Presidents #16-33

Lincoln

VP: Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson

VP: none

Ulysses S. Grant

VP: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson

Rutherford Hayes

VP: William A. Wheeler

James A. Garfield

VP: Chester Arthur

Chester Arthur

VP: None

Grover Cleveland

VP: Thomas A. Hendrix

Benjamin Harrison

VP: Levi P. Morton

Grover Cleveland (2nd term)

VP: Adlai Stevenson

William McKinley

VP: Garret Hobart

Theodore Roosevelt

VP: Charles W. Fairbanks

William Howard Taft

VP: James Sherman

Woodrow Wilson

VP: Thomas R. Marshall

Warren G. Harding

VP: Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

VP: Charles D. Dawes

Herbert Hoover

VP: Charles Curtis

Franklin D. Roosevelt

VP: John Garner, Henry Wallace, Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

VP: Alben W. Barkley

Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865), wife: Mary Todd

Andrew Johnson

17th President of the United States, A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president, wife: Eliza McCardle

US Grant

A general and political leader of the nineteenth century. He became commanding general of the Union army during the Civil War. He accepted the unconditional surrender of the commanding general of the main Confederate army, Robert E. Lee, at Appomattox Court House. A Republican, he later became president., born in Ohio, wife: Julia Dent

Rutherford B. Hayes

19th president of the united states, was famous for being part of the Hayes-Tilden election in which electoral votes were contested in 4 states, most corrupt election in US history, Compromise of 1877, wife Lucy noted for being a good hostess as First Lady

James A. Garfield

the 20th President of the US; he died two months after being shot and six months after his inauguration., from Ohio, wife: Lucretia, from Ohio

Chester A. Arthur

Appointed customs collector for the port of New York - corrupt and implemented a heavy spoils system. He was chosen as Garfield's running mate. Garfield won but was shot, so Arthur became the 21st president., Pendelton act, wife: Ellen Herndon

Grover Cleveland

22nd and 24th president, Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes

Benjamin Harrison

23rd President; Republican, poor leader, introduced the McKinley Tariff and increased federal spending to a billion dollars, wife is Caroline

William McKinley

25th president responsible for Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism. Is assassinated by an anarchist, from Niles, OH, wife is Ida, full dinner pail

Theodore Roosevelt

1858-1919. 26th President. Increased size of Navy, "Great White Fleet". Added Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. "Big Stick" policy. Received Nobel Peace Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war. Later arbitrated split of Morocco between Germany and France., 1st wife Alice, 2nd wife Edith

William Howard Taft

27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term, from Ohio, wife: Helen (Nellie)

Woodrow Wilson

28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize, 1st wife: Ellen, 2nd Wife: Edith Galt

Warren G. Harding

Pres.1921 laissez-faire, little regard for gov't or presidency. "return to normalcy" after Wilson + his progressive ideals. Office became corrupt, Died after 3 years in office, Ohio, Wife: Florence King DeWolfe, Teapot Dome

Calvin Coolidge

Became president when Harding died of pneumonia. He was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words, and acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken. He was a true republican and industrialist. Believed in the government supporting big business., wife: Grace Goodhue

Herbert Hoover

Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community, Iowa, wife: Lou

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd US President - He began New Deal programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression, and he was the nation's leader during most of WWII, NY, wife: Eleanor, crippled by polio

Harry S. Truman

The 33rd U.S. president, who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt upon Roosevelt's death in April 1945. Truman, who led the country through the last few months of World War II, is best known for making the controversial decision to use two atomic bombs against Japan in August 1945. After the war, Truman was crucial in the implementation of the Marshall Plan, which greatly accelerated Western Europe's economic recovery., wife: Bess Wallace, owned a failed clothing store