Influential Presidents

President George Washington

Apr 30, 1789

Born 1732-1799
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army

President Thomas Jefferson

Mar 4, 1801

Born: 1743-1826
Gained the Lousiana Purchase of 800,000 square miles for $15 Million

President Andrew Jackson

Mar 4, 1829

Born: 1767-1845
Showed the rise of the common man
US Senator
President during the Trail of Tears
Removed Native Americans east of the Mississippi

President James K. Polk

Mar 4, 1845

Born: 1795-1849
Aquisition of California and New Mexico from the Mexican-American War which greatly increased America's size
Claimed Oregan Territory after a treaty with England
Key figure in the Manifest Destiny

President Abraham Lincoln

Mar 4, 1861

Born: 1809-1865
Served during the Civil War
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in Ford's Theatre on April 14

President Theodore Roosevelt

Sep 14, 1901

Born: 1858-1919
Earned title of Trust Buster
Created many national parks to preserve wildlife

President Woodrow Wilson

Mar 4, 1913

Born: 1856-1924
Led America during WWI
Wanted America to join the League of Nations

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mar 4, 1933

Born: 1882-1945
Elected to 4 terms
Served during the Great Depression
Created the New Deal program

President Harry S. Truman

Apr 12, 1945

Born: 1884-1972
Dropped Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jan 20, 1953

Born: 1890-1969
Supreme Allied Commander during WWII

President John F. Kennedy

Jan 20, 1961

Born: 1917-1963
US Senator
Assassinated in Dallas, Texas at 12;30pm on Novermberr 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald

President Richard Nixon

Jan 20, 1969

Born: 1913-1994
Watergate Scandal
Resigned from office on August 9, 1974