoria Josephine Moor Coolidge. His nickname was "Silent Cal". He married Grace Anna Goodhue and had two children: John Coolidge and Calvin Coolidge, Jr. He was a strong Republican,and served as a Northampton, MA City Councilman, 1899 and Vice President, 1921-23. His vice president was Charles G. Dawes. He sadly died on January 5, 1933, in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 61 years old.
I remember this day!!! I learned a lot!!!!
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