1789-1801
George Washington (1789-1797) George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was trained as a surveyor in his teens, and appointed adjutant in the Virginia militia. He married Martha Dandridge Custis who was a widow with children. He was a farmer from then on. He opposed the Stamp Act of 1765, and was selected as the commander in chief of the Continental Army in Massachusetts in July 3, 1775. He helped bring the war to a conclusion in Virginia on October 19,1781. He was inaugurated as first president on April 30, 1789. He had a unanimous reelection in 1792, and this term was mostly dominated by the Federalists. He died in Mount Vernon on December 14, 1799.
John Adams (1797-1801) John Adams was a very knowledgeable and thoughtful man. He was a political philosopher, as well as a politician. He was born in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735, and was a Harvard educated lawyer at the time. He helped to negotiate the treaty of peace during the Revolutionary War. He was elected as Vice President under George Washington in 1785. He sent a peace mission to France in order to restore order throughout the United States. He campaigned for presidential election for the second time, and received less votes. He retired to his farm, and on July 4, 1826 he passed away right after Jefferson.
1801-1825
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) Thomas Jefferson won a tough battle in 1800 during the election. He was born in 1743 in Virginia, he was a surveyor and planter for 5,000 acres. He read law and studied at the College of William and Mary. He married Martha Wayles Skelton who was a widow at the time. He was not a big public speaker. He was one of the men that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and wrote up the bill to establish religious freedom in the year 1786. He was the Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet and resigned from the position in 1793. He died on July 4, 1826 right before Adams.
James Madison (1809-1817) James Madison was a small, and wise man but looked old and worn. His wife Dolley, however was the social light of the two. He was born in 1751 in Virginia, and attended Princeton for his education. He served in the Continental Congress and was one of the leaders for the Virginia Assembly. He declared war in 1812 against the British. He retired in Montpelier, and gave advice in a note on his death bed in 1836.
James Monroe (1817-1825) He was one of the best dressed, and most impressive presidents upon first glance. He was born in Virginia in 1758 and attended the College of William and Mary. He then fought with the Continental Army. In 1790 he was elected as a United States Senator. He was the Republican choice for presidency in 1816, and won his re election in 1820. He died in 1831, and 20 years after became known as the Monroe Doctrine.
1825-1850
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) This was the first president to take office that was the son of another president. He was born in Massachusetts in 1767, and watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the hill above where he lived. He graduated from Harvard College as a lawyer. He was appointed as the Minister to the Netherlands at the age of 26. He was the next one in line for presidency when he was the Secretary of State which was normal during the early 19th century. He fought to get the slaves freed. He died two days after collapsing from a stroke in 1848.
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Andrew Jackson, unlike any of the other presidents was elected through popular votes, and he wanted to act as a direct representative for the common man. He was born in the Carolinas in 1767 and received education here and there. He became a lawyer through reading up on law material. He was a very jealous man, and he ended up in a number of fights, and in one of them killed a man that cast bad words upon his wife. He died in June of 1845.
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) Martin Van Buren was born in New York on December 5, 1782. He graduated from the village school and became a law clerk. He became an active in state politics and turned into a state senator and attorney general in 1820. He also served a small time as the governor of New York. He was the leading contender for the Democratic nomination.
William Henry Harrison (1841) He was born in Virginia on February 9, 1773, and joined the army in 1791. He played as governor of Indiana in 1800. He married Anna Symmes in 1795. He won a nominal victory against the Indians at Tippecanoe. He resigned from the army in 1814. He was nominated for president as a military hero. He caught pneumonia and died on April 4, 1841, just a month after his inauguration. He was the first president to die while in office.
John Tyler (1841-1845) John Tyler was born in Virginia on March 29, 1790. He was another president to graduate from William and Mary graduate. He served in the House of Representatives in 1817, as a governor of Virginia in 1825, and then as a senator in 1827. He lived in Virginia until the outbreak of the Civil War, and died on January 18, 1862.
James K. Polk (1845-1849) He was born in North Carolina on November 2, 1795. He graduated from the University of North Carolina and moved to Tennessee. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 1825. He became Speaker of the House in 1835. He died in Nashville, Tennessee on June 15, 1849.
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) Taylor was born in Orange County in Virginia on November 24, 1784. He joined the military in 1808. He fought the Black Hawk War, the War of 1812, and the Seminole War. He died in Washington on July 9, 1850. He won the nickname Old Rough and Ready.
1850-1877
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) He was born in New York on January 7, 1800. He was a lawyer that entered into politics. He was part of the House of Representatives in 1833 and 1837. He played one of the biggest parts in writing the tariff of 1842. He supported the Compromise of 1850. He ran for president, and won. He opposed Lincoln in the Civil War and died in New York on March 8, 1874.
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) Pierce was born in New Hampshire on November 23, 1804. He was a Bowdoin graduate that later became a lawyer. He was the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1833. He disliked Washington, and resigned from Senate in 1842. He died on October 8, 1969.
James Buchanan (1857-1861) Buchanan was born in Pennsylvania on April 23, 1791. He was a graduate from Dickinson and was a lawyer. He was a Federalist. He served with the Senate in 1834. He was elected as president, defeating Fremont who was the Republican candidate to run. He died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1868. He was the only president to remain a bachelor throughout his term.
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. He gained what education he could while he traveled. He managed a mill, worked in a store, surveyed, and even split rails. He practiced law later on. He joined the Republican Party in 1855. He won the Presidential Election over 3 other candidates. He died by assassination on April 14, 1865.
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Johnson was born at Raleigh, North Carolina on December 29, 1808. He was self educated and became a tailor. He soon went into politics after this. He was in the House of Representatives in 1843, and then as the Governor of Tennessee in 1853. He was a Democrat. He wanted to continue Lincoln's reign and policy. He was elected into Senate once again after his presidency in 1875. He died on July 31, 1875.
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) Grant was born in Ohio on April 27, 1822. He was a graduate from West Point in 1843, and he served for the Mexican War. He was made a General in the army in 1866. He was a Republican candidate and was elected into office twice over all other candidates. He retired from office and died in New York on July 23, 1885.
1877-1901
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio in October 4, 1822. He graduated from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School. He practiced law for some time. He was part of the Republican Party in 1855. He was the Governor of Ohio in 1868. He wanted his reputation to be known as honest. He urged for the Civil Service Reform. He died on January 17, 1893.
James A. Garfield (1881) Garfield was the last president that was born in a log cabin in Ohio on November 19, 1831. He entered into the Republican politics. He volunteered for a great many things, and provided the best when it came to making the most out of where he was. He was unorthodox, and created new ways to do things. He was elected into Senate in 1880, and died in New Jersey on September 19, 1881 by assassination.
Chester Arthur (1881-1885) Arthur was born in Vermont on October 5, 1829. He was a graduate of Union College, he became one of the biggest and best successful lawyers in New York. He held administration jobs during the Civil War. He was nominated as Vice President in 1880. He stepped up to be president after Garfield's death. He died on November 18, 1886.
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) Cleveland was born in New Jersey on March 18, 1837. He took the bar in New York in 1859, and then became a lawyer. He was part of the Democratic Party, and won the Democratic nomination for the president. He attacked the high tariff rates while in office, and got a lot of votes in the run. He broke the Pullman Strike. He was a well respected public figure in history, and died on June 24, 1908.
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) He was born in Ohio on August 20, 1833. He was the grandson of William Henry Harrison who was the ninth president. He was a graduate of Miami University and took up law. He was active with Republican politics. He was a Brigadier General in the Civil War. He resumed law after his presidency and died on March 13, 1901.
Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) See Above.
William McKinley (1897-1901) McKinley was born in Ohio on January 29, 1843. He was a school teacher and even served in the Civil War. He went to become a Major in the army. He opened his own law office, and was elected into Congress in 1876. He was interested in safeguarding the tariff protection. He was the Governor of Ohio in 1892. He was shot at Buffalo, New York on September 6, 1901 by Leon F. Czolgosz who was an anarchist.
1901-1923
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most remembered president out there. He was born in New York City on October 27, 1858. He was a Harvard graduate, he was interested in ranching, politics, and writing historical narratives. He was a Republican member for the New York Assembly in 1882. He volunteered for the Rough Riders. He wanted to be more direct in the efforts in the war against Spain. He was elected Governor of New York in 1898, and then as vice president in 1900. He made a big ruckus during his lifetime by organizing strikes and rebellions against a lot of Act's. He polled more votes than any of the other candidates in the race for both terms. He died on January 6, 1919.
William Howard Taft (1909-1913) Taft was born in the city of Cincinnati on September 15, 1857. He was a graduate of Yale. He was part of the Ohio Republican politics party in the 1880's. He served in the Ohio Superior Court in 1887. He was Roosevelt's successor that was hand picked in 1908. After being president, he was a professor at Yale. He died in Washington, DC, on March 8, 1930.
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) Wilson was named Thomas, but he went by his middle name, Woodrow. He was born in Virginia on December 28, 1856. He was a graduate of Princeton, and then moved on to further his law career at Johns Hopkins University. He received his Ph. D. here in 1886. He was made president of Princeton in 1902. He was a Democrat. He suffered a paralytic stroke in September of 1919. He died on February 3, 1924.
Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) Harding was born in Ohio on November 2, 1865. He attended Ohio Central College, and was mostly interested in journalism. He entered into the Republican Party. He was Ohio State's Senator in 1899. He was then elected to Senate in 1914. Once he returned from his visit to Alaska in 1923, he died unexpectedly without warning in San Francisco on August 2 of the same year.
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) Coolidge was named John, but went by his middle name, Calvin. He was born in Vermont on July 4, 1872. He was a graduate from Amherst. He was in law practice, and went into business as a lawyer in Massachusetts. He was entered as a Republican. He ended the Boston Police Strike in 1919 when he was the mayor of Northampton. He was elected without a hard battle, and he ran for his full term, without choosing to run for the next election. He wrote an autobiography. He died on January 5, 1933.
1929-1933
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) Hoover was born in Iowa on August 10, 1874. He was the first president to be born west of Mississippi. He graduated from Stanford. He was not sure to be either Republican or Democratic. He served as secretary of commerce. He was the one that faced the worst depression in the history of the nation. He struck down any measures that proposed a national employment system or any type of national relief. He reduced the income tax, and only at the end of his term did he try to turn the depression around. He died in New York City on October 20, 1964.
1933-1969
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) Roosevelt was born in New York on January 30, 1882. He was a graduate of Harvard, and attended Columbia Law School. He was elected into the New York State Senate as one of their Democrats. He practiced law after this. On August of 1921, he was hit with infantile paralysis while in New Brunswick. He recovered with only the partial use of his legs. He was the Governor of New York. After the war, he brought it upon himself to create peace among all of the leaders. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945.
Harry S Truman (1945-1953) Truman was born in Missouri on May 8, 1884. He served under France during World War I as a captain. He was on the Democratic side, and held positions at various local offices. He became president upon Roosevelt's sudden death, and had to wind down the war against the Axis. He was the one that authorized the bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and then again on August 9, 1945. Japan then surrendered on August 14. Truman then went through a second term where the concern was with the cold war against the Soviet Union. He died on December 26, 1972.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Eisenhower was born in Texas on October 14, 1890. He had ancestors in Germany that emigrated to America. He did obb jobs after high school for two years, and then try to join the Naval Academy, but was too old to join. He sought peace for the country throughout his two terms in office. He wanted to resist any aggression from other countries, and was the purpose for the Eisenhower Doctrine of 1957. He went through a heart attack, an ileitis operation, and a mild stroke during his term in office, and died peacefully in Washington, DC, on March 28, 1969.
John F Kennedy (1961-1963) JFK was born in Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940, and then joined up with the navy in 1941. He was a skipper to a PT boat that was sunk during the attack by the Japanese. After recuperating from the war, he went into politics and was elected into Congress. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for a book he had written titled: Profiles in Courage. He brought a new approach to presidency, taking care of business at home, on the go, and anywhere else that he might have been. He put the first programs together that put the first Americans into space. He did great things for the racial problems, medical care, trades, and minimum wage. During an automobile procession he was assassinated in his vehicle on November 22, 1963. He was the fourth president to be assassinated, and the eighth to die in office.
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) Lyndon B. Johnson was born in Texas on August 27, 1908. He was a graduate from the Southwest Texas State Teachers College. He taught school for around 2 years. He became an administrator for the National Youth Administration. He was elected into congress two years later. He was the first member of Congress to enlist into the armed forces once the attack on Pearl Harbor happened. He started the movement on poverty to help people get out of it and back on their feet. He died from a heart attack on January 22, 1973 after letting America know that he was not running for a second term.
1969-1989
Richard Nixon (1969-1974) Nixon was born in California on January 9, 1913. He was one of five boys to be raised as Quakers. He graduated from the Whittier College, and then got a scholarship to attend Duke University, and graduated third in his class in the year of 1937. He spent five years practicing law. He then spent some time with the armed forces. He was with the Republican Party. He helped to wind down the Vietnam war. On January 1973, there was a lot of talk about a cover up that emerged at a trial of six different men that were found guilty of the Watergate burglary. He was told to give up his recorded conversations and items for the trials that showed that he halted an FBI investigation from happening six days after the burglary occurred. He resigned on August 9, 1974, the first president to do so. The next president, Ford issued a pardon for Nixon so he could not be prosecuted for the crimes that he might have committed while in office. He died of a massive stroke on April 22, 1994.
Gerald Ford (1974-1977) Ford was born with the name, Leslie King Jr. in Nebraska on July 14, 1913. He obtained a football scholarship and attended University of Michigan. He then went on to graduate from Yale third in his class in 1941. He went back home to practice law, but enlisted in the Navy instead. He was elected into Congress in 1948. He pledges to have openness in all of his presidency actions. He proposed fiscal restraints and spending curbs in order to fight inflation. He spent a lot of money that was not there, and a lot of Congress frowned upon this. He died on December 26, 2006.
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) James Carter Jr. was born in Georgia on October 1, 1924. He was a born again Christian. He graduated from the US Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1946. He resigned from the navy in 1954 to take over the several thousand acres that his father owned of peanuts. He joined the State Senate in 1962. His votes for presidency included many minority groups and women. He was very open and wanted to start several projects to help aid a lot of problems throughout the country. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his economic victories while president.
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) Reagan was another well known president. He was at the highest ratings when it came to the best president by far, and throughout his 2 terms was highly regarded. Not only was he a politician, but he was also an actor before that. He earned a BA degree in 1932 from Eureka College. He worked small odd jobs in order to earn enough money to get through school. He was a Republican, although the economy went into a depression during his term and then his fame slowly died down with the people. We was almost assassinated, but quickly turned around. Reagan suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and died on June 5, 2004.
1989-2001
George Bush (1989-1993) George Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in Massachusetts. He joined the Navy after finishing school, and became the Navy's youngest ever commissioned pilot. He was also offered the Distinguished Flying Cross. He earned his degree through Yale. He found his own oil company that was worth a total amount of $1.4 million. He was a Republican.
Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Clinton was born in Arkansas on August 19, 1946. He was the state attorney general in 1976, and became the nation's youngest governor ever in 1979. He was also the one that came up with the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. He won many battles such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and rules that allow counseling for abortion clinics. The foreign affairs of the time became a pressing matter for Clinton, but he came through with everything. He reached an agreement with the Republicans for the federal budget. He did have an affair with another women, and this reached news media throughout the world, and gave him bad publicity overall. There was an entire trial on impeaching Clinton from office on 11 counts. He was impeached from office in 2001.
2001-2009
George W. Bush (2001-2009) Bush served 6 years as the Governor of Texas. He was born in Connecticut on July 6, 1946, and is the son of the 41st president of the United States. He has a degree in History from Yale and served as a pilot in the Air National Guard. He went on to receive another degree in Business from Harvard. He implemented many different things such as the medical reform act, free trade agreements, and empowered many armies. He was involved in liberating the Middle East by stopping violence. This led to the attack on the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001.
2009-Present
Barack Obama (2009-Present) Obama is the first African American president. He worked his way through college, and then worked with a lot of churches to build churches and rebuild different communities. He attended law school, and went on to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He helped to bring along the new healthcare reforms for children and their parents, and make the most out of the laws in place by expanding on them while he was a Senator.
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