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John
Tyler - 10th. President 1841 - 1845
Tyler was the first
unelected President. His greatest achievement perhaps was the precedence
he set by assuming the Presidential powers in his own right,
providing a valuable example for future vice-presidents in the
same situation.
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William
Henry Harrison - 9th. President 1841
Harrison was the last
American President born an English subject. One of Harrison's
campaign promises was to not seek a second term of
Presidency. As he died one month after his inauguration this was
the only part of his Presidential platform he managed to carry
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Martin
van Buren - 8th. President 1837 - 1841
Van Buren was the first
President to be born after the Declaration of Independence.
Together with Andrew Jackson, van Buren is largely credited for
establishing the Democratic party. In 1848 van Buren run for
Presidency, representing the
"Free Soil Party". He failed to win a
single electoral vote.
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Andrew
Jackson - 7th. President 1829 - 1837
Jackson was enormous
popular with the common man. The nation's farmers and laborers
gave him their unreserved loyalty and spoke of him as "the
greatest man
of the age". Jackson is said to have fought in
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John
Quincy Adams - 6th. President 1825 - 1829
John Quincy Adams spent
more than 20 years of his life overseas, regarded as one of the
nations most esteemed Diplomats. Adams is the only President to
serve in the House of Representatives after leaving the White
House. He got Congressional approval of funding for the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
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James
Monroe - 5th. President 1817-1825
Monroe was the last of
the so-called Virginia Dynasty including Madison,
Washington and Jefferson, playing such a crucial role in the
nation's first years. Monroe capped his first term with the acquisition
of Florida. His second term gave name to the Doctrine that would
forever after bear his name.
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James
Madison - 4th. President 1809 - 1817
Known to day as the
father of the Constitution. Madison adopted his "Virginia
Plan" as basis for the Constitution. Along with Alexander
Hamilton and John jay he composed the Federalist Papers, persuading
reluctant Americans of the need for a potent federal
government.
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Thomas
Jefferson - 3rd. President 1801 - 1809
Jefferson was also a
planter, lawyer, writer, philosopher, scientist, architect and
educator. His remarkable versatility has probably not been
challenged by any President since. Jefferson was the
author of the Declaration of Independence, a compelling defense
of liberty and political self-determination.
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John
Adams - 2nd. President 1797 - 1801
The First Vice-President
became the Second President. Adams was also the First
minister to the Court of St. James. He served as a member of the
committee appointed to draft the Declaration of
Independence.
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George
Washington - 1st. President 1789 - 1797
The First President was
also Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
war. He was a delegate both to the 1st. and 2nd.
Continental Congress as well as President of the Constitutional
Convention.
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