THE FIRST TWO
UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS WERE
ISSUED IN 1847 AND THEY HONORED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ..!; AND
OUR FIRST PRESIDENT GEORGE- WASHINGTON AS THEIR
SUBJECTS. FROM
THAT DATE UNTIL 1875 ONLY THOSE TWO
PROMI- NENT AMERICANS AND PRESIDENTS THOMAS JEFFERSON, ANDREW JACKSON AND
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WERE SHOWN ON THE FIRST
112 STAMPS THAT
APPEARED FOR POSTAL USE. THERE WERE MANY AND VARIED PORTRAITS USED AS
WELL AS DIFFERENT COLORS, PERFORATIONS, WATERMARKS, GRILL, ETC.
ALL OF
THE FIRST 31 OF OUR PRESIDENTS HAVE
APPEARED
ON ONE OR
MORE STAMPS OF ALL KINDS IN THE UNITED STATES, MOSTLY ON DEFINITIVES (REGULAR ISSUES)
OR COMMEMORATIVES. THEY ARE DISPLAYED ON A TOT AL OF 172 DIFFERENT ADHESIVES WITH MANY, MANY HUNDREDS
OF ADDITIONAL VARIATIONS OF EACH AS MENTIONED ABOVE.
WITH ONE
EXCEPTION ALL THESE ST AMPS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
-THAT ONE EXCEPTION
BEING STAMP #77 IN 1861 (FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO THE
ASSASINATION OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN). THE POSTAL SERVICE IN 1946 BEGAN
A TRADITION OF ISSUING A MEMORIAL ST AMP IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A
PRESIDENT ON HIS BIRTI-I ANNIVERSARY.
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TOTAL NUMBER
OF PRESIDENTS (TO 1'~~-:: :
NUMBER OF PAST
PRESIDENTS HONORED IN ST AMPS
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS ELECTED TO 1 TERM
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS ELECTED TO 2 TERMS
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS ELECTED TO MORE THAN 2
TERMS (FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT -4 TERMS)
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS SERVING BUT NOT ELECTED
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS WHO DIED IN OF,
(WM. HARRISON,
TAYLOR, HARDING, F .)
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS ASSASINATED IN OFFICE (
LINCOLN. GARFIELD. McKINLEY. KENNEDY)
SHORTEST TERM
SERVED BY A PRESIDENT WHO DIED
IN OFFICE WM. HARRISON 30 DAYS
SHORTEST
TERM SERVED BY A PRESIDENT WHO
WAS ASSASINATED IN OFFICE GARFIELD 8 MONTHSI
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS WHO WERE LAWYERS 14
42
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS WHO WERE MILIT ARISTS
22
NUMBER OF
PRESIDENTS CONSIDERED BOTH LAWYERS AND MlLIT ARISTS &
37
14
SECOND PRESIDENT
JOHN ADAMS AND THIRD PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON BOTH DIED ON JULY 4. 1826
FIFTH PRESIDENT
JAMES MONROE DIED ON JULY 4,
1831
YOUNGEST
PRESIDENT AT INAUGERATION
OLDEST PRESIDENT
AT INAUGERATION
5
1
4
1
WM. HARRISON
T. ROOSEVELT AGE 42
AGE 68