Presidents of Era (1860-1928)

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln free'd the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation. He was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth in a movie theater while watching a play.
  • Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson
    Andrew Johnson was nominated to be vice president for Abraham Lincoln. He died in 1875
  • James Garfield

    James Garfield
    James's wife was very sick when he was running for office. He was assasinated in 1881, 4 months in office.
  • Benjamin Harrison

    Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin signed a tariff, an antitrust law, and survived the presidency. He died on March 13, 1901
  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland
    Grover Cleveland served two terms. He had vetoed Pensions Bureu.
  • William McKinley

    William McKinley
    He signed many treaties and was very against war. He was assasinated in 1901.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt
    He took McKinleys place when he was assasinated. He gave up office after his second term and he made his campaign slogan "The Square Deal".
  • William Howard Taft

    William Howard Taft
    After following Rossevelt into office, he continued to enforce antitrust laws. He was the 27th president and the sixteenth amendment was passed when he was in office.
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    One of the first events that happened while Wilson was in office was the passing of the Underwood Tariff. He was the 28th president.
  • Calvin Coolidge

    Calvin Coolidge
    Even though he vetoed it, in 1924 the Veteran's Bonus was passed by Congress. Calvin was the 30th president.