Timeline: APUSH Presidential Timeline

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1801

Federalist Era
Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

George Washington

Federalist
VP- John Adams
Sec of St- Thomas Jefferson
Sec. of Tres- Alexander Hamilton
Jul 17, 1789

Judiciary Act
Sep 25, 1791

Bill of Rights
Jul 3, 1794

Whiskey Rebellion
Aug 20, 1794

Battle of Fallen Timbers/ Treaty of Greensville
Nov 19, 1794

Jay's Treaty with England
Oct 27, 1795

Pinckney's Treaty with Spain
Sep 19, 1796

Farewell Adress
Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801

John Adams

Federalist
VP- Thomas Jefferson
Nov 13, 1797

Alien and Sedition Act
Jan 11, 1798

Quasi War
May 11, 1798

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Jul 11, 1798

XYZ Affair
Sep 30, 1800

Convention of 1800
Feb 24, 1801

Midnight Judges Act
Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1817

Jeffersonian Democracy
Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809

Thomas Jefferson

Republican
VP- Aaron Burr
Sec of St- James Madison
Feb 11, 1803

Marbury v Madison
Jul 4, 1803

Louisiana Purchase
May 14, 1804

Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jun 15, 1804

12th Amendment
Dec 11, 1804

Impeachment of Samuel Chase
Dec 22, 1807

Embargo Act
Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

James Madison

Republican
Mar 11, 1809

Non Intercourse Act
May 14, 1810

Macon Bill #2
Jun 18, 1812

War of 1812
Oct 5, 1814

Hartford Convention
Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

Era of Good Feelings
Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

James Monroe

Republican
Sec of St- John Quincy Adams
Feb 22, 1819

Adams- Onis Treaty
May 11, 1819

Panic of 1819
Mar 5, 1820

Missouri Compromise
Dec 2, 1823

Monroe Doctrine
Dec 22, 1824

Corrupt Bargain
Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

John Quincy Adams

National Republican
VP- John Calhoun
Sec of St- Herny Clay
Oct 6, 1825

Erie Canal
Period: Mar 4, 1828 to Mar 4, 1848

the Age of Jackson
May 19, 1828

Tariff of Abominations
Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

Andrew Jackson

Democrat
Vp- John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
May 11, 1831

Trail of Tears
Jul 14, 1832

Nullification Crisis
Sep 7, 1832

Jackson kills the BUS
Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

Martin Van Buren

Democrat
May 10, 1837

Panic of 1837
Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841

William Henry Harrison

Whig
Period: Apr 4, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845

John Tyler

Anti- Jackson Democrat (ran on Whig ticket)
Feb 11, 1845

Annexation of Texas
Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 4, 1849

James K Polk

Democrat
Apr 25, 1846

Mexican War
Jun 15, 1846

Oregon Treaty
Aug 8, 1846

Wilmot Proviso
Feb 2, 1848

Guadalupe- Hidalgo Treaty
Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

Zachary Taylor

Whig
VP- Millard Filmore
May 12, 1850

Compromise of 1850
Period: Jul 6, 1850 to Mar 4, 1853

Millard Filmore

Whig
Aug 12, 1850

Clayton Bulwer Treaty
Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

Franklin Pierce

Democrat
Jan 4, 1854

Kansas Nebraska Act
Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

James Buchanan

Democrat
Mar 6, 1857

Dred Scott Decision
Mar 2, 1861

Morill Tariff
Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln

Republican
Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

Civil War
May 20, 1862

Homestead Act
Jul 1, 1862

Pacific Railway Act
Jan 1, 1863

Emancipation Proclaimation
Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Mar 31, 1877

Reconstruction
Feb 25, 1863

National Banking Act
Jan 6, 1865

13th Amendment
Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

Andrew Johnson

Republican
Mar 2, 1867

Reconstruction Act
Feb 24, 1868

Johnson Impeachment Trials
Jul 9, 1868

14th Amendment
Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

Ulysses S Grant

Republican
Feb 3, 1870

15th Amendment
Oct 4, 1873

Panic of 1873
May 12, 1876

Compromise of 1876
Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881

Rutherford B Hayes

Republican
Period: Mar 31, 1877 to Mar 4, 1901

The Gilded Age
Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

James A Garfield

Republican
Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Chester A Arthur

Republican
Jan 16, 1883

Pendleton Act
Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

Grover Cleveland

Democrat
May 12, 1887

Interstate Commerce Act
Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

Benjamin Harrison

Republican
Jul 2, 1890

Sherman Anti- Trust Act
Jun 30, 1892

Homestead Steel Strike
Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

Grover Cleveland... Again
May 11, 1894

Pullman Strike
Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

William McKinley

Republican
May 12, 1899

Open Door Policy
Aug 7, 1900

Boxer Rebellion
Period: Mar 4, 1901 to Mar 4, 1920

Progressive Era
Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt

Republican
May 12, 1904

Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
Sep 5, 1905

Portsmouth Treaty
May 12, 1906

Hepburn Act
Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

William H Taft

Republican
Apr 9, 1909

Paine- Aldrich Tariff
Feb 3, 1913

16th Amendment
Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

Woodrow Wilson

Democrat
May 31, 1913

17th Amendment
Oct 3, 1913

Underwood Tariff
Dec 23, 1913

Federal Reserve System
Aug 15, 1914

Panama Canal
Oct 15, 1914

Clayton Anti Trust Act
May 7, 1915

Lusitania
Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles
Jan 17, 1920

18th Amendment
Aug 18, 1920

19th Amendment
Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Mar 4, 1932

Conservative Presidents
Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

Warren G Harding

Republican
May 12, 1922

Fordney- McCumber Tariff
Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

Calvin Coolidge

Republican
May 12, 1924

Dawes Plan
Jul 21, 1925

Scopes "monkey" Trial
Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

Herbert Hoover

Republican
Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market Crash
Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

Franklin D Roosevelt

Democrat
Period: Mar 4, 1945 to Jan 20, 1969

The Cold War
Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Harry S Truman

Democrat
Mar 12, 1947

Truman Doctrine
Mar 21, 1947

22nd Amendment
Jun 23, 1947

Taft-Hartley Act
Apr 12, 1948

Marshall Plan
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War
Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Dwight D Eisenhower

Republican
May 17, 1954

Brown V Board of Education
Jun 29, 1956

Federal Highway Act
Jan 4, 1957

Sputnik
Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 21, 1963

John F Kennedy

Democrat
Oct 14, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis
Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Lyndon B Johnson

Democrat
Aug 20, 1964

Anti Poverty Act
Apr 11, 1968

Civil Rights Act
Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Richard M Nixon

Republican
Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Jan 20, 1980

Dentente
Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Gerald Ford

Republican
First Non-Elected president
Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Jimmy Carter

Democrat

Federalist Era

George Washington

Judiciary Act

Bill of Rights

Whiskey Rebellion

Battle of Fallen Timbers/ Treaty of Greensville

Jay's Treaty with England

Pinckney's Treaty with Spain

Farewell Adress

John Adams

Alien and Sedition Act

Quasi War

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

XYZ Affair

Convention of 1800

Midnight Judges Act

Jeffersonian Democracy

Thomas Jefferson

Marbury v Madison

Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark Expedition

12th Amendment

Impeachment of Samuel Chase

Embargo Act

James Madison

Non Intercourse Act

Macon Bill #2

War of 1812

Hartford Convention

Era of Good Feelings

James Monroe

Adams- Onis Treaty

Panic of 1819

Missouri Compromise

Monroe Doctrine

Corrupt Bargain

John Quincy Adams

Erie Canal

the Age of Jackson

Tariff of Abominations

Andrew Jackson

Trail of Tears

Nullification Crisis

Jackson kills the BUS

Martin Van Buren

Panic of 1837

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

Annexation of Texas

James K Polk

Mexican War

Oregon Treaty

Wilmot Proviso

Guadalupe- Hidalgo Treaty

Zachary Taylor

Compromise of 1850

Millard Filmore

Clayton Bulwer Treaty

Franklin Pierce

Kansas Nebraska Act

James Buchanan

Dred Scott Decision

Morill Tariff

Abraham Lincoln

Civil War

Homestead Act

Pacific Railway Act

Emancipation Proclaimation

Reconstruction

National Banking Act

13th Amendment

Andrew Johnson

Reconstruction Act

Johnson Impeachment Trials

14th Amendment

Ulysses S Grant

15th Amendment

Panic of 1873

Compromise of 1876

Rutherford B Hayes