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American Presidents
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
Born 2/22/1732 in Pope's Creek, Virginia. Died
12/14/99
Previous experience: Surveyor, farmer, Continental
Congress delegate
Vice President: John Adams
Term of Office: 4/30/1789-3/3/1797 |
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JOHN ADAMS
Born 10/30/1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts. Died
7/4/1826
Previous experience: Lawyer, Continental Congress
delegate, Vice President
Political Party: Federalist
Vice President: Thomas Jefferson
Term of office: 4/4/1797-3/3/1801 |
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
Born 4/13/1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. Died 7/4/1826
Previous experience: Continental Congress delegate,
governor, Secretary of State, Vice President
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Vice Presidents: Aaron Burr, George Clinton
Term of office: 3/4/1801-3/3/1809
Key Events: Author of the Declaration of American
Independence, noted dope grower |
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JAMES MADISON
Born 3/16/1751 in Port Conway, Virginia.
Died 6/28/1836
Previous experience: Lawyer, Continental Congress
delegate, Congressman, Secretary of State
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Vice Presidents: George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
Term of office: 3/4/1809-3/3/1817 |
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JAMES MONROE
Born 4/28/1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Died
7/4/1831
Previous experience: Soldier, lawyer, Continental
Congress delegate, Senator, Governor, Secretary of
State, Secretary of War
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins
Term of office: 3/4/1817-3/3/1825 |
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Born 7/11/1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts. Died
2/23/48
Previous experience: Lawyer, Senator, Secretary of
State, Congressman
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Vice President: John C. Calhoun
Term of office: 3/4/1825-3/3/29
"The influence of each human being on others in this
life is a kind of immortality." John Quincy Adams |
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ANDREW JACKSON
Born 3/15/1767 in Waxhaw District, South Carolina.
Died 6/8/1845
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, military
leader, governor, Senator
Political Party: Democratic
Vice Presidents: John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
Term of office: 3/4/1829-3/3/37 |
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MARTIN VAN BUREN
Born 12/5/1782 in Kinderhook, New York.
Died 7/24/1862
Previous experience: Lawyer, Senator, governor,
Secretary of State, Vice President
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Richard M. Johnson
Term of office: 3/4/1837-3/3/41 |
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WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON
Born 2/9/1773 in Berkeley, Virginia. Died 4/4/1841
Previous experience: Military leader, territorial
governor, Congressman, Senator
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: John Tyler
Term of office: 3/4/1841- 4/4/41
Key events: Shortest term in office. |
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JOHN TYLER
Born 3/29/1790 in Charles City County, Virginia. Died
1/18/62
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, governor,
Senator, Vice President
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: None
Term of office: 4/6/1841 - 3/3/45 |
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JAMES KNOX POLK
Born 11/2/1795 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Died 6/15/49
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: George M. Dallas
Term of office: 3/4/1845-3/3/49
Key Events: Mexican-American War |
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ZACHARY TAYLOR
Born 11/24/1784 in Montebello, Orange County,
Virginia. Died 7/9/50
Previous experience: Military leader
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: Millard Fillmore
Term of office: 3/4/1849-7/9/50 |
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MILLARD FILLMORE
Born 1/7/1800 in Summerhill, New York
Died 3/8/74
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Vice
President
Political Party: Whig
Vice President: None
Term of office: 7/10/1850-3/3/53 |
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FRANKLIN PIERCE
Born 11/23/1804 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
Died
10/8/69
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Senator
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: William R. King
Term of office: 3/4/1853-3/3/57 |
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JAMES BUCHANAN
Born 4/23/1791 in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. Died 6/1/68
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Senator,
member of Cabinet
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: John C. Breckenridge
Term of office: 3/4/1857-3/3/61 |
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Born 2/12/1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. Died
4/15/65
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Senatorial
candidate
Political Party: Republican (called National Union in
the election of 1864)
Vice Presidents: Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
Term of office: 3/4/1861-4/15/65
Key Events - Civil War, Abolition of Slavery,
Assassinated |
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ANDREW JOHNSON
Born 12/29/1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Died
7/31/75
Previous experience: Congressman, governor, Senator
Party: National Union
Vice President: None
Term of office: 4/15/1865-3/3/69 |
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ULYSSES S. GRANT
Born 4/27/1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
Died 7/23/85
Previous experience: Army General
Political Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
Term of office: 3/4/1869-3/3/77 |
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RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD
HAYES
Born 10/4/1822 in Delaware, Ohio. Died 1/17/93
Previous experience: Lawyer, military leader,
Congressman, governor
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: William A. Wheeler
Term of office: 3/4/1877-3/3/81 |
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JAMES A. GARFIELD
Born 11/19/1831 in Orange, Ohio Died 9/17/81
Previous experience: Military leader, Congressman,
Senator
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Chester A. Arthur
Term of office: 3/4/1881-9/17/81
Key Events: Assassinated
20th President. Could reputedly write Latin with his
right hand and Greek with his left hand
simultaneously. |
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CHESTER A. ARTHUR
Born 10/5/1830 in Fairfield, Vermont.
Died 11/18/86
Previous experience: Public official, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: None
Term of office: 9/20/1881-3/3/85 |
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GROVER CLEVELAND
Born 3/18/1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey. Died 6/24/1908
Previous experience: Lawyer, sheriff, mayor, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Thomas A. Hendricks
Term of office: 3/4/1885-3/3/89 |
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BENJAMIN HARRISON
Born 8/20/1833 in North Bend, Ohio. Died 3/13/1901
Previous experience: Lawyer, military leader, Senator
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Levi P. Morton
Term of office: 3/4/1889-3/4/93 |
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GROVER CLEVELAND
Born 3/18/1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey. Died 6/24/1908
Previous experience: Lawyer, sheriff, mayor, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson
Term of office: 3/4/1893-3/3/87 |
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WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Born 1/29/1843 in Niles, Ohio. Died 9/14/1901
Previous experience: Soldier, lawyer, Congressman,
governor
Political Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Garret A. Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
Term of office: 3/4/1897-9/14/1901
Key Events: Assassinated |
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Born 10/27/1858 in New York, New York.
Died 1/6/1919
Previous experience: governor, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks
Term of office: 9/14/1901-3/3/09 |
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WILLIAM H. TAFT
Born 9/15/1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Died 3/8/1930
Previous experience: Lawyer, judge, Governor of the
Philippines, Secretary of War
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: James S. Sherman
Term of office: 3/4/1909-3/3/13 |
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WOODROW WILSON
Born 12/28/1856 in Staunton, Virginia. Died 2/3/1924
Previous experience: Princeton University President,
Governor of New Jersey
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall
Term of office: 3/4/1913-3/3/21
Key Event: Signed Federal Reserve Act into law"I can predict with absolute
certainty that within another generation there will be
another world war if the nations of the world do not
concert the method by which to prevent it."
Woodrow Wilson, 1919 |
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WARREN G. HARDING
Born 11/2/1865 in Corsica, Ohio. Died 8/2/23
Previous experience: lieutenant governor, Senator
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Calvin Coolidge
Term of office: 3/4/1921-8/2/23 |
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CALVIN COOLIDGE
Born 7/4/1872 in Plymouth, Vermont. Died 1/5/33
Previous experience: lawyer, public official,
governor, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles G. Dawes
Term of office: 8/3/1923-3/3/29 - 30th President |
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HERBERT C. HOOVER
Born 8/10/1874 in West Branch, Iowa. Died 10/20/64
Previous experience: Secretary of Commerce
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles Curtis
Term of office: 3/4/1929-3/3/33 |
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FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT
Born 1/30/1882 in Hyde Park, New York. Died 4/12/45
Previous experience: Public official, lawyer, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice Presidents: John N. Garner, Henry A. Wallace,
Harry S. Truman
Term of office: 3/4/1933-4/12/45
Key Events: WW2, New Deal |
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HARRY S TRUMAN
Born 5/8/1884 in Lamar, Missouri. Died 12/26/72
Previous experience: judge, Senator, Vice President
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Alben W. Barkley
Term of office: 4/12/45-1/20/53
Key Events: Berlin Airlift. Captain of artillery
battery WW1, company D. Was vice president for only 82
days before becoming President. Atom bomb after 4
months in office |
"I never give them hell. I just tell the truth, and
they think it is hell."
Harry S. Truman |
DWIGHT DAVID
EISENHOWER
Born 10/14/1890 in Denison, Texas. Died 3/28/69
Previous experience: Military leader, college
president
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
Term of office: 1/20/53-1/20/61
Key Events: Korean War |
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JOHN F. KENNEDY
Born 5/29/17 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Died 11/22/63
Previous experience: Congressman, Senator, author
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Term of office: 1/20/61-11/22/63
Key Events: Cold War, Cuban crisis, Assassinated |
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Born 8/27/1908 in Stonewall, Texas.
Died 1/22/73
Previous experience: public official, Vice President
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
Term of office: 11/22/63-1/20/69
Key Events: Helped with Kennedy assassination, Vietnam |
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RICHARD M. NIXON
Born 1/9/13 in Yorba Linda, California.
Died 4/22/94
Previous experience: Lawyer, Congressman, Senator,
Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford
Term of office: 1/20/69-8/9/74
Key Events: Vietnam War, Watergate |
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GERALD R. FORD
Born 7/14/13 in Omaha, Nebraska
Previous experience: Congressman, Vice President
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Term of office: 8/9/74 - 1/20/77
Key Events: Pardoned Nixon, Chevy Chase Impersonator |
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JAMES E. CARTER
Born 10/1/24 in Plains, Georgia
Previous experience: Naval officer, businessman, state
senator, governor
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Walter F. Mondale
Term of office: 1/20/77-1/20/81
Key Event: Sucked as a president |
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RONALD W. REAGAN
Born 2/6/11 in Tampico, Illinois
Previous experience: actor, union official, governor
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: George H.W. Bush
Term of office: 1/20/81-1/20/89
Key Events: Cold War, Less Taxation |
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GEORGE H.W. BUSH
Born: 6/12/24 in Milton, Massachusetts
Previous experience: Vice President, Congressman,
ambassador, Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle
Term of office: 1/20/89-1/20/93
Key Events: Gulf War, Collapse of Communism |
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WILLIAM J. CLINTON
Born 8/19/46 in Hope, Arkansas
Previous experience: governor, philanderer, coke fiend
Political Party: Democratic
Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr.
Term of office: 1/20/93 - January 2001
Key Events: Impeachment, Balkan conflicts, Lewinsky
"I did not have sex with that woman,
Ms. Lewinsky!"
"I didn't inhale."
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GEORGE W. BUSH
Born July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut
Previous experience: Military pilot, governor of Texas
Political Party: Republican
Term of Office: January 20, 2001 -
Key Events: Sept 11 2001, Iraq War 2003 |
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