George Washington

- rode on his famous white horse Nelson

- first patron of the Union Arts

- thought shaking hands was"beneath him"

- "So help me God" originaed from him

John Adams

- most unsuited for the job

- minister to France and England

- humble, imbitious

- first president to add a secretary to his cabinet

Thomas Jefferson

- man of the people

- greeted guests in house slippers

- secretive

- master manipulator

James Madison

- Father of the Constitution

- dirty sense of humor

- calm demeanor

- no children

James Monroe

- war hero

- patient

-would veto any self-inflicting document for states

- Monrovia, Africa was named after him

- Monroe Doctrine named after him

John Quincy Adams

- John Adams's son

- humorless

- superb mind

- arrogant

- true author and creator of the Monroe Doctrine

- inflexible manager

- Democratic Republican

Andrew Jackson

- cantankerous (feisty)

- iron willed (strong character)

-fighter for the people

- intimidating (Cabinet feared him)

8th president and 1 fact

Martin Van Buren

- Father of the Democratic Party

- elegant dresser

- witty/clever

- poor decision maker

William H. Harrison

- Whig party

- pre med student

- died in a month from pneumonia

- 1st president to die in office

- attacked for his old age

John Tyler

- refused to have a VP

-believed in states' rights

- stubborn

- independent leader

- didn't really want to serve as president

- had 2 wives after the first one died in office

James K. Polk

- tried to provoke a war to have U.S gain Mexican land

- Polk asked Congress to declare war on Mexico after they stormed across the Rio Grande and killed 11 Am. soldiers

- declined reelection due to poor health

Zachary Taylor

- served as general the American general in the war with Mexico

- war hero

- dominated by the Whig party

Millard Fillmore

- served as Zachary Taylor's VP

- became president as a result of Taylor's death

- had no VP during his serving time

- Whig party

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Franklin Pierce

- served in House of Reps and Senate

- doughface (Northern who showed sympathy towards Southerners)

- one of the worst presidents in U.S history

James Buchanan

- only president from PA

- long life bachelor

- nicknamed "Old Buck"

Abraham Lincoln

- helped free the slaves

- favored and was a leader for the Union/North during the Civil War

- first Republican president

- Emancipation Proclamation

- nicknamed "Honest Abe"

- obsessed with military strategy

- made Thanksgiving a national holiday

- assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in the Ford Theatre

- Lincoln Memorial

- Gettysburg Address

- did not attend college