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Title: Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable

Author: Jean S. Remy

Release Date: March 18, 2009 [EBook #28350]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THE WHITE HOUSE--HOME OF THE PRESIDENTS.]

LIVES OF THE

PRESIDENTS.

TOLD IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.

BY JEAN S. REMY.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._

A. L. BURT COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

Copyright, 1900, by A. L. BURT.

LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS.

BY JEAN S. REMY.

CONTENTS.

GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1

JOHN ADAMS. 16

THOMAS JEFFERSON. 20

JAMES MADISON. 25

JAMES MONROE. 29

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 33

ANDREW JACKSON. 38

MARTIN VAN BUREN. 43

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 45

JOHN TYLER. 47

JAMES KNOX POLK. 49

ZACHARY TAYLOR. 52

MILLARD FILLMORE. 54

FRANKLIN PIERCE. 56

JAMES BUCHANAN. 58

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 60

ANDREW JOHNSON. 66

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT. 68

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 73

JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD. 75

CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR. 78

STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND. 80

BENJAMIN HARRISON. 83

WILLI