THE PRESIDENTS OF THE USA

A presentation for all the presidents of the USA (one slide per president)

1. from the website www.presidenstory.com

2. George Washington 1789-1797 John Adams The first US President 1 -

3. John Adams 1797-1801 Thomas Jefferson First in the White house Capital in Washington DC Alien & Sedition Act 2 Federalist

4. Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 Aaron Burr George Clinton Purchase of Louisiana Louis & Clark expedition Embargo Act 3 Federalist

5. James Madison 18 09 -18 17 George Clinton Elbridge Gerry War of 1812 New Orleans battle (1815) Cumberland Road 4 Democratic-Republican

6. James Monroe 1817-1825 Daniel Tompkins The Monroe Doctrine Missouri Compromise Florida in the Union 5 Democratic-Republican

7. John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 John Calhoun Son of John Adams “Internal improvements” 6 Democratic-Republican

8. Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 John Calhoun Martin Van Buren Bank War (1832) Indian removal Act “Spoil system” initiation 7 Democratic

9. Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 Richard Johnson His first language was Dutch Panic of 1837 & crisis “The trail of tears ” for Indians 8 Democratic

10. William H. Harrison 1841 John Tyler The shortest Presidency Died on his 32nd day in office 9 Whig

11. John Tyler 1841-1845 none Succeeded W.H. Harrison Expelled from his own party Later, a Confederation supporter 10 Whig, no-party

12. James K. Polk 1845-1849 George Dallas American-Mexican War A vast territory was acquired The first cost-to-coast President 11 Democratic

13. Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 Millard Fillmore Died in 1850, as president 12 Whig

14. Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 none Succeeded Zachary Taylor “Compromise of 1850” Last Whig President 13 Whig

15. Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 William King none (1853-1857) Kansas-Nebraska Act 14 Democratic

16. James Buchanan 1857-1861 John Breckinridge Dred-Scott decision Failure on Slavery dispute South Carolina seceded 15 Democratic

17. Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Hannibal Hamlin Andrew Johnson Civil War (1863-1865) Emancipation Assassinated on Apr 3,1865 16 Republican

18. Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 none Reconstruction Act Purchase of Alaska The first to be impeached 17 National Union

19. Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 Schuyler Colfax Henry Wilson none (1875-1877) Various scandals Financial Crisis Civil Rights Act 18 Republican

20. Rutherford Hayes 1877-1881 William Wheeler The end of Reconstruction Start of the “Gilded Age” Railroad strikes 19 Republican

21. James Garfield 1881 Chester Arthur Assassinated in 1881 20 Republican

22. Chester Arthur 1881-1885 none Succeeded James Garfield Pendleton Act on Civil hiring 21 Republican

23. Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 Thomas A. Hendricks none ( 1885-1889) Married in the White House Ended silver coinage Curtailed veterans’ pensions 22 Democratic

24. Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 Levi Morton Grandson of B. H. Harrison Six more states in the Union Forest Act 23 Republican

25. Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 Adlai Stevenson Two non-consecutive terms Panic of 1893 & Depression Pullman strike 24 Democratic

26. William McKinley 1897-1901 Garret Hobart Theodore Roosevelt Spanish-American war Hawaii annexed Assassinated in 1901 25 Republican

27. Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 none (1901-1905) Charles Fairbanks The youngest President ever Pure Food & Drug Act Panama Canal 26 Republican

28. William Taft 1909-1913 James Sherman none ( 1912-1913) Antitrust policies Arizona & New Mexico Became Chief Justice later 27 Republican

29. Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 Thomas Marshall World War I Federal Reserve Act Seriously ill at the end of 2 nd term 28 Democratic

30. Warren Harding 1921-1923 Calvin Coolidge Popular, got 60% in election Ran a corrupt administration Died in 1923, as president 29 Republican

31. Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 none (1923-1925) Charles Dawes “The roaring twenties ” Immigration Act Economy & Stock Market boom 30 Republican

32. Herbert C. Hoover 1929-1933 Charles Curtis Stock market Crash of 1929 The Great Depression 31 Republican

33. Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945 John Garner Henry Wallace Harry Truman Exit from Great Depression New Deal World War II 32 Democratic

34. 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

35. Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961 Richard Nixon End of Korean War Cold War Economic Growth 34 Republican

36. John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 Lyndon Johnson Cuban Missile Crisis Start of “Moon race ” Assassinated in Dallas 35 Democratic

37. Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969 none (1963-1965) Hubert Humphrey Vietnam War The Civil Rights Act “War on Poverty” initiative 36 Democratic

38. Richard Nixon 1969-1974 Spiro Agnew Gerald R. Ford Man on the moon “Nixon to China” Watergate and resignation 37 Republican

39. Gerald R. Ford 1974-1977 Nelson Rockefeller The only President never elected End of Vietnam War Pardon to Nixon 38 Republican

40. Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 Walter Mondale Energy crisis Camp-David Accords Iran Hostage Crisis 39 Democratic

41. Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 George H. W. Bush Oldest elected President “Star Wars” initiative “Reaganomics” 40 Republican

42. George H. W. Bush 1989-1993 Dan Quayle End of Cold War Gulf War (1990-91) NAFTA trade pact 41 Republican

43. Bill Clinton 1993-2001 Al Gore Internet Economic growth Monica Lewinski scandal 42 Democratic

44. George W. Bush 2001-2009 Richard Cheney 9/11 Iraq War & “War on terror” Tax cuts 43 Republican

45. Barack Obama 2009- today Joseph Biden First African American President National Health Reform bill 44 Democratic

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