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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
• Term: 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) • Born: February 22, 1732, Pope's Creek, Virginia • Nickname: "Father of His Country" • Education: The equivalent of an elementary school education • Religion: Episcopalian(圣公教) • Marriage: January 6, 1759, to Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802) • Children: None • Career: Soldier, Planter • Political Party: Federalist（联邦党） • Died: December 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, Virginia • Buried: Family vault, Mount Vernon, Virginia
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
• Term: 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809) • Born: April 13, 1743, Shadwell plantation, Goochland County, Virginia • Nickname: "Man of the People," "Sage of Monticello" • Education: College of William and Mary • Religion: No formal affiliation • Marriage: January 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton (1748-1782) • Career: Lawyer, Planter • Political Party: Democratic-Republican • Died: July 4, 1826, Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia • Buried: Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia
$100,000 $200,000
January 20, 2001
$400,000
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941), located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents （left to）
James Madison
• born in 1751, madison was brought up in orange county, virginia, and attended princeton (then called the college of new jersey). a student of history and government, well-read in law, he participated in the framing of the virginia constitution in 1776, served in the continental congress, and was a leader in the virginia assembly.
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The Seal of the President
Power of the President Mount Rushmore National Memorial Some Famous President
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The Seal of the President
The seal of the President of the United States of America is based upon the Great Seal of the USA. The Presidential seal pictures an American bald eagle holding a ribbon in its beak; the ribbon has the motto of the USA, "E PLURIBUS UNUM," meaning "Out of many, one." The eagle is clutching an olive branch (with 13 olives and 13 leaves) in one foot (symbolizing peace) and 13 arrows in the other (the 13 stands for the original 13 colonies and the arrows symbolize the acceptance of the need to go to war to protect the country).
James Madison
• America's fourth President • made a major contribution to the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, In later years, he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution."
Presidential pay history
Date established Salary September 24, 1789 $25,000
March 3, 1873 March 4, 1909
January 19, 1949 January 20, 1969
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Power of the President
War and foreign affairs powers (战争与外交事务的权力) Administrative powers (行政权力) Juridical powers (司法权力) Legislative facilitator (立法促进)
President of United States
President of United States
• As the world's most powerful country-the supreme leader of USA.The President of USA have strong power and big influence. • Traditionally, the President's wife called "first lady". His family called "the first family". • U.S. presidential residence is the White House in Washington D.C.. The special radio callsign of his private plane and helicopters is "Air force one" and "Marine one". The car of the president is known as "America first".
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
• Term: 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) • Born: February 12, 1809, Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky • Nickname: "Honest Abe"; "Illinois Rail-Splitter" • Religion: No formal affiliation • Marriage: November 4, 1842, to Mary Todd (1818-1882) • Career: Lawyer • Political Party: Whig; Republican • Writings: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (8 vols., 195355), ed. by Roy P. Basler • Died: April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C. • Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Theodore Roosevelt
• Term: 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) • Born: October 27, 1858, New York, New York • Nickname: "TR", "Trust-Buster", "Teddy" • Education: Harvard College (graduated 1880) • Religion: Dutch Reformed • Marriage: October 27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884), December 2, 1886, to Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948) • Career: Author, Lawyer, Public Official • Political Party: Republican • Died: January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York • Buried: Young’s Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York
Abraham Lincoln
George W. Bush
• Term: 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009) • Born: July 6, 1946, in New Haven, CT • Nickname: "Dubya" • Education: Yale (B.S., 1968), Harvard (M.B.A., 1975) • Religion: Methodist • Marriage: Laura Welch, on November 5, 1977 • Children: Barbara (1981); Jenna (1981) • Career: Businessman, public official • Political Party: Republican • Writings: A Charge to Keep (1999)