George Washington (1789-1797)
Washington had terrible, decaying teeth so he wore dentures made from (among other things) ivory, spring, and brass screws.
Read more: A look at the daily routine of George Washington, who drank tea and wine and spent hours on horseback
John Adams (1797-1801)
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale (1805)
He kept pet mockingbirds because he loved to listen to them sing. His favorite of the bunch was named Dick .
James Madison (1809-1817)
James Monroe (1817-1825)
Monroe once rode a mule from Paris to Madrid in order to negotiate for the territory of Florida.
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
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Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Jackson had a giant block of cheese which weighed 1,400 pounds that he kept in the White House. He let the public eat it after his time in office was done.
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
Van Buren's wife died in 1819 and he never remarried . His daughter-in-law filled in with first lady duties.
William Henry Harrison (1841)
Harrison's inauguration speech was the longest to date . It went for 90 minutes, and clocked in at 8,445 words.
John Tyler (1841-1845)
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James K. Polk (1845-1849)
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Taylor was nominated for president by the Whig Party, and didn't even realize that it had happened until he received a letter with the news. He didn't want to pay for the postage of their letter, though, so he actually found out officially a few weeks later.
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame because of his skills in the ring. As a young man, he only lost one match out of the 300 he participated in.
Read more: A look inside the daily routine of Abraham Lincoln, who started working before breakfast, forgot to eat regular meals, and was known to walk through the White House late at night
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
James A. Garfield (1881)
Chester Arthur (1881-1885)
Arthur's critics tried to persuade the public that the presidential hopeful was not actually an American citizen. He was born in Vermont .
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893-1897)
Cleveland who served two nonconsecutive terms won his presidency by the most razor sharp of magins . He nabbed the job thanks to 1,200 votes in New York.
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
William McKinley (1897-1901)
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
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William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Before becoming president, Hoover was a self-made millionaire . He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in geology and then globe trotted throughout his 20's, locating valuable mineral deposits.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
He was an avid stamp collector , and used that hobby as a stress reliever while he was in the White House.
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
Read more: John F. Kennedy is an American icon. These 21 color photos helped define his legacy.
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
Johnson nearly died in World War II . He boarded a plane, then exited to use the restroom. When he came back, he boarded a different plane. The original plane he was on was destroyed in battle but the second plane survived.
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
Nixon was raised as a Quaker . He attended regular Quaker meetings as a child, and enrolled in Whittier College, a Quaker institution.
Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
It may be well-known that Reagan loved jelly beans, but, according to his wife, he was a fussy eater who despised brusselssprouts and tomatoes .
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
Read more: Here is the life and legacy of former President George H.W. Bush in photos
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
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Clinton has won two Grammys . The first for the album "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks," and the second for the reading of his autobiography,"My Life."
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack Obama (2009-2017)
He keeps a wooden carving of a hand holding an egg on his desk. The figurine represents the Kenyan symbol of life's fragility.
Donald Trump (2017- )
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