1st president, 1789
George Washington
2nd president 1797-1801
Jhon Adams “people and nations are forged in the fires of adversity”
3rd president 1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson, main author of the Declaration of independence
4th president 1809-1817
James Madison, referred to as the father of the constitution
5th president 1817-1825
James Monroe, the last of the “founding fathers”
6th president 1825-1829
Jhon Quincy Adams, he served as a secretary to his father (Jhon Adams, 2nd president) in Europe
7th president, 1829-1837
Andrew Jackson, first “popularly elected” president.
8th president 1837-1841
Martin Van Buren, called “the little magician” saw one of the worst financial depressions of the country
9th president 1841
William Henry Harrison, died after 32 in office. Shortest period for a president in US history
10th president 1841-1845
Jhon Tyler, called “his accidency” as he rose to presidency due to the death of the previous president William Henry Harrison
11th president 1845-1849
James K. Polk, succeeded in annexing Texas, New Mexico and California, got in a war with Mexico. Also negotiated Oregon from the British
12th president 1849-1850
Zachary Taylor, national hero in the Mexican-American War, died during presidency
13th president 1850-1853
Millard Fillmore, last president not to be affiliated to the Democratic or Republican parties.
14th president 1853-1857
Frankli Pierce eased the division that eventually led to Civil war
15th president 1857-1861
James Buchanan, only president from Pennsylvania, only to remain lifelong bachelor
16th president 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln, issued the Emancipation proclamation ending legal slavery. Governed through the Civil War. Murdered in Ford’s Theater by an actor
