https://www.pitara.com/tags/presidents-of-usa/Recent content in Presidents of Usa on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/who-was-the-us-president-for-a-day/Fri, 06 Apr 2001 11:04:08 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/who-was-the-us-president-for-a-day/<p>Quick all you quizzards and prospective Who Wants to be a Millionaire candidates: Who was the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth Presidents of the United States? James Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore . .? Yeah, but what about David Atchison? Wasn&rsquo;t he sworn in after Polk? So shouldn&rsquo;t Atchison be the 12th president and not Zachary Taylor?</p> <p>Yes. It&rsquo;s true. There was a gap of a day between Polk stepping down and Taylor taking over. And Atchison stepped in as President – just for one day! The term for it is President pro tem.</p>