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The American Presidents

The presidents of the United States have come from all walks Benjamin Harrison
of life; at least two were born in a log cabin – Abraham Lincoln (1889–93)
and Andrew Jackson. Others, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt and
John F. Kennedy, came from privileged backgrounds. Millard Chester A. Arthur
(1881–5)
Fillmore attended a one-room schoolroom and Jimmy Carter Millard Fillmore
grew peanuts. Many, including Ulysses S. Grant and (1850–53)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, were
military men, who won public Zachary Taylor
popularity for their great (1849–50) Franklin Pierce
achievements in battle. James K. Polk (1853–7)
(1845–9)
W.H. Harrison
(1841)
Rutherford B. Hayes
(1877–81)

George Washington
(1789–97) was a James Madison Andrew
Revolutionary War general. (1809–17), co-author of Johnson
He was unanimously chosen the Federalist Papers, was (1865–9)
to be the first president of known as the Father of
the United States. the Constitution.
1775 1800 1825 1850 1875
1775 1800 1825 1850 1875
John Adams James A.
(1797–1801), a lawyer James Monroe Garfield
and historian, was the (1817–25) John Tyler (1881)
first president to live in (1841–5)
the White
House. John Quincy Ulysses S.
Adams (1825–9) Martin Van Buren Grant
(1837-41) (1869–77)
Grover
Thomas Jefferson Cleveland
(1801–9), architect, James (1885–9)
inventor, landscape Buchanan
designer, diplomat, (1857–61) Abraham Lincoln
and historian, was (1861–5) won the
the quintessential epithet the Great
Renaissance man. Andrew Jackson Emancipator for his
(1829–37) defeated role in the abolition
the British at the of slavery. He led the
Battle of New Orleans Union through
in the War of 1812. the Civil War. Grover
Cleveland
(1893–7)
William McKinley
(1897–1901)

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