Benjamin Harrison He was elected in the year 1888, defeating Grover Cleveland and occupying the term between Grover Cleveland’s two non- consecutive presidencies.
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Benjamin Harrison
He was elected in the year
1888, defeating Grover
Cleveland and occupying the
term between Grover
Cleveland’s two non-
consecutive presidencies. He
was also a distant relative of
the other Harrison – William
Henry Harrison. Fortunately,
Benjamin Harrison’s
presidency lasted much
longer!
William McKinley
His time in office included the
Spanish American War – and
resulted in much overseas
expansion and colonization.
The United States claimed
Puerto Rico, the Philippines,
and Guam after the war; the
nation also claimed the right to
build a naval base at
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba,
annexed Hawaii, and American
Samoa. Sadly, he too was
assassinated, by an anarchist.
Thomas JeffersonAlthough he was the creator of the Statute of Religious Freedom in Virginia, the author of the Declaration of Independence, and the President of the United States; an accomplished architect, political philosopher, scientist, and writer; and the man who bought the Louisiana Territory, sent the Corps of Discovery and Lewis & Clark to explore it’ and double the size of the United States – despite all of this – his proudest accomplishment was that he founded the University of Virginia.
Andrew Jackson
He was the hero of the Seminole Wars in Florida and the leader of American forces at the Battle of New Orleans at the end (technically, after the end…) of the War of 1812. As President, he destroyed the National Bank, established the “Spoils System”, assured the Cherokee Nation of their fate by refusing to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision in Cherokee Nation V. Georgia, and threatened to invade South Carolina after South Carolina threatened to secede over the “Tariff of Abominations”during the Nullification Crisis.
John Tyler
He was an afterthought during
the Election of 1840 – the “Tyler”
part of “Tippecanoe and Tyler,
too!” When William Henry
Harrison died, he took steps to
ensure that he would take over
the office of a President – a
procedure which, at the time,
was of questionable
Constitutionality. During his
time in office, the United States
officially annexed Texas – which
had been an independent
republic previously.
Millard Fillmore
When Zachary Taylor passed
away in 1850 Millard Fillmore
served out the remainder of
his term. He was the
President of the United States
when the Compromise of 1850
was passed. During his time
in office the United States
opened relations with the
Empire of Japan – forcing
them to sign the Treaty of
Kanagawa.
Chester Arthur
He became President upon
the
death of James A. Garfield by
assassination in 1881. The
most significant
accomplishment of his
Presidency was the passage of
the Pendleton Act in 1883.
Abraham Lincoln
Widely considered the greatest of all American Presidents, Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War. His Emancipation Proclamation freed all of the enslaved people of the South, and he insisted that in order for the nation to be reunited, Southern States would have to pass the 13th Amendment, banning slavery. His sense of compassion and his eloquence, as evidenced by the Gettysburg Address, helped Americans to survive the most troubling years in our History. He was assassinated in April of 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, just days after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Ulysses S. GrantAlthough he is frequently condemned as a poor President due to the corruption and graft of his administration, Ulysses S. Grant was genuinely devoted to the cause of Civil Rights for African-Americans and Reconstruction. He continued to support Freedmen during the Reconstruction by funding the Freedman’s Bureau and keeping up the military occupation to the end of his time in office.
James Buchanan
He was a largely ineffective
President who served from
1857 to 1861. As the
sectional crisis and concern
over slavery turned violent in
“Bleeding Kansas” Buchanan
was unable to improve the
situation or even negotiate
compromise.
Rutherford B. HayesThe man who stole the Presidency from Samuel Tildon. He lost the popular vote in 1876, but when no candidate managed to win a majority of the Electoral College, he was placed in office thanks to the Compromise of 1876. He became President, but was forced to end the Reconstruction of the American South, thereby undoing most of the gains African-American citizens had made following the Civil War.
Theodore RooseveltHe became President when McKinley was assassinated, and was the youngest President in US History at the time. He was known as a trustbuster, for enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act against companies like Standard Oil.After reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, he helped to pass both the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. As a committed conservationist, he helped to establish the National Park System.
Ronald ReaganHe was President of the United States during the height of the Cold War, and once called the Soviet Union an “Evil Empire.” Yet, once Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR and pledged to improve relations with the West, Reagan joined Gorbachev in a partnership which reduced Soviet tyranny over Eastern Europe. In perhaps his most dramatic oration, Reagan, standing before the Berlin Wall, exclaimed, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” By 1989, the wall had crumbled.
Jimmy Carter
While this Democrat was
president from 1977 to 1981,
The United States was mired
in Economic Recession. He
opposed the Soviet Union’s
invasion of Afghanistan so
strongly, that the United
States boycotted the Moscow
Olympics in the year 1980.
He was also President when
Iranians held hundreds of
Americans hostage at the US
Embassy for 444 days.
Richard Nixon
This President was in office when
Neil Armstrong landed on the
moon. He opened diplomatic
relations with the People’s
Republic of China during his time
in office. Yet, he is the only
President in the history of the
United States of America to resign
from office. Had he not resigned,
he would likely have been
impeached and removed from
office for breaking in to the 1972
Democratic national headquarters
and lying about the criminal act.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
His “Great Society” reforms
like Medicaid, Medicare, and
Head Start were considered
magnificent accomplishments;
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the Voting Rights Act of
1965 were signed during his
Presidency, but his legacy was
damaged the Vietnam War.
Woodrow Wilson
“He Kept Us Out of War” was
this President’s campaign
slogan in the Election of 1916.
In April of 1917, he asked
Congress to declare war on
Germany to “Make the World
Safe for Democracy.” His
Fourteen Point Plan to restore
Europe after World War I was
adopted in the Treaty of
Versailles.
Dwight David Eisenhower
This Nebraskan and World War
II hero directed Operation
Overlord on D-Day in
Normandy, France prior to
becoming the President of the
United States. While he was
in office, he was caught lying
about U-2 spy planes missions
over the Soviet Union. He
also sent troops into Central
High School in Little Rock,
Arkansas to force the school
to integrate peacefully.
Warren G. Harding
He promised Americans a
“Return to Normalcy” after
World War I and the rise of
Radicalism left many
Americans upset and
disturbed. He was notoriously
corrupt, however, allowing the
Teapot Dome Scandal to
happen on his watch. He died
in office in 1923.
Herbert Hoover
He was the President of the
United States when the Stock
Market collapsed and the
Great Depression began, and
he was blamed for being
unsympathetic towards the
poor. Newspapers became
“Hoover” blankets, empty
pockets “Hoover” flags, and
communities of bums lived in
“Hoovervilles.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He designed the AAA, the
CCC, the REA, the FDIC, and
many other New Deal
Programs. Re-Elected four
times, this man was the
longest serving President of
the United States. He was the
victim of polio at a young age,
and restricted to a wheelchair
for much of his life;
nevertheless he was
extremely active and a
charismatic leader.
Martin Van BurenHe was known as the “Little Magician” because he was such a capable political manager during the 1800s. He was Andrew Jackson’s campaign manager and best political advisor, and he ran for President successfully to succeed Jackson in office. After serving as president from 1837 to 1841, he was re-nominated to run for President in 1848 by the Free-Soil party, which was pledged to abolishing slavery.
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