U.S. Presidents

Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
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Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an American general and the 18th President of the United States . He achieved international fame as

Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson
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Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He was the first...

Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil Wa

James Buchanan
James Buchanan
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James Buchanan, Jr. was the fifteenth President of the United States . To date he is the only President from Pennsylvania, and is the only never to marry. As...

Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce
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Franklin Pierce was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. To date, he is the only president from New...

Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore
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Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He was the...

Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor
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Zachary Taylor was an American military leader and the 12th President of the United States. Known as "Old Rough and Ready", Taylor had a 40-year military career

James K. Polk
James K. Polk
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James Knox Polk was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North...

John Tyler
John Tyler
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John Tyler, Jr. was the tenth President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via succession. A long-time...

William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison
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William Henry Harrison was an American military leader, politician, the ninth President of the United States, and the first President to die in office. The oldest President...

Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
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Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the eighth Vice President and...

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . He was military governor of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of...

John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
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John Quincy Adams was an American diplomat and politician who served as the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829. He was a member...

James Monroe
James Monroe
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James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise ,...

James Madison
James Madison
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James Madison, Jr. was an American politician, the fourth President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Considered to...

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States , the principal author of the Declaration of Independence , and one of the most...

John Adams
John Adams
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John Adams was an American politician and the second President of the United States , after being the first Vice President for two terms....

George Washington
George Washington
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George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the first President of the United S

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