Presidents of the U.S.
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-First President in the world
-Elected unanimously - Washington
- -First President to live in the White House
- Adams
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-Louisianna Purchase
-Author of:
Declaration
Constitution - Jefferson
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-Smallest President 5'5" and 100 lbs.
-First Lady Dolly - Madison
- -Purchased Florida from Spain
- Monroe
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-Only President to serve in House after presidency.
-Very smart
-Potomac Swims - J.Q. Adams
- -Ordered removal of Indians
- Jackson
- -First President born as a U.S. citizen
- Van Buren
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-Longest inauguration speech
-Shortest Presidency - Harrison
- -First President to inherit presidency
- Tyler
- -Open trade with Japan
- Fillmore
- -Gadsden Purchase
- Pierce
- -Only President to never be married
- Buchann
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-First President assassinated
-Civil War
-Emancipation Proclamation - Lincoln
- -First President impeached
- Johnson
- -General of North Civil War
- Grant
- -His fraudulency-alleged stolen election
- Hayes
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-Second president to be assassinated
-wrote Latin and Greek with different hands at the same time - Garfield
- -Honesty and Efficiency
- Arthur
- -Only President ever elected to seperate terms
- Cleveland
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-Only grandson of President
-Added 6 states - Harrison
- -22nd President also
- Cleveland
- -Spanish American War
- McKinley
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-First President awarded Nobel Peace Prize
-Youngest to serve as President - T. Roosevelt
- -Largest President 350 lbs.
- Taft
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-Second president awarded Nobel Peace Prize
-President during WWII - Wilson
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-Teapot Dome Special
-Corrupt Cabinet
-First Pres. to ride in an automobile - Harding
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-Very quite and not sociable
-Monotone Speaker - Coolidge
- -President when stock market crashed
- Hoover
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-Only President elected 4 times
-Pres. during Depression - F.D. Roosevelt
- -Dropped atomic bomb on Japan
- Truman
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-Allied commander during WWII
-Ended Korean War - Eisenhower
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-Assinated in Dallas
-Youngest President Elected - Kennedy
- -Vietnam War-sent troops
- L.Johnson
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-Watergate Scandal
-Only President to resign from office. - Nixon
- -Only President not to have been elected president or Vice Pres.
- Ford
- -Peanut farmer in Georgia
- Carter
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-Oldest President elected
-The Great Communicator - Reagen
- -Operation Desert Storm
- G.Bush
- -Second Pres. impeached
- Clinton
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-Second father/son president
-Former Texas Governor - W.Bush
- -First President not ever elected to pulic office
- Taylor
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-President during Gold Rush
-Declared War on Mexico - Polk