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Presidents
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| first president of the US, 1789-1797, called the father of his country commanded the continental army during the American revolution | George washington |
| second president, father of American independence and father of the American navy, federalist, first vice president, 1797-1801 | John adams |
| third president, primary author of the declaration of independence, president during the Louisiana purchase, part of the Democratic republican party, now republican party, 1801-1809 | thomas jefferson |
| fourth president, wrote the federalist papers, father of the constitution, president during the war of 1812, democratic republican party, 1809-1817 | James madison |
| fifth president, last president that was a founding father, democratic republican party, 1817-1825 | James monroe |
| sixth president, whig party, first president whose father was also a president, 1825-1829 | John Quincy adams |
| seventh president, democratic party, only president to pay off the national debt, first president to have a assassination attempt , 1829-1837 | Andrew jackson |
| eighth president, president during the financial panic of 1837, democratic party, 1837-1841 | martin van buren |
| ninth president, oldest president at the time, first to die in office, shortest presidency in US history, 1841 | William Henry harrison |
| tenth president, first vice president to succeed into the office after the death of a president, 1841-1845 | John tyler |
| eleventh president, first "dark horse" president, last Jacksonian to be in office, last strong president until civil war, 1845-1849 | James polk |
| twelfth president, general and national hero of US army from Mexican American war and the war of 1812, died in office, 1849-1850 | Zachary taylor |
| thirteenth president, whig party, last non democratic or Republican president, 1850-1853 | millard fillmore |
| fourteenth president, tried to end divisions before the start of the civil war, 1853-1857 | Franklin pierce |
| fifteenth president, served prior to the civil war, only president to not have a wife, only president from PA, 1857-1861 | james buchanan |
| sixteenth president, issued the emancipation proclamation, died in office by James wilkes booth, 1861-1865 | Abraham lincoln |
| seventeenth president, became president after Lincoln's assassination, 1865-1869 | Andrew johnson |
| eighteenth president, commanding general during civil war, 1869-1877 | Ulysses s grant |
| nineteenth president, saw the end of reconstruction after the civil war, tried to end divisions made by the civil war, 1877-1881 | Rutherford b hayes |
| twentieth president, 9 terms in the house, assassinated after 200 days in office, 1881 | James garfield |
| twenty first president, son of Baptist preacher from Ireland, president after Garfields assassination, 1881-1885 | chester a arthur |
| twenty second and twenty fourth president, first democrat after civil war, only president besides trump to leave office and then come back, 1885-1889/1893-1897 | grover cleveland |
| twenty third president, conducted the first front porch campaign, 1889-1893 | Benjamin harrison |
| twenty fifth president, assassinated in office, lead nation to victory in Spanish American war, raised tariffs to promote American industry, 1897-1901 | William mcKinly |
| twenty sixth president, youngest ever, lead America to strong foreign policy and progressive reforms, 1901-1909 | Theodore roosevelt |
| twenty seventh president, became 10 chief justice of the US, only person to serve both offices, 1909-1913 | William Howard taft |
| twenty eighth president, leader of the progressive movement, had a policy of neutrality at the start of WWI, led America to war to make the world safe for democracy, 1913-1921 | Woodrow wilson |
| twenty ninth president, ohio republican, teapot dome scandal, sensitive to plights of minorities and women, 1921-1923 | warren g harding |
| thirtieth president, perserved old moral and economic concepts, president during roaring 20's, 1923-1929 | Calvin coolidge |
| thirty first president, known as the great humanitarian, fed war-torn Europe during WWI, 1929-1933 | Herbert hoover |
| thirty second president, began presidency during great depression, helped regain american faith, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, 1933-1945 | Franklin d roosevelt |
| thirty third president, dropped the nukes on japan, 1945-1953 | harry truman |
| thirty fourth president, obtained a truce in Korea, tried to ease Cold War tensions, built the interstate system, 1953-1961 | Dwight d eisenhower |
| thirty fifth president, youngest to be elected to president, assassinated in office, 1961-1963 | john f kennedy |
| thirty sixth president, vice of jfk, vowed to built a great society for the American people, 1963-1969 | Lyndon b johnson |
| thirty seventh president, us representative and senator for california, ended fighting in Vietnam, improved international relations in the USSR and China, only president to resign because of watergate, 1969-1974 | Richard nixon |
| thirty eighth president, vice of nixon before Watergate forced him to resign, 1974-1977 | Gerald ford |
| thirty ninth president, awarded '02 Nobel peace prize for finding peaceful solutions for international conflicts and to enhance democracy and human rights, 1977-1981 | James (jimmy) carter |
| forty president, originally and actor who transferred into politics, Reaganomics, 1981-1989 | ronald reagan |
| forty first president, wanted a kinder and gentler nation, 1989-1993 | George HW bush |
| forty second president, politician from Arkansas, took office at the end of the cold war, first baby boomer president, 1993-2001 | william (bill) clinton |
| forty third president, transformed into a wartime president after the attacks on 9/11 and war on terrorism, 2001-2009 | George w bush |
| forty fourth president, Obamacare/affordable care act, 2009-2017 | Barack obama |
| forty fifth and forty seventh president, president during covid-19 pandemic, 2017-2021 as of now | donald trump |
| forty sixth president, Delaware senator, 2021-2025 (hopefully) | Joe biden |
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