history

Lincoln

Mar 4, 1861

Lincoln freed slaves.
Kept the US from splitting apart.
Preserved the Union.

Andrew Johnson

Apr 15, 1865

Purchased Alaska from the Russians.
Proposed the 14th amendment to the constitution.
Created new federal civil rights.

Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 4, 1869

Took city of Vicksburg during civil war.
Established civil rights act of 1875.
Signed bills promoted black voting rights.

Ruthford B. Hayes

Mar 5, 1877

Sends commission to louisiana to reporto n the conditions on the southern states.
pledged ti promote women rights.
ended corruption in government.

James A. Garfield

Mar 4, 1881

Attempted to establish the independence of the presidency.
Started the work of the Pendleton civil service act.

Chester A. Arthur

Sep 20, 1881

Signed tariff act of 1883.
His administration enacted the first general federal immigration law.
passed the pendleton act

Grover Cleveland

Mar 4, 1885

Signed an Act creating the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Angered railroad investors by ordering an investigation of western lands they held by Government grant.
Passed a Bill in 1886 that would require the government to coin unlimited amounts of silver, inflating the then-deflating currency.

Benjamin Harrison

Mar 4, 1889

Harrison passed the Sherman Antitrust Act
Harrison passed the Dependent and Disability Pensions Act
The tariff was removed from imported raw sugar, and sugar growers in the United States

Grover Cleveland

Mar 4, 1893

Signed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act
Allowed McKinley Tariff to become law without his signature..

William McKinley

Mar 4, 1897

On June 16, 1897, William McKinley signed annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States
In Civil Service administration, McKinley reformed the system to make it more flexible in critical areas.
Important act during McKinley's time was the Gold Standard Act where by the U.S. was officially placed on the gold standard.