text: who was the first president of the u.s.a  that you can remember,and how old were you? the first one i can really remember,is richard nixon,and i was 10.i guess he stood out because of the watergate scandal . the first president i can remember was gerald ford and i was 7 or 8 yrs old. we went to see him in a nearby town where he was supposed to be, he didn't go through in a car, but flew over in a helicopter- we waved at all the helicopters as we didnt know which one he was in. this was near rifle, colorado- he was touring a mine near there.