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1st President

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George Washington
(1789 - 1797)

Unaffiliated

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2nd President

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John Adams
(1797 - 1801)

Federalist

First President to live in the White House.

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3rd President

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Thomas Jefferson
(1801 - 1809)

Democratic-Republican

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

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4th President

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James Madison
(1809 - 1817)

Democratic-Republican

  • War of 1812
  • Father of the Bill of Rights
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5th President

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James Monroe
(1817 - 1825)

Democratic-Republican

Monroe Doctrine (1823); no more colonization of the Americas.

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6th President

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John Quincy Adams
(1825 - 1829)

Democratic-Republican & National Republican

Father was John Adams

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7th President

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Andrew Jackson
(1829 - 1837)

Democratic

First president to ride a train.

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8th President

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Martin Van Buren
(1837 - 1841)

Democratic

Panic of 1837 (depression).

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9th President

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William Henry Harrison
(1841 - 1841)

Whig

Died only a month after moving into office

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10th President

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John Tyler
(1841 - 1845)

Whig & Unaffiliated

Annexation of Texas from Mexico (1845)

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11th President

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James K. Polk
(1845 - 1849)

Democratic

  • Mexican War (1846)
  • California (1850)
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12th President

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Zachary Taylor
(1849 - 1850)

Whig

Died in his second year.

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13th President

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Millard Fillmore
(1850 - 1853)

Whig

Compromise of 1850; delayed the Civil War

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14th President

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Franklin Pierce
(1853 - 1857)

Democratic

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854); created territories of the two states

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15th President

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James Buchanan
(1857 - 1861)

Democratic

  • Viewed as one of the worst Presidents
  • Utah War (1857)
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16th President

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Abraham Lincoln
(1861 - 1865)

Republican & National Union

Civil War (1861 - 1865)

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17th President

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Andrew Johnson
(1865 - 1869)

National Union & Democratic

Alaska Purchase (1867)

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18th President

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Ulysses S. Grant
(1869 - 1877)

Republican

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19th President

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Rutherford B. Hayes
(1877 - 1881)

Republican

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20th President

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James A. Garfield
(1881 - 1881)

Republican

Assassinated in his first year of office.

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21st President

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Chester A. Arthur
(1881 - 1885)

Republican

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22nd President

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Grover Cleveland
(1885 - 1889)

Democratic

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23rd President

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Benjamin Harrison
(1889 - 1893)

Democratic

Grandfather was President William Henry Harrison

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24th President

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Grover Cleveland
(1893 - 1897)

Democratic

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25th President

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William McKinley
(1897 - 1901)

Republican

He was assassinated

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26th President

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Theodore Roosevelt
(1901 - 1909)

Republican

First President to travel abroad.

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27th President

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William Howard Taft
(1909 - 1913)

Republican

Later became a Supreme Court Justice

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28th President

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Woodrow Wilson
(1913 - 1921)

Democratic

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29th President

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Warren G. Harding
(1921 - 1923)

Republican

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30th President

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Calvin Coolidge
(1923 - 1929)

Republican

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31st President

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Herbert Hoover
(1929 - 1933)

Republican

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32nd President

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1933 - 1945)

Democratic

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33rd President

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Harry S. Truman
(1945 - 1953)

Dropped the atomic bomb on Japan

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34th President

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953 - 1961)

Republican

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35th President

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John F. Kennedy
(1961 - 1963)

Democratic

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36th President

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Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963 - 1969)

Democratic

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37th President

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Richard Nixon
(1969 - 1974)

Republican

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38th President

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Gerald Ford
(1974 - 1977)

Republican

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39th President

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Jimmy Carter
(1977 - 1981)

Democratic

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40th President

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Ronald Reagan
(1981 - 1989)

Republican

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41st President

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George H. W. Bush
(1989 - 1993)

Republican

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42nd President

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Bill Clinton
(1993 - 2001)

Democratic

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43rd President

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George W. Bush
(2001 - 2009)

Republican

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44th President

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Barack Obama
(2009 - 2017)

Democratic

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45th President

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Donald Trump
(2017 - 2021)

Republican

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46th President

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Joe Biden
(2021 - Present)

Democratic

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