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Page 1: THE PRESIDENTS OF THE USA

The American Presidents

from the website

www.presidenstory.com

Page 2: THE PRESIDENTS OF THE USA

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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809

Aaron BurrGeorge Clinton

Purchase of Louisiana

Louis & Clark expedition

Embargo Act

3

Federalist

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

James Madison

1809-1817

George ClintonElbridge Gerry

War of 1812

New Orleans battle (1815)

Cumberland Road

4

Democratic-Republican

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

James Monroe

1817-1825

Daniel Tompkins

The Monroe Doctrine

Missouri Compromise

Florida in the Union

5

Democratic-Republican

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829

John Calhoun

Son of John Adams

“Internal improvements”

6

Democratic-Republican

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837

John CalhounMartin Van Buren

Bank War (1832)

Indian removal Act

“Spoil system” initiation

7

Democratic

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

William H. Harrison

1841

John Tyler

The shortest Presidency

Died on his 32nd day in office

9

Whig

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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

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Zachary Taylor

1849-1850

Millard Fillmore

Died in 1850, as president

12

Whig

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Millard Fillmore

1850-1853

none

Succeeded Zachary Taylor

“Compromise of 1850”

Last Whig President

13

Whig

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Franklin Pierce

1853-1857

William Kingnone (1853-1857)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

14

Democratic

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

James Buchanan

1857-1861

John Breckinridge

Dred-Scott decision

Failure on Slavery dispute

South Carolina seceded

15

Democratic

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865

Hannibal HamlinAndrew Johnson

Civil War (1863-1865)

Emancipation

Assassinated on Apr 3,1865

16

Republican

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Andrew Johnson

1865-1869

none

Reconstruction Act

Purchase of Alaska

The first to be impeached

17

National Union

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Rutherford Hayes

1877-1881

William Wheeler

The end of Reconstruction

Start of the “Gilded Age”

Railroad strikes

19

Republican

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

James Garfield

1881

Chester Arthur

Assassinated in 1881

20

Republican

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Chester Arthur

1881-1885

none

Succeeded James Garfield

Pendleton Act on Civil hiring

21

Republican

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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

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Grover Cleveland

1893-1897

Adlai Stevenson

Two non-consecutive terms

Panic of 1893 & Depression

Pullman strike

24

Democratic

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

William McKinley

1897-1901

Garret HobartTheodore Roosevelt

Spanish-American war

Hawaii annexed

Assassinated in 1901

25

Republican

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

William Taft

1909-1913

James Shermannone (1912-1913)

Antitrust policies

Arizona & New Mexico

Became Chief Justice later

27

Republican

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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

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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

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Herbert C. Hoover

1929-1933

Charles Curtis

Stock market Crash of 1929

The Great Depression

31

Republican

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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

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961

Richard Nixon

End of Korean War

Cold War

Economic Growth

34

Republican

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963

Lyndon Johnson

Cuban Missile Crisis

Start of “Moon race”

Assassinated in Dallas

35

Democratic

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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

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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

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981

Walter Mondale

Energy crisis

Camp-David Accords

Iran Hostage Crisis

39

Democratic

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989

George H. W. Bush

Oldest elected President

“Star Wars” initiative

“Reaganomics”

40

Republican

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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

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

Bill Clinton

1993-2001

Al Gore

Internet

Economic growth

Monica Lewinski scandal

42

Democratic

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Vice President

Events & Actions

Party

George W. Bush

2001-2009

Richard Cheney

9/11

Iraq War & “War on terror”

Tax cuts

43

Republican

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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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