FAMOUS QUOTES
Abraham Lincoln
This "Father of his Country" was the only president to be unanimously elected by the Electoral College
George Washington
Despite his strong association with Illinois, this president was actually born in a log cabin in Kentucky.
Abraham Lincoln
This first lady famously saved a portrait of George Washington just before the British burned the White House in 1814.
Dolley Madison
This president became the first and only to resign from office following the "Watergate" break-in and subsequent cover-up.
Richard Nixon
In his 1933 inaugural address, this president told a nation in the grip of the Great Depression that "the only thing to fear is fear itself."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This president is best known for the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
Thomas Jefferson
This state is know as the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents, including Washinton and Jefferson.
Virginia
She was the first lady to hold her own press conferences, and only with female reporters, and served as a delegate to the United Nations after her husband's death.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Long before becoming president, this man killed a man in a duel in 1806 after the man insulted his wife Rachel.
Andrew Jackson
This president challenged Americans in 1961 to "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy
Known for his "Big Stick" diplomacy, this president was the driving force behind the preservation of land and the establishment of our National Parks.
Theodore Roosevelt
Although he served as governor of California, this 40th president was actually born in Tampico, Illinois
Ronald Reagan
This first lady's most lasting contribution was how she handled the grief of the nation after her husband’s assassination.
Jacqueline Kennedy
This president authorized an invasion of Iraq based on erroneous intelligence reports regarding the existence of "Weapons of Mass Destruction."
George W. Bush
Known as "The Great Communicator," this president stood at the Berlin Wall in 1987 and commanded, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Ronald Reagan
This president and former general led the Union to victory in the Civil War before serving two terms in the white house.
Ulysses S. Grant
This president is the only one born in the state of Hawaii.
Barack Obama
After leaving the White House, she went public with her struggles with alcohol addiction and co-founded a world famous treatment center in California
Betty Ford
This president holds the historical distinction of being the first U.S. President to be impeached twice by the House of Representatives.
Donald Trump
This president, often blamed for the start of the Great Depression, dryly remarked: "Prosperity is just around the corner."
Herbert Hoover
This "Father of the Constitution" was the shortest president in history, standing at only 5'4"
James Madison
This 33rd president who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb in Japan, was born in the small town of Lamar, Missouri
Harry S. Truman
She is the only woman in history to have served as both a first lady and a U.S. Senator
Hillary Clinton
After this president suffered a massive stroke in 1919, his wife Edith famously "stewarded" the presidency in secret, leading many to call hehr the first unofficial female president.
Woodrow Wilson