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George Washington: Federalist
First president of the United States, Term in office set the path for future presidents -
John Adams: Federalist
First Vice President of the United States, appointed John Marshall as Cheif Justice of the U.S. -
Thomas Jefferson: Democratic-Republican
Declaration of Independence, and was the nation's first secretary of state -
James Madison: Democratic-Republican
known as the Father of the Constitution because of his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution and Bill of Rights, led U.S. to War of 1812 -
James Monroe: Democratic-Republican
Monroe Doctrine, Era of Good Feelings -
John Quincy Adams: Democratic-Republican
Son of John Adams, major contributor to the Monroe Doctrine -
Andrew Jackson: Democratic
wanted to acknowledge the common man and preserve the union, War Hawk -
Martin Van Buren: Democratic
Panic of 1837, wanted to continue Jackson's plan which prolonged the depression -
William Henry Harrison: Whig
Died one month into presidency of pneumonia, first president to die mid-term and caused confusion over what to do in the presidential line of secession. -
John Tyler: Whig
Tippecanoe battle hero, "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" was his slogan, first vice president to take office after death of president -
James K. Polk: Democratic
Annexation of Texas, Led the U.S. during the Mexican-American War, Oregon Treaty Negotiated -
Zachary Taylor: Whig
Compromise of 1850, died of cholera, second president to die in office -
Millard Fillmore: Whig
Vice President of Zachary Taylor, last whig to be in office, California becomes state, wanted to overturn the Wilmot Proviso -
Franklin Pierce: Democratic
Gadsden Purchase, Bleeding Kansas, Kansas-Nebraska Act -
James Buchanan: Democratic
Dred Scott Case, Panic of 1857, Raid on Harper's Ferry -
Abraham Lincoln: Republican
Emancipation Proclamation, Civil War, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth -
Andrew Johnson: Democratic
became president after the assassination of Lincoln, failed Reconstruction -
Ulysses S. Grant: Republican
General of the Union during the Civil War and victorious over the Confederacy, prominent leader in Reconstruction -
Theodore Roosevelt: Republican
adopted the "Square Deal" domestic policy, and set aside the most land for national parks all over the United States. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Democratic
Was president from 1933-1945 during World War II, brought America out of the great depression -
Lyndon B. Johnson: Democratic
Civil Rights act of 1964, prohibited discrimination based on race/ color, sex, or religion. expanded U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War -
Ronald Reagan
Previously a Hollywood actor, Reagan helped redefine the purpose of government and pressured the Soviet Union to end the Cold War. "Tear Down This Wall" speech
