5752793887 | 1. George Washington | • 1789-1797 • Federalist • Establishment of Supreme Court • Whiskey Rebellion • Jay Treaty | 0 | |
5752803332 | 2. John Adams | • 1797-1801 • Federalist • XYZ Affair • Creation of Navy and Marine Corps | 1 | |
5752804222 | 3. Thomas Jefferson | • 1801-1809 • Democratic-Republican • Sent Lewis and Clark • Louisiana Purchase • Marbury v. Madison | 2 | |
5752805598 | 4. James Madison | • 1809-1817 • Democratic-Republican • War of 1812 • Treaty of Ghent | 3 | |
5769123321 | 5. James Monroe | • 1817-1825 • Democratic-Republican • Missouri Compromise • Monroe Doctrine | 4 | |
5781578579 | 6. John Quincy Adams | • 1825-1829 • Democratic-Republican • Erie Canal • Baltimore & Ohio railroad | 5 | |
5781579167 | 7. Andrew Jackson | • 1829-1837 • Democratic • Vetoed charter of 2nd Bank of United States (Whig party created) • Treaty of Echota (Trail of Tears) | 6 | |
5781579168 | 8. Martin Van Buren | • 1837-1841 • Democratic • Panic of 1837 • Trail of Tears | 7 | |
5781579570 | 9. William Henry Harrison | • 1841 • Whig • Longest inaugural address • Died of pneumonia | 8 | |
5781582008 | 10. John Tyler | • 1841-1845 • Whig • Far East opened to trade with U.S. • Annexation of Texas | 9 | |
5781592865 | 11. James K. Polk | • 1845-1849 • Democratic • War with Mexico • Treaty of 1848 | 10 | |
5781592866 | 12. Zachary Taylor | • 1849-1850 • Whig • Clayton-Bulwer Treaty signed • Almost vetoed C. of 1850 | 11 | |
5781593357 | 13. Millard Fillmore | • 1850-1853 • Whig • Compromise of 1850 • Fugitive Slave Act | 12 | |
5781594076 | 14. Franklin Pierce | • 1853-1857 • Democratic • Gadsden Purchase • Kansas-Nebraska Act • Ostend Manifesto • Treaty with Japan (by Commodore Matthew Perry) | 13 | |
5781594303 | 15. James Buchanan | • 1857-1861 • Democratic • Pony Express • Creation of the Confederate States of America | 14 | |
5781595440 | 16. Abraham Lincoln | • 1861-1865 • Republican • Civil War • Emancipation Proclamation | 15 | |
5781595626 | 17. Andrew Johnson | • 1865-1869 • Democratic • Reconstruction • Ratification of 13th and 14th Amendments • Purchase of Alaska | 16 | |
5781595953 | 18. Ulysses S. Grant | • 1869-1877 • Republican • Completion of Transcontinental Railroad • Whiskey Ring Scandal | 17 | |
5781596203 | 19. Rutherford B. Hayes | • 1877-1881 • Republican • End of Reconstruction • Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act | 18 | |
5781596421 | 20. James A. Garfield | • 1881 • Republican • Shot and killed :( | 19 | |
5781596593 | 21. Chester A. Arthur | • 1881-1885 • Republican • Chinese Exclusion Act • Pendleton Act | 20 | |
5781596866 | 22. Grover Cleveland | • 1885-1889 • Democratic • Statue of Liberty • Interstate Commerce Act • Dawes Severalty Act • Tenure of Office Act | 21 | |
5781597083 | 23. Benjamin Harrison | • 1889-1893 • Republican • Sherman Anti-Trust Act • Sherman Silver Purchase Act | 22 | |
5781597667 | 24. Grover Cleveland | • 1893-1897 • Democratic • Panic of 1893 • Pullman Strike | 23 | |
5781598110 | 25. William McKinley | • 1897-1901 • Republican • Spanish-American War | 24 | |
5781599616 | 26. Theodore Roosevelt | • 1901-1909 • Republican • Roosevelt Corollary • Panama Canal Rights Acquired • Pure Food and Drug Act • Panic of 1907 | 25 | |
5781599999 | 27. William H. Taft | • 1909-1913 • Republican • Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act • 16th Amendment Ratified • Dollar Diplomacy • Antitrust Policy | 26 | |
5781600321 | 28. Woodrow Wilson | • 1913-1921 • Democratic • The Great War (WWI) • 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments Ratified • Federal Reserve Act • Clayton Anti-Trust Act • Treaty of Versailles | 27 | |
5781600322 | 29. Warren G. Harding | • 1921-1923 • Republican • Teapot Dome Scandal • Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act • End of WWI | 28 | |
5781601125 | 30. Calvin Coolidge | • Revenue Acts of 1924 & 1926 • Kellogg-Briand Pact | 29 | |
5781601522 | 31. Herbert Hoover | • 1929-1933 • Republican • Great Depression hits • Hawley-Smoot Tariff • Lame Duck Amendment Ratified | 30 | |
5781601922 | 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt | • 1933-1945 • Democratic • "New Deal" • World War II | 31 | |
5781602116 | 33. Harry S. Truman | • 1945-1953 • Democratic • 2 Atomic Bombs dropped • End of WWII • Creation of United Nations • Truman Doctrine • Marshall Plan • NATO Treaty • 22nd Amendment Ratified | 32 | |
5781602327 | 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower | • 1953-1961 • Republican • End of Korean War • Brown v. Board of Education • Creation of Interstate Highway • Eisenhower Doctrine | 33 | |
5781602525 | 35. John F. Kennedy | • 1961-1963 • Democratic • Bay of Pigs • Creation of Peace Corps • Civil Rights Movement • March on Washington • 23rd Amendment Ratified • Cuban Missile Crisis | 34 | |
5781602717 | 36. Lyndon B. Johnson | • 1963-1969 • Democratic • Civil Rights Act • Vietnam War • 24th and 25th Amendments Ratified • Medicare and Medicaid | 35 | |
5781602886 | 37. Richard Nixon | • 1969-1974 • Republican • nearly impeached for Watergate Scandal • End of War in Vietnam • 26th Amendment Ratified • Nixon resigns | 36 | |
5781603518 | 38. Gerald Ford | • 1974-1977 • Republican • Grants Nixon unconditional pardon • Campaign Reform Law • Communist victory in SE Asia • Helsinki Agreement | 37 | |
5781604310 | 39. Jimmy Carter | • 1977-1981 • Democratic • Panama Canal Treaty • Camp David Accords • US recognizes People's Republic of China • Iran Hostage Crisis | 38 | |
5781604641 | 40. Ronald Reagan | • 1981-1989 • Republican • Granada Invasion • Iran-Contra Scandal • Glasnost with Soviet Union | 39 | |
5781604867 | 41. George Bush | • 1989-1993 • Republican • Invasion of Panama • Savings and Loan bail out • Persian Gulf War | 40 | |
5781605052 | 42. Bill Clinton | • 1993-2001 • Democratic • NAFTA • World Trade Center bombing • War in former Yugoslavia • Impeachment (not convicted by Senate) | 41 | |
5781605380 | 43. George W. Bush | • 2001-2009 • Republican • September 11th attack • Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq | 42 | |
5781605575 | 44. Barack Obama | • 2009-Present • Democratic • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act • First African-American President | 43 | |
5781605750 | 45. Donald Trump | Makes America great (again) You're fired | 44 |
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