Presidential Quick Facts!
Welcome to John Joslyn's CS150 page of Quick Presidential Facts
Here, you will be able to find relevant information on all 43 U.S. Presidents.
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Chester Arthur |
Attempted to lower tariff rates,
but kept passing new ones |
21st President |
Enacted first immigration laws, including
some that banned chinese for 10 years |
1881-1885 |
Kidney disease kept him from running for
a second term in office |
Grover Cleveland |
1st democrat to be elected after
the civil war |
22nd and 24th President |
1st President to be elected to non-consecutive
terms |
1885-1889, 1893-1897 |
1st and only President to marry while in
the White House |
Benjamin Harrison |
Grandson of William Henry Harrison
|
23rd President |
Lost the popular vote, but carried the electoral
college |
1889-1893 |
Signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
William McKinley |
Called apon congress to enact
the highest tariff in history, in order to move the nation out of the
depression of 1893 |
25th President |
President during the 100 day Cuban conflict,
in which the spanish fleet was nearly destroyed |
1897-1901 |
Shot by an anarchist while in office, and
died days later |
Theodore Roosevelt |
The Youngest President (43)
to that point in our nation's history |
26th President |
Pushed for the construction of the Panama
Canal |
1901-1909 |
Was a strong advocate of conservation projects
|
William Taft |
Civil Administrator in the Philippines
prior to his presidency |
26th President |
Split the republican party by defending
high tariff rates |
1909-1913 |
T. Roosevelt left the republicans, ran as
a progressive, and cost the republicans the election |
Woodrow Wilson |
Attempted to keep America neutral
in World War One |
28th President |
Entered America into the War in order to
make the world "safe for democracy" |
1913-1921 |
Helped establish the FTC, to eliminate unfair
business practices |
Warren Harding |
Won the presidency by over 60
percent of the popular vote |
29th President |
His administration continued to impose strict
limits on immigration |
1921-1923 |
While still in office, he had a heart attack
in San Francisco CA, and died shortly thereafter |
Calvin Coolidge |
Sworn in to office by his father,
whom he was visiting in Vermont when President Harding passed away |
30th President |
In his first term, he proposed tax cuts
and limited aid to farmers |
1923-1929 |
Chose not to run for re-election in 1928
|
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