George Washington - : Term of Office
George Washington - : Term of Office
Presidential Facts
Four Presidents were assassinated - Abraham Lincoln (1865), James
Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901), John F. Kennedy (1963).
Four died from illness while in office - William H. Harrison (1841),
Zachary Taylor (1850), Warren G. Harding (1923), Franklin D.
Roosevelt (1945).
Attempted assassinations - Andrew Jackson (1835), President-elect
Franklin Roosevelt (1933), Harry Truman (1950), Gerald R. Ford
(1975), Ronald Reagan (1981).
Impeached or resigned - Andrew Johnson (impeached in 1868 by the
House, not convicted in the Senate), Richard Nixon (resigned in 1974
amid impeachment proceedings), Bill Clinton (impeached by the House
in 1998, not convicted in the Senate in 1999).
Three of the first five Presidents died on July 4 after leaving office
(Adams, Jefferson, Monroe).
Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4.
John Quincy Adams became the only ex-President to serve in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
Andrew Johnson became the only ex-President to serve in the U.S.
Senate, and made an emotional return in 1875 to the scene of his
impeachment trial.
Grover Cleveland was the only President to serve two non-consecutive
terms.
Two Presidents married while in office - Grover Cleveland and
Woodrow Wilson.
Two sons of Presidents were elected - John Quincy Adams (son of John
Adams) and George W. Bush (son of George Bush).
Benjamin Harrison was the only grandson of a President.