Presidental Facts
George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration
At his inauguration, Washington had only one tooth. At various times he wore dentures made of human or animal teeth, ivory or lead -- never wood.
Washington carried a portable sundial.
Washington's inauguration speech was 183 words long and took 90 seconds to read. It was hard for him to read because of his false teeth.
Washington was one of two Presidents who signed the U.S. Constitution
When George Washington was elected President, there was a king in France, a czarina in Russia, an emperor in China, and a shogun in Japan. Only the office of President remains.
PRESIDENTS LISTED AND GRADED
| RATING NUMBER |
| PRESIDENTS | SERVED/PARTY | CAUSE OF DEATH | AGE DIED | SKETCH | RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION | BEST | GOOD | NOT BAD, NOT GOOD | BAD | WORSE | LINKS TO PRESIDENTAL LIBRARY'S AND MORE | |
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| GEORGE WASHINGTON 1732-1799 | 1789-1797 NONE | | 67 | | EPISCOPALIAN | | | | | | | |
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| JOHN ADAMS 1735-1826 | 1797-1801 FEDERALIST | | 90 | | UNITARIAN | | | | | | | |
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| THOMAS JEFFERSON 1743-1826 | 1801-1809 DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN | | 83 | | DEIST | | | | | | | |
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| JAMES MADISON 1743-1826 | 1801-1809 DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN | | 85 | | EPISCOPALIAN | | | | | | | |
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| JAMES MONROE 1758-1831 | DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLIC 1817-1825 | | 73 | | EPISCOPALIAN | | | | | | | |
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| JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 1767-1848 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN 1825-1829 | | 80 | | UNITARIAN | | | | | | | |
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| ANDREW JACKSON 1767-1845 | DEMOCRATIC 1829-1837 | | 78 | | PRESBYTERIAN | | | | | | | |
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| MARTIN VAN BUREN 1782-1862 | DEMOCRATIC 1837-1841 | | 79 | | REFORMED DUTCH | | | | | | | |
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| WILLIAM H. HARRISON 1773-1841 | WHIG 1841 | | 68 | | EPISCOPALIAN | | | | | | | |
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| JOHN TYLER 1790-1862 | WHIG 1841-1845 | | 71 | | EPISCOPALIAN | | | | | | | |
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| JAMES KNOX POLK 1795-1849 | | | 53 | | METHODIST | | | | | | | |
| |  | ZACHARY TAYLOR | | | 65 | | | | | | | | | |
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| MILLARD FILLMORE | | | 74 | | | | | | | | | |
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| FRANKLIN PIERCE | | | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
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| JAMES BUCHANAN | | | 77 | | | | | | | | | |
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| ABRAHAM LINCOLN | | | 56 | | | | | | | | | |
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| JEFFERSON DAVIS | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| ANDREW JOHNSON | | | 66 | | | | | | | | | |
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| ULYSSES S. GRANT | | | 63 | | | | | | | | | |
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| RUTHERFORD B. HAYES |
| | 70 | | | | | | | | | |
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| JAMES GARFIELD | | | 49 | | | | | | | | | |
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| CHESTER A. ARTHUR | | | 56 | | | | | | | | | |
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| GROVER CLEVELAND | | | 71 | | | | | | | | | |
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| BENJAMIN HARRISION | | | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
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| WILLIAM McKINLEY | | | 71 | | | | | | | | | |
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| THEODORE ROOSEVELT | | | 58 | | | | | | | | | |
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| WILLAIM HOWARD TAFT | | | 60 | | | | | | | | | |
|  | WOODROW WILSON | | | 72 | | | | | | | | | |
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| WARREN G. HARDING | | | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
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| CALVIN COOLIDGE | | | 57 | | | | | | | | | |
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| HEBERT HOOVER | | | 60 | | | | | | | | | |
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| FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT | | | 90 | | | | | | | | | |
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| HARRY S., TRUMAN | | | 63 | | | | | | | | | |
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| DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| JOHN F. KENNEDY | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| LYNDON B. JOHNSON | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| RICHARD M. NIXON | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | GERALD R. FORD | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|  | JIMMY CARTER | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| RONALD REGAN | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|  | GEORGE BUSH | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| WILLIAM J. CLINTON | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| GEORGE W. BUSH | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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