Presidents
By: Samantha M.
George W. Bush 
George W. Bush is the son of George H. W. Bush. George W. was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. He governed Texas for 6 years and was the 46th governor of that state. He then moved on to be the 43rd president of the United States of America. He led us through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan plus the terrorist attacks.
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush was born on June 12, in 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts. Coming from a helpful and loving family, he chose to go to Philips Academy in Andover. There he became a student leader. On his 18th birthday he enlisted in the armed forces. He flew 58 combat missions in World War ll. He started to raise a family, and he had 6 children, George, Robin (died as a child) John (known as Jeb), Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy. In 1980 he ran for president but lost. Ronald Reagan chose him to be his Vice President. Then in 1988 he became the president of the United States of America.
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This is some info. on our nations currency
These are the presidents on the U.S. currency.
penny=Abraham Lincoln
nickel=Thomas Jefferson
dime=Franklin Roosevelt
quarter=George Washington
half dollar=John F. Kennedy
1 dollar coin(1981)= Susan B. Anthony
1 dollar coin(2000)=Sacagawea
one dollar= George Washington
two dollar=Thomas Jefferson
five dollar=Abraham Lincoln
ten dollar=Alexander Hamilton
twenty dollars=Andrew Jackson
fifty dollar=Ulysses Grant
1 hundred=Benjamin Franklin
5 hundred=William McKinley
1 thousand=Grover Cleveland
5 thousand=James Madison
10 thousand=Chase
100 thousand= Wilson
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DID YOU KNOW:
William Henry Harrison served the shortest term in the office, because he died after only one month.
Tyler was the first president to marry in the office, and he was also the one with the most children (15)
Buchanan was the only president to remain a bachelor because he never married.
Benjamin Harrison was the only president who had a grandson of a president, William Henry Harrison
Warren G. Harding was a newspaper publisher before he entered presidency
Theodore Roosevelt was the first to ride in an automobile, an airplane, and a submarine
After college, Ford was a football coach, a park ranger, and a male model
George W. Bush was the second son of a former president, CAN YOU GUESS WHO THE OTHER WAS? If you guessed John Quincy Adams you were correct.
President John Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July, but President Coolidge was born on that day!
The Tallest President was Abraham Lincoln....
Did you think you had to be tall to be a president?
Think again! Some of the shortest presidents were great, like these people...
1.James Madison............5 feet, 4 in.
2.Benjamin Harrison.............5 feet, 6 in.
3.Martin Van Buren.............5 feet, 6 in.
4.John Adams............5 feet, 7 in.
5.John Quincy Adams........5 feet, 7 in.
