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.
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).
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
39th
Jimmy Carter
1977-1981
42nd
Bill Clinton
1993-2001
43rd
George W. Bush
2001-2009
44th
Barack Obama
2009-2017
45th
Donald J. Trump
2017-2021
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:
Political Party:
None
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:
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)
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:
Political Party:
Democrate-Republican
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:
Political Party:
Democratic-Republican
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:
Political Party:
Democrate-Republican
John Quincy Adams
July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848
Spouse:
Louisa Johnson
Home:
Quincy, Massachusetts
Term:
March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
Vice President:
Political Party:
Federalist Party
National Republican
Anti-Masonic
Whig
National Republican
Anti-Masonic
Whig
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:
Political Party:
Democratic
Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican
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:
Political Party:
Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Free Soil
Democratic
Free Soil
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:
Political Party:
Democratic-Republican
Whig
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)
John Tyler
March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862
Spouse:
Letitia Christian
Julia Gardiner
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
Democratic
Whig
James Knox Polk
November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849
Spouse:
Sarah Childress
Home:
Polk Place, Nashville, Tennessee (demolished 1900)
Columbia, Tennessee
Columbia, Tennessee
Term:
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
Vice President:
Political Party:
Democratic
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. - 2018
Zachary Taylor
November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850
Spouse:
Margaret Smith
Home:
Louisville, Kentucky
Term:
March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
Vice President:
Political Party:
Whig
Millard Fillmore
January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874
Spouse:
Abigail Powers
Caroline McIntosh
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
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)
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:
Political Party:
Democratic
James Buchanan
April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868
Spouse:
None
Home:
Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Term:
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
Vice President:
Political Party:
Democratic
Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865
Spouse:
Mary Todd
Home:
Springfield, Illinois
Term:
March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Vice President:
Political Party:
Whig
Republican
Republican
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
National Union
Ulysses S. Grant
April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885
Spouse:
Julia Dent
Home:
Galena, Illinois
Term:
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
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.
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.
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:
Political Party:
Republican
James A. Garfield
November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881
Spouse:
Lucretia Rudolph
Home:
Mentor, Ohio
Term:
March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
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
Republican
Grover Cleveland
March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908
Spouse:
Frances Folsom
Home:
Princeton, New Jersey
Term:
March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
Vice President:
Political Party:
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison
August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901
Spouse:
Caroline Scott
Mary Scott Lord
Mary Scott Lord
Home:
Indianapolis, Indiana
Term:
March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
Vice President:
Political Party:
Whig
Republican
Republican
Grover Cleveland
March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908
Spouse:
Frances Folsom
Home:
Princeton, New Jersey
Term:
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
Vice President:
Political Party:
Democratic
William McKinley
January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901
Spouse:
Ida Saxton
Home:
Canton, Ohio
Term:
March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901
Vice President:
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.
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.
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.
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
Edith Carow
Home:
Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York
Term:
September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
Progressive "Bull Moose"
Progressive "Bull Moose"
William Howard Taft
September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930
Spouse:
Helen Herron
Home:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Term:
March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
Woodrow Wilson
December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924
Spouse:
Ellen Axson
Edith Bolling
Edith Bolling
Home:
Washington, DC
Term:
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
Vice President:
Political Party:
Democratic
Warren G. Harding
November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923
Spouse:
Florence Kling
Home:
Marion, Ohio
Term:
March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
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)
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:
Political Party:
Republican
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:
Political Party:
Democratic
Harry S. Truman
May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972
Spouse:
Bess Wallace
Home:
Independence, Missouri
Term:
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
Vice President:
Political Party:
Democratic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969
Spouse:
Mamie Doud
Home:
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Term:
January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
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:
Political Party:
Democratic
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:
Political Party:
Democratic
Richard Nixon
January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994
Spouse:
Pat Ryan
Home:
Yorba Linda, California
Term:
January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
Gerald Ford
July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006
Spouse:
Betty Bloomer
Home:
Rancho Mirage, California
Term:
August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
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
Ronald Reagan
February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004
Spouse:
Jane Wyman
Nancy Davis
Nancy Davis
Home:
Rancho del Cielo, Santa Barbara, California
Term:
January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
Vice President:
Political Party:
Republican
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 |
Spouse:
Home:
Term:
Vice President:
Political Party:
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
George W. Bush
July 6, 1946 -
Spouse:
Laura Welch
Home:
Crawford, Texas
Term:
January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
Vice President:
Dick Cheney
Political Party:
Republican
Barack Obama
August 4, 1961 -
Spouse:
Michelle Robinson
Home:
Chicago, Illinois
Term:
January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Vice President:
Political Party:
Democratic
Donald Trump
June 14, 1946
Spouse:
Ivana Zelníčková
Marla Maples
Melania Knauss
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, Jr.
November 20, 1942
Spouse:
Neilia Hunter
Jill Jacobs
Jill Jacobs
Home:
Greeneville, Delaware
Term:
January 20, 2021 – Present
Vice President:
Kamala Harris
Political Party:
Democratic
David Rice Atchison
August 11, 1807 - January 26, 1886
Spouse:
Home:
Plattsburg, Missouri
Term:
March 4, 1849
Vice President:
Political Party:
Democratic
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.
Samuel Huntington
16 Jul 1731 – 5 Jan 1796
Spouse:
Martha Devotion
Home:
Norwich, Connecticut
Term:
September 28, 1779 - July 9, 1781
Vice President:
None
Political Party:
Federalist
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale: Samuel Huntington, was a jurist, statesman, and a delegate to the from Connecticut to the Continental Congress. He also served as President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781, chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1784 to 1785, and the 18th Governor of Connecticut from 1786 until his death.
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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