Trivia and Facts of the United States

STATE	ABV	CAPITAL
Alabama	AL	Montgomery
Alaska	AK	Juneau
Arizona	AZ	Phoenix
Arkansas	AR	Little Rock
California	CA	Sacramento
Colorado	CO	Denver
Connecticut	CT	Hartford
Delaware	DE	Dover
Florida	FL	Tallahassee
Georgia	GA	Atlanta
Hawaii	HI	Honolulu
Idaho	ID	Boise
Illinois	IL	Springfield
Indiana	IN	Indianapolis
Iowa	IA	Des Moines
Kansas	KS	Topeka
Kentucky	KY	Frankfort
Louisiana	LA	Baton Rouge
Maine	ME	Augusta
Maryland	MD	Annapolis
Massachusetts	MA	Boston
Michigan	MI	Lansing
Minnesota	MN	St. Paul
Mississippi	MS	Jackson
Missouri	MO	Jefferson City
Montana	MT	Helena
Nebraska	NE	Lincoln
Nevada	NV	Carson City
New Hampshire	NH	Concord
New Jersey	NJ	Trenton
New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe
New York	NY	Albany
North Carolina	NC	Raleigh
North Dakota	ND	Bismark
Ohio	OH	Columbus
Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City
Oregon	OR	Salem
Pennsylvania	PA	Harrisburg
Rhode Island	RI	Providence
South Carolina	SC	Columbia
South Dakota	SD	Pierre
Tennessee	TN	Nashville
Texas	TX	Austin
Utah	UT	Salt Lake City
Vermont	VT	Montpelier
Virginia	VA	Richmond
Washington	WA	Olympia
West Virginia	WV	Charleston
Wisconsin	WI	Madison
Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne

BIRDS AND FLOWERS

The legislature of each state has designated one bird species as the official "state bird" for that state. In most cases the bird species selected is indigenous to that state. A few very common birds are the "state birds" of more than one state. For example, the Cardinal, Western Meadowlark, and Mockingbird are each recognized as the state bird of several states. Others, like the Willow Ptarmigan of Alaska and the Hawaiian Goose of Hawaii are the state bird of a single state.

Each of the 50 states and several U.S. territories have also designated an official flower. Some are native to the state in which they are designated. Many are from other parts of the world and were chosen because of their beauty or importance, not because they represent the natural flora of the state.

STATE	BIRD	FLOWER	YEAR FLOWER ADOPTED
Alabama	Yellowhammer	Camellia	1999
Alaska	Willow Ptarmigan	Forget Me Not	1917
Arizona	Cactus Wren	Saguaro Cactus Blossom	1973
Arkansas	Mockingbird	Apple Blossom	1901
California	California Valley Quail	California Poppy	1903
Colorado	Lark Bunting	Rocky Mountain Columbine	1899
Connecticut	Robin	Mountain Laurel	1907
Delaware	Blue Hen Chicken	Peach Blossom	1895
Florida	Mockingbird	Orange Blossom	1909
Georgia	Brown Thrasher	Cherokee Rose	1916
Hawaii	Nene	Pua Aloalo	1988
Idaho	Mountain Bluebird	Syringa - Mock Orange	1931
Illinois	Cardinal	Purple Violet	1908
Indiana	Cardinal	Peony	1957
Iowa	Eastern Goldfinch	Wild Prairie Rose	1897
Kansas	Western Meadowlark	Sunflower	1903
Kentucky	Cardinal	Goldenrod	1926
Louisiana	Eastern Brown Pelican	Magnolia	1900
Maine	Chickadee	White Pine Cone and Tassel	1895
Maryland	Baltimore Oriole	Black-eyed Susan	1918
Massachusetts	Chickadee	Trailing-Arbutus	1918
Michigan	Robin	Apple Blossom	1897
Minnesota	Common Loon	Pink and White Lady's-slipper	1893
Mississippi	Mockingbird	Magnolia	1952
Missouri	Bluebird	Hawthorn	1923
Montana	Western Meadowlark	Bitterroot	1895
Nebraska	Western Meadowlark	Goldenrod	1895
Nevada	Mountain Bluebird	Sagebrush	1967
New Hampshire	Purple Finch	Purple Lilac	1919
New Jersey	Eastern Goldfinch	Violet	1972
New Mexico	Roadrunner	Yucca Flower	1927
New York	Bluebird	Rose	1955
North Carolina	Cardinal	American Dogwood	1941
North Dakota	Western Meadowlark	Wild Prairie Rose	1907
Ohio	Cardinal	Scarlet Carnation	1904
Oklahoma	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Mistletoe	1893
Oregon	Western Meadowlark	Oregon Grape	1899
Pennsylvania	Ruffed Grouse	Mountain Laurel	1933
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Red	Violet	1968
South Carolina	Great Carolina Wren	Yellow Jessamine	1924
South Dakota	Ring-necked Pheasant	Pasque Flower	1903
Tennessee	Mockingbird	Iris	1933
Texas	Mockingbird	Bluebonnet	1901
Utah	California Seagull	Sego Lily	1911
Vermont	Hermit Thrush	Red Clover	1894
Virginia	Cardinal	American Dogwood	1911
Washington	Willow Goldfinch	Coast Rhododendron	1892
West Virginia	Cardinal	Rhododendron	1903
Wisconsin	Robin	Wood Violet	1949
Wyoming	Western Meadowlark	Indian Paintbrush	1917

PRESIDENTS

The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander in chief of the armed forces.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Vice President(s)
1	George Washington	1789	1797	no party	John Adams
2	John Adams	1797	1801	Federalist	Thomas Jefferson
3	Thomas Jefferson	1801	1809	Democratic-Republican	Aaron Burr and George Clinton
4	James Madison	1809	1817	Democratic-Republican	Elbridge Gerry
5	James Monroe	1817	1825	Democratic-Republican	Daniel D. Tompkins
6	John Quincy Adams	1825	1829	Democratic-Republican	John C. Calhoun
7	Andrew Jackson	1829	1837	Democrat	John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren
8	Martin Van Buren	1837	1841	Democrat	Richard Mentor Johnson
9	William Henry Harrison	1841	1841	Whig	John Tyler
10	John Tyler	1841	1845	Whig	none
11	James Knox Polk	1845	1849	Democrat	George M. Dallas
12	Zachary Taylor	1849	1850	Whig	Millard Fillmore
13	Millard Fillmore	1850	1853	Whig	none
14	Franklin Pierce	1853	1857	Democrat	William R. King then none
15	James Buchanan	1857	1861	Democrat	John C. Breckinridge
16	Abraham Lincoln	1861	1865	Republican	Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson
17	Andrew Johnson	1865	1869	Democrat	none
18	Ulysses Simpson Grant	1869	1877	Republican	Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson then none
19	Rutherford Birchard Hayes	1877	1881	Republican	William A. Wheeler
20	James Abram Garfield	1881	1881	Republican	Chester A. Arthur
21	Chester Alan Arthur	1881	1885	Republican	none
22	Stephen Grover Cleveland	1885	1889	Democrat	Thomas A. Hendricks then none
23	Benjamin Harrison	1889	1893	Republican	Levi P. Morton
24	Stephen Grover Cleveland	1893	1897	Democrat	Adlai E. Stevenson
25	William McKinley	1897	1901	Republican	Garret A. Hobart then none then Theodore Roosevelt
26	Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.	1901	1909	Republican	Charles W. Fairbanks
27	William Howard Taft	1909	1913	Republican	James S. Sherman then none
28	Thomas Woodrow Wilson	1913	1921	Democrat	Thomas R. Marshall
29	Warren Gamaliel Harding	1921	1923	Republican	Calvin Coolidge
30	John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.	1923	1929	Republican	none then Charles G. Dawes
31	Herbert Clark Hoover	1929	1933	Republican	Charles Curtis
32	Franklin Delano Roosevelt	1933	1945	Democrat	John Nance Garner and Henry A. Wallace and Harry S. Truman
33	Harry S. Truman	1945	1953	Democrat	none then Alben W. Barkley
34	Dwight David Eisenhower	1953	1961	Republican	Richard Nixon
35	John Fitzgerald Kennedy	1961	1963	Democrat	Lyndon Johnson
36	Lyndon Baines Johnson	1963	1969	Democrat	none then Hubert H. Humphrey
37	Richard Milhous Nixon	1969	1974	Republican	Spiro Agnew and GeraldFord
38	Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.	1974	1977	Republican	Nelson Rockefeller
39	James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.	1977	1981	Democrat	Walter F. Mondale
40	Ronald Wilson Reagan	1981	1989	Republican	George H. W. Bush
41	George Herbert Walker Bush	1989	1993	Republican	James Danforth Quayle
42	William Jefferson Clinton	1993	2001	Democrat	Al Gore
43	George Walker Bush	2001	-	Republican	Dick Cheney