which U.S. president made thanksgiving a national holiday?

Answer 1

Read here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

Answer 2

In the middle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, prompted by a series of editorials written by Sarah Josepha Hale, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November 1863:

In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving would be the next-to-last Thursday of November rather than the last. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought this would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would aid bringing the country out of the Depression

Answer 3

Lincoln

President Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War, on October 3, 1863. He asked that the nation give thanks for the Union on the last Thursday of November.

Answer 4

President Abraham Lincoln.

Answer 5

Actually, although Abe picked the fourth Thursday in November to be a national day of thanksgiving, it took congress to make it a national holiday.

Answer 6

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 7

Lincoln, following orders from Mrs. Turkey (some say an affair took place between them)

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Please try a Yahoo Search: president started thanksgiving

for your answer.

Answer 10

FDR