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1. George Washington 1732- 1799
Sworn in on 1789 left office 1796 |
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| First president of the United States was the leading General during the Revolutionary war served for 2 terms before retiring. Only President to be voted unamiously into office. |
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2. John Adams 1735- 1826
1796- 1800 |
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| First Vice President of the United States and a well known diplomat, was in office during the XYZ affair. |
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3.Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826
Sworn in 1800-1808 |
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| One of the first cabinet members the writer of the Declaration of Independence. Fanatic for liberty. |
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4. James Madison 1751- 1836
1809- 1817 |
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| The starter of the war of 1812 an advocate of the Union as a whole against the negative effects of states rights. |
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James Monroe 1758- 1831
1817-1825 |
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| A very honest man compared to Jefferson and his ideals made the Monroe Doctrine in a aggrement with Britain which stated that all of the New World was no longer up for grabs by any nation, including South and North America. |
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6. John Quincy Adams 1767-1848
1825-1829 |
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| The son of John Adams one of the greater secretary of state won the election for president very narrowely and was claimed to have delt in shady dealings with Clay to achieve this. Helped bring together highways and canals for the nation. |
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7. Andrew Jackson 1767-1845
1829-1837 |
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| A common man and opposer of the national bank aided in bringing the next president into power, was one of the first to really use the presidents veto power. |
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8. Martin Van Buren 1782-1862
1837-1841 |
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| A short man well liked by President Jackson, had to deal with a finanicial crisis, opposed expansion slavery and of national banks. |
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9. William Henry Harrison 1773-1841
1841-1841 |
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| Helped to fight against the Native Americans and expansion west. After a the first month in office he caught a cold and died, being the first president to die in office and marking the end of the Whig party. |
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John Tyler 1790-1862
1841-1845 |
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| First vice president to be raised to president by his predecessor, believed that the constituion must be strictly construed. |
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James K. Polk 1795-1849
1845-1849 |
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| Last of the Jacksonians, did his best to expand the union and its land by supporting the anexation of Texas and aquiring the lands of Northern Mexico, California, and Oregon. |
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Zachary Taylor 1784-1850
1849-1850 |
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| Served in the Army used unorthodox methods, ran as the Whigs party nominee infuriated many different sides including the south and congress for encouraging California and Texas to bypass territory states which might rid the states of slavery, stood up to the southern states threats of seccession. |
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Millard Fillmore 1800-1874
1850-1853 |
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| Was the faciliator and helped construct and put forth the compromise of 1850. |
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Franklin Pierce 1804- 1869
1853-1857 |
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| Was president during a time of peace, bought land along Mexico to build a railroad, unfortunately this indirectly caused the beginning of Bleeding Kansas. |
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15. James Buchanan 1791-1868
1857-1861 |
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| A president who did a poor job when sectionalism finally came to its climax, alienated the north and his own party he did a very bad job of fixing the rift between North and South and instead widened it. |
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16. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865
1861-1865 |
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| The president during the Civil War considered one of the greatest presidents Americas ever had he was one of the main reasons slavery was abolished from America, he helped raise and conform the Republican party using many different methods to keep the Union in tact he considered secession illegal. He was murdered and was very beloved by the North and respected by the South. |
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