George Washington 1st President; Revolutionary War general
John Adams XYZ Affair; 1st president to live in the White House
Thomas Jefferson Author of Declaration of Independence; Louisiana Purchase
James Madison Father of Constitution; War of 1812
James Monroe Monroe Doctrine
John Quincy Adams Father was also President
Andrew Jackson Cherokee Trail of Tears; Battle of New Orleans; Nicknamed "Old Hickory"
Martin Van Buren "O.K." - "Old Kinderhook"
William Henry Harrison Tippecanoe & Tyler too!/1st to die in office; shortest term
John Tyler 1st vice president to replace deceased president
James K. Polk President during Mexican War
Zachary Taylor Mexican War general
Millard Fillmore Compromise of 1850
Franklin Pierce Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
James Buchanan Dred Scott Case; John Brown raids Harpers ferry
Abraham Lincoln Civil War; Gettysburg Address; Tallest president; Shot by John Wilkes Booth
Andrew Johnson 1st to be impeached
Ulysses Grant Civil War general
Rutherford Hayes Election of 1876/Compromise of 1877
James Garfield Assassinated by Charles Giteau
Chester Alan Arthur Civil Service Act
Grover Cleveland 2 non-consecutive terms
Benjamin Harrison Grandfather was also president; Battle of Wounded Knee
Grover Cleveland 2 non-consecutive terms
William McKinley Spanish-American War; Red Carnation
Theodore Roosevelt Roughriders; Trustbuster/Panama Canal
William Howard Taft Supreme Court Justice; Heaviest president
Woodrow Wilson WW I/14 Points
Warren G. Harding Teapot Dome Scandal
Calvin Coolidge Nicknamed "Silent Cal"
Herbert Hoover Stock Market Crash; Start of Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt New Deal; Great Depression; Attack on Pearl Harbor; WW II
Harry S. Truman Atomic bomb; Start of Korean War
Dwight Eisenhower End of Korean War; D-Day commander; "I like Ike"
John Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis; Bay of Pigs Invasion
Lyndon Johnson Vietnam War; Great Society
Richard Nixon First to resign; Watergate
Gerald Ford Not elected to national office; Pardoned Nixon
Jimmy Carter Camp David/Iranian Hostage Crisis; Pardoned Vietnam War draft dodgers
Ronald Reagan Oldest President; Supply Side Economics
George Bush Gulf War
Bill Clinton 2nd President to be Impeached
George W. Bush 9/11; 2nd president whose father was also president; War on Terrorism