Happy Presidents’ Day.
Quick President’s Day History
Presidents’ Day originally started as a way to celebrate President George Washington. Back in 1885, the holiday was scheduled on his birthday and was officially deemed “Washington’s Birthday” as a national holiday sanctioned by the federal government. Almost 100 years later the holiday was recognized to honor all of our past presidents.
Video Time
Here’s a cartoon from the Youtube channel Cool School that shows facts about our past leaders.
This was created in 2015 so it doesn’t include fun facts about presidents past President Barack Obama. However, I guarantee you will still enjoy this video.
Learn a few unknown and funny facts about our country’s leaders.
List of United States Presidents
- George Washington (1789 – 1797)
- John Adams (1797 – 1801)
- Thomas Jefferson (1801 – 1809)
- James Madison (1809 – 1817)
- James Monroe (1817 – 1825)
- John Quincy Adams (1825 – 1829)
- Andrew Jackson (1829 – 1837)
- Martin Van Buren (1837 – 1841)
- William Henry Harrison (1841 – 1841)
- John Tyler (1841 – 1845)
- James K. Polk (1845 – 1849)
- Zachary Taylor (1849 – 1850)
- Millard Fillmore (1850 – 1853)
- Franklin Pierce (1853 – 1857)
- James Buchanan (1857 – 1861)
- Abraham Lincoln (1861 – 1865)
- Andrew Johnson (1865 – 1869)
- Ulysses S. Grant (1869 – 1877)
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1877 – 1881)
- James A. Garfield (1881 – 1881)
- Chester Arthur (1881 – 1885)
- Grover Cleveland (1885 – 1889)
- Benjamin Harrison (1889 – 1893)
- Grover Cleveland (1893 – 1897)
- William McKinley (1897 – 1901)
- Theodore Roosevelt (1901 – 1909)
- William Howard Taft (1909 – 1913)
- Woodrow Wilson (1913 – 1921)
- Warren G. Harding (1921 – 1923)
- Calvin Coolidge (1923 – 1929)
- Herbert Hoover (1929 – 1933)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933 – 1945)
- Harry S. Truman (1945 – 1953)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 – 1961)
- John F. Kennedy (1961 – 1963)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (1963 – 1969)
- Richard Nixon (1969 – 1974)
- Gerald Ford (1974 – 1977)
- Jimmy Carter (1977 – 1981)
- Ronald Reagan (1981 – 1989)
- George Bush (1989 – 1993)
- Bill Clinton (1993 – 2001)
- George W. Bush (2001 – 2009)
- Barack Obama (2009 – 2017)
- Donald Trump (2017 – Incumbent)
Source: History