Happy President’s Day – 2024

 

 

 

 

Happy President’s Day ! ! ! 

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The day honors every U.S. President in the history of the country. 

A Brief History:
Origination: For years and years, Washington’s Birthday was celebrated on February 22^nd every year, to honor the United States’ first president. Then In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon put the Uniform Monday Holiday Act into effect, moving a number of federal holidays to Mondays, and it vaguely established Presidents Day as the one to celebrate all of our commanders-in-chief.

Proximity of the Date: The day known as Presidents’ Day honors President Washington no specific U.S. President. It is very close to Washington’s Birthday on Wednesday and Lincoln’s Birthday which was just last week. It stated that the third Monday in every February would honor the holiday for Washington’s Birthday to always be on the same day every year. Then it was added to cover some of the state’s celebration to combine Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday together in order to make it one holiday. Later on, depending on your state’s laws, honors the first, third, sixteenth or all of the former Presidents of the United States.

Music Honoring the Presidents: “Hail to the Chief” by James Sanderson is celebrated in times of honor, and “God Bless America” by Irving Berlin is the United State’s favorite patriotic song of all time.

Remarked Era After the Lincoln-Douglas Debates Including Becoming President: The popularity of the debates savored his eventual nomination by 1860 when Buchanan stepped down, and then succeeding to becoming the first to be elected as our 16th President in the Civil War era.

President’s Merits: The President usually has a very vast and incredibly humongous job to do. You can check out exactly what the President’s responsibilities are on my web page: How Government Works: Executive Branch – PART IV of Freedom For Which the Flag Stands Series

Presidents, First Ladies & Vice Presidents of the Past, All the Way to Present:

Chronological List of U.S.Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents
#	YEAR	PRESIDENT	FIRST LADY	VICE PRESIDENT
1	1789-1897	George Washington (0)	Martha Washington	John Adams
2	1797-1801	John Adams 🄕	Abigail Adams	Thomas Jefferson
3	1801-1805	Thomas Jefferson (DR)	Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson died before Jefferson assumed office	Aaron Burr
	1805-1809	Thomas Jefferson (DR)	Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson died before Jefferson assumed office	George Clinton
4	1809-1812	James Madison (DR)	Dolley Madison	George Clinton
	1812-1813	James Madison (DR)	Dolley Madison	office vacant
	1813-1814	James Madison (DR)	Dolley Madison	Elbridge Gerry
	1814-1817	James Madison (DR)	Dolley Madison	office vacant
5	1817-1825	James Monroe (DR)	Elizabeth Kortright Monroe	Daniel D. Tompkins
6	1825-1829	John Quincy Adams (DR)	Louisa Catherine Adams	John C. Calhoun
7	1829-1832	Andrew Jackson 🄓	Rachel Jackson died before Jackson assumed office	John C. Calhoun
	1833-1837	Andrew Jackson 🄓	Rachel Jackson died before Jackson assumed office	Martin Van Buren
8	1837-1841	Martin Van Buren 🄓	Hannah Hoes Van Buren	Richard M. Johnson
9	1841	William Henry Harrison 🄦	Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison	John Tyler
10	1841-1845	John Tyler 🄦	Letitia Christian Tyler Julia Gardiner Tyler	office vacant
11	1845-1849	James K. Polk 🄓	Sarah Childress Polk	George M. Dallas
12	1849-1850	Zachary Taylor 🄦	Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor	Millard Fillmore
13	1850-1853	Millard Fillmore 🄦	Abigail Powers Fillmore	office vacant
14	1853	Franklin Pierce 🄓	Jane M. Pierce	William R. King
	1853-1857	Franklin Pierce 🄓	Jane M. Pierce	office vacant
15	1857-1861	James Buchanan 🄓	never married	John C. Breckinridge
16	1861-1865	Abraham Lincoln 🄡	Mary Todd Lincoln	Hannibal Hamlin
	1865	Abraham Lincoln 🄡	Mary Todd Lincoln	Andrew Johnson
17	1865-1869	Andrew Johnson (NU)	Eliza McCardle Johnson	office vacant
18	1869-1873	Ulysses S. Grant 🄡	Julia Dent Grant	Schuyler Colfax
	1873-1875	Ulysses S. Grant 🄡	Julia Dent Grant	Henry Wilson
	1875-1877	Ulysses S. Grant 🄡	Julia Dent Grant	office vacant
19	1877-1881	Rutherford Birchard Hayes 🄡	Lucy Webb Hayes	William A. Wheeler
20	1881	James A. Garfield 🄡	Lucretia Rudolph Garfield	Chester A. Arthur
21	1881-1885	Chester A. Arthur 🄡	Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur	office vacant
22	1885	Grover Cleveland 🄓	Frances Folsom Cleveland	Thomas A. Hendricks
	1885-1889	Grover Cleveland 🄓	Frances Folsom Cleveland	office vacant
23	1889-1893	Benjamin Harrison 🄡	Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison  Mary Lord Harrison second wife, never first lady	Levi P. Morton
24	1893-1897	Grover Cleveland 🄓	Frances Folsom Cleveland	Adlai E. Stevenson
25	1897-1899	William McKinley 🄡	Ida Saxton McKinley	Garret A. Hobart
	1899-1901	William McKinley 🄡	Ida Saxton McKinley	office vacant
	1901	William McKinley 🄡	Ida Saxton McKinley	Theodore Roosevelt
26	1901-1905	Theodore Roosevelt 🄡	Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt	office vacant
	1905-1909	Theodore Roosevelt 🄡	Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt	Charles W. Fairbanks
27	1909-1912	William H. Taft 🄡	Helen Herron Taft	James S. Sherman
	1912-1913	William H. Taft 🄡	Helen Herron Taft	office vacant
28	1913-1921	Woodrow Wilson 🄓	Ellen Axson Wilson  Edith Bolling Galt Wilson	Thomas R. Marshall
29	1921-1923	Warren G. Harding 🄡	Florence Kling Harding	Calvin Coolidge
30	1923-1925	Calvin Coolidge 🄡	Grace Goodhue Coolidge	office vacant
	1925-1929	Calvin Coolidge 🄡	Grace Goodhue Coolidge	Charles G. Dawes
31	1929-1933	Herbert Hoover 🄡	Lou Henry Hoover	Charles Curtis
32	1933-1941	Franklin D. Roosevelt 🄓	Eleanor Roosevelt	John N. Garner
	1941-1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt 🄓	Eleanor Roosevelt	Henry A. Wallace
	1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt 🄓	Eleanor Roosevelt	Harry S. Truman
33	1945-1949	Harry S. Truman 🄓	Bess Wallace Truman	office vacant
	1949-1953	Harry S. Truman 🄓	Bess Wallace Truman	Barkley, Alben W.
34	1953-1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower 🄡	Mamie Doud Eisenhower	Richard M. Nixon
35	1961-1963	John F. Kennedy 🄓	Jacqueline Kennedy	Lyndon B. Johnson
36	1963-1965	Lyndon B. Johnson 🄓	Lady Bird Johnson	office vacant
	1965-1969	Lyndon B. Johnson 🄓	Lady Bird Johnson	Hubert H. Humphrey
37	1969-1973	Richard M. Nixon 🄡	Pat Nixon	Spiro T. Agnew
	1973-1974	Richard M. Nixon 🄡	Pat Nixon	Gerald R. Ford
38	1974-1977	Gerald R. Ford 🄡	Betty Ford	Nelson Rockefeller
39	1977-1981	Jimmy Carter 🄓	Rosalynn Carter	Walter F. Mondale
40	1981-1989	Ronald Reagan 🄡	Nancy Reagan	George Bush
41	1989-1993	George Bush 🄡	Barbara Bush	Dan Quayle
42	1993-2001	Bill Clinton 🄓	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Albert Gore
43	2001-2009	George W. Bush 🄡	Laura Bush	Richard Cheney
44	2009-2017	Barack Obama 🄓	Michelle Obama	Joseph R. Biden
45	2017-2021	Donald J. Trump 🄡	Melania Trump	Mike Pence
46	2021-NOW	Joseph R. Biden 🄓	Jill Biden	Kamala Harris
PARTY AFFILIATION: 🄡 Republican 🄓 Democrat (DR) Democrat-Republican 🄕 Federalist 🄦 Whig (NU) National Union (0) None

Information courtesy of the Library of Congress; Compilation Re-Posted & © 2022 Versatileer – Revised  2024

A Few Facts:
I am sharing a few facts, and more, some trivia, some not trivial. . .

• Martin Van Buren was the first President born in the United States.
  
• James Madison was the lightest in weight as President.
  
• Only four U. S. Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence.
• Grover Cleveland was the first U.S. President to be married in the White House.
• Warren G. Harding had a nervous breakdown and spent several weeks in a sanitarium.
  
• Three Presidents died on July 4^th: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died the same day, within a few hours of each other on July 4, 1826. James Monroe died on July 4, 1831.
  
• The first President to appear on television was Franklin D. Roosevelt at the opening ceremonies for the World’s Fair on April 30, 1939.
• John Hancock, the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence, was never President. Benjamin Franklin, who helped draft the Declaration of Independence also was never President. Thomas Jefferson, the second President wrote the Declaration of Independence.
• More. . .
  

The Present:
The President is so important to us all! We need a strong President. With the unity of all people having a Higher Power, there is hope. . .

The Future:
The President is needed to preserve the foundation of the United States. Without the solid foundation, our country is doomed to exist with the freedoms the flag stand for. Don’t take anything for granted. We will NEVER, ever forget the freedom for which the flag and the Statue of Liberty stands for!

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Happy President‘s Day!!