Presidents' Day
February 20, 2006

Until 1971, both February 12th  and February 22nd  were observed as federal holidays to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12th) and George Washington (Feb. 22nd).

In 1971, President Richard Nixon proclaimed one single federal holiday, The Presidents' Day, to be observed on the third Monday of February, honoring all past presidents of the United States of America.

President Nixon erroneously believed that the Presidential proclamation that he issued carried the same weight as an Executive Order.  Since it does not, the Federal statute continues to designate this day as Washington's Birthday.
Since that change in 1971, the common term has been "President's Day".

George Washington  Feb. 22, 1732
John Adams - Oct. 30, 1735
Thomas Jefferson - April 13, 1743
James Madison - March 16, 1751
James Monroe - April 28, 1758
John Quincy Adams - July 11, 1767
Andrew Jackson - March 15, 1767
Martin Van Buren - Dec. 5, 1782
William H. Harrison - Feb. 9, 1773
John Tyler - March 29, 1790
James K. Polk - November 2, 1795
Zachary Taylor - November 24, 1784
Millard Filmore - Janruary 7, 1800
Franklin Pierce - November 23, 1804
James Buchanan -  April 23, 1791
Abraham Lincoln - Feb. 12, 1809
Andrew Johnson - Dec. 29, 1808
Ulysses S. Grant - April 27, 1822
Rutherford B. Hayes - Oct. 4, 1822
James A. Garfield - Nov. 19, 1831
Chester A. Arthor -  Oct. 5, 1829
Grover Cleveland - March 18, 1837
Benjamin Harrison - August 20, 1833
Grover Cleveland - March 18th 1837
William McKinley - Jan. 29th 1843
Theodore Roosevelt - Oct. 27th, 1858
William H. Taft - September 15, 1857
Woodrow Wilson Dec. 29, 1856
Warren G. Harding Nov. 2, 1865
Calvin Coolidge July 4, 1872
Herbert Hoover August 10, 1874
Franklin D, Roosevalt - Jan. 30, 1882
Harry S. Truman - May 8, 1884
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Oct. 14, 1890
John F. Kennedy - May 29, 1917
Lyndon B. Johnson - August 27, 1908
Richard M. Nixon - Jan. 9, 1913
Gerald R. Ford - July 14, 1913
James E. Carter Jr - Oct. 1, 1924
Ronald Reagan - Feb. 6, 1911
George H. W. Bush - June 12, 1924
William J. Clinton - Aug. 19, 1946
George W. Bush - July 6, 1946