instructions=For information about a president, click on the president's face. indexWindowTitle=Actions and Action Listeners indexLinkText=Back... jeffersonWindowTitle=President Jefferson rooseveltWindowTitle=President Roosevelt lincolnWindowTitle=President Lincoln washingtonWindowTitle=President Washington jeffersonPageTitle=Thomas Jefferson rooseveltPageTitle=Theodore Roosevelt lincolnPageTitle=Abraham Lincoln washingtonPageTitle=George Washington jeffersonTabText=Jefferson rooseveltTabText=Roosevelt lincolnTabText=Lincoln washingtonTabText=Washington lincolnDiscussion=President Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator because \ he was instrumental in abolishing slavery in the United States. He was born \ into a poor family in Kentucky in 1809, elected president in 1860 and \ assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. washingtonDiscussion=George Washington was the first president of the United \ States. He was born in 1732 in Virginia and was elected Commander in Chief of \ the Continental Army in 1775 and forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown \ in 1781. He was inaugurated on April 30, 1789. rooseveltDiscussion=Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United \ States. In 1901 he became president after the assassination of President \ McKinley. At only 42 years of age, he was the youngest president in US history. jeffersonDiscussion=Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd US president, was born in \ 1743 in Virginia. Jefferson was tall and awkward, and was not known as a \ great public speaker. Jefferson became minister to France in 1785, after \ Benjamin Franklin held that post. In 1796, Jefferson was a reluctant \ presidential candiate, and missed winning the election by a mere three votes. \ He served as president from 1801-1809.