Tuesday, July 18, 2017

President Graves

As you can tell from this website, we are a real fan of history, and especially American History. Many of our family trips centered around people, places and historical sites across the United States. One of our first trips took us from Houston to Washington DC via Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and finally Washington DC. During this trip we visited, among other things, the Tennessee Capitol Building, Hermitage, Monticello, Mount Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery. As a result, we had unintentionally visited the final resting places of six United States Presidents (Polk, Jackson, Jefferson, Washington, Taft and Kennedy).

It wasn't long after our trip we realized we had visited 1/6th of the US Presidents graves, and we made it a priority to visit Presidential sites (grave sites, homes, birthplaces, libraries etc.) on our future trips. Therefore, in 2007 we planned a trip to New England, and the trip would include seven states, seven capitols and seven US President grave sites. The trip also included two President Libraries, and six President's homes.

In 2016 we intended to make a huge dent in Presidential sites, as result we visited 13 President gravesites, 8 Vice-Presidents gravesites plus 15 States and 12 Capitols. Following our 2019 trip out west, we accomplished our goal of visiting all of the President's Graves (as of May 20, 2019).

We've managed to visit many Presidential and Vice-Presidential sites, but thus far only one person has managed to visit all sixty six Presidential and Vice Presidential grave sites. Kurt Deion has documented his adventures on his website "Kurt's Historic Sites - Hands-on History". He was inspired by the C-SPAN Television Program, "Who's Buried in Grants Tomb?", which was a discussion about the book with the editor Brian Lamb and historian Richard Norton Smith. Both of these men have visited all of the Presidential gravesites, and Mr. Lamb has visited all but one of the Vice-Presidential gravesites (Nelson Rockefeller).



Number Name Term Burial Location Visited
1st George Washington 1789-1797 Mount Vernon, Virginia 2000
2nd John Adams 1797-1801 Quincy, Massachusetts 2007
3rd Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 Charlottesville, Virginia 2000
4th James Madison 1809-1817 Montpelier Station, Virginia 2009
5th James Monroe 1817-1825 Richmond, Virginia 2009
6th John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 Quincy, Massachusetts 2007
7th Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Nashville, Tennessee 2000
8th Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 Kinderhook, New York 2007
9th William Henry Harrison 1841 North Bend, Ohio 2016
10th John Tyler 1841-1845 Richmond, Virginia 2009
11th James Knox Polk 1845-1849 Nashville, Tennessee 2000
12th Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 Louisville, Kentucky 2016
13th Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 Buffalo, New York 2016
14th Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 Concord, New Hampshire 2007
15th James Buchanan 1857-1861 Lancaster, Pennsylvania 2017
16th Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Springfield, Illinois 2016
17th Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 Greeneville, Tennessee 2016
18th Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 New York, New York 2008
19th Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 Fremont, Ohio 2016
20th James A. Garfield 1881 Cleveland, Ohio 2016
21st Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885 Menands, New York 2007
22nd Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 Princeton, New Jersey 2017
23rd Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 Indianapolis, Indiana 2016
24th Grover Cleveland *  1893-1897 Princeton, New Jersey 2017
25th William McKinley 1897-1901 Canton, Ohio 2016
26th Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 Oyster Bay, New York 2017
27th William Howard Taft 1909-1913 Arlington, Virginia 2000
28th Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 Washington, D.C. 2009
29th Warren Harding 1921-1923 Marion, Ohio 2016
30th Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 Plymouth Notch, Vermont 2007
31st Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 West Branch, Iowa 2016
32nd Franklin Roosevelt 1933-1945 Hyde Park, New York 2007
33rd Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 Independence, Missouri 2016
34th Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961 Abilene, Kansas 2008
35th John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 Arlington, Virginia 2000
36th Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969 Stonewall, Texas 2009
37th Richard Nixon 1969-1974 Yorba Linda, California 2019
38th Gerald Ford 1974-1977 Grand Rapids, Michigan 2016
39th Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

40th Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 Simi Valley, California 2019
41st George H. W. Bush 1989-1993 College Station, Texas 2018
42nd Bill Clinton 1993-2001
43rd George W. Bush 2001-2009
44th Barack Obama 2009-2017

45th Donald J. Trump 2017-2021
46th Joseph R. Biden Jr. 2021
Other David Rice Atchison March 4, 1849 Plattsburg, Missouri 2017


George Washington

(February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799)

Spouse:

Martha Dandridge Custis

Home:

Mount Vernon, Virginia

Term:

April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797

Vice President:

John Adams

Political Party:

None

Deven raising the flag at Mount Vernon, and laying a wreath at the tomb of George Washington. The Wreath laying ceremony was arranged prior to our visit to Mount Vernon.

Memorial House
Outline of the foundation of George Washington's birthplace.
Obelisk near vistor center.


John Adams

(October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – July 4, 1826)

Spouse:

Abigail Smith

Home:

Quincy, Massachusetts

Term:

March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801

Vice President:

Thomas Jefferson

Political Party:

Federalist Party

The John Adams and John Quincy Adams Birthplaces are the oldest presidential birthplaces in the United States. In 1735, John Adams was born in the "salt box" house located only 75 feet away from the birthplace of his son John Quincy Adams. In the John Quincy Adams Birthplace, young John and his bride Abigail started their family and the future President launched his career in politics and law. John Adams maintained his law office in the house and it was here that he, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin wrote the Massachusetts Constitution. This document, still in use today, greatly influenced development of the United States Constitution. (source: nps.gov)

The Old House at Peace field, built in 1731, became the residence of the Adams family for four generations from 1788 to 1927. It was home to Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams; First Ladies Abigail and Louisa Catherine Adams; Civil War Minister to Great Britain Charles Francis Adams; and literary historians Henry and Brooks Adams. The vast collection of original artifacts inside the Old House greatly assists the park's interpretive staff to relate the Adams family's legacy of service to their nation. Adjacent to the house is the Stone Library, built in 1873, it contains more than 12,000 books that belonged to the Adamses. Following a tour, you may wish to stroll the Old House grounds which include a historic orchard and an 18th-century style formal garden, containing thousands of annual and perennial flowers. (source: nps.gov)

The tomb of John Adams located in the basement of United First Parish Church in Quincy.

Thomas Jefferson

(April 13 [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826)

Spouse:

Martha Wayles

Home:

Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

Term:

March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809

Vice President:

Aaron Burr
George Clinton

Political Party:

Democrate-Republican

Monticello

James Madison

(March 16 [O.S. March 5], 1751 – June 28, 1836)

Spouse:

Dolley Payne Todd

Home:

Montpelier, Orange, Virginia

Term:

March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817

Vice President:

George Clinton
Elbridge Gerry

Political Party:

Democratic-Republican

Montpelier - Montpelier Station, Virginia James Madison
Dolly and James Madison's Headstones Dolly Madison

James Monroe

(April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831)

Spouse:

Elizabeth Kortright

Home:

Ash-Highland, Charlottesville, Virginia

Term:

March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825

Vice President:

Daniel D. Tompkins

Political Party:

Democrate-Republican

James Monroe in foreground, and John Tyler's gravesite in the rear - Richmond, Virginia
James Monroe's birthplace located in Colonial Beach, VA.

Highland - Ash Lawn owned by Monroe from 1793 - 1825 (visited 2021)


John Quincy Adams

(July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848)

Spouse:

Louisa Johnson

Home:

Quincy, Massachusetts

Term:

March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829

Vice President:

John C. Calhoun

Political Party:

Federalist Party

National Republican

Anti-Masonic

Whig

The tomb of John Quincy Adams located in the basement of United First Parish Church in Quincy. His wife Louisa, and his father and mother (John and Dolly Adams) are interred in the same vault.

Andrew Jackson

(March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845)

Spouse:

Rachel Donelson

Home:

The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee

Term:

March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837

Vice President:

John C. Calhoun

Martin Van Buren

Political Party:

Democratic

Democratic-Republican

Grave site of Andrew and Rachel Jackson.  Located on the grounds of The Hermitage - Nashville, Tennessee

Martin Van Buren

(December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862)

Spouse:

Hannah Hoes

Home:

Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York

Term:

March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841

Vice President:

Richard M. Johnson

Political Party:

Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Free Soil

Headstone of Martin Van Buren plus camera strap - Kinderhook, New York
Marker for Martin Van Buren

William Henry Harrison

(February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841)

Spouse:

Anna Symmes

Home:

North Bend, Ohio (burned in 1860's)

Term:

March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841

Vice President:

John Tyler

Political Party:

Democratic-Republican
Whig

During Harrison's governorship of the Indiana Territory, Grouseland was the focal point of the social and official life of the territory. As the capital of the Northwest Territory, more territory was governed from Vincennes than any city outside Washington, D.C. Grouseland was home to Harrison until 1812. It remained in the Harrison family until the late 1840s. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouseland)
Battle of Tippecanoe Monument
located near Lafayette, IN
The William Henry Harrison Memorial Tomb located near North Bend, Ohio.

Berkeley Plantation - Birthplace of William Henry Harrison - Charles City, VA.

John Tyler

(March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862)

Spouse:

Letitia Christian

Julia Gardiner

Home:

Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City, Virginia

Term:

April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845

Vice President:

None

Political Party:

Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Whig

John Taylor grave located adjacent to James Madison's gavesite - Richmond, Virginia
Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City, Virginia

James Knox Polk

(November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849)

Spouse:

Sarah Childress

Home:

Columbia, Tennessee 
Polk Place, Nashville, Tennessee (demolished 1900)

Term:

March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849

Vice President:

George M. Dallas

Political Party:

Democratic

Burial site located on the Capitol grounds in Nashville, Tennessee.

The only surviving residence of James K. Polk other than the White House, this painted brick structure is one of the best examples of Federal-style architecture in Tennessee. Samuel Polk, a prosperous farmer and surveyor, built the house in 1816 while his oldest son James was attending the University of North Carolina. When the future President graduated in 1818, he returned to Tennessee and stayed here with his parents until his marriage to Sarah Childress in 1824. While living in his family’s Columbia home, James practiced law and began his political career by successfully running for the state legislature.
Located in Columbia, Tennessee.


Zachary Taylor

(November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850)

Spouse:

Margaret Smith

Home:

Louisville, Kentucky

Term:

March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850

Vice President:

Millard Fillmore

Political Party:

Whig

Zachary Taylor home located in Louisville, and a short distance from the cemetery.

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery: The 12th President is interred in the mausoleum located to the right of the monument - Louisville, Kentucky (2016 Trip)

2018 Trip to Louisville, Kentucky

Millard Fillmore

(January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874)

Spouse:

Abigail Powers
Caroline McIntosh

Home:

Millard Fillmore House, Aurora, New York

Term:

July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853

Vice President:

None

Political Party:

Anti-Masonic
Whig
Know Nothing

The Fillmore House, or Millard Fillmore House, was the residence of the 13th President of the United States, Millard Fillmore. Fillmore built this house in 1826, at 24 Shearer Avenue in East Aurora in Erie County, New York. The President lived there only four years during which time his son was born. The house has since had multiple owners and multiple additions built upon it. In addition, it has been moved from its original location no less than two times. Besides the White House, it is the only surviving structure of residence for President Fillmore. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore_House)
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York - Burial site of the 13th President.

Franklin Pierce

(November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869)

Spouse:

Jane Appleton

Home:

Franklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsboro, New Hampshire

Term:

March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857

Vice President:

William R. King

Political Party:

Democratic

Franklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire - Burial site of the 14th President.

James Buchanan

(April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868)

Spouse:

None

Home:

Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Term:

March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861

Vice President:

John C. Breckinridge

Political Party:

Democratic

Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania


Abraham Lincoln

(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)

Spouse:

Mary Todd

Home:

Springfield, Illinois

Term:

March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865

Vice President:

Hannibal Hamlin
Andrew Johnson

Political Party:

Whig
Republican

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park - Hodgenville, Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home - Knob Creek, Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln's Home - Springfield, Illinois
Reproduction of Lincoln Funeral Car, Duluth, Minnesota
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois

Andrew Johnson

(December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875)

Spouse:

Eliza McCardle

Home:

Greeneville, Tennessee

Term:

April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869

Vice President:

None

Political Party:

Democratic
National Union

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - Greeneville, Tennessee
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee
Small white house on left was the home of Andrew Johnson's daughter where he suffered a fatal stroke and died. This house was purchased, moved to this location and restored. The house on the right is the Ruben Brooks Farmstead located in Winner, Tennessee.
Ruben Brooks Farmstead located in Winner, Tennessee.
Historical marker along TN Hwy 91.


Ulysses S. Grant

(April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885)

Spouse:

Julia Dent

Home:

Galena, Illinois

Term:

March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877

Vice President:

Schuyler Colfax, Jr.
Henry Wilson

Political Party:

Republican

U.S. Grant Birthplace - Moscow, Ohio
White Haven - St. Louis, Missouri. Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, met his beloved wife, Julia Dent, at White Haven plantation in 1844. He lived there with his growing family from 1854 to 1859 and hoped to spend a quiet retirement there when his military and political careers were over. White Haven was the place that he and his family called home.
General Grant National Memorial, New York City, New York

Rutherford B. Hayes

(October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893)

Spouse:

Lucy Webb

Home:

Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio

Term:

March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881

Vice President:

William A. Wheeler

Political Party:

Republican

A tablet marker commemorates the birthplace of the 19th President. It's located in front of a BP filling station, and between the Upper Cut Barber Shop and Amanda Plumbing in Delaware, Ohio.
Spiegel Grove - Fremont, Ohio
Burial site of Rutherford B. Hayes located behind his home.

James A. Garfield

(November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881)

Spouse:

Lucretia Rudolph

Home:

Mentor, Ohio

Term:

March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881

Vice President:

Chester A. Arthur

Political Party:

Republican

James Garfield Home - Mentor, Ohio
Unfortunately, when we visited the Memorial it was closed due to a loss of power.
James Garfield Memorial - Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Chester A. Arthur

(October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886)

Spouse:

Ellen Herndon

Home:

New York, New York

Term:

September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885

Vice President:

None

Political Party:

Whig
Republican

His memorial was designed by Ephraim Keyser and dedicated on June 15, 1889. Friends of the former president contributed a fund that provided $10,000 for the memorial and for a statue that was erected in New York City. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Rural_Cemetery)
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York

Grover Cleveland

(March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908)

Spouse:

Frances Folsom

Home:

Princeton, New Jersey

Term:

March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889

Vice President:

Thomas A. Hendricks

Political Party:

Democratic

Grover Cleveland's home in Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey

Benjamin Harrison

(August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901)

Spouse:

Caroline Scott
Mary Scott Lord

Home:

Indianapolis, Indiana

Term:

March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893

Vice President:

Levi P. Morton

Political Party:

Whig
Republican

Benjamin Harrison Birthplace - North Bend, Ohio
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site - Indianapolis, Indiana
Crown Hill Cemetery, Washington Township, Indiana

Grover Cleveland

(March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908)

Spouse:

Frances Folsom

Home:

Princeton, New Jersey

Term:

March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897

Vice President:

Adlai Stevenson I

Political Party:

Democratic

Grover Cleveland's home in Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey

William McKinley

(January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901)

Spouse:

Ida Saxton

Home:

Canton, Ohio

Term:

March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901

Vice President:

Garret Hobart
Theodore Roosevelt

Political Party:

Republican

The Saxton-McKinley house is a two and three story brick building of irregular massing. It was constructed in two segments, in 1841, and ca. 1865. The earliest portion is at the rear of the structure and was a two-story gable roofed building. This is significant as the only residence with direct historical ties to President William McKinley remaining in his hometown of Canton. It was the family home of McKinley's wife, Ida, and he and his wife lived in the house between 1878-1891 during the period he served in the U.S. House of Representatives. (source: https://www.firstladies.org/SaxtonMcKinleyHouse.aspx). Located in Canton, Ohio.
On September 6, 1901, William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. He was shaking hands with the public when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died eight days later on September 14 of gangrene caused by the gunshot wounds. He was the third American president to have been assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and James A. Garfield in 1881.(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley). The original location of the assassination was demolished, and the spot is currently marked by a stone with a plaque on Fordham Drive median in a Buffalo neighborhood.
William McKinley Tomb - Canton, Ohio
The bodies of McKinley and his wife lie side by side in two polished, dark-green, granite sarcophagi, resting atop a ten-foot-square of polished dark maroon granite in the center of the space. Their two young daughters are also laid to rest here.   Three semi-circular arched bays encircle the central chamber.

Theodore Roosevelt

(October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

Spouse:

Alice Lee
Edith Carow

Home:

Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York

Term:

September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909

Vice President:

Charles W. Fairbanks

Political Party:

Republican
Progressive "Bull Moose"

Sagamore Hill - Cove Neck, New York
Youngs Memorial Cemetery - Oyster Bay, New York
Medal of Honor Plaque

William Howard Taft

(September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930)

Spouse:

Helen Herron

Home:

Cincinnati, Ohio

Term:

March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913

Vice President:

James S. Sherman

Political Party:

Republican

William Howard Taft's home in Cincinnati, Ohio.
William Howard Taft - 2019

Woodrow Wilson

(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)

Spouse:

Ellen Axson
Edith Bolling

Home:

Washington, DC

Term:

March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921

Vice President:

Thomas R. Marshall

Political Party:

Democratic

National Cathedral - Washington DC
Sarcophagi of Woodrow Wilson in the National Cathedral

Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum in Staunton, VA - 2021


Warren G. Harding

(November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923)

Spouse:

Florence Kling

Home:

Marion, Ohio

Term:

March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923

Vice President:

Calvin Coolidge

Political Party:

Republican

Harding Home in Marion, Ohio
The Harding Tomb - Marion, Ohio
Grave site of Warren and Florence Harding

Calvin Coolidge

(July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933)

Spouse:

Grace Goodhue

Home:

Plymouth Notch, Vermont

Term:

August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929

Vice President:

Charles G. Dawes

Political Party:

Republican

Coolidge Homestead - Plymouth, Vermont.  On August 2, 1923, President Harding died unexpectedly in San Francisco while on a speaking tour of the western United States. Vice President Coolidge was in Vermont visiting his family home, which had neither electricity nor a telephone, when he received word by messenger of Harding's death. He dressed, said a prayer, and came downstairs to greet the reporters who had assembled.[82] His father, a notary public and justice of the peace, administered the oath of office in the family's parlor by the light of a kerosene lamp at 2:47 a.m. on August 3, 1923; President Coolidge then went back to bed. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge)
Plymouth Notch Cemetery - Plymouth, Vermont
Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

(August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964)

Spouse:

Lou Henry

Home:

New York, New York

Term:

March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933

Vice President:

Charles Curtis

Political Party:

Republican

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site - West Branch, Iowa
Burial site of Herbert and Lou Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

(January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)

Spouse:

Eleanor Roosevelt

Home:

Hyde Park, New York

Term:

March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945

Vice President:

John N. Garner
Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Truman

Political Party:

Democratic

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site - Hyde Park, New York
Burial site of F.D.R and Eleanor Roosevelt - Hyde Park, New York
The Little Whitehouse in Warm Springs, GA - 2021


Harry S. Truman

(May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972)

Spouse:

Bess Wallace

Home:

Independence, Missouri

Term:

April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953

Vice President:

Alben W. Barkley

Political Party:

Democratic

Harry S. Truman National Historic Site - Independence, Missouri
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum - Independence, Missouri
Burial site of Harry and Bess Truman on the grounds
of the Library and Museum.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)

Spouse:

Mamie Doud

Home:

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Term:

January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961

Vice President:

Richard M. Nixon

Political Party:

Republican

Birthplace of Dwight D. Eisenhower - Denison, Texas
Eisenhower Home 1898-1946 in foreground, and Library and Museum
on the right behind the trees - Abilene, Kansas.
Eisenhower Presidential Chapel - Abilene, Kansas
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum Chapel - Abilene, Kansas
Final resting place of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)

Spouse:

Jacqueline Bouvier

Home:

Kennedy Compound, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

Term:

January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963

Vice President:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Political Party:

Democratic

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum - Boston, Massachusetts
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia - 2000
2019

Lyndon B. Johnson

(August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973)

Spouse:

Lady Bird Taylor

Home:

Stonewall, Texas

Term:

November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969

Vice President:

Hubert Humphrey

Political Party:

Democratic

Johnson Family Cemetery - Stonewall, Texas
Grave site of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson 

Richard Nixon

(January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)

Spouse:

Pat Ryan

Home:

Yorba Linda, California

Term:

January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974

Vice President:

Spiro T. Agnew
Gerald Ford

Political Party:

Republican


Checkers (1952 - 1964) - Bide-a-Wee Association Pet Cemetery, Wantagh, New York

Gerald Ford

(July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006)

Spouse:

Betty Bloomer

Home:

Rancho Mirage, California

Term:

August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977

Vice President:

Nelson Rockefeller

Political Party:

Republican

Birthplace of Gerald Ford - Omaha, Nebraska
Gerald Ford Library - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Burial site of Gerald and Betty Ford next to the Library in Grand Rapids.

Jimmy Carter

(October 1, 1924 - )

Spouse:

Rosalynn Smith

Home:

Plains, Georgia

Term:

January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981

Vice President:

Walter Mondale

Political Party:

Democratic

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, GA

Ronald Reagan

(February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

Spouse:

Jane Wyman
Nancy Davis

Home:

Rancho del Cielo, Santa Barbara, California

Term:

January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989

Vice President:

George H. W. Bush

Political Party:

Republican


Ronald Reagan Birthplace - Tampico, Illinois

George H. W. Bush

(June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018)

Spouse:

Barbara Pierce

Home:

Kennebunkport, Maine
Houston, Texas

Term:

January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993

Vice President:

Dan Quayle

Political Party:

Republican

Navasoto, Texas - December 6, 2018
Engine 4141


January 7, 2019 - George H. W. Bush Library, College Station, TX
Robin, 41 and Barbara Bush
January 7, 2019


Bill Clinton

(August 19, 1946 - )

Spouse:

Hillary Rodham

Home:

New York, New York

Term:

January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001

Vice President:

Al Gore

Political Party:

Democratic

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home - Hope, Arkansas
(photographed 1998)
Clinton Presidential Center - Little Rock, Arkansas

George W. Bush

(July 6, 1946 - )

Spouse:

Laura Welch

Home:

Crawford, Texas

Term:

January 20, 2001 – January 20, 200

Vice President:

Dick Cheney

Political Party:

Republican

Governor George W. Bush walking and shaking hands in the Fort Bend
County Fair Parade in Richmond, Texas.  (photographed 1998)
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum - Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Barack Obama

(August 4, 1961 - )

Spouse:

Michelle Robinson

Home:

Chicago, Illinois

Term:

January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017

Vice President:

Joe Biden

Political Party:

Democratic


Donald Trump

(June 14, 1946 - )

Spouse:

Ivana Zelníčková
Marla Maples
Melania Knauss

Home:

New York, New York

Term:

January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2021

Vice President:

Mike Pence

Political Party:

Republican


Joe Biden

(November 20, 1942 - )

Spouse:

Jill Jacobs

Home:

Greeneville, Delaware

Term:

January 20, 2021 –

Vice President:

Kamala Harris

Political Party:

Democratic

Joe Biden at the Sugar Land Smart Financial Centre on Dec. 7, 2017 during his
book tour "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose."



David Rice Atchison

(August 11, 1807 - January 26, 1886)

Spouse:

Home:

Plattsburg, Missouri

Term:

March 4, 1849

Vice President:

Political Party:

Democratic

David Rice Atchison - Plattsburg, Missouri
US Senator. Twice elected as a Senator from Missouri to the United States Senate, serving first from 1843 to 1848, then from 1849 to 1855. Served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate in 1849. The term of President James K Polk ended on Sunday March 4 1849, and President-Elect Zachary Taylor refused to take the oath of office on a Sunday, so Senator Atchison is said to have been President of The United States for one day. In reality President Polk's term was extended for one day, and David Atchison spent the entire day he was supposed to have been President in bed. Atchison Counties in Missouri and Kansas are named for him.

Birthplace of Atchison located in Lexington, Kentucky.

1 comment:

  1. I am so envious you were able to see Joe Biden live on stage during his 2017 book tour! Also, I had no idea about the "Atchison Presidency" story. Thanks for that history gem.

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