Today is Presidents Day which was created in honor of President George Washington’sPresidents Day birthday. Washington, who was known as “The Father of this Country”, was the first American citizen to be honored with a federal holiday. Presidents Day is celebrated on every third Monday in February.
There were 4 presidents that were born in New York that include, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt.
Learn more about all of the United States Presidents.
18th Century | |
1. George Washington | 2. John Adams |
19th Century | |
3. Thomas Jefferson | 15. James Buchanan |
4. James Madison | 16. Abraham Lincoln |
5. James Monroe | 17. Andrew Johnson |
6. John Quincy Adams | 18. Ulysses S. Grant |
7. Andrew Jackson | 19. Rutherford B. Hayes |
8. Martin Van Buren | 20. James Garfield |
9. William Henry Harrison | 21. Chester A. Arthur |
10. John Tyler | 22. Grover Cleveland |
11. James K. Polk | 23. Benjamin Harrison |
12. Zachary Taylor | 24. Grover Cleveland |
13. Millard Fillmore | 25. William McKinley |
14. Franklin Pierce | |
20th Century | |
26. Theodore Roosevelt | 35. John F. Kennedy |
27. William Howard Taft | 36. Lyndon B. Johnson |
28. Woodrow Wilson | 37. Richard M. Nixon |
29. Warren G. Harding | 38. Gerald R. Ford |
30. Calvin Coolidge | 39. James Carter |
31. Herbert Hoover | 40. Ronald Reagan |
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt | 41. George H. W. Bush |
33. Harry S. Truman | 42. William J. Clinton |
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
21st Century | |
43. George W. Bush | 44. Barack Obama |