Artifact Specimen: United States Presidents
Images below courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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George Washington
1st President
1789 to 1797
“The Father of His Country”
Vice President: John Adams
Party: None
State Represented: Virginia
Born: 22 February 1732, in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia.
Died: 14 December 1799, in Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States of America.
Occupations: Surveyor; planter; soldier (General).
Religion: Anglican/Episcopal
Education: Home schooled
Spouse: Martha Dandridge Curtis Washington
Facts and Achievments:
- Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
- President of Constitution Convention
- Face carved on Mount Rushmore
- Portrait on one-dollar bill and quarter
- Namesake of Washington D.C.
John Adams
2nd President
1797 to 1801
“The Father of the Navy”
Vice President: Thomas Jefferson
Party: Federalist
State Represented: Massachusetts
Born: 30 October 1735, in Braintree, Colony of Massachusetts.
Died: 4 July 1826, in Braintree (quincy), Massachusetts, United States of America.
Occupations: Farmr; teacher; lawyer.
Religion: Unitarian
Education: Harvard College
Spouse: Abigail Smith Adams
Facts and Achievments:
- Continental Congressman
- Minister to France, Britain, the Netherlands
- First Vice President
- First President ro live in the White House
- Father of the 6th President
- Died on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of independence
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