1. Famous American Presidents

4. George Washington (1732-1799) The first US President known to all Americans as “The Father of the Nation” was George Washington . He was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia, where he spent the first three or four years of his childhood. After his father's death, 11-year-old George became the ward of his half brother, Lawrence. His favourite subject in school was arithmetic. When he was 14, he wanted to become a sailor, but his mother would not allow it. He enjoyed farming. His interests included riding, fox hunting, fishing, dancing and theatre. He also played billiards and cards and ran his own horses in races. He was rather rich and owned slaves, as was the custom of the times, but he was a model master. T he mansion at Mount Vernon,Virginia

5. U.S. President George Washington (centre) and first lady Martha Washingtonhosting a reception. George Washington was a respected military leader, and he did much to help his young nation achieve its independence. Because of the leading role he had played in the Revolution George Washington was elected first President of the United States and served 2 terms. He saw himself serving his country, not leading it. George Washington (1732-1799)

7. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Thomas Jefferson is best known as the father of America's Constitution, one of the Founding Fathers and the third president of the United States (1801-1809). He was a lawyer, a linguist, a diplomat, an astronomer, a naturalist, a political philosopher, a farmer and a horseman. He also was a self-taught architect, an inventor and a fine musician; Jefferson fluently spoke Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian and German.

9. After his two terms as President, Jefferson retired to his Virginia estate, Monticello. Jefferson died on July 4,1826, exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Monticello estate Jefferson’s Memorial in Washington, D.C.

12. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) On April 14 the President and his wife visited Ford’s Theatre in Washington. During the performance Lincoln was shot. Abraham Lincoln died next morning. Abraham Lincoln is a symbol of American democracy. Lincoln with his son Tad, 1846 Lincoln’s assassination Lincoln Memorial

13. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, byname FDR , the 32nd president of the United States (1933–45) was paralyzed in both legs. The only president elected to the office four times, Roosevelt led the United States through two of the greatest crises of the 20th century: the Great Depression and World War II . Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) A nna Eleanor Roosevelt , the wife of FDR , a politician, a diplomat and a journalist, was one of the world's most widely admired and powerful women. She had six children.

14. JFK, the 35th president of the United States (1961–63) was the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic ever elected to the presidency of the United States. He faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin. He paid much attention to space development. He was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. His death shocked the nation. His administration lasted 1,037 days. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) John F. Kennedy, Jr., with his mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston Eternal Flame on Kennedy ’ s grave

15. Ronald Wilson Reagan , the 40th president of the United States (1981–89), was conservative and pragmatic. He was noted for his charm. He was the oldest man (69, 73) to take that office. The only movie actor ever to become president, he had a remarkable skill as an orator . People called him “the Great Communicator.” In 1981 a young man wounded him and his assistants. Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004)

16. Bill Clinton is the 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001) . He developed education and fought with unemployment . In 1998 he became only the second U.S. president to be impeached ; he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999. In 2000 his wife Hillary Clinton was elected a senator from the state New York. William Jefferson Clinton (1946 - )