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President James Madison

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. March 16, 1751. Port Conway, King George, Virginia. Father of the Constitution. Gentleman's education at the College of New Jersey at Princeton. 5 ft 4 in (163 cm ). Dolley Payne Todd Madison. Stepson, John P. Todd (1772-1836). June 28, 1836. When delegates to the Constitutional Convention assembled at Philadelphia, the 36-year-old Madison took frequent and emphatic part in the debates. Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the...

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President James Garfield

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. November 19, 1831. 6 ft 0 in (183 cm ). September 19, 1881. Elberon, New Jersey. As the last of the log cabin Presidents, James A. Garfield attacked political corruption and won back for the Presidency a measure of prestige it had lost during the Reconstruction period. Garfield was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1859 as a Republican. During the secession crisis, he advocated coercing the seceding states back into the Union. Meanwhile, in 1862, Ohi...

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President James Polk

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. November 2, 1795. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Napoleon of the Stump. 5 ft 8 in (173 cm ). June 15, 1849. Often referred to as the first "dark horse" President, James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit in the White House, and the last strong President until the Civil War. Who is James K. Polk? Even before he could take office, Congress passed a joint resolution offering annexation to Texas. In so doing they bequeathed Polk ...

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President William Harrison

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. February 9, 1773. Charles City County, Virginia. 5 ft 8 in (173 cm ). Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison. April 4, 1841. Harrison was in fact a scion of the Virginia planter aristocracy. He was born at Berkeley in 1773. He studied classics and history at Hampden-Sydney College, then began the study of medicine in Richmond. While Tecumseh was away seeking more allies, Harrison led about a thousand men toward the Prophet's town. Suddenly, before dawn...

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President Thomas Jefferson

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. April 13, 1743. Albemarle County, Virginia. The Apostle of Democracy. The Man of the People. The Sage of Monticello. The Pen of the Revolution. Father of the Declaration of Independence. Gentleman's education at the College of William and Mary. 6 ft 2 1 2 in (189 cm). Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. A stillborn son (1777). July 4, 1826. Here was buried Thomas Jefferson. Author of the Declaration of American Independence. Perhaps, more than anyth...

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President Andrew Johnson

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. National Union - Democratic. Born: December 29, 1808. In Raleigh, North Carolina. 5 ft 10 in (178 cm ). Died: July 31, 1875. In Carter's Station, Tennessee. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1808, Johnson grew up in poverty. He was apprenticed to a tailor as a boy, but ran away. He opened a tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, married Eliza McCardle, and participated in debates at the local academy. After Lincoln's death, President Johnson pr...

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President George Washington

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. February 22, 1732. Pope's Creek, Virginia. Father of His Country. Homeschooled till the age of 16. Soldier, gentleman farmer. 6 ft 2 in (189 cm). December 14, 1799. Mount Vernon, Virginia. George Washington (1732-1799), the eldest son of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington, was born on February 22, 1732, in Pope's Creek Estate in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Governor Dinwiddie reassigned Lt. Col. Washington to be under the command of Maj...The b...

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President Rutherford B. Hayes

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President Rutherford B. Hayes. Rutherford B. Hayes. President of the United States. About Rutherford B. Hayes. October 4, 1822. 5 ft 8 1 2 in (174 cm ). Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. January 17, 1893. Beneficiary of the most fiercely disputed election in American history, Rutherford B. Hayes brought to the Executive Mansion dignity, honesty, and moderate reform. Elected by a heavy majority, Hayes entered Congress in December 1865, troubled by the "Rebel influences . ruling the Whit...

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President Andrew Jackson

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. March 15, 1767. Waxhaw, South Carolina. The Hero of New Orleans. 6 ft 1 in (185 cm ). June 8, 1845. Hermitage near Nashville, Tennessee. More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. In 1824 some state political factions rallied around Jackson; by 1828 enough had joined "Old Hickory" to win numerous state elections and control of ...

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President James Buchanan

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Compare Clinton and Trump. President of the United States. April 23, 1791. Cove Gap near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. 6 ft 0 in (183 cm ). June 1, 1868. Tall, stately, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only President who never married. Born into a well-to-do Pennsylvania family in 1791, Buchanan, a graduate of Dickinson College, was gifted as a debater and learned in the law. As President-elect, Buchanan thought the crisis would disappear if he maintained a s...