George Washington (1789-1797) - 1st President: A founding father, military general, and the first president of the United States, ----- calls the dollar bill home and knew how to cross the Delaware River in style., John Adams (1797-1801) - 2nd President: The first vice president and soon thereafter, the second president, -------was the author of the Massachusetts constitution and by chance died on July 4th, 1826 ... 50 years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted., Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) - 3rd President: Growing up in Virginia (the state birthing the most presidents), ---------- was co-author of the Declaration of Independence and in his spare time was enthused by (proto) archaeology., James Madison (1809-1817) - 4th President: 5'4" President ------- was the chief author of the Constitution, one of two presidents to sign it (the other being George Washington), and he had a pet parrot named Polly., James Monroe (1817-1825) - 5th President: Another president from Virginia, ------- studied law under Thomas Jefferson and established the country's first foreign policy, known as the Monroe Doctrine., John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) - Gifted an alligator from Marquis De Lafayette, --------was the first president to live in the White House., Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) - 7th President: The only president to be a prisoner of war, ------- has been on the $20 bill since 1928 and is known for founding the Democratic Party., Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) - 8th President: -------- was the first president to be born in the U.S., had his daughter-in-law serve as First Lady after his wife passed, William Henry Harrison (1841) - 9th President: With the shortest presidential term, --------passed one month into his presidency from pneumonia that fell on him after standing in the rain for an hour giving his inauguration speech., John Tyler (1841-1845) - 10th President: The first president to serve without being elected, ---------worked for the annexation of Texas to the United States and, with a strong belief in states' rights caused major riffs through all political parties., James K. Polk (1845-1849) - 11th President: With a desire for expansion, -------- set his eyes on the Pacific Ocean and extended the land of the U.S. by 1.2 million square miles., Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) - 12th President: A hero of the Mexican-American War, he won the presidency because Northerners voted for him because of war heroism and Southerners did so because he was a fellow slave owner., Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) - 13th President: The last of the Whigs, ------- was all peace and smiles trying to make everyone happy with the Compromise of 1850., Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) - Some point their fingers at President ------for fueling the fire that started the Civil War.,

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