Transcript Who Are The Presidents On The U.S. Coins?

Who Are The
Presidents On
The U.S. Coins?
Presentation by
Cindi Ramseur
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
16th President of United States
1861 - 1865
•Born on February 12, 1809
near Hodgenville, Kentucky.
•Lincoln became a
successful Lawyer, Member
of the House of
Representatives and
Senator while living in
Springfield, Illinois.
•Married Mary Todd on
November 4, 1842 and
had four sons.
Lincoln’s Log
Cabin Home
•Lincoln was elected President of the
United States on November 6, 1860.
•Civil War between the Northern
states and the Southern states began
on April 12, 1861.
•Issued the Emancipation
Proclamation on September
22, 1862 making slaves
“forever free” in states that
rebelled against the Union.
•Lincoln gave a famous speech, “The Gettysburg
Address” on November 19, 1863 to dedicate the
battlefield of Gettysburg as a national cemetery
for the soldiers who were killed in that battle.
•Lincoln was re-elected to a 2nd term on
November 8, 1864. On April 14, 1865,
President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes
Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.
He died on the morning of April 15, 1865.
•The Lincoln Memorial, seen on
back of the penny, was built in 1914
to honor his memory. The inscription
(writing) above his head reads:
“In This Temple As In The Hearts Of
The People For Whom He Saved
The Union The Memory Of Abraham
Lincoln is Enshrined Forever.”
THOMAS JEFFERSON
3rd President of the United States
1801 - 1809
•Born April 13, 1743 in Albemarle
County, Virginia.
•Jefferson became a successful planter,
lawyer, architect, scientist, educator,
author, member of the Virginia House of
Burgesses and spokesman for human
liberty.
•On January 1, 1772 he
married Martha Wayles
Skelton and they had 6
children, only 2 lived to be
adults.
•Jefferson wrote The Declaration of
Independence in 1776, which lead to the
colonies declaring their independence from
England and the Revolutionary War.
•Jefferson served as the first
Secretary of State of the United
States from 1789 until 1795.
•He was the second Vice
President under John Adams
from 1797 until 1801.
•Jefferson was elected the 3rd President
of the United States on February 17, 1801
after an electoral tie was resolved. He
served two full terms in the office.
•Jefferson was responsible for buying much of
middle section of the United States from France
in 1803, known as the Louisiana Purchase. He
sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition to explore
the Louisiana territory and find a route to the
Pacific Ocean. (line in purple on map)
•Jefferson designed and built his famous
home Monticello in Virginia, an engraving
is found on the back of a nickel.
•Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. The
Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. was
dedicated in 1943.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
32nd President of the United States
1933 - 1945
•Franklin Delano Roosevelt was
born January 30, 1882 in Hyde
Park, New York.
•Roosevelt was a
successful Attorney, State
Senator of New York,
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, and Governor of New
York.
•On March 17, 1905 he married
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, a distant
cousin. They had six children.
•In the summer of 1921, at the age of 39, FDR
contracted polio, which left him with severe
difficulty in walking and moving. He fought with
courage to regain limited use of his legs.
•Roosevelt was elected
President in 1932 during the
Great Depression, a time when
the United States was very poor.
He coined the term “The New
Deal” to help the nation out of its
economic problems by using the
“Three R’s – relief, recovery and
reform.” FDR said “The only
thing we have to fear is fear
itself.”
•Franklin Roosevelt was the only
President to be elected to 4 terms in
office. During his 3rd term, he sent
the United States into WWII after
the Japanese attacked American
forces at Pearl Harbor. “December
7, 1941 – a date which will live in
infamy.”
•FDR died on April 12, 1945 at
“The Little White House” in Warm
Springs, Georgia.
•Since 1946 Roosevelt’s portrait
has appeared on the dime.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
1st President of the United States
1789 - 1797
•Born on February 22,1732 in
Wakefield, Virginia.
•Washington was a successful
surveyor, plantation owner, general,
member of the House of Burgesses.
•Washington married Martha
Dandridge Custis on January 6,
1759, a widow with 2 children.
He had no children of his own,
but later in life, he adopted 2 of
his wife’s grandchildren.
•From 1775 - 1783
Washington was
Commander of the
American Army during
the Revolutionary War.
•On February 4, 1789, Washington was
unanimously elected president. He
served 2 terms as the nation’s first
president.
•Washington spent the remainder of
his years at his plantation home, Mt.
Vernon. He died there on December
14, 1799.
•The Washington Monument, a
marble pillar or obelisk, was
erected in Washington, D.C. in
1884 to honor our country’s
first president.
•Equestrian statue erected
to the memory of George
Washington on the capital
grounds in Richmond,
Virginia.
•The USS George
Washington is one of the
most capable aircraft carriers
in the world and was
dedicated to the memory of
our 1st President on July 4,
1992.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
35th President of the United States
1960 - 1963
•John F. Kennedy was born in
Brookline, Massachusetts, on May
29, in 1917.
•He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
during WWII, an author, and a
Senator.
•He married
Jacqueline Lee
Bouvier on September
12, 1953. They had 2
children, Caroline and
John, Jr.
•On November 8, 1960, Kennedy
became the youngest man to be
elected President. His inaugural
address is remembered for the
famous quote: “Ask not what your
country can do for you, ask what
you can do for your country.”
•JFK was a strong supporter of civil
rights. He worked with activists like
Martin Luther King to end statesanctioned racial discrimination.
•Kennedy was a huge supporter of the
Space Program and was determined to
help lead the United States into space
exploration. He said, “We choose to go to
the moon and to do the other things, not
because they are easy, but because they
are hard.”
•President Kennedy’s
first term of office was
ended on November
22, 1963, when he
was assassinated in
Dallas, Texas.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
34th President of the United States
1952 - 1960
•Eisenhower was born in Denison,
Texas on October 14, 1890.
•He was a career U.S. Army
officer, general, and President of
Columbia University.
•Eisenhower married
Mamie Geneva Doud
on July 1, 1918. They
had 2 sons, one died
as an infant.
•In December of 1943, during WWII,
General Eisenhower was appointed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt as commander of
the Supreme Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He
lead the Allied Forces to victory with the
invasion and liberation of France and
then Germany.
•In November of 1952
Eisenhower was elected
President. He served 2 terms
in office.
•Eisenhower retired to his farm on the border of the
Gettysburg battlefield in 1961. He died on March 28, 1969.