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I was the first man to have a son who also became President of the United States. I was also the first Vice President. Who was I?

John Adams. I was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. I signed the Declaration of Independence, which I also helped to write. I was not a signer of the Constitution, though. I also helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the American Revolution and made the United States a truly independent nation.

I was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II. I was so popular with the American people after the war that I was elected President twice, in 1952 and 1956. Who was I?

Dwight D. Eisenhower. My nickname from childhood was "Ike." While I was President, the Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite into space. When my second term ended, I made a farewell speech to the American people in which I warned against the growing influence of the military-industrial complex.

During my one term as President, the United States went to war with Mexico. In 1848, gold was discovered in California, and the California gold rush began. Who was I?

James K. Polk. I was a close political ally of President Andrew Jackson. In my early political career, I served in the U.S. House of Representatives, where I eventually became Speaker of the House. I also served as governor of Tennessee before becoming President in 1845.

I was the first president ever born in the Deep South. I served as governor of my home state before I became President. During my one term in office, I watched helplessly as a serious accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant threatened the citizens of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Iranian militants took over the American embassy in Tehran. Who was I?

Jimmy Carter & Carter & James Carter & James Earl Carter. Although my Presidency was generally considered a failure, I have been very successful in the years following my one term in office. I have actively participated in numerous humanitarian projects around the world and helped to find peaceful solutions to some of the world’s most difficult political problems. In 2002, I was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

I won both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Medal of Honor. Before becoming President, I served at various times in several different government offices, most notably as New York City Police Commissioner, Civil Service Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New York. Who was I?

Theodore Roosevelt. I won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for helping Japan and Russia negotiate the end of the Russo-Japanese War. I was awarded the Medal of Honor for my actions on San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Although I was recommended for the Medal of Honor not long after I led the Rough Riders up that hill, my political enemies made sure I never got it during my lifetime. On January 16, 2001, President Bill Clinton awarded me the medal posthumously. My great-grandson accepted the medal on my behalf.

During my two terms in office, the site for the permanent seat of the federal government was chosen. Even more important was the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to our nation’s great Constitution, which happened during my first term. Who was I?

George Washington. Before becoming the first President of the United States, I tried to serve my country the best I could, in any way I could. As a young man, at the beginning of the Seven Years’ War, I was an aide to a British general who led his troops into a slaughter by the French army and its Indian allies. Later, when the United States found it necessary to separate itself from Britain, I was chosen as the commander-in-chief of the American army. After the War for Independence ended, I presided over the convention that wrote the American Constitution.

I presided over the United States while it was divided over the issues of slavery and secession. With great sorrow, I watched as over 662,000 of my fellow countrymen died or were wounded during the terrible war that not only preserved the Union but strengthened it as well. Who was I?

Abraham Lincoln & Lincoln & Abe Lincoln. Although I always hated slavery and wanted to see its eventual destruction, preserving the Union was by far my most cherished goal. As I told my friend Horace Greeley in a letter I wrote to him during the great War Between the States, "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." (Lincoln letter to Horace Greeley dated August 22, 1862. Source: "The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln", edited by Roy P. Basler.)

My predecessor was the second Chief Executive to die from an assassin’s bullet. He was shot in the back at a train station on July 2, 1881, and he died two months later. Who was my predecessor?

James A. Garfield. President Garfield was a kind and generous man and a politician of great promise. He served with distinction in the Union army during the War Between the States, where he rose to the rank of Brigadier General. He also served as a congressman from Ohio before he was elected to the Presidency.

Before becoming the Vice Presidential candidate in 1880, I had served as a Customs Officer in New York City. In 1880, I was chosen as the running mate for the Republican candidate for President. When my predecessor as president died in office on September 19, 1881, I became President. Who was I?

Chester A. Arthur. Many of my political enemies thought I was just another corrupt political "insider" because I was supported by New York City’s Republican "machine." They actually had me removed from my post in the New York Customs House for two years. But I fooled them all! After I became President, I oversaw the enactment of the Pendleton Act, the first great civil service reform act in American history.

My grandfather was also President, but he only served for one month before he died in office. During my one term as Chief Executive, I had the distinct pleasure to sign into law bills that admitted both North Dakota and South Dakota into the Union. Who was I?

Benjamin Harrison & Harrison. In addition to the two Dakotas, four other western states joined the Union during my term in office. Those states were: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Washington.