Presidents through Lincoln

George Washington - First president of the United States, served from 1789 to 1797

Ratification of the US Constitutions-1788

John Adams - Second president of the United States, served from 1797 to 1801

Passage of the Alien and Seditions Acts-1798

Thomas Jefferson - Third president of the United States, served from 1801 to 1809

Louisiana Purchase-1803

James Madison - Fourth president of the United States, served from 1809 to 1817

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

James Monroe - Fifth president of the United States, served from 1817 to 1825

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

John Quincy Adams - Sixth president of the United States, served from 1825 to 1829

Contruction of the Erie Canal begins- 1825

Andrew Jackson - Seventh president of the United States, served from 1829 to 1837

Indian Removal Act, leading to the Trail of Tears- 1830

Martin Van Buren - Eighth president of the United States, served from 1837 to 1841

Panic of 1837

William Henry Harrison - Ninth president of the United States, served in 1841

Died just one month after taking office- 1841

John Tyler - Tenth president of the United States, served from 1841 to 1845

Annexation of Texas- 1845

James K. Polk - Eleventh president of the United States, served from 1845 to 1849

Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

Zachary Taylor - Twelfth president of the United States, served from 1849 to 1850

Debates of status of slavery in the territories

Millard Fillmore - Thirteenth president of the United States, served from 1850 to 1853

Compromise of 1850

Franklin Pierce - Fourteenth president of the United States, served from 1853 to 1857

Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

James Buchanan - Fifteenth president of the United States, served from 1857 to 1861

Dred Scott Decision (1857)

Abraham Lincoln - Sixteenth president of the United States, served from 1861 to 1865.

Emancipation Proclamation