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Suffolk News-Herald honors U.S. Presidents

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U.S. PreSidentS(in chronological order)

George Washington, 1789-1797nickname: “Father of His Country”Born: February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginiadied: december 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, Virginia

John Adams, 1797-1801nickname: “Atlas of independence”Born: October 30, 1735, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusettsdied: July 4, 1826, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts

thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809nicknames: “Man of the People”; “Sage of Monticello”Born: April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginiadied: July 4, 1826, at Monticello (near Charlottesville, Virginia)

James Madison, 1809-1817nicknames: “Father of the Constitution”Born: March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginiadied: June 28, 1836, at Montpelier, Virginia

James Monroe, 1817-1825nicknames: “the Last Cocked Hat”; “era-of-Good-Feeling President”Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginiadied: July 4, 1831, in new York, new York

John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829nickname: “Old Man eloquent”Born: July 11, 1767, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusettsdied: February 23, 1848, in Washington, d.C.

Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837nickname: “Old Hickory”Born: March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaw area, on north Carolina-South Carolina borderdied: June 8, 1845, at the Hermitage in nashville, tennessee

Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841nicknames: “the Little Magician”; “the red Fox of Kinderhook”Born: december 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, new Yorkdied: July 24, 1862, in Kinderhook, new York

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William Henry Harrison, 1841nicknames: “Old tippecanoe”; “Old tip”Born: February 9, 1773, in Berkeley, Virginiadied: April 4, 1841, in Washington, d.C.

John tyler, 1841-1845nicknames: “Accidental President”; “His Accidency”Born: March 29, 1790, in Greenway, Virginiadied: January 18, 1862, in richmond, Virginia

James Knox Polk, 1845-1849nickname: “Young Hickory”Born: november 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, north Carolinadied: June 15, 1849, in nashville, tennessee

Zachary taylor, 1849-1850nickname: “Old rough and ready”Born: november 24, 1784, near Barboursville, Virginiadied: July 9, 1850, in Washington, d.C.

Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853nickname: “the American Louis Philippe”Born: January 7, 1800, in Locke township (now Summerhill), new Yorkdied: March 8, 1874 in Buffalo, new York

Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857nickname: “Young Hickory of the Granite Hills”Born: november 23, 1804, in Hillsborough (now Hillsboro), new Hampshiredied: October 8, 1869, in Concord, new Hampshire

James Buchanan, 1857-1861nickname: “Old Buck”Born: April 23, 1791, in Cove Gap (near Mercersburg), Pennsylvaniadied: June 1, 1868, at Wheatland (near Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865nicknames: “Honest Abe”; “illinois rail Splitter”Born: February 12, 1809, in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentuckydied: April 15, 1865, at Petersen’s Boarding House in Washington, d.C.

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Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869nickname: none listed.Born: december 29, 1808, in raleigh, north Carolinadied: July 31, 1875, in Carter’s Station, tennessee

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877nickname: “Hero of Appomattox”Born: April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohiodied: July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, new York

rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881nickname: “dark-Horse President”Born: October 4, 1822, in delaware, Ohiodied: January 17, 1893, at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio

James Abram Garfield, 1881nickname: none listed.Born: november 19, 1831, in Orange, Ohiodied: September 19, 1881, in elberon, new Jersey

Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885nickname: “the Gentleman Boss”; “elegant Arthur”Born: October 5, 1829, in Fairfield, Vermontdied: november 18, 1886, in new York, new York

Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889nickname: “Veto Mayor”; “Veto President”Born: March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, new Jerseydied: June 24, 1908, in Princeton, new Jersey

Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893nicknames: “Kid Gloves Harrison”; “Little Ben” Born: August 20, 1833, in north Bend, Ohiodied: March 13, 1901, in indianapolis, indiana

Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897nickname: “Veto Mayor”; “Veto President”Born: March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, new Jerseydied: June 24, 1908, in Princeton, new Jersey

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William McKinley, 1897-1901nickname: “idol of Ohio”Born: January 29, 1843, in niles, Ohiodied: September 14, 1901, in Buffalo, new York

theodore roosevelt, 1901-1909nicknames: “tr”; “trust-Buster”; “teddy”Born: October 27, 1858, in new York, new Yorkdied: January 6, 1919, in Oyster Bay, new York

William Howard taft, 1909-1913nickname: none listed.Born: September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohiodied: March 8, 1930, in Washington, d.C.

Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921nickname: “Schoolmaster in Politics”Born: december 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginiadied: February 3, 1924, in Washington, d.C.

Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923nickname: none listed.Born: november 2, 1865, near Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohiodied: August 2, 1923, in San Francisco, California

Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929nickname: “Silent Cal”Born: July 4, 1872, in Plymouth, Vermontdied: January 5, 1933, in northampton, Massachusetts

Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933nickname: none listed.Born: August 10, 1874, in West Branch, iowadied: October 20, 1964, in new York, new York

Franklin delano roosevelt, 1933-1945nickname: “Fdr”Born: January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, new Yorkdied: April 12, 1945, in Warm Springs, Georgia

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Harry S. truman, 1945-1953nickname: “Give ‘em Hell Harry”Born: May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouridied: december 26, 1972, in Kansas City, Missouri

dwight david eisenhower, 1953-1961nickname: “ike”Born: October 14, 1890, in denison, texasdied: March 28, 1969, in Washington, d.C.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963nickname: “JFK”, “Jack”Born: May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusettsdied: november 22, 1963, in dallas, texas

Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969nickname: “LBJ”Born: August 27, 1908, near Johnson City, texasdied: January 22, 1973, near Johnson City, texas

richard Milhous nixon, 1969-1974nickname: none listed.Born: January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, Californiadied: April 22, 1994, in new York, new York

Gerald rudolph Ford, 1974-1977nickname: “Jerry”Born: July 14, 1913, in Omaha, nebraskadied: december 26, 2006 in rancho Mirage, California

James earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981nickname: “Jimmy”Born: October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia

ronald Wilson reagan, 1981-1989nicknames: “the Gipper”; “the Great Communicator”; “dutch”Born: February 6, 1911, in tampico, illinoisdied: June 5, 2004, in Los Angeles, California

George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993nickname: “Poppy”Born: June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts

William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001nicknames: “Bill”Born: August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas

George Walker Bush, 2001-2009nicknames: “W”Born: July 6, 1946, in new Haven, Connecticut

Barack Hussein Obama, 2009- nicknames: none listed.Born: August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii

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