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George washington- Federalist- 1789-1797

  • Wife Martha
  • No Children
  • Action hero
  • Wouldn't shake hands
  • Great dancer
  • Excellent delegator


John Adams-federalist- 1797-1801

  • wife abigail
  • 4 children
  • harvard educated
  • insecure
  • spoke with a lisp
  • poor people skills
  • X,Y,Z Affair
  • Alien and Sedition Act


Thomas Jefferson- Democratic-Republican, 1802-1809

  • widower
  • 6 children
  • man of the people
  • greeted guests in house slippers
  • secretive, master manipulator
  • Louisiana Purchase
  • Lewis in Clarke
  • Embargo Act 1807.


James Madison-Democratic-Republican, 1809-1817

  • 59 years old
  • wife dolly
  • No children
  • Father of constitution
  • Bawdy sense of humor
  • Calm demeanor
  • did his homework
  • War of 1812 defines his presidency


James Monroe- Democratic-Republican, 1817-1825

  • wife elizabeth
  • 2 children
  • war hero
  • honest
  • patient
  • hands-off manager
  • missouri compromise- missouri comes in union as a slave state. maine comes in as a free state, limits are put on the expansion of slavery.
  • The Monroe Doctrine is a United States policy that was introduced on December 2, 1823, which stated that further efforts by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed, by the United States of America, as acts of aggression requiring US intervention. The Monroe Doctrine asserted that the Western Hemisphere was not to be further colonized by European countries and that the United States would neither interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries. The Doctrine was issued at a time when many Latin American countries were on the verge of becoming independent from the Spanish Empire and the United States, reflecting concerns echoed by Great Britain, hoped to avoid having any European power take Spain's colonies


the election of 1824 states start to count the popular vote.


John Quicy Adams, Democratic-Republican, 1825-1829

  • Massachusetts
  • He become president because of the corrupt bargain.
  • wife louisa
  • 3 children
  • humorless
  • superb mind
  • arrogant
  • inflexible manager
  • shorty, pudgy, and stubborn
  • first to wear long trousers
  • patronage- hiring people into government office simply because they supported you for presidency.
  • first president to have photo taken.
  • Corrupt bargain


Election of 1828 was the dirtiest election.


Andrew Jackson, democrat, 1829-1837,

  • 61, Tennessee
  • Andrew Jackson wins the election, december 1828 Jackson's wife dies of a heart attack.
  • Wife rachel(deceased)
  • cantankerous
  • iron-willed
  • fighter for the people
  • intimidating manager
  • first born in a cabin
  • gambler
  • duelist had two bullets inside him
  • had a furious temper but knew how to use it
  • Jackson fires everyone and hire all his friends and creates the spoil system
  • the kitchen cabinet
  • 1830 indian removal act
  • South Carolina nullification act.
  • bank war summer of 1832
  • under andrew jackson, the united states government was completely debt free for the first and only time in history


Martin Van Buren, Democrat, 1837-1841

  • 54, New York
  • widower
  • 4 children
  • father of the democratic party
  • elegant dresser
  • witty
  • poor decision maker
  • panic of 1837 (bankruptcies, unemployment)
  • second panic in 1839 cause by a drop in cotton market.
  • election of 1840 the first election with public rallies, songs. first modern campaign.


william henry harrison, whig, 1841-1841(march 4- april 4)

  • 68, ohio
  • wife anna
  • 10 children
  • last president born a british subject
  • only pre-med president
  • unpretentious
  • consensus seeker
  • only president to study medicine
  • 2 hour inauguration
  • Caught a cold and it turned to namonia and die 31 days into office
  • first president to die in office.


John tyler, whig, 1841-1845

  • Served whole term with no vice president.
  • wife letecia and julia
  • 15 children
  • stubborn
  • aloof
  • aristocratic
  • independent leader
  • Webster Ashberg Treaty, it will define the borders on canada and the us.
  • Annexation of Texas


James K. Polk, democrat, 1845-1849

  • 49, Tennessee
  • wife, sarah
  • workaholic
  • accessible
  • devious
  • micro-manager
  • settle the dispute over the oregon territory, war cry in 5440 or fight.
  • bring california into the union
  • set up an independent treasury
  • lower tariffs on imports
  • the mexican war 1846-1848 became is legacy



Zachary Taylor, Whig, 1849-1850
  • Wife Margaret
  • 4 children
  • slovenly
  • poor speaker
  • never registered to vote
  • relaxed manager
  • Taylor wanted to hang secessionists



Millard Fillmore, Whig, 1850-1853

  • new york
  • Wife Abigail
  • 2 children
  • modest
  • amiable
  • avid reader
  • delegated authority



Franklin Pierce, Democrat, 1853-1857

  • 48, new hampshire
  • wife Jane
  • 3 children(all died in youth)
  • Charming
  • Alcoholic
  • Deferential
  • indecisive manager
  • kansas-Nebraska act new states will decide the slavery issue themselves



James Buchanan, Democrat, 1857-1861

  • 65 Pennsylvania
  • never married
  • generous
  • procrastinator
  • engaging
  • consensus seeker
  • first homosexual president



Abraham Lincoln, republican, 1861-1865

  • wife mary
  • 3 Children
  • excellent sense of humor
  • liked to be photographed
  • obsessed with military strategy
  • decisive manager
  • start of civil war was to preserve the union. he would done it without freeing the slaves if he could have.
  • April 12 1861 fire on fort sumpter starting the civil war.
  • first president to pardon a turkey on thanksgiving.
  • 11 year old son died
  • september 22 1862 emancipation proclamation is signed
  • april 9th 1865 lee's surrender Appomattox court house
  • april 14 1865 john wilks booth shoots abraham in the head



Andrew johnson, democrat-union, 1865-1869

  • wife eliza
  • 5 children
  • stubborn
  • principled
  • ambitious
  • uncompromising
  • most racist president in history
  • only us president to return in congress and is senator



  • march of 1867 congress passes ten year of office act.
  • the house of representatives brings the charges on the president



Ulysses S Grant, Republican, 1869-1877

  • 48,ohio
  • Wife, Julia
  • 4 children
  • loyal
  • humble
  • shy
  • governed like a military commander
  • good artist and painter



rutherford B Hayes, republican, 1877-1881

  • 54, ohio
  • first president to have a telephone
  • wife lucy
  • 8 children
  • honest
  • intellectual
  • optimistic
  • governed by compromise
  • lucy baned alcohol from the white house
  • first sitting president to go to the west coast



James garfield, republican, 1881-

  • wife lucretia
  • 7 children
  • outgoing
  • well-read
  • baseball fan
  • policy wonk
  • only preacher
  • shot and killed by charles



Chester A. Arthur, Republican, 1881-1885

  • 51, New York
  • Wife, Ellen(deceased)
  • 3 children
  • bon vivant(a person who enjoys a sociable and luxurious lifestyle.)
  • clothes horse
  • fisherman
  • relaxed management style
  • Noted for- Reforming the spoils system, Upgrading the US Navy.



Grover Cleveland, Democrat, 1885-1889

  • 49, new york
  • francis folsom
  • wife francis
  • 5 children
  • june 2 1886 first president to get married in the white house
  • honest
  • self-reliant
  • hard worker
  • inflexible manager



Benjamin Harrison, Republican, 1889-1893

  • 55 indiana
  • wife caroline
  • 3 children
  • civil war veteran
  • great public speaker
  • stond-offish
  • judicious administrator