Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama Reconstruction to Present Day United States Presidents.

Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama

Reconstruction to Present Day

United States Presidents

• Election of 1860 & 1864 (52 years old)

• Political Party: Republican

• Vice-President: Hannibal Hamlin & Andrew Johnson

• Occupation Before Office: Lawyer

• Civil War; Reconstruction- 10% Plan, Freedmen’s Bureau, Pacific Railway Act of 1862

•Assassinated in 1865

13th Amendment

Legacy: Saved the Union

Personality: Funny, good listener, plain-spoken, obsessed with detail, & micromanager

• Finished Lincoln’s 2nd Term in Office


• Vice-President: None

• Occupation: Tailor

• Reconstruction, Impeached by Congress because of Radical Republicans

•(56 years old)

Legacy: Father of Segregation

Personality: cold, blunt, honest, stubborn, lacked flexibility



• Vice-President(s): Schuyler Colfax & Henry Wilson

• Occupation: Farmer & Soldier

• Reconstruction & Gilded Age

• Panic of 1873 ($$$)

•Scandals: Whiskey Ring, & Credit Mobilier

Battle of Little Bighorn

Legacy: Father of the Civil Rights Movement

Personality: loved animals, superstitious, artistic, hands-off micromanager, Motto: “Let us have peace”

• Election of 1876


• Vice-President: William A. Wheeler

• Occupation: Lawyer

• Gilded Age

• Great Railroad Strike of 1877

•(54 years old)

•Legacy: ended Reconstruction with Compromise of 1877 & Supports Black Suffrage•Personality: outdoorsman, “people person”, & physically fit

•Election of 1880

•Political Party: Republican

•Vice-President: Chester A. Arthur

•Occupation: Laborer & Professor

•Gilded Age

•Assassinated because of attempt of Civil Service Reforms

•(49 years old)

Legacy: Martyr of the “Spoils System”

Personality: gifted speaker & debater, inconsistent, touchy-feely , despised patronage

• Completed Garfield’s Term of Office


• Vice-President: None

• Occupation: Teacher & Lawyer

• Gilded Age

• Pendleton Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

•(51 years old)

•Legacy: Restored dignity to presidency

•Personality: passive manager, honest, man of charm, entertainer, emotional, romantic, & procrastinator

• Election of 1884 & 1892

• Political Party: Democrat (47 & 55)

• Vice-President: Thomas A. Hendricks & Adlai E. Stevenson


• Gilded Age

• Interstate Commerce Commission

• Haymarket Square Riot

1894 Pullman Strike

Legacy: 1st president to use veto freely & only President to serve 2 non-consecutive terms

*Only Democrat between 1860 & 1892

Personality: Blunt, honest, efficient, quick temper, narrow-minded, good “money man”, & conservative



• Vice-President: Levi P. Morton


• Gilded Age

• Battle of Wounded Knee

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Signed Higher Tariff

•(55 years old)

•Grandson of William Henry Harrison

•Legacy: “Billion Dollar Congress”

•Personality: detail oriented, quit work at noon to be with children, “great public speaker”& 1st to use Christmas tree

• Elections of 1896 & 1900 (54 years old)


• Vice-President: Garret Hobart & Theodore Roosevelt

• Occupation: Teacher & Lawyer

• Gilded Age

• Supported Gold Standard

• Boxer Rebellion 1900

•Annexed Hawaii in 1898

•Spanish-American War

•Assassinated in 1901

•Legacy: Modern politics

•Personality: moral, religious, formal manners, friendly

• Completed McKinley’s Term in Office



• Vice-President: Charles W. Fairbanks

• Occupation: Historian, Soldier, & Rancher

• Legacy: The 1st Modern President

•(42 years old)

•Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine

•“Big Stick Diplomacy”

•Panama Canal

• “Trustbuster”

•Conservationists

•Square Deal

•Coal Strike of 1902

•Personality: Youthful, energetic, craved the spotlight, proud, animated speaker, thirst for knowledge, cherished role of President, strong sense of right & wrong, fearless



• Vice-President: James S. Sherman


• Largest President

• Dollar Diplomacy

• High Tariff & Slight conservation

•(51 years old)

Legacy: Progressive in the regulation of monopolies

Personality: fun, loved baseball & golf, good natured, joked about his size, & did not like being President

• Election of 1912 & 1916

• Political Party: Democrat (56 yrs.)

• Vice-President: Thomas R. Marshall

• Occupation: College Professor

• World War I

• Fourteen Points: League of Nations

• Missionary Diplomacy

•18th-Prohibition

•Federal Reserve Act

•19th-Woman’s Suffrage

•Legacy: Offered voters “New Freedom” by ending monopolies

•Personality: sportsman, joke teller, moody, gifted speaker, poor health

•Election of 1920: (55 years old)

•Political Party: Republican

•Vice-President: Calvin Coolidge

•Occupation: Newspaper Editor & Publisher

•“Ohio Gang”: Teapot Dome Scandal

•Called for Washington Naval Conference in 1921 & worked for peace

•Legacy: did little to meet the economic & social needs of post-war America

•Personality: easy-going, poker player, nervous breakdowns, unfaithful in marriage, relaxed, & poor leadership skills

• Completed Harding’s Term of Office



• Vice-President: Charles G. Dawes


• Former Governor of Massachusetts who settled Boston Police Strike

•(51 years old) •“Silent Cal”• Promised a “Return to Normalcy”•Veteran’s Bonus•Kellogg-Briand Pact•Legacy: Restored dignity to the office after Harding’s scandals•Personality: shy, reserved, man of few words, not innovative



• Vice-President: Charles Curtis

• Occupation: Engineer

• Food Administrator during WWI

• Blamed for the Great Depression

•(54 years old) •“Rugged individualism”•Shantytowns = “Hoovervilles”•21st Amendment: Prohibition Ends in 1929

•Black Thursday-Stock Market Crash

•Smoot-Hawley Tariff

•Legacy: Identified one of darkest periods in history.

•Personality: self-reliant, self-assured, didn’t like small talk, avid fisherman, extremely efficient, hard-working, dull speaker, & detail oriented

• Elections of 1932, 1936, 1940 & 1944 (51 years)

• Political Party: Democrat

• Vice-Presidents: John N. Garner, Henry A. Wallace, & Harry S. Truman


• “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”

• Great Depression & World War II (DDAY)

•New Deal: Relief, Recovery, & Reform•“Court-packing Scheme”•Social Security Act•“Fireside Chats”

•Only President elected to 4 Terms in Office

•1st 100 Days & 2nd 100 Days

•TVA, CCC,WPA, PWA, SEC,

•Legacy: Fearlessly guided U.S. through war & depression, inspiring hope & confidence.

•Personality: sensitive, good listener, sportsman, loved movies, card player, charming, worked well under pressure, fearless, strong-willed, suffered from polio

• Completed FDR’s Term of Office (60 yrs old)



• Vice-President: Alben W. Barkley

• Occupation: Clerk & Farmer

• World War II: bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

•Desegregated the military after WWII

•Cold War: Berlin Airlift, Korean War

•“The Buck Stops Here”

•“Fair Deal”

•McCarthyism & Red Scare

•Legacy: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, established NATO- saved “western civilization”

•Personality: even-tempered, reader, pianist, loved to walk outdoors, confident, acted boldly & quickly

• Elections of 1952 & 1956 (62 yrs)


• Vice-President: Richard M. Nixon

• Occupation: Soldier

• Allied Supreme Commander of WWII- DDAY

• “Little Rock Nine” Crisis

•Brown v. Board of Education

•Legacy: Kept the peace & provided prosperity- a time of great national pride.

•Personality: superstitious, great cook, poker player, honorable, poor public speaker, never badmouthed others

• Election of 1960 (43)


• Vice-President: Lyndon B. Johnson

• Occupation: Author, Reporter

• Youngest President

• Cuban Missile Crisis & Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Civil Rights Movement

•New Frontier: Space program, & Peace Corps •Legacy: His tragic assassination in Dallas, TX 1963•Personality: graceful, ladies man, very athletic, witty, 1st Catholic

• Completed JFK’s 2nd Term of Office (55)



• Vice-President: Hubert H. Humphrey

• Occupation: Teacher

• Escalated the Vietnam War after Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• “Great Society”

•Pushed for passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 & 1968

• Declared a war on poverty

•Voting Rights Act

•Race riots

•Medicare & Medicaid

•Did not seek a 2nd term

•Personality: complex, puzzling person, loved to play host, true Texan, competitive, hardworking, ambitious, & intimidating

• Elections of 1968 & 1972 (56 yrs old)


• Vice-Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew & Gerald R. Ford


• 1st President to visit China

• Started détente with Soviet Union

•Vietnamization: gradual withdrawal of troops from Vietnam War•1st man on moon•Environmental Protection Agency•Legacy: Watergate Scandal, resignation, & “Tricky Dick”•Personality: serious, avid bowler, pianist, entrepreneur, traditional values, patriotic, secretive

• Completed Nixon’s Term of Office after his resignation (61)


• Vice-President: Nelson A. Rockefeller


• Vietnam troops return home in 1975

• Pardoned Richard Nixon for his actions

• Accidental President: Only President appointed VP & later succeeds to presidency

•Legacy: Restored a sense of integrity to White House after Watergate Scandal.

•Personality: dependable, honest, talented athlete, big on compromise, not prepared for presidency

•2 assassination attempts by 2 different females



• Vice-President: Walter Mondale

• Occupation: Business & Farmer

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island

• Panama Canal Treaty

•Camp David Accords

•Legacy: Fought for human rights & diplomacy- became a exemplary leader of these causes after his presidency.

•Personality: religious, shy, intelligent, reader, hired minorities, ambitious, sarcastic, did not delegate

• Elections of 1980 & 1984 (69)


• Vice-President: George H.W. Bush

• Occupation: Actor & Lecturer

• American hostages released from Iran

• “Reaganonmics”• Berlin Wall fall down

after Reagan persuaded Gorbachev

• Launching of Columbia

•Iran-Contra Scandal involving Nicaragua

•Challenger Explosion

•Appointed 1st woman to Supreme Court

•Legacy: The “Teflon President”

•Personality: former Hollywood actor, charmer, private, loved comics, optimistic, great communicator

•*Attempted assassination in 1981

• Election of 1988 Political Party: Republican

• Vice-President: Dan Quayle

• Occupation: Business

• Persian Gulf War with Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait

• Soviet Union collapses- Berlin Wall

• (64 years old)

•“Read my lips, no new taxes”

•Invasion of Panama

•Legacy: Admired as honest & principal leader

•Personality: Type A, workaholic, witty, put friends in key positions, decent leader

• Elections of 1992 & 1996 (46 years old)


• Vice-President: Al Gore, Jr.


• NAFTA is signed

• OK City Courthouse Bombing

• Impeachment Trial & is acquitted

• Monica Lewinski: Public Relations Affair

•Brady Bill

•Troops sent to Bosnia

•Legacy: Provided peace, low crime, & unprecedented prosperity

•Personality: Flirtatious, chronic womanizer, saxophone player, reader, loved junk food, stubborn & commanding, peacemaker, hated making enemies, & “Slick Willie”



• Vice-President: Dick Cheney

• Occupation: Business

• “No Child Left Behind”

• Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorists Attacks on America

• Known as “W ”

• Hurricane Katrina 2005

• Bush v. Gore Election 2000: Controversy in Florida with chads (votes)

•Legacy: Fought terrorism worldwide

•Personality: witty, athletic, party boy, outgoing, cocky, loyal, competitive, energetic



• Vice-President: Joe Biden

• Current President

• “Cash for Clunkers”

• Buyouts: GM, Chrysler, & others

• (47 years old)

•Pushing for National Health Care System

•TO BE CONTINUED

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Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama Reconstruction to Present Day United States Presidents.

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