Week 6 - US Presidents Flashcards

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George Washingon

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1; 1789-1797
VP: John Adams
No Political Party
“Father of His Country”

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John Adams

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2; 1797-1801
VP: Thomas Jefferson
Federalist Party
“Atlas of Independence”

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Thomas Jefferson

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3; 1801-1809
VP: Aaron Burr ‘01-‘05; George Clinton ‘05-‘09
Democratic-Republican Party
“Man of the People”; “Sage of Monticello”

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James Madison

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4; 1809-1817
VP: George Clinton ‘09-‘12; Elbridge Gerry ‘13-‘14
Democratic-Republican Party
“Father of the Constitution”

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5
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James Monroe

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5; 1817-1825
VP: Daniel D. Thompkins
Democratic-Republican Party
“The Last Cocked Hat”; “Era-of-Good-Feeling President”

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6
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John Quincy Adams

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6; 1825-1829
VP: John C. Calhoun
Democratic-Republican Party
“Old Man Eloquent”

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7
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Andrew Jackson

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7; 1829-1837
VP: John C. Calhoun ‘29-‘32; Martin Van Buren ‘33-‘37
Democrat
“Old Hickory”

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Martin Van Buren

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8; 1837-1841
VP: Richard M. Johnson
Democrat
“The Little Magician”; “The Red Fox of Kinderhook”

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William Henry Harrison

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9; 1841-1841 (Died in Office)
VP: John Tyler
Whig
“Old Tippecanoe”; “Old Tip”

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John Tyler

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10; 1841-1845
VP: NONE
Whig
“Accidental President”; “His Accidency”

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11
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James Knox Polk

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11; 1845-1849
VP: George M. Dallas
Democrat
“Young Hickory”

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12
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Zachary Taylor

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12; 1849-1850 (Died in Office)
VP: Millard Fillmore
Whig
“Old Rough and Ready:

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13
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Millard Fillmore

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13; 1850-1853
VP: NONE
Whig
“The American Louis Philippe”

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14
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Franklin Pierce

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14; 1853-1857
VP: William R. King
Democrat
“Young Hickory of the Granite Hills”

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15
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James Buchanan

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15; 1857-1861
VP: John C. Breckinridge
Democrat
“Old Buck”

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16
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Abraham Lincoln

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16; 1861-1865 (Killed in Office)
VP: Hannibal Hamlin ‘61-‘65; Andrew Johnson ‘65
Republican
“Honest Abe”; “Illinois Rail Splitter”

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17
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Andrew Johnson

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17; 1865-1869
VP: NONE
Democrat
NONE

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18
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Ulysses Simpson Grant

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18; 1869-1877
VP: Schuyler Colfax ‘69-‘73; Henry Wilson ‘73-75
Republican
“Hero of Appomattox”

19
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes

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19; 1877-1881
VP: William A. Wheeler
Republican
“Dark-Horse President”

20
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James Abram Garfield

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20; 1881-1881 (Killed in Office)
VP: Chester A. Arthur
Republican
NONE

21
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Chester Alan Arthur

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21; 1881-1885
VP: NONE
Republican
“The Gentleman Boss”; “Elegant Arthur”

22
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Grover Cleveland

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22; 1885-1889
VP: Thomas A. Hendricks
Democrat
“Veto Mayor”; “Veto President”

23
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Benjamin Harrison

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23; 1889-1893
VP: Levi P. Morton
Republican
“Kid Gloves Harrison”; “Little Ben”

24
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Grover Cleveland

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24; 1893-1897
VP: Adlai E. Stevenson
Democrat
“Veto Mayor”; “Veto President”

25
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William McKinley

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25; 1897-1901 (Killed in Office)
VP: Garret A. Hobart ‘97-‘99; Theodore Roosevelt ‘01
Republican
“Idle of Ohio”

26
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Theodore Roosevelt

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26; 1901-1909
VP: Charles Warren Fairbanks
Republican
“TR”; “Trust-Buster”; “Teddy”

27
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William Howard Taft

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27; 1909-1913
VP: James S. Sherman
Republican
NONE

28
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Woodrow Wilson

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28; 1913-1921
VP: Thomas R. Marshall
Democrat
“Schoolmaster In Politics”

29
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Warren Gamaliel Harding

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29; 1921-1923 (Died in Office)
VP: Calvin Coolidge
Republican
NONE

30
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Calvin Coolidge

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30; 1923-1929
VP: Charles G. Dawes
Republican
“Silent Cal”

31
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Herbert Clark Hoover

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31; 1929-1933
VP: Charles Curtis
Republican
NONE

32
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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32; 1933-1945 (Died in Office)
VP: John N. Garner ‘33-‘41; Henry A. Wallace ‘41-‘45; Harry S. Truman ‘45
Democrat
“FDR”

33
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Harry S. Truman

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33; 1945-1953
VP: Alben W. Barkley
Democrat
“Give ‘Em Hell Harry”

34
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Dwight David Eisenhower

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34: 1953-1961
VP: Richard M. Nixon
Republican
“Ike”

35
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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35; 1961-1963 (Killed in Office)
VP: Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat
“JFK”; “Jack”

36
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Lyndon Baines Johnson

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36; 1963-1969
VP: Hubert H. Humphrey
Democrat
“LBJ”

37
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Richard Milhous Nixon

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37; 1969-1974 (Resigned)
VP: Spiro T. Agnew ‘69-‘73; Gerald R. Ford ‘73-‘74
Republican
NONE

38
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Gerald Rudolph Ford

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38; 1974-1977
VP: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican
“Jerry”

39
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James Earl Carter Jr

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39; 1977-1981
VP: Walter F. Mondale
Democrat
“Jimmy”

40
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Ronald Wilson Reagan

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40; 1981-1989
VP: George H. W. Bush
Republican
“The Gipper”; “The Great Communicator”; “Dutch”

41
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George Herbert Walker Bush

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41; 1989-1993
VP: J. Danforth Quayle
Republican
“Poppy”

42
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William Jefferson Clinton

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42; 1993-2001
VP: Albert Gore Jr
Democrat
“Bill”

43
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George Walker Bush

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43; 2001-2009
VP: Richard B. Cheney
Republican
“W”

44
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Barack Hussein Obama

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44; 2009-Present
VP: Joseph R. Biden Jr
Democrat
NONE