U.S. Presidents

Flashcards covering U.S. Presidents from George Washington to Joe Biden.

George Washington

The first President of the United States.

John Adams

The second President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson

The third President of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

James Madison

The fourth President of the United States, often called the 'Father of the Constitution'.

James Monroe

The fifth President of the United States, known for the Monroe Doctrine.

John Quincy Adams

The sixth President of the United States and son of John Adams.

Andrew Jackson

The seventh President known for his populist approach and the Indian Removal Act.

Martin Van Buren

The eighth President of the United States and a key organizer of the Democratic Party.

William Henry Harrison

The ninth President who died shortly after taking office.

John Tyler

The tenth President, known for being the first to assume the presidency after a president's death.

James K. Polk

The eleventh President who led the nation during the Mexican-American War.

Zachary Taylor

The twelfth President, a war hero who died in office.

Millard Fillmore

The thirteenth President who supported the Compromise of 1850.

Franklin Pierce

The fourteenth President, known for his controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act.

James Buchanan

The fifteenth President, whose term led up to the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

The sixteenth President, known for leading the nation during the Civil War.

Andrew Johnson

The seventeenth President who succeeded Lincoln and faced impeachment.

Ulysses S. Grant

The eighteenth President and former Union general.

Rutherford B. Hayes

The nineteenth President, known for ending Reconstruction.

James A. Garfield

The twentieth President who was assassinated shortly after taking office.

Chester A. Arthur

The twenty-first President, known for civil service reform.

Grover Cleveland

The only President to serve two non-consecutive terms (22nd and 24th).

Benjamin Harrison

The twenty-third President, known for the Sherman Antitrust Act.

William McKinley

The twenty-fifth President, known for leading during the Spanish-American War.

Theodore Roosevelt

The twenty-sixth President, known for his progressive policies and conservation efforts.

William Howard Taft

The twenty-seventh President, who later served as Chief Justice.

Woodrow Wilson

The twenty-eighth President, known for leading the U.S. during World War I.

Warren G. Harding

The twenty-ninth President, associated with the Teapot Dome scandal.

Calvin Coolidge

The thirtieth President, known for his laissez-faire policies.

Herbert Hoover

The thirty-first President during the onset of the Great Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The thirty-second President, known for the New Deal.

Harry S. Truman

The thirty-third President known for his decision to use atomic bombs in WWII.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The thirty-fourth President and WWII general.

John F. Kennedy

The thirty-fifth President, known for the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The thirty-sixth President known for the Great Society.

Richard Nixon

The thirty-seventh President, known for resigning due to the Watergate scandal.

Gerald Ford

The thirty-eighth President, who pardoned Nixon.

Jimmy Carter

The thirty-ninth President known for his humanitarian efforts post-presidency.

Ronald Reagan

The fortieth President, a former actor and conservative icon.

George H. W. Bush

The forty-first President and head of the CIA before his presidency.

Bill Clinton

The forty-second President known for economic prosperity during his term.

George W. Bush

The forty-third President, known for the response to the 9/11 attacks.

Barack Obama

The forty-fourth President, the first African American to hold the office.

Donald Trump

The forty-fifth President, a businessman and television personality.

Joe Biden

The forty-sixth and current President of the United States.