William Henry Harrison Ninth U.S. President: March 4 - April 4, 1841 Born: Feb. 9, 1773, Berkeley Plantation, Va. Died: April 4, 1841, of pneumonia. Buried: North Bend, Ohio Interesting fact: His month in office was the shortest term of office of any president. | |
Ulysses S. Grant 18th U.S. President: March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1877 Born: April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio Died: July 23, 1885 Buried: New York City Interesting fact: His popular memoirs were printed by Mark Twain's publishing house. | |
Rutherford B. Hayes 19th U.S. President: March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881 Born: Oct. 4, 1822, Delaware, Ohio Died: January 17, 1893 Buried: Fremont, Ohio Interesting fact: He gained presidency by only one electoral vote. | |
James A. Garfield 20th U.S. President: March 4 - Sept. 19, 1881 Born: Nov. 19, 1831, Orange, Ohio Died: Sept. 19, 1881, after being shot by a supporter whose request for a position was denied. Buried: Cleveland Interesting fact: The last president who was born in a log cabin. | |
Benjamin Harrison 23rd U.S. President: March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893 Born: Aug. 20, 1833, North Bend, Ohio Died: March 13, 1901 Buried: Indianapolis Interesting fact: He was the only grandson of a president to become president. | |
William McKinley 25th U.S. President: March 4, 1897 - Sept. 14, 1901 Born: Jan. 29, 1843, Niles, Ohio Died: Sept. 14, 1901, after being shot by an anarchist. Buried: Canton, Ohio Interesting fact: He was president during war against Spain in 1898, which resulted in U.S. control of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. | |
William Howard Taft 27th U.S. President: March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913 Born: Sept. 15, 1857, Cincinnati, Ohio Died: March 9, 1930 Buried: Arlington, Va. Interesting fact: He was the only president to become chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | |
Warren G. Harding 29th U.S. President: March 4, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1923 Born: Nov. 2, 1865, Corsica, Ohio Died: Aug. 2, 1923, of unknown illness. Buried: Marion, Ohio Interesting fact: He was the first president who could drive an automobile. |