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List of Presidents

• George Washington [r]: (1732-1799) First U.S. President (from 1789 to 1797) and commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. ^[e]
• John Adams [r]: (1735-1826) Second U.S. President (from 1797 to 1801), attorney who successfully defended participants of the Boston Massacre of 1770, and a U.S. founding father. ^[e]
• Thomas Jefferson [r]: (1743-1826) Third U.S. President (from 1801 to 1809), first U.S. Secretary of State (from 1789 to 1793), author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and founder of the University of Virginia. ^[e]
• James Madison [r]: (1751–1836) Fourth U.S. President (from 1809 to 1817), author of some the Federalist Papers, Secretary of State, and one of the most influential U.S. founding fathers. ^[e]
• James Monroe [r]: (1758-1831) Fifth U.S. President (from 1817 to 1825), creator of the Monroe Doctrine and a lessening of partisan tensions known as the "Era of Good Feelings." ^[e]
• John Quincy Adams [r]: (1767-1848) Sixth U.S. President (from 1825 to 1829), and son of President John Adams. ^[e]
• Andrew Jackson [r]: (1767-1845) Seventh U.S. President (from 1829 to 1837), general defeating the British at New Orleans in 1815; sponsored the violent removal of Native Americans from Tennessee to Oklahoma. ^[e]
• Martin Van Buren [r]: (1782-1862) Eighth U.S. President (from 1837 to 1841) and a close ally of President Andrew Jackson. ^[e]
• William Henry Harrison [r]: (1773–1841) Ninth U.S. President (1841, succeeded upon his death by vice-president John Tyler), first governor of Indiana Territory, and a senator representing Ohio. ^[e]
• John Tyler [r]: (1790–1862) Tenth U.S. President (from 1841 to 1845), responsible for the annexation of Texas leading up to the Mexican-American War. ^[e]
• James K. Polk [r]: (1795–1849) Eleventh U.S. President (from 1845-1849) who prosecuted the Mexican-American War and oversaw the largest territorial expansion in American history. ^[e]
• Zachary Taylor [r]: (1784–1850) Twelfth U.S. President (from 1849 to 1850) and the general who led the U.S. army in the Mexican-American War. ^[e]
• Millard Fillmore [r]: The thirteenth President of the United States of America following the death of President Zachary Taylor. ^[e]
• Franklin Pierce [r]: (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) The 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ^[e]
• James Buchanan [r]: Only U.S. President (15th), 1857-1861, that never married. Democratic Senator and Secretary of State under President James K. Polk. ^[e]
• Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President (from 1861 to 1865) who prosecuted the American Civil War to reclaim 11 seceding states and abolish slavery; assassinated in 1865 near the beginning of his second term. Considered the greatest of all American presidents. ^[e]
• Andrew Johnson [r]: The 17th president of the United States of America (1865-69) after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. ^[e]
• Ulysses S. Grant [r]: (1822-1885) American general and 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). ^[e]
• Rutherford B. Hayes [r]: (1822-1893) The Republican President of the United States, 1877-1881. ^[e]
• James Garfield [r]: The 20th President of the United States of America, serving in 1881, and a Republican U.S. Congressman from Ohio. ^[e]
• Chester A. Arthur [r]: The 21st President of the United States of America. ^[e]
• Grover Cleveland [r]: The 22^nd and 24^th President of the United States of America, and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. ^[e]
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• William McKinley [r]: (1843–1901) Twenty-fifth President of the United States of America, Governor of Ohio. ^[e]
• Theodore Roosevelt [r]: (1858-1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States, naturalist, historian, political reformer, and Progressive Era politician. ^[e]
• William Howard Taft [r]: (1857 – 1930) The 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States. ^[e]
• Woodrow Wilson [r]: 28th U.S. President (1913-1921); founded the Federal Reserve and brought his country to fight both the Mexicans in the Mexican Revolution and the Central Powers in World War One. ^[e]
• Warren G. Harding [r]: President of the USA, 1921-23, his administration is best known for the scandals that erupted. ^[e]
• Calvin Coolidge [r]: President of the United States of America 1923-1929, who took office after President Warren G. Harding's death. ^[e]
• Herbert Hoover [r]: US President from 1929 to 1933. ^[e]
• Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. ^[e]
• Harry S. Truman [r]: (1884-1972) President of the U.S. from 1945 to 1953. ^[e]
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