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George Washington

led the Continental Army, 1st US president, (1789-1797)

John Adams

(1971-1801), built up the naval army in the undeclared war with France

Thomas Jefferson

(1801-1809), Louisiana Purchase, Declaration of Independence

James Madison

(1809-1817), War of 1812, the Federalist Papers

James Monroe

(1817-1824), Monroe Doctrine, Era of Good Feelings

John Quincy Adams

(1825-1829), funded infrastructure

Andrew Jackson

(1829-1837), “common man president”, spoils system

Martin Van Buren

(1837-1841), little magician

William Henry Harrison

(1841), shortest term as president

John Tyler

(1841-1845), Webster-Ashburton Treaty

James K. Polk

(1845-1849), manifest destiny, annexation of Texas

Zachary Taylor

(1849-1850), victories in the Mexican-American War

Millard Fillmore

(1850-1853), passed the Compromise of 1850

Franklin Pierce

(1853-1857), signed the Gadsden purchase

James Buchanan

(1857-1861), pushed pro-slavery in the Dred Scott decision

Abraham Lincoln

(1861-1865), Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address

Andrew Johnson

(1865-1869), reconstruction following the Civil War

Ulysses S. Grant

(1869-1877), led Union armies to victories over the Confederacy

Rutherford B. Hayes

(1877-1881), implemented civil services

James A. Garfield

(1881), assassinated less than a year into his presidency

Chester A. Arthur

(1881-1885), rebirthed the US Navy

Grover Cleveland

(1885-1889, 1893-1897), first president elected non-consecutively

Benjamin Harrison

(1889-1893), Sherman Antitrust Act

William McKinley

(1897-1901), McKinley tariff

Theodore Roosevelt

(1901-1909), Square Deal

William Howard Taft

(1909-1913), improved economy

Woodrow Wilson

(1913-1921), 14 Points & League of Nations

Warren G. Harding

(1921-1923), McCumber Tariff and Budget and Accounting Act

Calvin Coolidge

(1923-1929), strong economy

Herbert Hoover

(1929-1933), Great Depression

Franklin D. Roosevelt

(1933-1945), longest serving presidency

Harry S. Truman

(1945-1953), Fair Deal

Dwight D. Eisenhower

(1953-1961), opposed McCarthyism

John F. Kennedy

(1961-1963), established Peace Corps

Lyndon B. Johnson

(1963-1969), “Great Society”

Richard M. Nixon

(1969-1974), Watergate Scandal

Gerald R. Ford

(1974-1977), presided over the worst economy

Jimmy Carter

(1977-1981), addressed unemployment and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

Ronald Reagan

(1981-1989), “trickle-down” economics

George Bush

(1989-1993), end of the Cold War

William J. Clinton (Bill Clinton)

(1993-2001), Family Medical Leave Act,

George W. Bush

(2001-2009), 9/11, No Child Left Behind Act

Barack Obama

(2009-2017), Obamacare

Donald J. Trump

(2017-2021), impeachment

Joseph Biden

(2021-current), Violence Against Women Act