U.S. Presidents

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    George Washington

    From: Westmoreland County, Virginia
    Educated: a local school in Fredericksburg
    Military Service: an officer in the Virginia militia and as the commanding general of the Continental Army
    Previous office: he was elected to the Virginia provincial legislature, representing Frederick County in the House of Burgesses for seven years beginning in 1758
    Family Members: Bushrod Washington was George Washington's nephew
  • Ratifying Constitution

  • Capital is moved

  • National Bank created

  • Bill of Rights ratifyied

  • Proclaiming Neutrality

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    John Adams

    From: Braintree, Massachusetts
    Educated: Harvard College
    Military Service: he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace
    Previous Office: Prosecuting attorney, Texas House of Representatives in 1950, Democrat in 1951, and the joined the Federal Bureau of investigation
    Family Members:
  • XYZ Affair

  • 11th Amendment

  • XYZ Affairs exposed

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

  • Alien Act

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    Thomas Jefferson

    From: Shadwell, VA
    Education: William and Mary
    Military Service: County Militia of Mobilization
    Previous Office: Vice President
    Family Members:
  • Neutralization law repealed

  • Enabling Act

  • Marbury v Madison

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Lewis and Clark

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    James Madison

    From: Belle Grove
    Education: Princeton University and the college of New Jersey
    Military Service: Colonel Commander of the orange County Regiment, Virginia Militia
    Previous Office: U.S. Secretary of State
    Family Members:
  • Erksine Agreement

  • Fletcher v. peck

  • Macons Bill No. 2

  • Trade Wars

  • Army Bill

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    James Monroe

    From: Monroe Hall, VA
    Education: William & Mary and Campbelltown Academy
    Military Service: Continental Army's 3d Virginia Regiment
    Previous Office: U.S. Secretary of War
    Family Members:
  • Mississippi Becomes a State

  • Anglo American Convention

  • Panic of 1819

  • McCulloch v Maryland

  • Missouri Compromise

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    John Quincy Adams

    From: Braintree, Massachusetts
    Education: Harvard College, Harvard University, and Universiteit Leiden
    Military Service: ambassador
    Previous Office: U.S. Secretary of State
    Family Members:
  • Erie Canal Completed

  • Jefferson and Adams Die

  • Ports closed to British

  • MFN Trade system

  • Tarriff of Abomination

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    Andrew Jackson

    From: Waxhaws
    Education: Salisbury North Carolina
    Military Service: Major general
    Previous Office: Representative
    Family Members:
  • Indian Removal Act

  • Force Bill

  • Peggy Eaton Affair

  • Ordinance of Nullification

  • Ordinance of Nullification

  • Texas Independent

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    Martin Van Buren

    From: Kinderhook, New York
    Education: Claverack College
    Military Service: no service
    Previous Office: Vice President of U.S.
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  • Panic of 1837

  • Opposes annexation of Texas

  • Ending the Aristook War

  • The Whig Ticket

  • The Independent Treasury Act

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    William Henry Harrison

    From: Berkeley Plantation, VA
    Education: Hampden- Sydney College and University of Pennsylvania
    Military Service: American Military victory
    Previous Office: Ohio State Senator
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    John Tyler

    From: Greenway Plantation, Charles City, VA
    Education: William and Mary
    Military Service: Captain
    Previous Office: Vice President of U.S.
    Family Members:
  • Dies of Pneumonia

  • Cabinet resigns

  • Commonwealth v. Hunt

  • Texas Annexation Treaty

  • First Telegraph line completed

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    James Knox Polk

    From: Pineville, NC
    Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Military Service: Tennessee Militia
    Previous Office: Governor of Tennessee
    Family Members:
  • Manifest Destiny

  • Texas becomes a state

  • Mormon Migration to Utah

  • War with Mexico

  • The Oregon Treaty

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    Zachary Taylor

    From: Orange County, VA
    Education: Basic educations
    Military Service: Major General
    Previous Office: Career Officer
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  • Weston Ashbuurton Treaty

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    Millard Fillmore

    From: Summer Hill, NY
    Education: Local school
    Military Service: Major Captain
    Previous Office: Vice President Of U.S.
    Family Members:
  • Comprimise of 1850

  • Zachary Taylor Dies

  • California becomes a state

  • Fugitive Slave Bill

  • Comprimise of 1850

  • National Womens rights convention

  • Uncle Toms Cabin

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    Franklin Pierce

    From: Hillsborough, NH
    Education: Bowdoin College
    Military Service: Brigade Commander
    Previous Office: Senator NH
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  • Gadsden Purchase

  • Treaty of Kanagawa

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

  • Republican Party Founded

  • Ostend Manifesto

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    James Buchanan

    From: Cove Gap, PA
    Education: Dickinson College
    Military Service: Reserve Unit
    Previous Office: U.S. Secretary of State
    Family Members:
  • Dred Scott Case

  • English Bill

  • Lecompton Constitution Defeated

  • Harpers Ferry Raid

  • Cooper Union Address

  • Crittenden Comprimise

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    Abraham Lincoln

    From: Larue County, KY
    Education: didn't go to college
    Military Service: Illinois Militia
    Previous Office: Illinois State Representative
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  • Fort Sumter

  • Virginia secedes

  • morril tarrif

  • North Crolina Secedes

  • Battle of Antienam

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    Andrew Johnson

    From: Raleigh, NC
    Education: Never attended school
    Military Service: Tennessee Militia
    Previous Office: Vice President
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    Ulysses S. Grant

    From: Point Pleasant, OH
    Education: United States Military Academy
    Military Service: Commanding colonel of the 21st Volunteer Regiment
    Previous Office: U.S. Interim Secretary of War
    Family Members:
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    Rutherford B. Hayes

    From: Delaware, OH
    Education: Kenyon College Harvard law school Harvard University
    Military Service: Major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry
    Previous Office: Governor of Ohio
    Family Members:
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    James A. Garfield

    From: Moreland Hills, OH
    Education: Hiram College Williams college
    Military Service: Major General of Ohio Volunteers
    Previous Office: Representative
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    Grover Cleveland

    From: Caldwell, NJ
    Education: Didn't attend college
    Military Service: no service
    Previous Office: Governor of New York
    Family Members:
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    Chester A. Arthur

    From: Fairfield, VT
    Education: Union College
    Military Service: New York Militia
    Previous Office: Vice President of U.S
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    Benjamin Harrison

    From: North Bend, OH
    Education: Miami University
    Military Service: Colonel
    Previous Office: Senator, IN
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    Grover Cleveland

    From: Caldwell, NJ
    Education: Didn't attend college
    Military Service: no service
    Previous Office: Governor of New York
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    William McKinley

    From: Niles, OH
    Education: Allegheny College University of Mount Union
    Military Service: private in the union army
    Previous Office: Governor of Ohio
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    Theodore Roosevelt

    From: National Historic SIte, New York, NY
    Education: Harvard college
    Military Service: second lieutenant
    Previous Office: Vice President of U.S.
    Family Members:
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    William Howard Taft

    From: Cincinnati, OH
    Education: Yale University
    Military Service: Didn't serve in the military
    Previous Office: Chief Justice of the United States
    Family Members:
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    Woodrow WIlson

    From: Staunton, VA
    Education: Davidson College and College of New Jersey
    Military Service: didn't serve
    Previous Office: Governor of New Jersey
    Family Members:
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    Warren G. Harding

    From: Blooming Grove, OH
    Education: Ohio Central College
    Military Service: no service
    Previous Office:
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    Calvin Coolidge

    From: Plymouth Notch, Plymouth, VT
    Education: Amherst College
    Military Service: didnt serve
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    Herbert Hoover

    From: West Branch, IA
    Education: Stanford University George Fox University: Newberg Campus
    Military Service: secretary of commerce
    Previous Office:
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    From: Hyde Park, NY
    Education: Columbia Law School, Harvard College
    Military Service: Assistant Secretary
    Previous Office:
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    Harry S. Truman

    From: Lamar, MO
    Education: UMKC School Of Law
    Military Service: Field Artillery officer
    Previous Office:
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    From: Denison, TX
    Education: West Point
    Military Service: Supreme Allied Commander
    Previous Office:
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    John F, Kennedy

    From: Brookline, MA
    Education: Harvard University
    Military Service: Lieutenant, Junior Grade
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    Lyndon B. Johnson

    From: Stonewall, TX
    Education: Texas State University Georgetown University Law center
    Military Service: Lieutenant Commander
    Previous Office:
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    Richard Nixon

    From: Yorba Linda, CA
    Education: Duke University school of Law Whittier College
    Military Service: U.S. Naval Reserve
    Previous Office:
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    Gerald Ford

    From: Omaha, NE
    Education: Yale Law School University of Michigan Law school
    Military Service: assistant navigator, Athletic Officer, and antiaircraft battery officer
    Previous Office:
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    Jimmy Carter

    From: Plains, GA
    Education: Georgia Southwestern State University Union College
    Military Service: inactive Navy Reserve
    Previous Office:
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    Ronald Reagan

    From: Tampico, IL
    Education: Eureka College
    Military Service: Army Reserve Air Forces
    Previous Office:
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    George H.W. Bush

    From: Milton, MA
    Education: Yale University Davenport College
    Military Service: Naval Aviator
    Previous Office:
    Family Members:
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    Bill Clinton

    From: Hope, AR
    Education: Georgetown University
    Military Service: poor Steward of the armed force
    Previous Office:
    Family Member
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    George W. Bush

    From: New Haven, CT
    Education: Yale University
    Military Service: U.S. Air Force
    Previous Office:
    Family Member
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    Barack Obama

    From:, Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women & Children, Honolulu, HI
    Education: Harvard Law School
    Military Service: No service
    Previous Office:
    Family Member
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    Donald Trump

    From: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, New York, NY
    Education: Wharton School of the University
    Military Service: no service
    Previous Office:
    Family Member
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    Joe Biden

    From: Scranton, PA
    Education: Syracuse University College of Law
    Military Service: no service
    Previous Office:
    Family Member: