Presidents 15-30

Question 1

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 1

1809-65 16th President (1861-65) y lawyer from Hodgenville, KY

• Spouse: Mary Todd (m. 1842); Children: 4 sons; Sweetheart: Ann Rutledge (d. 1835 in New Salem, IL); Self-educated
• Served in Illinois militia (1832); US Representative (1847-49 - Whig - IL); Illinois House of Reps (1834-42)
• Assassinated at age 65 by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth

Question 2

James Buchanan

Answer 2

1791-1868 15th President (1857-61 - Democrat) y lawyer, from Cove Gap, PA (only from PA)

• Only unmarried president; Dickinson College
• Secretary of State (1845-49 - Last one to be Pres); US Rep (1821-31 - PA); Senator (1834-45); Minister to UK (1853-56); Minister to Russia (1832-33)
• Died of a cold at age 77 - Last president born in the 18th Century - Rated among the worst for not preventing the Civil War

Question 3

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 3

1858-1919 25th President (1901-09 - Republican), from NYC

• Spouses: Alice Lee (d. 1884), Edith Carow (m. 1886); Children: 6; College: Harvard
• Army cavalry colonel (1882-98), served in Spanish-American War; VP (1901); Gov of NY (1899-1900); Asst Sec of Navy (1897-98); NY Assembly (1882-84)
• Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for mediation on Russo-Japanese War (1904-05)
• Explorer, conservationist, y cattle rancher - Ran unsuccesfully for Pres under the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party in 1912
• Died of blood clot at age 60

Question 4

William Howard Taft

Answer 4

1857-1930 27th President (1909-13) - From Cincinnati, OH - Yale University - Wife Helen Herron (m. 1886); children Robert, Helen, y Charles - Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1921-30); Sec of War (1904-08); Gov-General of Philippines (1901-03); Solicitor General (1892-90) - Weighed up to 340 lbs, but lost much after presidency - Died of poor health y exhaustion at age 72

Question 5

(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson

Answer 5

1856-1924 28th President (1913-21) - From Staunton, VA, y grew up in SC - Davidson College, Princeton Uni - Wives Ellen Axson (m. 1885-1914), y Edith Bolling (m. 1915); daughters Margaret, Jessie, y Eleanor - Governor of NJ (1911-13); Pres of Princeton University (1902-10) - Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1919) for establishing the League of Nations - Died of a stroke at age 67