October 1, 2019 (Tuesday) Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia December 28,1856, and died February 3, 1924, in Washington, D.C. He was president 1913-1921. His father was a Presbyterian minister. He was married 1885-1914 to Ellen Axson, who died, and Edith Wilson, 1915-1924. During the Civil War his father was a pastor in Augusta, […]
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William Howard Taft – 27th President
October 1, 2019 (Tuesday) William Howard Taft became our country’s 27th president at age 51, serving from 1909 to 1913. He was a Republican. He was born September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died March 8, 1930 in Washington D.C. He married Helen Herron and they had 3 children, Robert, Helen, Charles. His nickname […]
Theodore Roosevelt – 26th President
August 1, 2019 (Tuesday) Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt, (10/27/1858 – 01/06/1919), died at 60 years of age. He had served as President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He was vice president under William McKinley as McKinley served 6 months of a second term, but became president when McKinley was assassinated. He was 42 […]
William McKinley – 25th President
August 1, 2019 (Monday) The materials in this blog are copied directly from a web site operating as “The Library of Congress Reading Room.” William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio on January 29, 1843. He enlisted as a private during the Civil War and distinguished himself in […]
Benjamin Harrison – 23rd President
Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20, 1833, in North Bend, Ohio; he grew up on a farm located near the Ohio River below Cincinnati. His father, John Harrison, was a farmer, and his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was elected as the ninth president of the United States in 1840, but died of pneumonia only […]