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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George Washington |
Elected Unanimously by the electoral college in 1789 |
1st President |
Refused to take sides in the French
Revolution |
1789-1797 |
Was opposed to a two party system |
John Adams |
Served as Vice President under George Washington |
2nd President |
President during the XYZ affair with France |
1797-1801 |
First President to occupy the White House, though unfinished at the time |
Thomas Jefferson |
Slashed Military Expenditures in his first term |
3rd President |
Louisiana Purchase occured during his tenure in office |
1801-1809 |
Sent the navy to fight the Barbary Pirates, who were harassing American Merchantmen |
James Madison |
On Madison's orders, the U.S. prohibited trade with England and France in 1807 |
4th President |
Asked Congress to declare war on England in 1812 |
1809-1817 |
Washington was burned by the British while Madison was in office |
James Monroe |
Missouri Comprimise passed during Monroe's Tenure. Missouri: Slave State. Maine: Free State |
5th President |
Monroe Doctrine: "Hands Off" of the Western Hemisphere |
1817-1823 |
Doctrine: Monroe's greatest foreign policy acheivement |
John Quincy Adams |
First President to serve only one term |
6th President |
First President that was the son of a President |
1825-1829 |
First President to not win a majority of the popular vote |
Andrew Jackson |
Opposed a Second Bank of the United States |
7th President |
In 1832, Jackson won 5 times as many electoral votes than his competition, Henry Clay |
1829-1837 |
Succeeded in getting Martin Van Buren nominated Vice President for his 2nd term
|
Martin Van Buren |
Panic of 1837 led to the worst depression the nation had seen |
8th President |
Depression was made worst because he kept Jackson's "deflationary" policies |
1837-1841 |
Defeated in 1840 by William Harrison |
William Henry Harrison |
First President to Die in Office. (Pneumonia, caught on inauguration day) |
9th President |
Hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe |
1841 |
Defeated Tehcumseh's Forces in the War of 1812 |
John Tyler |
First Vice President to by made President by death of sucessor |
10th President |
Vetoed Henry Clay's bill for a National Bank |
1841-1845 |
First President to draw an Impeachment resolution from Congress (Failed), for misuse of veto powers |
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