How America Met her Mother

Did you know that One of Ohio's nicknames is "The Mother of the Presidents". This is because Ohio is where most Presidents resided from. In a total of 8 Presidents, the only state that is "tied" with the most Presidents residing from it is Virginia.

Presidents' Day was federally declared a holiday in 1879 and in 1986 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill where Presidents' Day was moved to Monday. While at first the holiday was created to celebrate the birthdays of George Washington and adding Abraham Lincoln, the holiday moved to being more of a consumer sale promotion- aiding the move of US economy.

With Ohio being tied in 1st place for homing the most Presidents, we want to break down who they are and what they are best known for.

	President	Coinciding Sessions	Birth/ Death	Ohio Location	Notable event
	William Henry Harrison	9th, 30 days	2/9/1773 - 4/4/1841	North Bend	Dying after only 30 days in Office from pneumonia.
	Ulysses S. Grant	18th, 2 terms	4/27/1822 - 7/23/1885	Pleasant Point	Union Side Victories in the Civil War: 3 locations, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and Overland Campaigns
	Rutherford B. Hayes	19th, 1 term	10/4/1822 - 1/17/1893	Delaware	Overseeing the completion of reconstructing our Nation after the Civil War
	James Garfield	20th, 6 months	11/19/1813 - 9/19/1881	Orange Township, now Moreland Hills	Assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau for imagined political debt. Advocated for agricultural & Civil Rights for African Americans.
	Benjamin Harrison	23rd, 1 term	8/20/1833 - 9/19/1901	North Bend	An American Lawyer, working on 2 economic elements: McKinley Tariff & Sherman Antitrust Act
	William McKinley	25th, 1 term	1/29/1843 - 9/14/1901	Niles & Canton	Assassinated by Leon Czolgosz who thought McKinley was head of a corrupted government. Known for annexing Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Hawaii.
	William Howard Taft	27th, 1 term	9/15/1857 - 3/8/1930	Cincinnati	Only President to serve on the Supreme Court after leaving office.
	Warren Harding	29th, 1/2 term	11/2/1865 - 8/2/1923	Marion	Halted the arms race in production on large naval vessels. It is believed Harding died from a Heart Attack that was caused from a stroke. There is also a conspiracy theory that he was poisoned by his wife.