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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation.
President Lincoln dealt with extraordinary pressures during the Civil War.
Lincoln's most famous speech was the Gettysburg Address. -
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Presidents (1861-1929)
The presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Calvin Coolidge. -
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was the vice president for Abraham Lincoln and took office of presidency after Lincoln was Assassinated.
He issues two proclamations stating his recommendations for the restoration of Confederate states to the Union.
Johnson addresses the Thirty-Ninth Congress for the first time with his annual message. -
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant vetoed the Private Relief Bill.
He issues a proclamation against the attempt of Fenian Brotherhood.
Grant passes an Indian Appropriation Act with an amendment that ended tribal recognition and treaty system. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes began with the Compromise of 1877 which ended military occupation in the south. -
James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield was only in office for six months. -
Chester A. Arthur
Vice President of James A. Garfield who took office when Garfield died of blood poisoning.
For the reform of the civil service, he promoted the Pendleton law.
Arthur passed the Tariff Act of 1883 which prohibited polygamy in the territories. -
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland vetoes the first several bills that granted military pensions to the Civil War Union veterans after they were rejected by the Pensions Bureau.
He recommended that the nation needed to accept France's gift of the Statue of Liberty.
Cleveland signs the Dawes General Allotment Act, it attempts to assimilate American Indians into the dominant culture. -
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison enacted the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, it forbidded business practices that restrain trade and commerce or attempt to create monopolies.
He signed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act after he convinced free silver senators to compromise on the legislation.
Harrison requests legislation to ban lottery ticket sales by mail. -
William McKinley
William McKinley signed the Dingley Tariff Law, which raised custom duties by 57%.
McKinley "used armed force" in Cuba to end the civil war.
He blockades ports in northern Cuba. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt takes office when William McKinley gets assassinated.
He signs the Newlands Reclamation Act, which authorizes federal irrigation projects.
Roosevelt signed a bill that created the Department of Commerce and Labor. -
William Howard Taft
William Taft sends a message to Congress urging prompt revision of the tariff.
He proposes that Congress adopt a constitutional amendment that would permit collection of personal federal income taxes.
Taft signs the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, it established a Tariff Board and reduced the tariff. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson appeared before Congress to speak about revising the tariffs.
He signed the Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act, which reduced rates set by previous Republican administrations.
Wilson detonated a charge to destroy the Gamboa Dike in Panama, it leaded to the completion of the Panama Canal. -
Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding signs the Emergency Quota Act into law, which limited the number of immigrants from any given country.
He passed the Emergency Tariff Act, a temporary bill that raised tariffs, especially on farm products.
Harding signed the Budget and Accounting Act in order to organize the federal government's accounts. -
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge stated his opposition to government interference with business and called for lowering taxes.
He vetoed the Soldiers' Bonus Bill that the Senate passed, but Congress will later override the veto.
Coolidge signed the Revenue Act, the Act reduced income taxes as well as other duties.
