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George Washington
30th April 1789 - 4th March 1797
Vice President - John Adams
Chief of Staff - Alexander Hamilton
No political party affiliation
Washington set the precident for a possibility of 2 terms for a
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Thomas Jefferson
4th March 1801 - 4th March 1809
Aaron Burr (1801–1805) and George Clinton (1805–1809)
No chief of staff
Federalist
Proposed a policy to settle Western territories
By 1814, Jefferson owned about 6,500 books -
Andrew Jackson
March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837
John C. Calhoun (1829–1832)
None (1832–1833)
Martin Van Buren (1833–1837)
No chief of staff
Democrat
Proposed a policy to remove Native Americans from their
land
In 1781, Jackson worked for a saddle-maker -
James K. Polk
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
VP - George M. Dallas
No chief of staff
Democrat
In 1846, Polk approved a law restoring the Independent
Treasury System, under which government funds were held
in the Treasury and not in banks or other financial
institutions.
Polk's wife assisted her husband with his speeches, gave him
advice on policy matters and played an active role in his
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Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
Vice Presidents - Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865)
Andrew Johnson (1865)
Chief of Staff - General Henry Halleck
Republican
Put the Emancipation Proclimation into action
His mother died of milk sickness -
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
Vice President - None (1901–1905)
Charles W. Fairbanks
(1905–1909)
Chief of Staff - Louis McHenry Howe
Republican
Backed the building of the Panama Canal -
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall
Chief of Staff - Louis McHenry Howe
Democrat
Wilson emphasized lower tariffs and limited federal
government
in his foreign policy
- Wilson's father was one of the founders of the Southern
Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) after it split
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
Vice Presidents - John Nance Garner (1933–41)
Henry A. Wallace (1941–45)
Harry S. Truman (1945)
Chief of Staff - Louis McHenry Howe
Democrat
Implemented the New Deal
FDR had many extra-marital affairs -
Harry Truman
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
Vice Presidents - None (1945–49)[a]
Alben W. Barkley (1949–53)
Chief of Staff - John R. Steelman
Democrat
Approved the NSC-68, which tripled the defnese budget
Made the decision to to drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki
and Hiroshima -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Vice President - Richard Nixon
Chief of Staff - Sherman Adams
Planned the Bay of Pigs Invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro
The Cold War took place during his presidency