Presidents of Era

Abraham lincoln

Mar 4, 1861

born in 1809. became president in 1861 till 1865. assassinated April 15, 1865 . vice president- Hanibal
hamlin, Andrew Johnson. Johnson took over as president after lincoln passed

Andrew Johnson

Mar 4, 1865

born december 29, 1808. took over as president after the assassination of lincoln in 1865. presidency from 1865 till 1865.

Ulysses s Grant

Mar 4, 1869

born April 27, 1822. presidency from 1869-1877. he was a good commander of our country and brave at war.

James Garfield

Mar 4, 1881

He was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. Garfield was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1859 as a Republican. As President, Garfield strengthened Federal authority over the New York Customs House, stronghold of Senator Roscoe Conkling, who was leader of the Stalwart Republicans and dispenser of patronage in New York.. in office from 1881-1881. died 1881

Chester A. Arthur

Mar 4, 1881

born in Fairfield, Vermont, in 1829. Arthur made a name for himself as the lawyer who defended a black woman named Lizzie Jennings who was thrown off a streetcar in Brooklyn. He won the case and public transportation in New York became desegregated for all people. in office from 1881-1885

Grover Cleveland

May 23, 1885

Born March 18, 1837 at Caldwell, New Jersey as Stephen Grover Cleveland. 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1885–1889 and 1893–1897) In 1884, he won as the Democratic Party nominee. His first Vice President was Thomas A. Hendricks.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Mar 4, 1887

Born in Ohio in 1822, Hayes was educated at Kenyon College and Harvard Law School.He fought in the Civil War, was wounded in action, and rose to the rank of brevet major general. While he was still in the Army, Cincinnati Republicans ran him for the House of Representatives.

Benjamin Harrison

Mar 4, 1889

born August 20, 1833, North Bend, Ohio. presidency from 1889 - 1893.
As president, Harrison failed to please either the bosses or the reform element in the party. In foreign affairs he backed Secretary of State Blaine, whose policy foreshadowed later American imperialism. Harrison was renominated in 1892 but lost to Cleveland

William McKinley

Mar 4, 1897

Born: 29-Jan-1843. 25th US President, 1897-1901. William McKinley, the twenty-fifth president of the United States, was born in Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio, on the 29th of January 1843

Theodore Roosevelt

Mar 4, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, into a wealthy family in New York City. Known as "Teedie"--later "Teddy"--he was frail and sickly as a boy, and as a teenager followed a program of gymnastics and weightlifting to build up his strength.Upon graduating from Harvard College in 1880, Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee and entered Columbia University Law School, though he dropped out after only one year to enter public service. He was elected to the New York State Assembly at the