Presidential facts, and the legends that don’t hold up
These are the binder pages from POTUS KO, our presidents game. Every story is tagged Record, meaning it’s documented, or Legend, meaning it gets told a lot and doesn’t hold up, and each one links to its source.
George Washington1st president · 1789-1797Read George Washington’s page
John Adams2nd president · 1797-1801Read John Adams’s page
Thomas Jefferson3rd president · 1801-1809Read Thomas Jefferson’s page
James Madison4th president · 1809-1817Read James Madison’s page
James Monroe5th president · 1817-1825Read James Monroe’s page
John Quincy Adams6th president · 1825-1829Read John Quincy Adams’s page
Andrew Jackson7th president · 1829-1837Read Andrew Jackson’s page
Martin Van Buren8th president · 1837-1841Read Martin Van Buren’s page
William Henry Harrison9th president · 1841Read William Henry Harrison’s page
John Tyler10th president · 1841-1845Read John Tyler’s page
James K. Polk11th president · 1845-1849Read James K. Polk’s page
Zachary Taylor12th president · 1849-1850Read Zachary Taylor’s page
Millard Fillmore13th president · 1850-1853Read Millard Fillmore’s page
Franklin Pierce14th president · 1853-1857Read Franklin Pierce’s page
James Buchanan15th president · 1857-1861Read James Buchanan’s page
Abraham Lincoln16th president · 1861-1865Read Abraham Lincoln’s page
Andrew Johnson17th president · 1865-1869Read Andrew Johnson’s page
Ulysses S. Grant18th president · 1869-1877Read Ulysses S. Grant’s page
Rutherford B. Hayes19th president · 1877-1881Read Rutherford B. Hayes’s page
James A. Garfield20th president · 1881Read James A. Garfield’s page
Chester A. Arthur21st president · 1881-1885Read Chester A. Arthur’s page
Grover Cleveland22nd president · 1885-1889, 1893-1897Read Grover Cleveland’s page
Benjamin Harrison23rd president · 1889-1893Read Benjamin Harrison’s page
William McKinley25th president · 1897-1901Read William McKinley’s page
Theodore Roosevelt26th president · 1901-1909Read Theodore Roosevelt’s page
William Howard Taft27th president · 1909-1913Read William Howard Taft’s page
Woodrow Wilson28th president · 1913-1921Read Woodrow Wilson’s page
Warren G. Harding29th president · 1921-1923Read Warren G. Harding’s page
Calvin Coolidge30th president · 1923-1929Read Calvin Coolidge’s page
Herbert Hoover31st president · 1929-1933Read Herbert Hoover’s page
Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd president · 1933-1945Read Franklin D. Roosevelt’s page
Harry S. Truman33rd president · 1945-1953Read Harry S. Truman’s page
Dwight D. Eisenhower34th president · 1953-1961Read Dwight D. Eisenhower’s page
John F. Kennedy35th president · 1961-1963Read John F. Kennedy’s page
Lyndon B. Johnson36th president · 1963-1969Read Lyndon B. Johnson’s page
Richard Nixon37th president · 1969-1974Read Richard Nixon’s page
Gerald Ford38th president · 1974-1977Read Gerald Ford’s page
Jimmy Carter39th president · 1977-1981Read Jimmy Carter’s page
Ronald Reagan40th president · 1981-1989Read Ronald Reagan’s page
All 39 presidents in POTUS KO are here, Washington through Reagan.
Who was tallest? Every president ranked by heightThe game behind these pages
In POTUS KO, these facts are intel. Knowing how a president lived tells you how he fights, and every win puts his page in your binder.
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