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INTRODUCTIONy Chief Executive. Commander in Chief. Leader of the Free World.
The Big Cheese. Whatever you want to call him, the president of
the Unit Love him or hate him, hes the closest thing we have to amonarch, a figure who encapsulates elements of celebrity and
patriarchy all at once.
y Little wonder, then, that the men who have held the title of Mr.
President have become household names.
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Born in 1732 into aVirginia planter family, helearned the morals, manners,and body of knowledgerequisite for an 18th centuryVirginia gentleman. On April30, 1789, George Washingtontook his oath of office as the
first President of the UnitedStates.
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Adams was born in theMassachusetts Bay Colony in1735. AHarvard-educatedlawyer, he early becameidentified with the patriotcause; a delegate to the Firstand Second ContinentalCongresses, he led in themovement for independence.
He was the president of theUnited States between 1797-1801.
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This powerfuladvocate of liberty wasborn in 1743 inA
lbemarle County,Virginia.
His sympathy forthe French Revolutionled him into conflictwithAlexander
Hamilton whenJefferson was Secretaryof State in PresidentWashington's Cabinet.
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The first
President who was the son
of a President.
Adams urged
the United States to take a
lead in the development of
the arts and sciencesthrough the establishment
of a national university,
the financing of scientific
expeditions, and the
erection of an observatory.
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Born inVirginia in 1784, he wastaken as an infant toKentucky and raised on aplantation. He was a careerofficer in theArmy.
40 years in theArmy
made him a strongnationalist. He spent aquarter of a century policingthe frontiers against Indians.
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The son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Lincoln had tostruggle for a living and for
learning.As President, he built the Republican Party into a strongnational organization. He alsorallied most of the northern Democrats to the Union cause.On Good Friday, April 14,1865, Lincoln was assassinatedat Ford's Theatre in Washington by John WilkesBooth.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Beneficiary of the mostfiercely disputed election inAmerican history, RutherfordB. Hayes brought to theExecutive Mansion dignity,honesty, and moderate reform.
He fought in the CivilWar, was wounded in action,and rose to the rank of brevetmajor general.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Roosevelt was president, writer,naturalist, and soldier.
He was the second of four children born
into a long-established, socially
prominent family of Dutch and Englishancestry.
Elected as a Republican to the New
York StateAssembly at 23, Roosevelt
quickly made a name for himself as a foeof corrupt machine politics.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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During his Presidency,
Nixon succeeded in ending
American fighting in Viet Namand improving relations with
the U.S.S.R. and China. But
the Watergate scandal brought
fresh divisions to the countryand ultimately led to his
resignation.
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The only movieactor ever to become president. His
policies have been credited withcontributing to the demise of Sovietcommunism.
At the end of histwo terms in office, Ronald Reaganviewed with satisfaction theachievements of his innovative
program known as the ReaganRevolution, which aimed toreinvigorate theAmerican people andreduce their reliance uponGovernment.
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Politician and businessman,former vice president of the
United States between1981and 1989, Bush
assembled a multinational
force to compel the
withdrawal of Iraq fromKuwait in the Persian Gulf
War.
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42nd president of the UnitedStates, Clinton oversaw thecountrys longest peacetime
economic expansion. In 1998 hebecame only the second U.S.president to be impeached; he wasacquitted by the Senate in 1999.
During the administration ofWilliam Jefferson Clinton, theU.S. enjoyed more peace andeconomic well being than at anytime in its history.
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43rd president of theUnited States, Bush led hiscountrys response to the terrorist
September 11 attacks in 2001 andinitiated the Iraq War in 2003.Narrowly winning the electoralcollege vote over Vice Pres. Al Gorein one of the closest and most
controversial elections inAmericanhistory, George W. Bush became thefirst person since Benjamin Harrisonin 1888 to be elected presidentdespite having lost the nationwidepopular vote.
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He went on to attend law
school, where he became
the firstAfrican
American president of the
Harvard Law Review.
He was elected the 44th
President of the UnitedStates on November 4,
2008, and sworn in on
January 20, 2009.
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America may have become as the saying goes the country off all possibilities, due to its
famous presidents. Their strong character,determination and wisdom brought America to itsglory and huge prosperity.
I believe we should continue to regard these
gentlemen as great managers of the future of theircountry and nation and thank them for their devotion ,after all, they have one of the hardest job in the world.