Presidents of the Era

Abraham Licoln

Mar 4, 1861

Inaugurated: March 4, 1861
Licoln was the 16th President of the United States. He led America thorugh the largest constitutional, miltiary, and moral crises (the Civil War). On April 16, 1865 he was assisnated in the presidential booths at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth.

Andrew Johnson

Apr 16, 1865

Inaugurated: April 16, 1865
Johnson was inaugurated as the 16th president due to Abraham Lincoln's death.Johnson was a Democrat. He favored quick restoration to seceded states of the Union.

Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 4, 1869

Inaugurated on: March 4, 1869
Following Grant's succesful role as war general in the civil war he became the 18th preident of the United States. Grant successfully destroyed the Ku Klux Klan movement in 1871. He was the first president to establish a civil service reform.

Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Mar 5, 1877

Inaugurated On: March 5, 1877
Hayes the 19th president. He was a reformer who began the efforts that led to civil service reform. He also oversaw the end of reconstruction and put his trust back into American government.

James Abram Garfield

Mar 4, 1881

Inaugurated On: March 4, 1881
President Garfield was the 20th president of the nited States. He held 9 consecutive terms in the U.S House of Representatives prior to being elected. He accoplished puring corruption in the U.S Post Office Department.

Chester Alan Arthur

Sep 20, 1881

Inaugurated On: Chester Alan Arthur
Arthur became the 21st president after the assasination of Garfiled. Arthur took office as a Republican. Before being president he was a lawyer.

Grover Cleveland

Mar 4, 1885

Inaugurated On: March 4, 1885
President Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve two non consecutive terms in office. As a presedent he took strong positions and was heavily criticized.In his second term disaster his the U.S when the Panic of 1893 occured.

William McKinley

Mar 5, 1897

Inaugurated On: March 4, 1897
President William McKinley was a Republican. He led the nation to victory in the Spanish American War. He was assasinated before the end of his 4-year term.

Theodore Roosevelt

Sep 14, 1901

Inaugurated On: Septmeber 14, 1901
He had an exuberant personality that pertained many interests in activities. Roosevelt led the Progressive movement. He was sworn in as president at 42 years of age, making him the youngest president to be elected.

William H. Taft

Mar 4, 1907

Inaugurated On: March 4, 1907
After presidency he ecame the Chief of Justice of the United States. Entered office as a Republican. He presidency included trust-busting, civil service reform, and passage of the 16th Amendment, along with more.

Woodrow Wilson

Mar 4, 1913

Inaugurated On: March 4, 1909
Wilson became leader of the Progressive Movement. In his first term he persuaded the Democratic Congress to pass major progressive reforms.When war came he issued the 14 Points.

Warren G. Harding

Mar 4, 1921

Inaugurated On: March 4, 1921
A Republican from Ohio entered the preseidential office as the 29th president of the United States.He signe the first child welfare program. He unexpectedly died in California, then he was succeeded by Calvin Coolidge, the Vice President.

Calvin Coolidge

Mar 4, 1925

Inaugurated On: March 4, 1925
He was a republican lawyer who later became governor of Massachusets.He was succeeded into presidency due to Harding's death.He gained a reputation of a man who said very little.