APUSH presidents final

1788-1796

George Washington- no party

events: bill of rights, Judiciary Act of 1789

1797-1801

John Adams-federalist party

events: XYZ affair, alien & sedition acts

1801-1809

Thomas Jefferson- democratic-republican party

events: louisiana purchase, embargo act

1809-1817

James Madison-democratic republican

events: war of 1812, macon act

1817-1825

James Monroe-democratic republican

events: monroe doctrine, missouri compromise

1825-1829

John Quincy Adams-democratic republican

events: corrupt bargain, Erie canal completion

1829-1837

Andrew Jackson-democrat

events: indian removal act/ trial of tears, Bank war

1837-1841

Martin Van Buren-democrat

events: panic of 1837, trail of tears (continues)

1841

William Henry Harrison-whig

events: first president to die in office, longest inaugural speech (cold led to his pneumonia)

1841-1845

John Tyler-whig(expelled from party)

events: webster-ashburton treaty, annexation of texas

1845-1849

James K. Polk-democrat

events: Mexican American war, orgeon treaty

1849-1850

Zachary Taylor-whig

events: debated of compromise of 1850, clayton-bulwer treaty

1850-1853

Millard Fillmore-whig

events: compromise of 1850 passed, fugitive slave act enforced

1853-1857

Franklin Pierce-democrat

events: kansas-nebraska act, gadsden purchase

1857-1861

James Buchanan-democrat

events: dred scott decision, john brown’s raid

1861-1865

Abraham Lincoln-Republican/national union party

events: civil war, emancipation proclamation

1865-1869

Andrew Johnson-democrat/ national union party

events: reconstruction begins, first president impeached

1869-1877

Ulysses S. Grant-republican

events: 15th amendment, credit mobilier & whiskey ring scandals