Presidents Flashcards
1st President
George Washington
(1789 - 1797)
Unaffiliated
2nd President
John Adams
(1797 - 1801)
Federalist
First President to live in the White House.
3rd President
Thomas Jefferson
(1801 - 1809)
Democratic-Republican
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
4th President
James Madison
(1809 - 1817)
Democratic-Republican
- War of 1812
- Father of the Bill of Rights
5th President
James Monroe
(1817 - 1825)
Democratic-Republican
Monroe Doctrine (1823); no more colonization of the Americas.
6th President
John Quincy Adams
(1825 - 1829)
Democratic-Republican & National Republican
Father was John Adams
7th President
Andrew Jackson
(1829 - 1837)
Democratic
First president to ride a train.
8th President
Martin Van Buren
(1837 - 1841)
Democratic
Panic of 1837 (depression).
9th President
William Henry Harrison
(1841 - 1841)
Whig
Died only a month after moving into office
10th President
John Tyler
(1841 - 1845)
Whig & Unaffiliated
Annexation of Texas from Mexico (1845)
11th President
James K. Polk
(1845 - 1849)
Democratic
- Mexican War (1846)
- California (1850)
12th President
Zachary Taylor (1849 - 1850)
Whig
Died in his second year.
13th President
Millard Fillmore
(1850 - 1853)
Whig
Compromise of 1850; delayed the Civil War
14th President
Franklin Pierce
(1853 - 1857)
Democratic
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854); created territories of the two states
15th President
James Buchanan (1857 - 1861)
Democratic
- Viewed as one of the worst Presidents
- Utah War (1857)
16th President
Abraham Lincoln
(1861 - 1865)
Republican & National Union
Civil War (1861 - 1865)
17th President
Andrew Johnson
(1865 - 1869)
National Union & Democratic
Alaska Purchase (1867)
18th President
Ulysses S. Grant
(1869 - 1877)
Republican