Presidential Chart

Who What # Where When Why How Defining Event

George First No Party In Office: Good: -Helped Trigger Neutrality
Washington President 1789-1797 -Bill of Rights the French $ Proclamation
“The Sage Alive: are Ratified Indian War defines
of Mount 1732-1799 -Believed in -Married to Washington’s
Vernon” isolationism Martha Custis term well
VP: John -No entangling -died of a throat because he was
Adams Alliances infection neutral about a
-First US Mint -Only President lot and he was
was established elected all about
-Neutrality unanimously promoting not
Proclamation -Ended the making
Bad: American alliances or
-Assumption Revolution by getting
and Residence defeating involved in
Bills Yorktown in anything
-Did not believe 1781 European. He
in Political -Second wanted
Parties Inaugural everything in
-No alliances address was the the United
-Whiskey shortest ever States to
Rebellion given remain neutral.
John Adams Second Federalist In Office: Good: -Born and died
“Bonny President 1797-1801 -XYZ affair in Quincy,
Johnny” Alive: -11th Massachusetts
VP: Thomas 1735-1826 Amendment -Graduated from
Jefferson -Treaty of San Harvard College
Lorenzo in Law
-Built up the -Was the first
Navy Vice President
-Treaty of -Hated
Amity Alexander
-Federal Hamilton which
Bankruptcy Act prevented him
-Treaty of and Hamilton to
Mortfontaine be elected in
Bad: 1801
-XYZ affair -Defended
-Alien Acts British soldiers
-Sedition Acts in court after the
Boston Massacre
Thomas Third Democratic- In Office: Good: -was a bad
Jefferson President Republican 1801-1809 -War with public speaker
“The Pen Alive: Tripolitans -Drafted the
of the 1743-1826 -Enabling Act Declaration of
Revolution” -Louisiana Independence
VP: Aaron Purchase -led the
Burr & -Passed 12th Republicans,
George Amendment called
Clinton Bad: Jeffersonians
-Louisiana -Married Martha
Purchase Skelton in 1772
-Mosquito Fleet -First President
for the Navy Inaugurate in
-War with Washington
Tripolitans
James Fourth Democratic- In Office: Good: -Helped to write The War of
Madison President Republican 1809-1817 -Erskine the Federalist 1812 describes
“Father of Alive: Agreement Essays or the Madison’s
the 1751-1836 -Fletcher v. “Federalist term rather
Constitution Peck Papers” well because
” -Macon's Bill -Attended it’s the most
VP: George Number 2 Princeton important thing
Clinton & -War of 1812 (College of New that he ended
Elbridge -Battle of Jersey) up doing. It
Gerry Tippecanoe -Jefferson’s brought respect
-The ‘Star Secretary of to the
Spangled State American
Banner’ was -Defeated Military and
written Charles C. gave the
Bad: Pinckney to Ambassadors
-Macon's Bill become respect while
Number 2 president they were in
-War of 1812 -He never other countries.
-Battle of wanted to be
Tippecanoe called the
-White house “Father of the
burned Constitution”
James Fifth Democratic- In Office: Good: -Attended the
Monroe President Republican 1817-1825 -Rush-Bagot College of
“The Last of Alive: Treaty William and
the Crooked 1758-1831 -Era of Good Mary
Hats” Feelings -Minister to
VP: Daniel -Adams-Onis France from
Tompkins -Missouri 1794-1796
Compromise -Married to
-Tariff of 1824 Elizabeth (Eliza)
-Treaty Kortright
McCulloch v. -Third President
Maryland to die on July 4th
 -Monroe -Beat Rufus
Doctrine King in the 1816
Bad: Election
-Panic of 1819
-McCulloch v.
Maryland
-Missouri
Compromise
-Military
Establishment
Act
-Tariff of 1824
John Quincy Sixth Democratic- In Office: Good: -First President
Adams President Republican 1825-1829 -American who was a son
“Old Man Alive: System of another
Eloquent” 1767- Bad: President (John
VP: John 1848 -“Corrupt Adams)
Calhoun Bargain” to gain -Was the
presidency minister to the
-Tariff of Netherlands and
Abominations later minister to
-South Carolina Russia
Exposition -One of the
-Thought to be greatest
the Worst Secretaries of
President ever State
-Beat William
Crawford, Henry
Clay, and
Andrew Jackson
to be the
President
-Elected into the
House Of
Representatives
after his
Presidency
Andrew Seventh Democratic In Office: Good: -Defeated the
Jackson President 1829-1837 -Force Bill British at New
“Old Alive: -Nullification Orleans in the
Hickory" 1767-1845 Proclamation War of 1812
VP: John -Spoils System -Recommended
Calhoun & -Specie Circular eliminating the
Martin Van -Kills the BUS Electoral
Buren Bad: College
-Indian -Never went to
 Removal Act College
-Trail of Tears -Married to
-Specie Circular Rachel Robards,
-Peggy Eaton who was still
Affair accidentally
-Kills the BUS married to him
-Force Bill and another man
-Nullification at the same time
Proclamation -May have
-Spoils System helped make the
phrase ‘OK’
popular when he
wrote ‘Oll
Korect’ on an
order instead of
‘All Correct’
Martin Van Eighth Democratic In Office: Good: -Jackson’s
Buren President 1837-1841 -Neutrality Law Secretary of
“The Little Alive: of 1838 State
Magician” 1782-1862 -Aroostook War -Ran on the
VP: Richard -Independent Free-Soil Party
Johnson Treasury Act ticket in 1848
Bad: -Married Hannah
-Panic of 1837 Hoes
-Aroostook War -Beat William
-Caroline seized Harrison, Hugh
by Canadians White, Daniel
Webster, and
W.P. Mangum in
the 1836 election
-Born and died
in Kinderhook,
New York
William Ninth Whig In Office: Good: -Brought down
Harrison President 1841 - Tecumseh at the
“Old Alive: Bad: Battle of
Tippecanoe 1773-1841 - Tippecanoe
” -In 1813 at the
VP: John Battle of
Tyler Thames, he
killed Tecumseh
-First president
to die in office
-Had his
inaugural
address
 -Had the shortest
time spent in
office, less than
a month
John Tyler Tenth Whig In Office: Good: -Was Vice
“Young President 1841-1845 President for
Hickory” Alive: Bad: only 30 days
VP: None 1790-1862 -His mother died
when he was just
seven years old
-Married Letitia
Christian and
had 7 children,
she died in 1842
-Opposed
Andrew
Jackson’s view
on much, but
agreed the bank
should not be
legislated
-Was not really
paid attention to
in the election of
1840
James Polk Eleventh Democratic In Office: Good: -First “dark
“Napoleon President 1845-1849 horse” candidate
of the Alive: Bad: -Graduated from
Stump” 1795-1849 the University of
VP: George North Carolina
Dallas -Won election
against the
Whig, Henry
Clay
-His first
political position
was a
Representative
in the Tennessee
House of
Representatives
-Married a
woman named
Sarah Childress
Zachary Twelfth Whig In Office: Good: -Was a war hero
Taylor President 1849-1850 during the
“Old Rough Alive: Bad: MexAm war, at
and Ready” 1784-1850 Buena Vista
VP: Millard -Ran against
Fillmore Lewis Cass and
won thanks to
the Free Soil
Party
-Made a
brigadier general
because he beat
the Seminoles at
Lake
Okeechobee in
1837
-He died when
arguing about
the Compromise
of 1850 during
his presidency
-Married
Margaret Smith
in 1810
Millard Thirteenth Whig In Office: Good: -Married his
Fillmore President 1850-1853 schoolhouse
“Accidental Alive: Bad: teacher, Abigail
President” 1800-1874 Powers
VP: None -Joined the
‘Know Nothing’
Party after his
presidency
-Opposed
Lincoln in the
Civil War
-After Abigail
died, he married
Caroline
McIntosh
-Supported
Andrew Johnson
during the
Reconstruction
Franklin Fourteenth Democratic In Office: Good: -Was a ‘dark
Pierce President 1853-1857 horse’ candidate
“Handsome Alive: Bad: for presidency
Frank” 1804-1869 -Graduated from
VP: William Bowdoin
King College in New
Hampshire
-Served in the
Mexican war
-Wife and Son
died in a train
wreck right
before he
became
president
-Married Jane
Appleton in
1834
James Fifteenth Democratic In Office: Good: -Only President
Buchanan President 1857-1861 that never got
“The Do- Alive: Bad: married
Nothing 1791-1868 -Went to
President” Dickinson
VP: John College
Breckinridg -Harriet Lane,
e his niece, served
as First Lady
-Beat Millard
Fillmore and
John Frémont
for presidency
-Was a
Federalist before
they died out
Abraham Sixteenth Republican In Office: Good: -Captain in the
Lincoln President 1861-1865 Black Hawk
“The Rail Alive: Bad: War
Splitter” 1809-1865 -Lost senator
VP: seat of Illinois to
Hannibal Stephen
Hamlin & Douglas, but it
Andrew gained him
Johnson popularity to win
presidency later
-Moved to
Indiana with his
father to live in
the woods when
he was young
-Married Mary
Todd and had 4
 children, three of
which died
-Assassinated by
John Booth in
Ford’s Theater
in 1864 on Good
Friday
Andrew 17th War Union In Office: Good: -apprenticed to a
Johnson President 1865-1869 tailor, but left
“Sir Veto” Alive: Bad: and made his
VP: None 1808-1875 own shop
-Advocated a
homestead bill to
try and get free
farms for the
poor men
- Married Eliza
McCardle
-Made the
Military
Governor of
Tennessee in
1862
-Became a
Tennessee
senator after
being president
Ulysses 18th Republican In Office: Good: -Graduated from
Grant President 1869-1877 West Point in
“Useless S. Alive: Bad: 1843
Grant” 1822-1885 -Served in the
VP: Mexican War
Schuyler -Resigned from
Colfax & the Army after
Henry he got warnings
Wilson for drinking
-Married Julia
Dent
-Wrote his own
‘Personal
Memoirs’ that
were published
after he died
Rutherford 19th Republican In Office: Good: -Had his wife
Hayes President 1877-1881 abolish alcohol
“Old 8 to 7” Alive: Bad: from the white
VP: William 1822-1893 house
Wheeler -Married to Lucy
Webb
-Went to
Kenyon College
and Harvard
Law School
-Opposed
Governor
Samuel Tilden
-Was elected by
one vote in the
electoral college
James 20th Republican In Office: Good: -Lost his father
Garfield President 1881 when he was 2
“The Alive: Bad: -Graduated from
Preacher 1831-1881 Williams
President” College
VP: Chester -Made President
Arthur of Hiram
College in Ohio
-Led a victory
against the
Confederate
Army in Middle
Creek, Kentucky
-Beat General
Winfield
Hancock
Chester 21st Republican In Office: Good: -graduated from
Arthur President 1881-1885 Union College
“The Alive: Bad: -Appointed the
Gentleman 1830-1886 Collector of the
Boss” Port of New
VP: None York in 1771
-suffered fatal
kidney disease
-Principal of a
Vermont
Academy in
1851
-Buried in the
Rural Cemetery
in Albany, New
York
Grover 22nd + 24th Democrat In Office: Good: -Won against
Cleveland President 1885- James G. Blaine
“Grover the 1889, Bad: in the 1884
Good” 1893-1897 election
VP: Thomas Alive: -Won against
Hendricks 1837-1908 Benjamin
& Adlai Harrison in 1992
Stevenson -Only president
to served two
non-consecutive
separate terms
-Married Frances
Folsom and only
president to get
married in the
white house
-Died in
Princeton New
Jersey
Benjamin 23rd Republican In Office: Good: -Attended Miami
Harrison President 1889-1893 -The Final Act University in
“Little Ben” Alive: of the Berlin Ohio
VP: Levi 1833-1901 Conference on -Was the
Morton Samoan Affairs Colonel of the
-Dependent 70th Volunteer
Pension Bill Infantry in the
-Sherman Anti- Civil War
Trust Act -One of the
-Nine Circuit Minority
Courts of Presidents
Appeals -Married Mary
Bad: Dimmick after
-Dependent his precidency in
Pension Bill 1986
-Grandson to
William Henry
Harrison
William 25th Republican In Office: Good: -got the most
McKinley President 1897-1901 popular votes of
“Wobbly Alive: Bad: any candidate
Willie” 1843-1901 since 1872
VP: Garret -attended
Hobart & Allegheny
Theodore College
Roosevelt -Married Ida
Saxton
-Governor of
 Ohio for two
terms
-Shot twice by
an anarchist in
1901 and died a
week and a day
later
Theodore 26th Republican In Office: Good: -Youngest
Roosevelt President 1901-1909 President at 43
“The Alive: Bad: -His wife, Alice
Cowboy” 1858-1919 Lee, and his
VP: Charles mother both died
Fairbanks on the same day
-married Edith
Carow from
London
-Was a hero of
the Spanish and
American war
-His last words
were, "No man
has had a
happier life than
I have led; a
happier life in
every way."
William 27th Republican In Office: Good: -Graduated from
Taft President 1909-1913 Yale
“Big Bill” Alive: Bad: -Had wanted to
VP: James 1757-1930 be a member of
Sherman the Supreme
Court, not a
president
-Married to
Helen Herron
-Theodore
Roosevelt made
him the
Secretary of War
during his
presidency
-After being
president, he
served as the
Professor of Law
at Yale, and then
 was appointed
Chief Justice
Woodrow 28th Democrat In Office: Good: -Got his PhD
Wilson President 1913-1921 from Johns
“The Alive: Bad: Hopkins
Professor” 1856-1924 University
VP: Thomas -Taught at Bryn
Marshall Mawr,
Wesleyan, and
Princeton,
eventually
becoming the
president of
Princeton
-Beat Taft and
Roosevelt in the
1912 election
-Had a Paralytic
Stroke in 1919
-Married Ellen
Axson in 1885
- Married Edith
Galt in 1915, a
year after Ellen
died
Warren 29th Republican In Office: Good: -Beat FDR and
Harding President 1921-1923 James Cox in the
“W.G.” Alive: Bad: 1920 election
VP: Calvin 1865-1923 -Married
Coolidge Florence Kling
De Wolfe
-Died of a heart
attack in 1923
-In 1884, was
the editor and
publisher of the
Marion Star
paper
-Was the
chairman on the
Committee of
the Philippians
Calvin 30th Republican In Office: Good: -Found out her
Coolidge President 1923-1929 was president at
“Silent Cal” Alive: Bad: 2:30 AM on
VP: Charles 1872-1933 August 3, 1923
Dawes -Graduated from
Amherst College
-Most negative
and remote
president
-Would let
himself be
photographed in
Cowboy clothing
-Decided not to
run in the 1928
election
Herbert 31st Republican In Office: Good: -Graduated from
Hoover President 1929-1933 Stanford
“Chief” Alive: Bad: University
VP: Charles 1874-1964 -Married Lou
Curtis Henry
-Saved Chinese
children, risking
his life to do so
-Appointed head
of the Food
Administration
by Wilson
-Provided the
starving Soviet
Union with food,
even though they
were Bolsheviks
Franklin 32nd Democrat In Office: Good: -Graduated
Roosevelt President 1933-1945 Harvard
“F.D.R.” Alive: Bad: University and
VP: John 1882-1945 Columbia Law
Garner & School
Henry -Got married on
Wallace & St. Patrick’s Day
Harry in 1905 to
Truman Eleanor
Roosevelt
-Was 5th cousins
with Theodore
Roosevelt
-Got Polio in
1921, but
regained use of
his legs
 -Died of a
cerebral
hemorrhage in
1945
Harry 33rd Democrat In Office: Good: -Was not aware
Truman President 1945-1953 of the
“Give ‘em Alive: Bad: development of
Hell Harry” 1884-1972 the atomic bomb
VP: Alben or problems with
Barkley Soviet Russia
before he
became
president
-Elected judge of
the Jackson
County Court in
1922
-Headed the
Senate was
Investigations
Committee in
WWII
-Did not run for
a second term
-Was a First
Lieutenant in
WWI
Dwight 34th Republican In Office: Good: -Married Mamie
Eisenhower President 1953-1961 Doud in 1916
“General Alive: Bad: -Was the
Ike” 1890-1969 Supreme
VP: Richard Commander on
Nixon D-Day in WWII
-Became the
president of
Colombia
University
-Had a heart
attack in-
between his two
terms in
September
-After
presidency he
moved to his
farm in
 Gettysburg
th
John 35 Democrat In Office: Good: -Youngest man
Kennedy President 1961-1963 to be elected
“J.F.K.” Alive: Bad: president and the
VP: Lyndon 1917-1963 youngest to die
Johnson -Graduated from
Harvard in 1940
-Won the
Pulitzer Prize for
his book
‘Profiles in
Courage’
-First Roman
Catholic
President
-Killed by an
assassin in 1963
Lyndon 36th Democrat In Office: Good: -Married to
Johnson President 1963-1969 Claudia Taylor
“L.B.J.” Alive: Bad: -Won a Silver
VP: Hubert 1908-1973 Star in the Navy
Humphrey during WWII
-Was the
youngest
Minority Leader
in the Senate
-Died of a heart
attack in 1973
-Got the
Presidential
Medal of
Freedom
Richard 37th Republican In Office: Good: -Married Patricia
Nixon President 1969-1974 Ryan in 1940
“Richard the Alive: Bad: -Had two
Chicken- 1913-1994 daughters named
Hearted” Patricia and Julie
VP: Spiro -Beat Hubert
Agnew & Humphrey and
Gerald Ford George Wallace
in 1968
-First and only
president to
resign
-Graduated from
Whittier College
 and Duke
university law
School
Gerald Ford 38th Republican In Office: Good: -Only president
“Jerry” President 1974-1977 to never be
VP: Nelson Alive: Bad: elected by the
Rockefeller 1913-2006 people
-Played Football
for the
University of
Michigan
-Graduated from
Yale in Law
-Married
Elizabeth
Bloomer in
-Had 4 children
named Michael,
John, Steven,
and Susan
James 39th Democrat In Office: Good: -Beat Gerald
Carter President 1977-1981 Ford in the 1976
“The Peanut Alive: Bad: election
Farmer” 1924-Now -Married
VP: Walter Rosalynn Smith
Mondale in 1946
-Had 4 children
named John,
James, Donnel,
and Amy
-Served 7 years
as a Naval
Officer
-Got the 2002
Nobel Peace
Prize
Ronald 40th Republican In Office: Good: -Graduated from
Reagan President 1981-1989 Eureka College
“Ronald the Alive: Bad: -Appeared in 53
Right” 1911-2004 films from 1937
VP: George to 1957
Bush -Married Jane
Wyman and had
2 children
-Married Nancy
Davis and had
 two children
after Jane died
-Was shot by an
assassin in 1981,
but lived
George H. 41st Republican In Office: Good: -Youngest Pilot
W. Bush President 1989-1993 in the Navy at
“Poppy” Alive: Bad: the time
VP: Dan 1924-Now -Went to
Quayle Phillip’s
Academy
-Got the
Distinguished
Flying Cross for
his bravery in
the Navy
-Was Vice
President for
Ronald Reagan
-Graduated from
Yale University
and was captain
of the baseball
team
William 42nd Democrat In Office: Good: -Plays the
Clinton President 1993-2001 saxophone, once
“Bubba” Alive: Bad: wanted to be a
VP: Al Gore 1946-Now musician
-Got a Law
degree from
Yale
-Made the
Arkansas
Attorney
General in 1976
-Second US
President to be
Impeached
-Defeated
George Bush to
be president
George W. 43rd Republican In Office: Good: -Served as the
Bush President 2001-2009 Texas Governor
“Dubya” Alive: Bad: for 6 years
VP: Dick 1946-Now -The son of
Cheney George H.W.
 Bush (41st
president)
-Got a degree in
history from
Yale university
-Married to
Laura Welch
-Has two
daughters named
Barbara and
Jenna
Barrack 44th Democrat In Office: Good: -Born in Hawaii,
Obama President 2009-Now -CARS Program but his mother
“Obama Bin Alive: -Education Jobs was from Kansas
Laden” 1961-Now and Medicaid and his father
VP: Joe Assistance Act was from Kenya
Biden -Improper -First African
Payments American
Elimination and president
Recovery Act -First African
-Arms American
Agreement with president of the
Russia Harvard Law
Bad: Review
-Health Care -taught law at
Bill the University of
-War in Iraq Chicago
-Beat John
McCain in the
2008 election