Presidents

george washington

-no political party

-former military general

-served two terms

john adams

-federalist

-favored a strong central government

-served one term

thomas jefferson

-democratic republican

-brokered the louisiana purchase

-served two terms

james madison

-democratic republican

-president during the war of 1812 and the burning of the national capital

-served two terms

james monroe

-democratic republican

-signed the missouri compromise

-gave the famous monroe doctrine speech

-served two terms

john quincy adams

-national republican

-defeated by andrew jackson for the presidency, which split the democratic-republican party into two political parties

-oversaw completion of the erie canal

-served one term

andrew jackson

-democrat

-supported states rights to expand slavery

-implemented the indian removal act

-implemented poor economic policies

-served two terms

martin van buren

-democrat

-president during the economic panic of 1837

-served one term

william henry harrison

-whig party

-died 32 days after taking office

-known for the shortest presidency in US history

-served less than one term

john tyler

-whig party

-vice president to william henry harrison and successor after harrison's death

-vetoed several bills which led to his own party to attempt to impeach him

-served one term

james k polk

-democrat

-significantly expanded the country with the annexation of texas, oregon compromise with great britan and mexico cession after the mexican-american war

-supported jacksonian democracy and slavery

-served one term

zachary taylor

-whig party

-opposed new slave states

-supported statehood of california as a free state

-negotiated compromise of 1850

-died of cholera while in office

millard fillmore

-whig party

-vice president to zachary taylor and successor after taylor's death

-served one term

franklin pierce

-democrat

-signed the kansas nebraska act

-exacerbated the rift within the democratic party and increased tension over slavery

-served one term

james buchanan

-democrat

-supported the supreme court decision in dred scott v sanford

-fanned the fury between abolitionists and pro-slavery supporters

-served one term

abraham lincoln

-republican

-ordered union naval blockade of the south

-delivered landmark gettysburg address

-preserved the union during the worst political and moral crisis in US history

-abolished slavery

-assassinated while in office

-served one term

andrew johnson

-democrat

-assumed office after the assassination of abraham lincoln

-vetoed the freedmen's bureau bill and the civil right's bill

- first american president to be impeached

-served one term

ulysses s grant

-republican

-commanded the union army during the civil war

-assumed office in the middle of the reconstruction era

-worked to reconcile north and south

-protected the civil rights of freed slaves

-signed legislation that limited the activities of white terrorist groups like the ku klux klan

-negotiated the 1871 treaty of washington

-served two terms

rutherford b hayes

-republican

-withdrew troops from reconstruction states and ended the reconstruction era

-led the way to civil service reform

-appointed southerners to federal positions

-made financial appropriations for southern improvements

-served one term

james a garfield

-republican

-addressed civil service reform

-initiated reform of the post office department

-assassinated

-served one term

chester a arthur

-republican

-addressed civil service reform

-signed the pendleton civil service act

-signed the chinese exclusion act of 1882

-encouraged modernization of the us navy

grover cleveland

-democrat

-attempted to reduce government spending

-fought to have protective tariffs lowered

-credited for the interstate commerce act and the dawes general allotment act

-served two non-consecutive terms

benjamin harrison

-republican

-supported the passage of the McKinley tarrif act of 1890

-signed the sherman antitrust act

-advocated for veterans benefits, forest conservation, and the expansion of the US navy

-served one term

grover cleveland (2nd term)

-democrat

-worked to alleviate the treasury crisis

-repealed the sherman silver purchase act of 1890

-served two non-consecutive terms

william mckinley

-republican

-raised customs duties

-resulting in the dingley tariff act

-intervened in the conflict between cuba and spain, resulting in the spanish american war

-supported the treaty of paris, which officially ended the spanish american war

-supported the open door policy

-assassinated

-served one term

theodore roosevelt

-republican

-advocated for conservation for 200 million acres of national forests, reserves, and wildlife refuges

-supported the national reclamation act

-facilitated the start of construction on the panama canal

-negotiated an end to the russo-japanese war

-served two terms

william howard taft

-republican

-supported the payne-aldrich tariff

-encouraged nationwide commerce and trade by forming a parcel post service

-set railroad rates through the interstate commerce commission

-supported the sixteenth amendment that called for federal income tax and the seventeenth amendment for the direct election of senators by the people

-served one term

woodrow wilson

-democrat

-founded public administration theories

-resisted pressure to enter world war i until it could no longer be avoided

-served two terms

warren g harding

-republican

-reduced taxes for corporations and the wealthy

-supported high protective tariffs

-limited immigration

-signed the budget and accounting act of 1921

-died of a heart attack

-served one term

calvin coolidge

-republican

-finished hardings term

-cut taxes

-limited government spending

-supported small government

-set high tariffs on imported goods

-refused us membership in the league of nations

-served two terms

herbert hoover

-republican

-took much of the blame for the stock market crash of 1929

-served one term

franklin delano roosevelt

-democrat

-led the nation through the great depression by implementing the new deal

-led the country through world war ii

-elected three times

-served 12 years

harry s truman

-democrat

-vice president to fdr and successor after roosevelt's death

-staunch anti-communist who did not trust stalin

-authored the truman doctrine

-served two terms

dwight eisenhower

-republican

-served as the supreme commander of the allied forces in wwii prior to his presidency

-managed tensions during the cold war

-ended the korean war

-implemented covert cia operations throughout the world to stop communism

-served two terms

john f kennedy

-democrat

-successfully got soviet nuclear weapons out of cuba during the cuban missile crisis

-instrumental leader in the civil rights movement

-assassinated in texas in 1963

-served less than one term

lyndon b johnson

-democrat

-vice president to jfk and successor after kennedy's assassination

-served one term

richard nixon

-republican

-expanded us involvement in the vietnam war

-initiated the anti-ballistic treaty with the soviet union

-resigned from office in his second term after impeachment hearings for cheating in the election

-served less than two terms

gerald ford

-republican

-vice president to richard nixon and successor after nixon's resignation

-served one term

jimmy carter

-democrat

-struggled to manage the energy crisis and unemployment in the late 1970s

-failed to free americans in the iran hostage crisis

-served one term

ronald reagan

-republican

-instrumental in diplomacy with the soviet union to end the cold war

-implemented "trickle-down economics" and "the war on drugs"

-served two terms