The Presidents of the United States

1789 - 1797	1) George Washington

1797 - 1801	2) John Adams

1801 - 1809	3) Thomas Jefferson	Louisiana Purchase \| Opposed Class Rule

1809 - 1817	4) James Madison	Introduced Bill Of Rights \| Virginia Resolution \| War 1812 \| Father Of Constitution

1817 - 1825	5) James Monroe	1823: Monroe Doctrine

1825 - 1829	6) John Quincy Adams	Stymied by Congress, controlled by his enemies. Lacked political adroitness, popularity or a network of supporters, and ran afoul of politicians eager to undercut him

1829 - 1937	7) Andrew Jackson	"Old Hockory". Shaped the modern Demoncratic Party. His legacy is now seen as mixed, as a protector of popular democracy and individual liberty for American citizens, checkered by his support for slavery and Indian removal.

1837 - 1841	8) Martin Van Buren	Panic of 1837. Served only one term.

1841	9) William Henry Harrison	First To Die In Office, Served Only 30-days

1841 - 1845	10) John Tyler	Stood against his party's platform and vetoed several of their proposals. In result, most of his cabinet resigned. \| Annexation of the Republic of Texas in 1845

1845 - 1849	11) James K. Polk	Expanded The West

1849 - 1850	12) Zachary Taylor	Stopped A Civil War Attempt

1850 - 1853	13) Millard Fillmore	Signed The Fugitive Slave Act

1853 - 1857	14) Franklin Pierce	A Northerner with Southern sympathies (a doughface), divisive decisions which were widely criticized earned him a reputation as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. In favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, repealing the Missouri Compromise. Struggled with alcoholism.

1857 - 1861	15) James Buchanan	A Northerner with Southern sympathies (a doughface), his inability to impose peace on sharply divided partisans on the brink of the Civil War has led to his consistent ranking by historians as one of the worst Presidents.

1861 - 1865	16) Abraham Lincoln	1863: Emancipation Proclamation \| 1861-63: Civil War

1865 - 1869	17) Andrew Johnson	Favored the White South. His vetoes of civil rights bills embroiled him in bitter disputes. Impeached in 1868, charged with violating the Tenure of Office Act, but he was acquitted by a single vote.

1869 - 1877	18) Uylsses S. Grant	1872: Amnesty Bill

1877 - 1881	19) Rutherford B. Hayes	Believed in meritocratic government, equal treatment without regard to race, and improvement through education. Accepted the end of military occupation of the South.

1881	20) James A. Garfield	Asasinated 100-Days Into Office

1881 - 1885	21) Chester A. Arthur	Civil Service System \| Immigration System

1885 - 1889	22) Grover Cleveland	Interstate Commerace Act

1889 - 1893	23) Benjamin Harrison	Sherman Anti-Trust Act (but failed to inforce) \| Depression

1893 - 1897	24) Grover Cleveland	Interstate Commerce Act

1897 - 1901	25) William McKinley	1898: Spanish American War (The Maine) \| Assinated 6 Months Into Second-Term

1901 - 1909	26) Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt	Rough Riders \| Panama Canal Zone \| Awarded Noble Peace Prize

1909 - 1913	27) William H. Taft	Trust-busting, civil service reform, strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission, improving the performance of the postal service, and passage of the Sixteenth Amendment.

1913 - 1921	28) Woodrow Wilson	Lowerd Tariffs \| Anti-Trust Act \| Child Labor Laws \| Federal Income Tax Laws \| Federal Reserve Act \| 8-Hr. Work Day \| WW-I \| League Of Nations

1921 - 1923	29) Warren G. Harding	Spurned the League of Nations, and signed a separate peace treaty with Germany and Austria, formally ending World War-I. First child welfare program. Unemployment dropped by half. Died suddenly in Office.

1923 - 1929	30) Calvin Coolidge	Isolationist \| Talent For Doing Nothing

1929 - 1933	31) Herbert Hover	Stock Market Collapse

1933 - 1945	32) Franklin D. (FDR) Roosevelt	1934: WPA \| 1941-1945: WW-II \| Social Security Reform \| Lend Lease \| WPA \| 1945: Yalta Conference \| Govt. Regulate Economy \| Died In Office

1945 - 1953	33) Harry S. Truman	1945: Atomic Bombs \| 1950: Korea \| United Nations \| Marshall Plan \| NATO \| Korean War \| Fair Employment Act \| The Fair Deal \| Truman Doctrine \| Berlin Airlift \| Fight Against Communism \| NATO

1953 - 1961	34) Dwight D. (Ike) Eisenhower (R)	1945: Commander And Chief Allied Command \| 1954: Entered Viet Nam \| Korean Truce \| Russia Into Hungary \| Anti-Segration of Little Rock \| Desegreation of Military \| National Prosperity \| Beware of Military-Industrial Complex

1961 - 1963	35) John F. (JFK) Kennedy (D)	Youngest President \| Bay of Pigs Disaster \| Cuban Missle Crisis \| WW-II Hero \| First Catholic President \| Pulitzer Prize Author \| Peace Corp \| Moon Landing Inititive \| Mississippi Integration \| Civil Rights Bill \| Berlin Wall \| 1963: Asasinated

1963 - 1969	36) Lyndon B. (LBJ) Johnson (D)	Great Society \| Medicare \| Expanded Commitment In Viet Nam \| Championed Civil Rights \| Apolo Missions \| War On Poverty \| Voting Rights

1969 - 1974	37) Richard M. Nixon (D)	Member McCarthy Hearings \| Krushchev Kitchen Debate \| Moon Walk \| SALT Agreement \| Escalated Viet Nam \| The Draft \| War Demonstrations \| China and Moscow Visits \| Forced By Congress To Withdraw From Viet Nam

1974 - 1977	38) Gerald R. Ford (R)	As Congressman Never Introduced A Bill \| Unelected Vice President \| Unelected President \| Pardoned Nixon \| Opposed War On Poverty

1977 - 1981	39) James (Jimmy) Carter (D)	He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama.

1981 - 1989	40) Ronald Reagan (R)	Star Wars Inititive \| Attack on Kadaffi in Lebonon \| Credited For Collapsing Russian Economy And Ending The Cold War At A Cost Of Increasing U.S. National Debt By 10x

1989 - 1993	41) George Bush Sr. (R)	Dessert Storm

1993 - 2001	42) William (Bill) Clinton (D)	Failed at Health Reform \| Brought Down National Debt \| Budget Surplus \| Sex Scandal \|

2001 - 2009	43) George W. Bush Jr. (R)	\| 2000: Spent Budget Surplus \| 2001: 9/11 Attack \| 2002: Invaded Irac \| Opened Guantamino Bay for Terrorist and began secret torturing \| Opposed Gay Marriages \| Cut funding for dike upgrades in New Orleans \| 2006: Oil Crisis Begins\| Gave in to Oil interest by recommending bogus "CAFE" standards \| Forced school systems to adopt "No Child Left Behind" education plan but never funded it's high cost \| Hurricane Katrina devistates New Orleans and America's economy \| Gave in to big business by recommending ineffectual emigration changes \| 2007: No restrictions on the financial system leads to the greatest financial collapse since the Great Depression

2009 - 2013	44) Barack Obama (D)	First African American President \| Closed Guantamino Bay concentration camp \| Ended "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" \| Passed Health Care Reform




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