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1732-99
The first President.
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1809-65
The sixteenth President.
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Dates of office:
April 30, 1789 - March 3, 1797
He served as commander in chief of the Continental forces during the
Revolutionary War. |
Dates of office:
March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865
President during the Civil War. |
| Not affiliated with a party. |
Republican |
| Vice President: John Adams. |
Vice Presidents:
Hannibal Hamlin (1861-65),
Andrew Johnson (1865). |
First Lady: Martha Washington
They had no children together; however, Martha had two children from
her first husband. (When
her first husband died she became one of the wealthiest women in
Virginia.) |
First Lady: Mary Todd Lincoln
They had four children, only one, Robert Todd Lincoln, grew to
adulthood. |
| Religion: Episcopalian |
Religion: No formal
affiliation |
| Among Washington's favorite foods were Beefsteak
and Kidney Pie, Trifle, and Chess Cakes. |
Among Lincoln's favorite foods were Fricasseed Chicken, Scalloped Oysters, and
Election Cake. |
Washingtons' China Pattern |
Lincolns' China Pattern |
- Known
as "The Father of Our Country".
- He
worked as a surveyor and was one of the principals of the Ohio Company,
whose purpose was the exploitation of the West.
- He
was chosen unanimously as the first president.
- He
never chopped down a cherry tree, this was propaganda to show he was an
honest man.
- He
rarely smiled in his portraits because of poor fitting false teeth.
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- He
was born in a log cabin in the backwoods.
- He
was almost entirely self-educated.
- He
worked as a storekeeper, surveyor, and postmaster.
- In
1863, he moved to free the slaves by issuing the Emancipation
Proclamation.
- In
the Gettysburg Address he expressed his views on war.
- While
attending a play at Ford's Theater, in Washington, D.C, Lincoln was
shot by John Wilkes Booth. He died the next morning.
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