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First president born in a log cabin. [81] First president born to immigrant parents. [u] [82] First president to be inaugurated on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, facing the Library of Congress and Supreme Court. [45] First president to pay off the entire National Debt. [83] First president born after the death of his father. [v] [84]
Born on December 5, 1782, Martin Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen (and not a British subject). [2] The term Virginia dynasty is sometimes used to describe the fact that four of the first five U.S. presidents were from Virginia.
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
4. Abraham Lincoln: Boatkeeper. b. 1809 – 1865. President: 1861 – 1865. Honest Abe was born in 1809 in a log cabin with dirt floors in Hardin County, Kentucky, to illiterate parents.
The Presidents is a 2005 American documentary television series about the history of each President of the United States of America, narrated by Edward Herrmann. The show documents each of the Presidents in the union, starting with George Washington, following a chronological order to George W. Bush. Each President's segment begins with the ...
The first program aired on March 15, 1999, and profiled George Washington. Subsequent programs featured each president in succession, concluding with the then current president Bill Clinton on December 20, 1999. (Despite serving two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland was only profiled on one program.) [1]
"9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America" comes just in time as the country prepares to select the 45th U.S. president. Hopefully whoever's elected doesn't end up being number 10 on McClanahan's ...
[6] [7] Along with being the first U.S. president who was not born a British subject, Van Buren was also the first U.S. president not of British ancestry; he was of entirely Dutch descent. [8] [9] Abraham Van Buren had been a Patriot during the American Revolution, [10] [11] and he later joined the Democratic-Republican Party. [12]