- father of constitution
-POTUS during war of 1812
-shortest president in height
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Thomas Jefferson
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-Sage of Monticello
-Lived at Monticello
-Wrote most if not all of Declaration of Independence
-Sent Lewis and Clark to explore Louisiana purchase
-In scandal over sally hemming
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John Tyler
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-POTUS with most kids
-"his accidency"
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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-ended reconstruction by taking the last union troops out of the south
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John Adams
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-Atlas of independence
-First pres to live in whitehouse
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Abraham Lincoln
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- honest Abe
- POTUS during civil war
-(1st) assassinated by John Wilkes booth
- signed the emancipation proclamation
-gave Gettysburg address
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Zachary Taylor
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-old rough and ready
-thought to be the first president assassinated, but wasn't
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James Garfield
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-(2nd) assassinated by John guiteau
-served the second shortest time
-American Red Cross was started under Garfield
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George washington
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-Father of our country
-Lived at mount Vernon
-General of contitenal army
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John Quincy Adams
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-Old man Eloquent
-only president to go back and serve in the U.S. house after being president
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James Buchanan
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-old buck
-only POTUS who never married
-he did almost nothing to prevent civil war
- one of lamest lame ducts
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James Monroe
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-era of good feelings president
-Monroe doctrine
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Millard Fillmore
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- send commodore Matthew Perry to open the grade doors of Japan
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Ulysses S. Grant
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-general of the union army
-hero of Appomattox
-great hero of civil war
-great general but terrible president
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James K. Polk
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- young hickory
-Napoleon of the stump
-first dark horse president
-president during the Mexican war
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William Henry Harrison
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-old tippecanoe
-serve the shortest amount of time (30days)
-ran a log cabin and hard sider campaign
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Chester A. Arthur
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-best dressed president
- gentleman boss
- did reform with civil service
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Andrew Johnson
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-last person to be president from TN
-first president to be impeached
-northern military governor of TN during civil war
-his wife taught him how to write
- USA purchased Alaska while he was president
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Andrew Jackson
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-old hickory
-lived at hermitage
-hero of battle of New Orleans
-had kitchen cabinet
-first president to use veto power a lot
-first president born in a log cabin
-started the spoil system