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He served as the president of the United States from ... to ..., a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president. He is best known for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of limiting European colonialism in the Americas.
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5, James Monroe, 1817-1825
He led the nation through its most trying time, the Civil War. A notable statesman and orator, he is one of the most popular presidents in history. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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16, Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865
Upon taking office, he signed a major tax cut program and an education reform bill, the No Child Left Behind Act. He pushed for socially conservative efforts such as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and faith-based initiatives. A decisive event that reshaped his administration was the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, resulting in the start of the war on terror. He ordered the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan in an effort to overthrow the Taliban, destroy al-Qaeda, and capture Osama bin Laden.
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43, George W. Bush (2001-09)
He was elected president and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009. Nine months later he was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a decision that drew a mixture of praise and criticism. The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
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44, Barack Obama (2009-2017)
A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. After his death, a number of scandals were exposed, including Teapot Dome, as well as an extramarital affair with Nan Britton, which tarnished his reputation.
Tell the ordinal number, the name of the president and years of his term.
29, Warren Harding (1921-1923)
He was an American military officer and politician. He died just 31 days after his inauguration as president, making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causing a brief constitutional crisis since presidential succession was not then fully defined in the United States Constitution.
Tell the ordinal number, the name of the President and years of his term.
9, William Henry Harrison, 1841
He could perhaps be one of the most famous presidents the United States has had. On 11/22/1963, he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. He served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Tell the ordinal number, the name of the president and years of his term.
35, John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963
He was the president of the United States and a Republican. During his presidency the Soviet Union dissolved, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and Noriega lost dictatorship of Panama.
Tell the ordinal number, the name of the president and years of his term.
41, George H.W. Bush (1989-93)
At age 99, he is both the oldest living former U.S. president and the longest-lived president in U.S. history. After leaving the presidency, he established the Carter Center to promote and expand human rights, earning him a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, monitor elections, and further the eradication of infectious diseases. He is a key figure in the nonprofit housing organization Habitat for Humanity and wrote numerous books, ranging from political memoirs to poetry, while continuing to comment on global affairs, including two books on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, in which he criticizes Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid.
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39, James Carter (1977-1981)
Scholars have ranked him in the lower half of U.S. presidents. He gains nearly universal praise for his stalwart support of racial equality during a period of heightened racial tension in the United States. His critics argue that he failed to use the country's economic boom to help struggling farmers and workers in other flailing industries, and there is still much debate among historians as to the extent to which his economic policies contributed to the onset of the Great Depression.
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30, Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
The New York World summed up his presidency at his death in 1886: "No duty was neglected in his administration, and no adventurous project alarmed the nation." Evaluations by modern historians generally rank him as a mediocre or average president. He has also been described as one of the least memorable presidents.
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21, Chester Atrhur, 1881-1885
He was the president of the United States, serving until his assassination. He presided over victory in the Spanish–American War of 1898; gained control of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Cuba; restored prosperity after a deep depression; rejected the inflationary monetary policy of free silver, keeping the nation on the gold standard; and raised protective tariffs. His second term ended early when he was shot on September 6, by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. He died eight days later.
Tell the ordinal number, the name of the president and years of his term.
25, William McKinley, 1897-1901
He became the Chief Military in aid to General MacArthur and was elevated by Roosevelt to Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. He was successful with many strategies against Germany in WWII.
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34, Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-61)
He was the fourth president of the United States of America. He is often touted as the father of the Constitution.
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4, James Madison (1809-1817)
Though he passed many important and necessary changes he is most known for the Watergate Scandal.
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37, Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
Who was the youngest president of the United States?
... was the youngest president of the United States. who succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley at the age of 42.
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26, Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909
A lawyer and Civil War general, he served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. On July 2, Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed and delusional office seeker, shot him at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington. The wound was not immediately fatal, but an infection caused by his doctors' unsanitary methods in treating the wound killed him on September 19.
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20, James Garfield, 1831-1881
He became the President of the US after Roosevelt died in office and was re-elected for a second term. He made the decision to release the atomic bomb over Japan.
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33, Harry S. Truman (1945-53)
In the years before his presidency, he served as a mayor and governor in New York state, winning fame as an anti-corruption crusader. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms.
Tell the ordinal numbers, the name of the president and years of his terms.
22,24, Grover Cleveland (1885-89)(1893-1897)
He was the first U.S. president with no prior military or government experience. As president, he ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, diverted military funding toward building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, weakened environmental protections, signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which cut taxes for individuals and businesses. He is the only American president to have been impeached twice.
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45, Donald J. Trump (2017-2021)
He was the president of the United States, the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. He was instrumental in passing the Compromise of 1850, a bargain that led to a brief truce in the battle over the expansion of slavery.
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13, Millard Filmore, 1850-1853
Assassination attempts were made on two other presidents, in 1912 and in 1981. They were badly hurt but survived.
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26, Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
40, Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
He led the country through World War I and was pivotal in the creation of the League of Nations, the foundation to today’s United Nations.
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28, Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
He was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War. His top priority as president was to preserve the Union. He died 16 months into his term from a stomach disease.
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12, Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
He was an advocate for states' rights, particularly regarding slavery, and minimized the role of the federal government preceding the Civil War. Historians and scholars rank him as among the worst presidents in American history. He was the last president to have been born in the eighteenth century.
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15, James Buchanan (1857-1861)