Presidents' Day (Third Monday in February)

Until 1971, both February 12 and February 22 were observed as federal holidays to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) and George Washington (Feb. 22). 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. Please Note: The Federal statute designates this day as Washington's Birthday, President Nixon issued a proclamation declaring the holiday as "President's Day" in 1971. President Nixon erroneously believed that a Presidential proclamation on the matter carried the same weight as an Executive Order. Since that change in 1971, the common term has been "President's Day". George Washington  February 22, 1732 John Adams - October 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 - December 5, 1782 William H. Harrison - February 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 - February 12, 1809 Andrew Johnson - December 29, 1808 Ulysses S. Grant - April 27, 1822 Rutherford B. Hayes - October 4, 1822 James A. Garfield - November 19, 1831 Chester A. Arthor -  October 5, 1829 Grover Cleveland - March 18, 1837 Benjamin Harrison - August 20, 1833 Grover Cleveland - March 18th 1837 William McKinley - Janruary 29th 1843 Theodore Roosevelt - October 27th, 1858 William H. Taft - September 15, 1857 Woodrow Wilson December 29, 1856 Warren G. Harding November 2, 1865 Calvin Coolidge July 4, 1872 Herbert Hoover August 10, 1874 Franklin D, Roosevalt - Janruary 30, 1882 Harry S. Truman - May 8, 1884 Dwight D. Eisenhower - October 14, 1890 John F. Kennedy - May 29, 1917 Lyndon B. Johnson - August 27, 1908 Richard M. Nixon - Janruary 9, 1913 Gerald R. Ford - July 14, 1913 James E. Carter Jr - October 1, 1924 Ronald Reagan - February 6, 1911 George H. W. Bush - June 12, 1924 William Jefferson Clinton - August 19, 1946 George W. Bush - July 6, 1946