THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL

From the Editors Desk

When most people think of Presidents Day, they think of a couple things: one is probably the Macys Presidents Day sale. Or the one at Sears. Or Best Buys, or the companies all across the nation using this national holiday for marketing purposes. If you do think of our Presidents, you may think of George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, whose birthdays are days after and before this holiday. You may think of Washingtons wooden teeth and the cherry tree or Lincolns log cabin or stovepipe hat. But if youre like me this Presidents Day holiday, youre thinking of a country that has gone on for 200+ years. In those years, just 43 men have served this country as the head of state. And they werent king or emperor or czar, as our founders could have made them. They have been Presidents. On this holiday, which was originally made to honor our first chief executive, and to a lesser extent, our 16th, why dont we think of all 43 of the men who have held the office of President of the United States. To help, Ive put together a list of all the Presidents, with their name, number, term, party, picture, andone fact for each President. I hope you enjoy it, and maybe learn something new! And have a fabulous Presidents Day, Gabe Fleisher Editor-in-Chief Wake Up To Politics

The Presidents of the United States

George Washington, 1st President No Party 1789-1797
Appointed the most Supreme Court Justices of any Presidents 11. Then again, he did appoint the whole first court.

John Adams, 2nd President Federalist 1797-1801

Is the only President to be defeated by his own Vice President.

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President Democratic-Republican 1801-1809

A lover of all things France and food, Jefferson brought French fries to America. He also proved tomatoes werent poisonous, and was rumored to have brought ice cream from France, but he wasnt actually the first to eat it in the 13 colonies, although he introduced it to many Americans.

James Madison, 4th President Democratic-Republican 1809-1817

Was the first President to wear pants all of his predecessors wore the common knee breeches of the day, while Madison bucked the trend by putting on trousers.

James Monroe, 5th President Democratic-Republican 1817-1825

Only President with a foreign capital city named for him Monrovia, Liberia.

John Quincy Adams, 6th President Democratic-Republican 1825-1829

Read the Bible cover to cover each year making him the books most avid Presidential reader.

Andrew Jackson, 7th President Democrat 1829-1837

Is the only President to be a prisoner of war, at age 13 he and his brother were captured by the British in the Revolutionary War.

Martin Van Buren, 8th President Democrat 1837-1841

Married his first cousin once removed, Hannah Hoes.

William Henry Harrison, 9th President Whig 1841

Was the first President to campaign actively.

John Tyler, 10th President Whig 1841-1845

His wife started the tradition of playing Hail to the Chief for the President.

James Polk, 11th President Democrat 1845-1849

Surprisingly,is the only President to have previously served as Speaker of the House.

Zachary Taylor, 12th President Whig 1849-1850

Against his objections, his daughter married Jefferson Davis, although she died before she could become First Lady of the Confederacy. After her death, Davis actually served under General Taylor in the Mexican-American War. This kind of makes Taylor the father-in-law of another President.

Millard Fillmore, 13th President Whig 1850-1853

If youve ever heard the name of our 13th Chief Executive, youve probably wondered how he got his name Millard was his mothers maiden name.

Franklin Pierce, 14th President Democrat 1853-1857

Only President to go a full term with no changes to his Cabinet.

James Buchanan, 15th President Democrat 1857-1861

Despite the fact that he is remembered negatively for his views on slavery, secession, and the Civil War, he had the first African-American artist at the White House Thomas Blind Tom Wiggins.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President Republican 1861-1865

Is the only President to have gotten a patent in 1849, for an invention that could lift boats over obstructions in a river. The patent document wasnt discovered or known until 1997.

Andrew Johnson, 17th President Democrat 1865-1869

Johnson and his wife Eliza were married by Mordecai Lincoln, Abes first cousin once removed.

Ulysses Grant, 18th President Republican 1869-1877

Grant was the first President of just three to have both of his parents live to see him become Chief Executive. Neither of them actually attended either of his inaugurations, but Grants father did visit the White House more than once.

Rutherford Hayes, 19th President Republican 1877-1881

Signed legislation allowing women to argue cases before the Supreme Court.

James Garfield, 20th President Republican 1881

Impressed people by writing in Latin with one handwhile he wrote in Greek with the other.

Chester Arthur, 21st President Republican 1881-1885

The house in Manhattan where Arthur lived for most of his adult life now has a Mediterranean deli on its first two floors and apartments on its other three.

Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President Democrat 1885-1889 and 1893-1897
Vetoed the most bills of any other President, except FDR (who of course had much more time) a total of 584

Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President Republican 1889-1893

On June 6, 1892, became the first sitting President to attend a Major League Baseball game, when the Reds beat the Washington Senators in a game that went on for 11 innings.

William McKinley, 25th President Republican 1897-1901

While he wasnt really the first President to ride in a car, McKinley was the first Chief Executive to ride in a self-propelled vehicle the ambulance from after he was shot. He died eight days later.

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President Republican 1901-1909

Is the only President to have received the Medal of Honor meaning he both received and awarded Americas highest military honor. President Clinton awarded TR the Medal for his service in the Spanish-American War posthumously in 2001.

William Taft, 27th President Republican 1909-1913

First President of two to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Woodrow Wilson, 28th President Democrat 1913-1921

Only President to have stayed in D.C. after leaving office, and the only one to be buried there his body rests in the National Cathederal.

Warren Harding, 29th President Republican 1921-1923

He is the last President to have no children, there being only five others, including George Washington, the Father of His Country, and James Madison, the Father of the Constitution.

Calvin Coolidge, 30th President Republican 1923-1929

His favorite food was pancakes.

Hebert Hoover, 31st President Republican 1929-1933

He has more than Hoovervilles and Hoover vacuums - this President is the namesake of the asteroids Herberta and Hooveria. While four other Presidents got asteroids named for tem, Hoover is the only one with two.

Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd President Democrat 1933-1945

First President whose mother decided to vote for him. No, no, the other ones supported their children, but no Mother-in-Chief would have been able to vote until Warren Hardings mom, but his wasnt alive. Neither were any others from Harding to FDR.

Harry Truman, 33rd President Democrat 1945-1953

Nine Presidents never graduated from college, but Truman is the most recent as well as the only one from the twentieth century.

Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President Republican 1953-1961

First President to appear on color television.

John Kennedy, 35th President Democrat 1961-1963

JFK is the only President who had a grandparent live to see him take office his maternal grandmother actually outlived him as well, in addition to both his parents, if that gives you an idea of how young he was when he was killed.

Lyndon Johnson, 36th President Democrat 1963-1969

He had a button on his Oval Office desk that alerted a military aide to bring him his favorite drink, Fresca.

Richard Nixon, 37th President Republican 1969-1974

He is the only person to have been elected to two terms as Vice President as well as two terms as President the irony is that he had to resign and didnt get to actually serve the last two and a half years of his Presidency.

Gerald Ford, 38th President Republican 1974-1977

Only President to have been employed by the National Park Service, having been a ranger at Yellowstone National Park.

Jimmy Carter, 39th President Democrat 1977-1981

First President to be born in a hospital.

Ronald Reagan, 40th President Republican 1981-1989

Only President to have led a labor union.

George Bush, 41st President Republican 1989-1993

H.W. had a pretty impressive pre-presidential rsum: Congressman, UN Ambassador, Chair of the RNC, the post that was the predecessor to Ambassador to China, Director of the CIA, Vice President, and two-time Senate nominee.

Bill Clinton, 42nd President Democrat 1993-1997

On his last day in office, he pardoned his half-brother.

George W. Bush, 43rd President Republican 2001-2009

Bush is the only President to have gotten an MBA (Master of Business Administration), which he earned from Harvard Business School.

Barack Obama, 44th President Democrat 2009-2016

Obama is a big comic book collector he has Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian in his collection.

Email me with any questions, comments, or tips on any of the facts or Wake Up To Politics in general. Also if you have had any trouble receiving or opening today's or other editions of Wake Up

To Politics or would like me to add anyone to the Wake Up mailing list (it takes a little bit, but I
will do it), please email me as well! Have a great President!