Presidents of the United States
First 12 Presidents (1) | |
|---|---|
George Washington (1789-1797) | Sets precedents; Farewell Address; no party |
John Adams (1797-1801) | Federalist; XYZ Affair; Alien and Sedition Acts |
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1909) | Louisiana Purchase; Embargo Act |
James Madison (1809-1817) | War of 1812; Father of Constitution |
James Monroe (1817-1825) | Monroe Doctrine; Era of Good Feelings |
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) | “Corrupt bargain”; Nationalist |
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) | Expanded presidential power; Indian Removal Act |
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) | Panic of 1837; Democrat |
William Henry Harrison (1841) | Died after 1 month in office |
John Tyler (1841-1845) | Annexed Texas; Clashed with Whigs |
James K. Polk (1845-1849) | Mexican-American War; Manifest Destiny |
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) | Died in office; War hero |
Second Next 12 Presidents | |
|---|---|
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) | Compromise of 1850 |
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
James Buchanan (1857-1861) | Failed to stop secession |
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) | Led through Civil War; Emancipation; Assassinated |
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) | Reconstruction struggles; Impeached |
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) | Civil War hero; Corruption scandals |
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) | Ended Reconstruction |
James A. Garfield (1881) | Assassinated early |
Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) | Civil service reform |
Grover Cleveland (1865-1889) | Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms |
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) | Sherman Antitrust Act |
Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) | Panic of 1893; Conservative |
Third Next 12 Presidents | |
|---|---|
William McKinley (1897-1901) | Spanish-American War; Assassinated |
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) | Trust-buster; Panama Canal; Conservationist |
William Howard Taft (1909-1913) | Dollar diplomacy; Later Chief Justice |
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) | WWI; League of Nations; 14 Points |
Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) | Teapot Dome Scandal; Died in office |
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) | Laissez-faire economics |
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) | Great Depression began |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) | New Deal; WWII; Elected 4 times |
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) | Dropped atomic bombs; Cold War begins |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) | Interstate Highway System; Cold War era |
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) | Cuban Missile Crisis; Assassinated |
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) | Great Society; Escalated Vietnam War |
Last 9 Presidents | |
|---|---|
Richard Nixon (1969-1974) | Ended Vietnam War; Watergate; Resigned |
Gerald Ford (1974-1977) | Pardoned Nixon |
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) | Camp David Accords; Iran Hostage Crisis |
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) | Conservative revolution; Ended Cold War tensions |
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) | Gulf War; Cold War ends |
Bill Clinton (1993-2001) | Economic boom; Impeached |
George W. Bush (2001-2009) | 9/11; Iraq and Afghanistan wars |
Barack Obama (2009-2017) | First Black President; Affordable Care Act (ACA) |
Donald Trump (2017-2021) | Populism; Impeached twice |
Joe Biden (2021-2025) | COVID-19 recovery; Infrastructure; Climate policy |