Presidents of the United States 1 George Washington (1789-1797) a 1 st President b Supported the 1 st Bank of the United States c Served 2 Terms 2 John Adams (1797-1801) a Federalist b Sedition Acts c Alien Laws d XYZ Affair 3 Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) ic-republican (Jeffersonian) b Embargo Act Non-Intercourse Act c Wanted Small Military d John Marshall e Louisiana Purchase i. James Monroe, Robert Livingston f Meriwether Lewis, William Clark g Served 2 Terms 4 James Madison (1809-1817) ic-republican b Macon s Bill No. 2 c War of 1812 Treaty of Ghent (1814) d Tariff of 1816 e Rejected Nationally-Funded Roads f Served 2 Terms 5 James Monroe (1817-1825) ic-republican b Era of Good Feelings c Panic of 1819 d Missouri Compromise e Monroe Doctrine f Served 2 Terms 6 John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) * b Strong Nationalist c Opposed Slavery d Supported the building of nationally-funded roads and canals
7 Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) b Bank War i. Panic of 1837 c Trail of Tears d Common Man i. Spoils System e Served 2 Terms 8 Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) ic b Divorce Bill i. Independent Treasury Bill c His delayed actions to end the Panic of 1837 caused big economic problems 9 William Henry Harrison (1841) a Whig b Died in Office on April 4, 1841 c Served 1 Term** 10 John Tyler (1841-1845) a Whig b Democrat at Heart c Vetoes Bank of United States d Lowered Tariff 11 James K. Polk (1845-1849) b Oregon Country w/britain c Mexican-American War 12 Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) a Whig b Underground Railroad c Gold Rush d Congressional Debate of 1850 e Died in Office on July 9, 1850 f Served 1 Term** 13 Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) a Whig b Compromise of 1850 c Fugitive-Slave Law of 1850 d 2 nd Era of Good Feelings
14 Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) b Cuba/Nicaragua c Transcontinental Railroad d Kansas-Nebraska Act e Lecompton Constitution with Kansas f Served 1 Term 15 James Buchanan (1857-1861) b Dred Scott Case c Panic of 1857 d John Brown 16 Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) b Civil War i. Emancipation Proclamation c Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 at Ford s Theater d Served 2 Terms** 17 Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) b Reconstruction c Clashes with Congress i. Impeached (1 Vote Shy of Being Removed from Office) 18 Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) b Political Corruption i. Credit Mobilier Scandal c Panic of 1873 d Served 2 Terms 19 Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) b Hayes-Tilden Standoff i. Electoral Count Act (Compromise of 1877) c Civil Rights Act of 1875 i. Jim Crow Laws
20 James A. Garfield (1881) b Assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau on September 19, 1881 c Served 1 Term** 21 Chester A. Arthur (1881-1884) b Pendleton Act of 1883 i. Attempted to stop political corruption ii. Civil Service Commission c Served 1 Term 22 Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) b Proposed a lower tariff to Congress to bring lower prices to consumers c Served 1 Term 23 Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) b Billion-Dollar Congress c McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 i. Discredited Republican Party d McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 brought more economic troubles to farmers e Sherman Silver Act Purchase of 1890 precursor to the Panic of 1893 i. Depreciated the value of silver due to the drastic rise of silver in circulation. f Served 1 Term 24 Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) b Panic of 1893 i. Sherman Silver Act Purchase of 1890 c Anti-imperialist 25 William McKinley (1897-1901) b Gold Standard Act of 1900 c Imperialist i. Annexation of Hawaii d Assassinated by a deranged anarchist on September 14, 1901 **
26 Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) b Panama Canal c Roosevelt Corollary d Progressivism e Panic of 1907 f Served 2 Terms 27 William Howard Taft (1909-1913) b Trust Breaker c Progressivism 28 Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) b Federal Reserve Act c World War I i. Fourteen Points Address ii. League of Nations iii. Treaty of Versailles d 18 th Amendment Prohibition e 19 th Amendment Women Suffrage f Red Scare i. Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti g Served 2 Terms 29 Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) b Roaring Twenties i. Automobile Industry ii. Aviation Industry iii. Flappers c Corruption i. Teapot Dome Scandal d Soft President e Five Power Treaty/Four Power Treaty f Died in Office on August 2, 1923 g Served 1 Term** 30 Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) b Capper-Volstead Act c Dawes Plan of 1924
31 Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) b McNary-Haugen Bill c Hawley-Smoot Tariff d The Great Depression i. Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929) 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) b New Deal i. Relief, Recovery, Reform ii. Did Not Work c World War II i. Yalta Conference d Died in Office on April 12, 1945 e Served 4 Terms*** 33 Harry S Truman (1945-1953) b End of World War II i. Division of Germany ii. United Nations iii. Postwar Economy 1. Servicemen s Readjustment Act (GI Bill) c Served 2 Terms 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) b Armistice signed ending the Korean War c McCarthyism d Operation Wetback i. Rounded up a million illegal Mexican immigrants e Strategic Air Command (SAC) f Space Race i. Sputnik I and Sputnik II ii. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) g Served 2 terms
35 John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) b Catholic c New Frontier i. Peace Corps d Strategy of Flexible Response e Bay of Pigs i. Cuban Missile Crisis ii. Arms Race f Tax Cuts g Assassinated on November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald h Served 1 term** 36 Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) b Civil Rights i. Civil Rights Act of 1964 ii. Voting Rights Act of 1965 iii. Affirmative Action c Gulf of Tonkin i. Vietnam War d War on Poverty i. Great Society ii. Medicare iii. Medicaid e Counterculture f Served 2 terms 37 Richard Nixon (1969-1974) b Vietnamization c Détente Policy with China and the Soviet Union d End of Vietnam War i. Last Americans were evacuated from Vietnam on April 29, 1975 ii. Dr. Henry A. Kissinger e Resigned from office in 1974 following the Watergate Scandal f Served 2 terms** 38 Gerald Ford (1974-1977) b Pardoned Richard Nixon c Helsinki Accords d Served 1 term**
39 Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) b Rising Inflation c Oil Crisis d Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan e Iranian Hostage Crisis f Served 1 term 40 Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) b Neo-conservatism i. Reduced the size of the government 1. Cut taxes 2. Shrunk the federal budget ii. Reaganomics, Supply-side Economics, Trickle-down Economics iii. Increase in Military Spending 1. Large increase in national debt c Increasingly Friendly Relations with the Soviet Union d Served 2 terms 41 George Bush (1989-1993) b Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) i. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait c Americans with Disabilities Act d Served 1 term 42 Bill Clinton (1993-2001) b Favored minorities and women c North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) d Impeached on charges of perjury i. 2 nd president to be impeached ii. Not removed from office e Served 2 terms 43 George W. Bush (2001-2009) b World Trade Center Attacks (September 11, 2001) c War in Afghanistan d War in Iraq e i. Capture of Saddam Hussein f Served 2 terms
44 Barack H. Obama (2009-present) b First African American to be President c Ended War in Iraq d Affordable Health Care Act * From 1826 and on, Democratic-Republicans were just called Democrats, and from 1854 and on, Whigs were called Republicans. ** Started to serve 1 or 2 term(s). *** Only president to serve more than 2 terms.