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More of our country's presidents came from Ohio than from any other state. Eight American presidents were elected from the Buckeye State, earning Ohio the nickname "the Mother of Presidents."
William Henry Harrison
9th President (1841 - died in office) - Whig Party
Birthplace: Berkeley Plantation, Virginia – Lived in North Bend, Ohio when elected president.
Facts about presidency:
- Harrison arrived at his inauguration by train, the first President to do so.
- In 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the decision to free the Africans taken from the slave ship Amistad.
Ulysses S. Grant
18th President (1869-1877) - Republican Party
Birthplace: Point Pleasant, Ohio
Facts about presidency:
- The first transmission of human voice on telephone was successfully carried out by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.
- Also that year, U.S. Forces led by General A. Custer were destroyed at Little Big Horn by Native American forces commanded by Sitting Bull.
Grant Birthplace | Grant Schoolhouse
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th President (1877-1881) - Republican Party
Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio
Facts about presidency:
- Saw the end of the Reconstruction Era in the South.
- The first telephone was installed in the White House in 1879.
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
James A. Garfield
20th President (1881 - died in office) - Republican Party
Birthplace: Orange, Ohio
Facts about presidency:
- In 1881, the American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.
- Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881 – only six months after he took office.
James A. Garfield National Historical Site
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1902 - Ohio flag adopted by Ohio Legislature.
1903 - Ohio celebrates centennial.
1908 - William Howard Taft, from Cincinnati, is elected president.
1913 - Spring floods kill 428 people.