U.S. Presidents

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    George Washington

    From Westmoreland County, Virginia
    Didn't receive formal education, went to a local school in Fredericksburg.
    Yes, Washington's service French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, and the Quasi-War with France, with service in three different armed forces
    9 siblings: 3 brothers, 2 sisters, 3 half-brothers, and 1 half-sister.
    Not really
    Setting Up a Presidential Cabinet. ...
    Appointing the Entire Supreme Court.
    Native American Policy.
    Religious Freedom.
    First US Census. .
  • Copyright Law

  • Ratifiying the constitution

  • Religious Freedom

  • Ratification of the bill of Rights

  • First US Census

  • Consrtucting the Nationals Capitol

  • Whiskey tax

  • First naturalization law

  • Establishing the Capital

  • Revolutionary War debts

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    John Adams

    From Braintree, MA
    Received formal education
    Head of the War and Ordnance Board,
    Vice President
    John and Abigail had six children: Abigail (known "Nabby") in 1765, John Quincy in 1767, Susanna in 1768, Charles in 1770, Thomas in 1772, and Elizabeth in 1777. Susanna died when she was one year old, while Elizabeth was stillborn. All three of Adams' sons became lawyers.
    he XYZ Affair outraged the American public, engaged in an undeclared naval conflict known as the Quasi-War
  • XYZ Affair

  • Naturalization Act

  • Alien Act Sedition Act

  • Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

  • Inaugration

  • Midnight Appointments"/Judiciary Act

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    Thomas Jefferson

    From Shadwell, Virginia
    He studied under the Reverend James Maury
    responsible for providing militia soldiers as replacements for the Virginia regiments of the Continental Army
    Vice president
    Martha Wayles
    Children 6 with Martha Wayles, including: Martha Jefferson Randolph Mary Jefferson Eppes Up to 6 with Sally Hemings, including: Madison Hemings Eston Hemings
    March 4, 1801. Inauguration.
    May Tripoli declares war.
    William C.C. Claiborne appointed governor
    Jefferson addresses Congress.
  • Naturalization laws repealed

  • Tripoli Declares war

  • Jefferson addresses Congress

  • The United States and Britain convene

  • War with Tripoli

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Ohio becomes a state

  • Marbury v. Madison Decided

  • Lewis and Clark

  • The Twelfth Amendment

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    James Madison

    He is from Port Conway, Virginia
    He pursued an education at the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University
    colonel and commander of the Orange County Regiment, Virginia Militia
    Representative, Secractary of State
    Dolley, James Jr, Elanor,
    elected to the U.S. House of Representatives,
  • West Florida tensions

  • Erskine Agreement

    After negotiations with British minister Erskine, Madison issues a proclamation -- known as the Erskine Agreement -- revoking the embargo on Britain, effective June 10. For his part, Erskine leads Madison to believe that Britain will revoke its Orders in Council. On March 25, however, the American envoy in Britain learns that British foreign secretary Canning has canceled the Erskine Agreement; news reaches Madison six weeks later.
  • Fletcher v. Peck

  • Cadore Letter

  • Occupation of West Flordia

  • War message

  • Address to the People of the United States

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

  • France sinks U.S. ships

  • War message

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    James Monroe

    Monroe Hall, VA
    About a year and a half after his enrollment, Monroe dropped out of college and joined the 3rd Virginia Regiment in the Continental Army
    Practiced Law
    3 Children, Spouse, Elizabeth Kortright
    Served as a member of the Congress of the Confederation
  • Rush-Bagot Agreement

  • Mississippi becomes a state

  • Anglo-American Convention

  • The Panic of 1819

  • The Transcontinental Treaty

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Military Establishment Act

  • Monroe Doctrine Announced

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    John Quincy Adams

    He is from Braintree, MA
    Enrolled in Harvard College as an advanced student, completing his studies in two years
    Did not serve
    He was the eldest son of John Adams, who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801, and First Lady Abigail Adams
    American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist
  • Ports closed to British

  • MFN Trade system

  • Proposed sale of U.S. Bank stock

  • Mexican Boundary settlement

  • Nicaraguan Canal is proposed

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    Andrew Jackson

    Born in Waxhaw Settlement between North Carolina and South Carolina
    Jackson worked as a saddler, briefly returned to school
    Commissioned a major general in the Regular Army
    Senator TN, Representative, Federal Military Commissioner
    Andrew Jackson's parents were Andrew Jackson (d. 1767) and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson (d. 1781), originally of Ireland and immigrants to the United States. They had three sons: Hugh, Robert, and Andrew Jackson
  • Tensions between Jackson and Calhoun

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Ordinance of Nullification

  • Nullification Proclamation

  • Force Bill

  • Jackson terminates national debt

  • Texas declares independence

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    Martin Van Buren

    Van Buren was born in Kinderhook, New York,
    Attended Claverack College
    No military service
    A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he served as New York's attorney general and U.S. senator
    Both of Van Buren's parents, Abraham and Maria, were of pure Dutch extraction
    Maybe.
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    William Henry Harrison

    Born on the James River in Virginia.
    Hampden–Sydney College University of Pennsylvania
    Joined the Army as a sublieutenant
    Soldier politician
    Of the ten children born to William and Anna, only four lived to see him reach the White House, and only two lived past forty. Harrison's children died in 1817
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    John Tyler

    Born in Charles City county, Virginia, U.S
    William & Mary is where he was educated
    Charles City Rifles, a local militia company formed to defend Richmond. A large part of the force consisted of farmers who were n
    Letitia Christian ​ ​ ( m. 1813; died 1842)​ Julia Gardiner ​ ​ ( m. 1844), 15 children(He a freak)
    Led Tyler to ally with the Whig Party
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    James K. Polk

    Pineville, NC
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Military service. Branch/service, Tennessee militia. Years of service, 1821 - 1825. Rank, Captain. Unit, Maury County Cavalry.
    He had five brothers and 4 sisters. His siblings include
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    Zachary Taylor

    Virginia to Louisville, Kentucky
    Basic Education
    Taylor served in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and the Second Seminole War
    Major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War
    No-one important
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    Millard Fillmore

    Summer Hill, NY
    Though he had little formal schooling, he studied diligently to become a lawyer
    Major (Militia) Captain (Guard)
    He became prominent in the Buffalo area as an attorney and politician, and was elected to the New York Assembly in 1828 and the House of Representatives in 1832.
    None of importance
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    Franklin Pierce

    Born in Hillsborough, NH
    Bowdoin College. After graduation he studied law,
    Brigade commander in General Winfield Scott's army.
    His private law practice was a success, and he was appointed New Hampshire's U.S. Attorney in 1845.
    All daughters died young, son was a state governor
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    James Buchana

    Born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania.
    Buchanan attended the Old Stone Academy in Mercersburg and then Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
    Served in a reserve unit during the War of 1812
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    Abraham Lincoln

    Hardin County (today LaRue County) Kentucky
    Lincoln was self-educated. His formal schooling was intermittent,
    Abraham Lincoln served as a volunteer in the Illinois Militia
    Mary Lincoln, 1846. Library of Congress. ...
    Robert Todd Lincoln, 1862. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
    Illinois State representative
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    Andrew Johnson

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    Ulysses S. Grant

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    Rutherford B. Hayes

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    James Garfield

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    Chester Arthur

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    Grover Cleveland

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    William Mckinley

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    Benjamin Harrison

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    Grover Cleveland

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    THEODORE ROOSEVELT

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    William Howard Taft

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    Woodrow Wilson

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    Warren G Harding

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    Calvin Coolidge

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    Herbert Hoover

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    Franklin D Roosevelt

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    Harry S Truman

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    Dwight Eisenhower

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    John F Kennedy

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    Lyndon B Johnson

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    Richard NIxon

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    Gerald R Ford

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    Jimmy Carter

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    Ronald Reagan

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    George Bush

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    William Clinton

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    George W Bush

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    Barack Obama

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    Donald J Trump

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    Joseph Biden