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Richard Nixon

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The 37th President of the United States; the only president to resign from office

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George H. W. Bush

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41st president, 1989-1993, Republican Youngest bomber pilot in WWII, Director of CIA, VP under Reagan, First Gulf War

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George Washington

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1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

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Thomas Jefferson

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3rd President of the United States , He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States.

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Zachary Taylor

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12th President of the United States; general in Mexican War who led the battle over the disputed territory around the Rio Grande River

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Andrew Johnson

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17th President of the United States, A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president.

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William H. Taft

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27th President 1909-1913 Republican

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Calvin Coolidge

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The 30th President of the United States; also known as 'Silent Cal'

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John Tyler

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10th President 1841-1845

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James K. Polk

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11th President of the United States from Tennessee; committed to westward expansion; led the country during the Mexican War; U.S. annexed Texas and took over Oregon during his administration

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Woodrow Wilson

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28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize

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Franklin Pierce

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14th President 1853-1857

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Abraham Lincoln

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16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)

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Herbert Hoover

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31st President of the United States, Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community.

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William H. Harrison

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9th president; shortest term as president (1 month)

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James Madison

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4th president 1809-1817

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William McKinley

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25th president responsible for Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism. Is assassinated by an anarchist

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James Buchanan

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The 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). He tried to maintain a balance between proslavery and antislavery factions, but his moderate views angered radicals in both North and South, and he was unable to forestall the secession of South Carolina on December 20, 1860.

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U. S. Grant

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18th president; leader of the Union army during the Civil War

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John F Kennedy

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35th President of the United States 35th President of the United States; only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize; events during his administration include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War; assassinated in Dallas, TX in 1963

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John Adams

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2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)

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Harry S. Truman

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33rd president of the United States. He assumed the presidency at the death of FDR in 1945 and served until 1953. Under his leadership the United States saw the end of the Second World War with the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Japan and also the establishment of the Truman Doctrine for foreign policy, which seeks to limit the spread of Communism.

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Bill Clinton

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42nd President advocated economic and healthcare reform; second president to be impeached

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Millard Fillmore

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13th President 1850-1853

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Martin Van Buren

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8th president 1837-1841

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James Monroe

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5th president, begins expansionism including Florida and Missouri, as well as reigning over the Era of Good Feelings

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Jimmy Carter

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The 39th President who created the Department of Energy and the Depatment of Education. He was criticized for his return of the Panama Canal Zone, and his last year in office was marked by the takeover of the American embassy in Iran, fuel shortages, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, which caused him to lose to Ronald Regan in the next election.

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Ronald Reagan

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The 40th President of the United States; former actor, and oldest person to become President

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Warren G. Harding

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29th president, served from 1921-1923 with a focus on peace abroad and prosperity at home

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Teddy Roosevelt

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26th President (1901-1909) Republican, Harvard Grad, youngest to be president (after McKinley died), filed anti-trust suits

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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the 32nd president of the United States. He was president from 1933 until his death in 1945 during both the Great Depression and World War II. He is the only president to have been elected 4 times, a feat no longer permissible due to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution.

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Grover Cleveland

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24th PRESIDENT: 1893 to 1897 (Democrat) He is inaugurated a second time, as the 24th president. He is the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms.

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John Q. Adams

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6th president from 1825-1829; served in the Senate and House of Representatives; son of President John Adams; helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine as Secretary of State; lost his re-election to Andrew Jackson; viewed as one of the greatest diplomats in American history.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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19th president of the united states, was famous for being part of the Hayes-Tilden election in which electoral votes were contested in 4 states, most corrupt election in US history

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Benjamin Harrison

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23rd President; Republican, poor leader, introduced the McKinley Tariff and increased federal spending to a billion dollars

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Barack Obama

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James A. Garfield

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20th president, Republican, assassinated by Charles Julius Guiteau after a few months in office due to lack of patronage

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Chester A. Arthur

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21st President 1881-1885 Republican

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Grover Cleveland

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22nd PRESIDENT: 1885 to 1889 (Democrat) He was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States; as such, he is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents. He was defeated by Benjamin Harrison (although he won the popular vote) after his first term in office.

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Donald Trump

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45th President 2017-Current Republican

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Gerald Ford

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The 38th President of the United States; was never elected as VP or President

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Andrew Jackson

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7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency

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George W. Bush

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43rd president of the US who began a campaign toward energy self-sufficiency and against terrorism in 2001

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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The 36th President of the United States; took the oath of office on Air Force One

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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34th President 1953-1961

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