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The American Presidents
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Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
George Washington
1789-1797
John Adams
The first US President
1
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Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
John Adams
1797-1801
Thomas Jefferson
First in the White house
Capital in Washington DC
Alien & Sedition Act
2
Federalist
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809
Aaron BurrGeorge Clinton
Purchase of Louisiana
Louis & Clark expedition
Embargo Act
3
Federalist
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
James Madison
1809-1817
George ClintonElbridge Gerry
War of 1812
New Orleans battle (1815)
Cumberland Road
4
Democratic-Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
James Monroe
1817-1825
Daniel Tompkins
The Monroe Doctrine
Missouri Compromise
Florida in the Union
5
Democratic-Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
John Quincy Adams
1825-1829
John Calhoun
Son of John Adams
“Internal improvements”
6
Democratic-Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Andrew Jackson
1829-1837
John CalhounMartin Van Buren
Bank War (1832)
Indian removal Act
“Spoil system” initiation
7
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Martin Van Buren
1837-1841
Richard Johnson
His first language was Dutch
Panic of 1837 & crisis
“The trail of tears” for Indians
8
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
William H. Harrison
1841
John Tyler
The shortest Presidency
Died on his 32nd day in office
9
Whig
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
John Tyler
1841-1845
none
Succeeded W.H. Harrison
Expelled from his own party
Later, a Confederation supporter
10
Whig, no-party
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
James K. Polk
1845-1849
George Dallas
American-Mexican War
A vast territory was acquired
The first cost-to-coast President
11
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Zachary Taylor
1849-1850
Millard Fillmore
Died in 1850, as president
12
Whig
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Millard Fillmore
1850-1853
none
Succeeded Zachary Taylor
“Compromise of 1850”
Last Whig President
13
Whig
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Franklin Pierce
1853-1857
William Kingnone (1853-1857)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
14
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
James Buchanan
1857-1861
John Breckinridge
Dred-Scott decision
Failure on Slavery dispute
South Carolina seceded
15
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865
Hannibal HamlinAndrew Johnson
Civil War (1863-1865)
Emancipation
Assassinated on Apr 3,1865
16
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Andrew Johnson
1865-1869
none
Reconstruction Act
Purchase of Alaska
The first to be impeached
17
National Union
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877
Schuyler ColfaxHenry Wilson none (1875-1877)
Various scandals
Financial Crisis
Civil Rights Act
18
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Rutherford Hayes
1877-1881
William Wheeler
The end of Reconstruction
Start of the “Gilded Age”
Railroad strikes
19
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
James Garfield
1881
Chester Arthur
Assassinated in 1881
20
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Chester Arthur
1881-1885
none
Succeeded James Garfield
Pendleton Act on Civil hiring
21
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Grover Cleveland
1885-1889
Thomas A. Hendricksnone (1885-1889)
Married in the White House
Ended silver coinage
Curtailed veterans’ pensions
22
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893
Levi Morton
Grandson of B. H. Harrison
Six more states in the Union
Forest Act
23
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Grover Cleveland
1893-1897
Adlai Stevenson
Two non-consecutive terms
Panic of 1893 & Depression
Pullman strike
24
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
William McKinley
1897-1901
Garret HobartTheodore Roosevelt
Spanish-American war
Hawaii annexed
Assassinated in 1901
25
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909
none (1901-1905)
Charles Fairbanks
The youngest President ever
Pure Food & Drug Act
Panama Canal
26
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
William Taft
1909-1913
James Shermannone (1912-1913)
Antitrust policies
Arizona & New Mexico
Became Chief Justice later
27
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921
Thomas Marshall
World War I
Federal Reserve Act
Seriously ill at the end of 2nd term
28
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Warren Harding
1921-1923
Calvin Coolidge
Popular, got 60% in election
Ran a corrupt administration
Died in 1923, as president
29
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929
none (1923-1925)
Charles Dawes
“The roaring twenties”
Immigration Act
Economy & Stock Market boom
30
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Herbert C. Hoover
1929-1933
Charles Curtis
Stock market Crash of 1929
The Great Depression
31
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933-1945
John GarnerHenry WallaceHarry Truman
Exit from Great Depression
New Deal
World War II
32
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Harry S Truman
1945-1953
none (1945-1949)
Alben Barkley
End of WW II, Atomic bombs
Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan
Korean War (1950-53
33
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Dwight Eisenhower
1953-1961
Richard Nixon
End of Korean War
Cold War
Economic Growth
34
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
John F. Kennedy
1961-1963
Lyndon Johnson
Cuban Missile Crisis
Start of “Moon race”
Assassinated in Dallas
35
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Lyndon Johnson
1963-1969
none (1963-1965)
Hubert Humphrey
Vietnam War
The Civil Rights Act
“War on Poverty” initiative
36
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Richard Nixon
1969-1974
Spiro AgnewGerald R. Ford
Man on the moon
“Nixon to China”
Watergate and resignation
37
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Gerald R. Ford
1974-1977
Nelson Rockefeller
The only President never elected
End of Vietnam War
Pardon to Nixon
38
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Jimmy Carter
1977-1981
Walter Mondale
Energy crisis
Camp-David Accords
Iran Hostage Crisis
39
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Ronald Reagan
1981-1989
George H. W. Bush
Oldest elected President
“Star Wars” initiative
“Reaganomics”
40
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
George H. W. Bush
1989-1993
Dan Quayle
End of Cold War
Gulf War (1990-91)
NAFTA trade pact
41
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Bill Clinton
1993-2001
Al Gore
Internet
Economic growth
Monica Lewinski scandal
42
Democratic
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
George W. Bush
2001-2009
Richard Cheney
9/11
Iraq War & “War on terror”
Tax cuts
43
Republican
Vice President
Events & Actions
Party
Barack Obama
2009-today
Joseph Biden
First African American President
National Health Reform bill
44
Democratic
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