Most Important Presidents

Lindsey Redden

3rd/4th Grade Presentation

George Washington

• First President of the United States

• One of the “Founding Fathers”

• One of the Pres. On Mount Rushmore

Thomas Jefferson

• 3rd President

• Writer of the Declaration of Independence

• One of the Pres. On Mount Rushmore

Abraham Lincoln

• 16th President

• “Honest Abe”

• Tallest President

• One of the presidents on Mount Rushmore

Theodore Roosevelt

• 26th President

• Youngest President

• First to travel outside the U.S.

• One of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore

Herbert Hoover

• 31st President

• President during the Great Depression

• Known for “Hoovervilles”

• 1st President to donate his salary to charity

Franklin Roosevelt

• 32nd President

• Served longer than any other President

• Contracted Polio while in office

Dwight Eisenhower

• 34th President

• First President able to fly an Airplane

• Served in Both World Wars

• Held no other Political Office

John F. Kennedy

• 35th President

• “JFK”

• Only Catholic President Elected

• Fist President to serve in the Navy

• Youngest President to die in office

Richard Nixon

• 37th President

• Known for the “Watergate Affair”

• First President to Volunteer to leave office

Ronald Reagan

• 40th President

• Oldest President to leave office

• In office with space shuttle “Challenger” went down

William Jefferson Clinton

• 42nd President• In Office when

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) went into effect

• 2nd President to almost be impeached

George W. Bush II

• 43rd President

• In office 9-11-01 when World Trade Centers were attacked

• Began conflicts with Iraq