Who Are The Presidents On The U.S. Coins? Presentation by Cindi Ramseur

ABRAHAM LINCOLN 16 th President of United States Born on February 12, 1809 near Kentucky. Lincoln was a Lawyer, and a Senator in Illinois. Married Mary Todd and had four sons. Lincoln’s Log Cabin Home

Lincoln was elected President in Lincoln freed the slaves in The Civil War between the North and the South began in Lincoln gave a famous speech called “The Gettysburg Address” in 1863 to remember the soldiers who were killed in the battle of Gettysburg.

In 1865, President Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. The Lincoln Memorial is on the back of the penny. It was built in 1914 to honor his memory.

THOMAS JEFFERSON 3 rd President of the United States Born April 13, 1743 in Virginia. Jefferson a successful farmer, lawyer, scientist, author, and spokesman for liberty. In 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton and they had 6 children.

Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence in Jefferson served as the first Secretary of State. He was the second Vice President. Jefferson was elected the 3 rd President of the United States in 1801.

Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803, He sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana territory. Jefferson built his famous home, Monticello, in Virginia, it is seen on the back of a nickel. Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, The Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. was built in 1943.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 32 nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882 in New York. In 1905 he married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. They had six children. Roosevelt was an Attorney, Senator, and Governor of New York.

In the summer of 1921 FDR contracted polio. It made it very difficult for him to walk and move. Roosevelt was elected President in 1932 during the Great Depression, a time when the United States was very poor.

Franklin Roosevelt sent the United States into WWII after the Japanese attacked American forces at Pearl Harbor. “December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy.” FDR died on April 12, 1945 at “The Little White House” in Georgia. Since 1946 Roosevelt’s portrait has appeared on the dime.

GEORGE WASHINGTON 1 st President of the United States Born on February 22,1732 in Virginia. Washington was a successful surveyor, plantation owner, and general. He married Martha Custis on 1759, a widow with 2 children. He had no children of his own.

Washington was Commander of the American Army during the Revolutionary War. On February 4, 1789, Washington was unanimously elected president. Washington lived at his plantation home, Mt. Vernon. He died there in 1799.

The Washington Monument was built in Washington, D.C. to honor our country’s first president. Statue erected to the memory of George Washington in Virginia.

JOHN F. KENNEDY 35 th President of the United States John F. Kennedy was born in Massachusetts, on May 29, He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during WWII, an author, and a Senator. He married Jacqueline Bouvier in They had 2 children, Caroline and John, Jr.

In 1960, Kennedy became the youngest man to be elected President. He is remembered for saying: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” JFK was a strong supporter of civil rights. He worked with men like Martin Luther King.

Kennedy was a huge supporter of the Space Program and was determined to help lead the United States into space. President Kennedy was shot and killed on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 34 th President of the United States Eisenhower was born in Texas on October 14, He was a career U.S. Army officer, and President of Columbia University. Eisenhower married Mamie Doud in They had 2 sons, one died as a baby.

In December of 1943, during WWII, General Eisenhower was commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. He lead the Allied Forces to victory. In November of 1952 Eisenhower was elected President. Eisenhower retired to his farm on the border of the Gettysburg’s battlefield in He died on March 28, 1969.