POTUS
Supported civil service reform prior to his assassination
James A. Garfield
Reformer who spoke “softly but carried a big stick”
Theodore Roosevelt
Implemented the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in 1930
Herbert Hoover
Wanted to build the “Great Society”
President during collapse of Soviet Union
George H.W. Bush
Supported "Pendleton Civil Service Reform" Act
Chester A. Arthur
Split Republicans by “busting” the steel trust
William Taft
Fireside chats and “New Deal” changed the nation
Franklin D.Roosevelt
Ended Vietnam War/ first US President to resign
Richard M. Nixon
Second President to be impeached and tried
William J. Clinton
First President to serve non-consecutive terms.
Grover Cleveland
Wanted peace without victory in WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Approved use of atomic bomb
Only President to never be elected
Gerald R. Ford
President during 9/11 and start of GWOT
George W. Bush
Enacted the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Benjamin Harrison
Associated with scandal after his death
Warren G. Harding
Negotiated Korean armistice/ Little Rock Nine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Iranian Hostage Crisis/ Crisis of Confidence
James E. Carter
Signed healthcare law bearing his name
Barrack H. Obama
Reluctantly asked for war with Spain
William McKinley
"Silent” pro-business president
Calvin Coolidge
Lead US during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
Known for tax cuts and defense spending
Ronald W. Reagan
Brokered the Abraham Accords
Donald J. Trump