11 Bill Clinton quotes

1. People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power...
2. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
3. I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.
4. Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.
5. We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.
6. Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.
7. A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
8. I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.
9. Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.
10. Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.
11. In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.

Who was James Abram Garfield?

   James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th president of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 1831. He was the youngest of four children. His father died in 1833, and a livelihood for the family had to be provided by his mother. The family home was a small log cabin on the Ohio frontier. He entered Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (later Hiram College) and was graduated from Williams College in 1856. In 1857 he was made principal of the institute at Hiram, where he won a reputation as an educator. In 1859 he was elected to the Ohio senate. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 42d regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In December, 1863, he left the Army to enter Congress. In 1880 he was elected United States senator from Ohio, but in June the Republican national convention nominated him to the presidency, and he was elected in November. On July 2, 1881, while passing through the Baltimore and Potomac passenger station in Washington, D.C., Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker whose mind had been inflamed by controversies over Garfield's appointments to federal offices in New York. Garfield lived until Sept. 19, 1881.

Ulysses S. Grant facts

  Ulyísses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) was the 18th President of the United States and a noted soldier. Born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, of Scots descent, he attended the military academy at West Point. As a second lieut. he fought with gallantry in Mexico, after which campaign he gave up soldiering for farming. He joined the Federal troops on the outbreak of the Civil War, and quickly became brigadier-general, the victories of Fort Donelson, 1862, and Vicksburg, 1863, gaining him the command of the army in 1864. His cam­paign, involving great sacrifice of life among his own troops, was ultimately successful, and Lee's forces surrendered in 1865 after a series of fierce and bloody battles. Three years later he became President, serving two consecutive terms. After retiring from office he became a partner in a banking firm, which went bankrupt through the dishonesty of two of his co-partners, with the result that he was ruined. Slowly dying from a cancerous throat, he set to work writing his Personal Memoirs, hoping to retrieve his fortunes, but died four days after completing his task.

Some fatcs about Dwight Eisenhower

• Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961.
• Dwight D. Eisenhower was the last president to be born in the 19th century.
• During World War II, Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe.
• Historians typically rank Dwight Eisenhower among the 10 greatest U.S. presidents.
• Parents: David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover.
• As president, Eisenhower's favorite dessert was prune whip.
• Eisenhower's mother was a devout pacifist.
• Eisenhower married Mamie Geneva Doud on July 1, 1916, in Denver, and had two sons.
• In his retirement years, Eisenhower was a member of the Gettysburg Presbyterian Church in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

12 facts about Abraham Lincoln

1. Abraham Lincoln was 6’4”, making him our country’s tallest president.
2. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
3. Abraham Lincoln was afraid of dentists because a dentist broke off part of Lincoln’s jawbone by pulling a tooth.
4. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery.
5. Abraham Lincoln, Nebraska was named after Abraham Lincoln.
6. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
7. Lincoln’s education comprised only 18 months of schooling. Thereafter, he was self-educated and benefited a lot from his habit of reading.
8. Lincoln was the first president to be photographed at his inauguration. John Wilkes Booth (his assassin) can be seen standing close to Lincoln in the picture.
9. His face is on the American penny.
10. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to wear a beard.
11. Abraham Lincoln was called “Old Abe” by his friends when he was only 30 years years old because his skin was yellowish and wrinkled by that time.
12. Abraham Lincoln had four sons, but only 1 lived to adulthood.

14 facts about George W Bush

1. George W. Bush was a cheerleader.
2. Bush is the oldest of 6 siblings. His younger sister, Robin, died of leukemia in 1953, at the age of three.
3. George Bush's father, George H. Bush served as the 41st US president, from 1989 to 1993.
4. Bush has been arrested for stealing a Christmas wreath.
5. George W Bush became the first American president to enter the office after being convicted of a crime.
6. Unlike his father, Bush was an average student at school. He graduated from Yale University with a low C average.
7. George W Bush had never left the United States until he became president.
   
   

11 facts about George Washington

 1. George Washington is the only president who was elected unanimously.

2. Washington rejected a movement among army officers to make him king of the United States.

3. He wore size thirteen boots.

4. Washington owned more than 33,000 acres distributed over several states.

5. George Washington was a very loud snorer.

6. His IQ was estimated to be 125.

7. George Washington would usually get the letters’ i and e mixed up.

8. He had 2 ice cream freezers in his house in Mount Vernon.

9. He was the first president to die in the 1700s.

10. Washington had false teeth. He would wear dentures made of ivory.

11. His favorite sports were fishing and fox hunting.

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