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George Washington
-Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family
-He pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion
-From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses
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John Adams
-Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. -A Harvard-educated lawyer
-During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, helped negotiate the treaty of peace.
-Word came to Adams that France also had no stomach for war and would receive an envoy with respect. Long negotiations ended the quasi war.
-On July 4, 1826, he whispered his last words: “Thomas Jefferson survives.” But Jefferson had died at Monticello a few hours earlier. -
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Thomas Jefferson
-Was born in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia
-In the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress, he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause.
-He died on July 4, 1826. -
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James Madison
-Born in 1751, Madison was brought up in Orange County, Virginia, and attended Princeton
-When delegates to the Constitutional Convention assembled at Philadelphia, the 36-year-old Madison took frequent and emphatic part in the debates.
Madison made a contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. He was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution”
-Died in 1836 -
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James Monroe
-Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758, Monroe attended the College of William and Mary
-He joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, was elected United States Senator
-He died in 1831 -
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John Quincy Adams
-Born July 7th, 1767
-After graduating from Harvard College, he became a lawyer. At age 26 he was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin Legation.
-In 1836 southern Congressmen passed a “gag rule” providing that the House automatically table petitions against slavery. Adams tirelessly fought the rule for eight years until finally he obtained its repeal
-Died February 23rd, 1848 -
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Andrew Jackson
-Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee.
-In his first Annual Message to Congress, Jackson recommended eliminating the Electoral College.
-Died June 8, 1845 -
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Martin Van Buren
-He was born in 1782, the son of a tavernkeeper and farmer, in Kinderhook, New York.
-As a young lawyer he became involved in New York politics.
-Van Buren devoted his Inaugural Address to a discourse upon the American experiment as an example to the rest of the world. The country was prosperous, but less than three months later the panic of 1837 punctured the prosperity.
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William Henry Harrison
-William Henry Harrison was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States.
-Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration as president in 1841, making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history -
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John Tyler
-Born in Virginia in 1790, he was raised believing that the Constitution must be strictly construed.
-He never wavered from this conviction.
-He attended the College of William and Mary and studied law.
-Suddenly President Harrison was dead, and “Tyler too” was in the White House. At first the Whigs were not too disturbed, although Tyler insisted upon assuming the full powers of a duly elected President.
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James K Polk
-Born November 2nd, 1795
-James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849.
-He also served as the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839 and the ninth governor of Tennessee from 1839 to 1841.
-Died on June 15th, 1849 -
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Zachary Taylor
-Zachary Taylor was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850.
-Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War.
-Died on July 9th,1850 -
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Millard Filmore
-Born on January 7th, 1800
-Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853
-The last president to have been a member of the Whig Party while in office.
-Thus the sudden accession of Fillmore to the Presidency in July 1850 brought an abrupt political shift in the administration.
-Died on March 8th, 1874 -
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Franklin Pierce
-Born November 23rd, 1804
-Franklin Pierce became President at a time of apparent tranquility. The United States, by virtue of the Compromise of 1850, seemed to have weathered its sectional storm.
-By pursuing the recommendations of southern advisers, Pierce–a New Englander–hoped to prevent still another outbreak of that storm.
-His policies, far from preserving calm, hastened the disruption of the Union.
-Died October 8, 1869 -
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James Buchanan
-Born April 23rd, 1971
-James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician.
-He served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861, as the secretary of State from 1845 to 1849
-Represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
-Died June 1st, 1868 -
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Abraham Lincoln
-Born February 12th,1809
-Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865
-Issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.
-Died April 15th 1865 -
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Andrew Johnson
-Born December 29, 1808
-Andrew Johnson was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.
-Died July 31, 1875 -
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Ulysses S. Grant
-Born April 27th, 1822
-Ulysses S. Grant was an American military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States, who served from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war
-Died July 23, 1885 -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
-Born October 4, 1822
-Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an American military officer and politician from the state of Ohio. A Republican, Hayes served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881. As an attorney in Ohio, Hayes served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861
-Died January 17, 1893 -
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James Garfield
-Born November 19, 1831
-James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death the following September after being shot by an assassin in July.
-Died September 19, 1881 -
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Chester A. Arthur
-Born October 5, 1829
-Chester Alan Arthur was an American politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield.
-Died November 18, 1886 -
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Grover Cleveland
-Born March 18, 1837
-Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms
-Died June 24, 1908 -
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Benjamin Harrison
-Born August 290, 1833
-Benjamin Harrison was an American politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father
-Died March 13, 1901 -
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Grover Cleveland
-Born March 18, 1837
-Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms.
-Died June 24, 1908 -
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William McKinley
-Born January 29, 1843
-William McKinley was an American politician who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades
-September 14, 1901 -
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Theodore Roosevelt
-Born October 27, 1858
-Theodore Roosevelt Jr., often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
-Died January 6, 1919 -
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William Howard Taft
-Born September 15, 1857
-William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices
-Died March 8, 1930 -
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Woodrow Wilson
-Born December 28, 1856
-Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election
-Died February 3, 1924 -
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Warren G. Harding
-Born November 2, 1865
-Warren Gamaliel Harding was an American politician who served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents.
-Died August 2, 1923 -
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Calvin Coolidge
-Born: July 4, 1872
-Calvin Coolidge was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a Republican lawyer who climbed the ladder of Massachusetts politics, becoming the state's 48th governor.
-Died January 5, 1933 -
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Herbert Hoover
-Born August 10, 1874
-Herbert Clark Hoover was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression.
-Died October 20, 1964 -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Born January 30, 1882
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was a member of the Democratic Party and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms
-Died April 12, 1945 -
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Harry S. Truman
-Born: May 8, 1884
-Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
-Died December 26, 1972 -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Born October 14, 1890
-Dwight David Eisenhower, nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army.
-Died March 28, 1969 -
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John F. Kennedy
-Born May 29, 1917
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president
-Died November 22, 1963 -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
-Born August 27, 1908
-Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963
-Died January 22, 1973 -
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Richard M. Nixon
-Born January 9, 1913
-Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
-Died April 22, 1994 -
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Gerald R. Ford
- Born July 14, 1913 -Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973, and as the 40th vice president under President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974
- Died December 26, 2006
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James Carter
-Born October 1, 1924
-James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967 -
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Ronald Reagan
-Born February 6, 1911
-Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, his presidency constituted the Reagan era, and he is considered one of the most prominent conservative figures in American history.
-Died June 5, 2004 -
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George H.W. Bush
-Born June 12, 1924
-George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993
-Died November 30, 2018 -
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William J. Clinton
-Born August 19, 1946
-William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992 -
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George W. Bush
-Born July 6, 1946
-George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. -
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Barack Obama
-Born August 4, 1961
-Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history -
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Donald Trump
-Born June 14, 1946
-Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. His father named him president of his real estate business in 1971 -
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Joseph Biden
-Born November 29, 1942
-Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021.