Politics

William Henry Seward was born on May 16, 1801 in Florida, New York.

James Monroe was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on April 28, 1758, to successful Virginia plantation owners.

James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791, in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, to Irish immigrants.

Author Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783, in New York City.

James Madison was born on March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginia. James was the oldest of 12 children.

Benjamin Harrison’s family was among the First Families of Virginia, arriving in 1630. America’s 23rd president was born in North Bend, Ohio, on August 20, 1833.

Our first President, George Washington, was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809.

On February 9, 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected president even though he didn’t receive the majority of the electoral vote (no candidate did).