Transcript ABC People
A • A is for John Adams (1797-1801) (2nd president). He was the first president to reside in the White House. He signed the Declaration of Independence. Died on the July 4th same day as Thomas Jefferson. B • B is for George Herbert Walker Bush (19891993) (41st president). He fought in WWII. He ordered Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait from Iraq. C • C is for James Earl Carter (1977-1981) (39th president). He was the first president born in a hospital. He brought the Israeli president and the Egyptian president together to sign Camp David Accords. D • D is for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) (32nd president). He served as president for the longest time, 12 years! He was president when WWII began. E • E is for Dwight David Eisenhower (19531961) (34th president). He was the first US 5 star general, Supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe (WWII), and directed the Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day). F • F is for Gerald Rudolph Ford (1974-1977) (38th president). He was the target of two attempts of assassination. G • G is for James Abram Garfield (1881) (20th president). He was the youngest Union General in the Civil War. He was assassinated by Charles Guiteau. H • H is for Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18771881) (19th president). He was nicknamed “His Fraudulency” and “Rutherfraud.” He won presidency by one electoral vote. I • I is for William Jefferson Clinton (1993- ) (42nd president). He became nations youngest governor. He was a Rhodes Scholar and studied at Oxford University. J • J is for Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) (7th president). He was a general in the War of 1812 who defeated the British. He is the president on the 20 dollar bill. He survived the first attempted assassination. K • K is for William McKinley (1897-1901) (25th president). He led America during the Spanish-American War. He was the last Civil War veteran to become president. He was assassinated by Leon Czogolz. L • L is for Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) (16th president). He legalized the Emancipation Proclamation freed all southern slaves. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. M • M is for James Madison (1809-1817) (4th president). He was nicknamed the “Father of the Constitution.” He was president during the War of 1812. N • N is for James Buchanan (1857-1861) (15th president). Only bachelor president. He was president during the Dred Scott decision. O • O is for John Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) (30th president). He was nicknamed “Silent Cal.” A woman made a bet with him saying that she could get him to say more than 2 words. He replied by saying “You lose.” P • P is for John Knox Polk (1845-1849) (11th president). He believed in Manifest Destiny. The US acquired Texas and California during his presidency. Q • Q is for John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) (6th president). He was the son of John Adams. They were the only father and son to become president. R • R is for Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) (26th president). He led the “Rough Riders” in the Spanish-American War. He was the youngest person to become president. S • S is for Harry S Truman (1945-1953) (33rd president). The S in Harry S Truman stands for nothing. He made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. T • T is for John Tyler (1841-1845) (10th president). He was the first vice president to succeed a president. He signed the resolution that annexed Texas in 1845. U • U is for Ulysses Simpson Grant (18691877) (18th president). He was the commanding general of the Union army in the Civil War and accepted Lee’s surrender. Corruption ruined his presidency. V • V is for Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) (8th president). He was the first president to be born in the US. He was also the first president to not have a role in the Revolution. W • W is for George Washington (17891797) (1st president). He was the general of the American army in the Revolutionary War. He was the only president to be elected unanimously by the Electoral college. X • X is for Richard Milhous Nixon (19691974) (37th president). He resigned his presidency after the Watergate scandal. An anti-Nixon slogan was “Would you buy a used car from this man?” Y • Y is for John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961-1963) (35th president). He was the youngest elected president. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Profiles in Courage. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Z • Z is for Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) (12th president). He had no previous political experience. He was the last Whig (political party) president.