Last 24 Presidents 1
Defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 election-his VP Kamala Harris is the first woman to hold the position.
Who is Joe Biden.
After his presidency, he served at Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is William Howard Taft?
First African American elected to the presidency 45 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. During his first term Congress enacted a landmark health care bill in an effort to ensure all Americans have access to health care.
Who is Barack Obama?
Highly principled and a great reformer, his plan for peace at the end of WWI known as the 14 points failed because it was not ratified by the U.S. Senate.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation that should have been his legacy but his escalation of the Vietnam War led to what many saw as a failed presidency.
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
Youngest man to hold the office until JFK, he exercised presidential power as it never had been before, forever changing the office of the presidency.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Survived impeachment regarding his testimony in two sexual scandals-his administration saw the greatest economic growth in American history.
Who is Bill Clinton?
WW II general and hero, he laid the foundation for the long term strategy for defeating the Soviet Union, i.e., a strong military. The interstate highway system, named for him, began during his term.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The only man elected to two terms separated by another presidential term.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
The grandson of William Henry Harrison, the shortest serving of American presidents.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
U.S.'s longest serving president provided the leadership the enabled the nation to survive two great travails of the 20th C., the Great Depression and World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Survived an assassination attempt-military expansion he oversaw during his administration is given some credit for the fall and breakup of the Soviet Union.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
VP who replaced Nixon after Nixon's resignation, also pardoned Nixon in an attempt to move the country past the Watergate scandal.
Who is Gerald Ford?
Led the United States into the Spanish American War of 1898 which led to the U.S. becoming a world power. He was assassinated in 1901.
Who is William McKinley?
The president is the head of this branch of the federal government.
What is the Executive Branch?
Youngest man elected to presidency, led the U.S. through the Cuban Missile Crisis and made NASA a major initiative with led to the U.S. lunar landing in 1969. Assassinated in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Vice President under Ronald Reagan-created a coalition that defeated Iraq in the Gulf War in 1991.
A great organizer and humanitarian, people failed to see him as acting effectively against the Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Foreign policy achievements were overshadowed by the Watergate scandal which would have led to his impeachment had he not resigned the presidency.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Made the decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan. His policy of using economic aid to defeat the expansion of communism in Europe after WWII helped prevent its spread to Western Europe.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
A popular president in the wake of the scandal ridden Harding administration, his administrative style of surrounding himself with sycophants and wealthy men prevented his administration from acting against the looming economic disaster of 1929.
Who was Calvin Coolidge?
Presidency was distinguished by the 9/11/2001 terrorist attack in New York and the resultant War on Terror.
Who is George W. Bush?
His scandal ridden administration featured the Teapot Dome scandal which the Zillah Teapot spoofs. Died of a heart attack while in office.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
Reached an historic agreement with Muslim nations to fight Islamic terrorism. Passed historic tax cuts/reforms. Became first president to be impeached twice. Nominated for the Nobel Peace prize for work on peace in the Middle East.
Who is Donald Trump?