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George Washington 1789-1797No Political Party AffiliationVirginiaCommander-in-Chief of the Continental Army TERM 2
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DEFINITION 2 John Adams 1797-1801FederalistMassachusettsVice President of the United States, Ambassador to Great Britain, Ambassador to the Netherlands TERM 3
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DEFINITION 3 Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809Democratic- RepublicanVirginiaVice President of the United States, Secretary of State, Ambassador to France, Governor of Virginia TERM 4
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DEFINITION 4 James Madison 1809-1817Democratic- RepublicanVirginiaSecretary of State, Representative TERM 5
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DEFINITION 5 James Monroe 1817-1825Democratic- RepublicanVirginiaSecretary of War, Secretary of State, Governor of Virginia, Ambassador to Great Britain, Ambassador to France, Senator from Virginia
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John Quincy Adams 1825-1829Democratic- RepublicanMassachusettsSecretary of State, Ambassador to Great Britain, Ambassador to Russia, Senator from Massachusetts, Ambassador to Prussia, Ambassador to the Netherlands, Representative (after President) TERM 7
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DEFINITION 7 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837DemocratTennesseeMilitary Governor of Florida, Senator from Tennessee, Representative TERM 8
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DEFINITION 8 Martin Van Buren 1837-1841DemocratNew YorkVice President of the United States, Ambassador to Great Britain, Secretary of State, Governor of New York, Senator from New York, Attorney General of New York TERM 9
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DEFINITION 9 William Henry Harrison 1841WhigVirginiaAmbassador to Colombia, Senator from Ohio, Representative, Governor of the Indiana Territory, Secretary of the Northwest Territory TERM 10
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DEFINITION 10 John Tyler 1841-1845Whig, then no partyVirginiaVice President of the United States, President Pro Tem of the Senate, Senator from Virginia, Governor of Virginia, Representative, Confederate Representative (after President)
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Abraham Lincoln 1861- 1865RepublicanIllinoisRepresentative TERM 17
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DEFINITION 17 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869DemocratNorth CarolinaVice President of the United States, Senator from Tennessee, Governor of Tennessee, Representative TERM 18
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DEFINITION 18 Ulysses S Grant 1869-1877RepublicanOhioUS Army Commanding General TERM 19
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DEFINITION 19 Rutherford B Hayes 1877-1881RepublicanOhioGovernor of Ohio, Representative TERM 20
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DEFINITION 20 James A Garfield 1881RepublicanOhioRepresentative, US Army Major General
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Chester A Arthur 1881-1885RepublicanVermontVice President of the United States, Collector of the Port of New York, US Army Brigadier General TERM 22
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DEFINITION 22 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889DemocratNew JerseyGovernor of New York, Mayor of Buffalo TERM 23
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DEFINITION 23 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893RepublicanOhioSenator from Indiana, US Army Brigadier General TERM 24
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DEFINITION 24 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897DemocratNew Jersey22nd President of the United States TERM 25
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DEFINITION 25 William McKinley 1897-1901RepublicanOhioGovernor of Ohio, US Army Brevet Major
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Herbert Hoover 1929-1933RepublicanIowaSecretary of Commerce TERM 32
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DEFINITION 32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945DemocratNew YorkGovernor of New York, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, New York State Senator TERM 33
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DEFINITION 33 Harry S Truman 1945-1953DemocratMissouriVice President of the United States, Senator from Missouri, US Army Major (WWI), US Army Colonel (Reserve) TERM 34
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DEFINITION 34 Dwight D Eisenhower 1953-1961RepublicanTexasSupreme Allied Commander in Europe, US Army Chief of Staff, Governor of American Zone of Occupied Germany, President of Columbia University, General of the Army TERM 35
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DEFINITION 35 John F Kennedy 1961-1963DemocratMassachusettsSenator from Massachusetts, Representative, US Navy Lieutenant
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Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969DemocratTexasVice President of the United States, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Majority Whip, Senator from Texas, Representative, US Navy Lieutenant Commander TERM 37
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DEFINITION 37 Richard Nixon 1969-1974RepublicanCaliforniaVice President of the United States, Senator from California, Representative, US Navy Lieutenant Commander TERM 38
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DEFINITION 38 Gerald Ford 1974-1977RepublicanNebraskaVice President of the United States, House Majority Leader, Representative, US Navy Lieutenant Commander TERM 39
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DEFINITION 39 Jimmy Carter 1977-1981DemocratGeorgiaGovernor of Georgia, Georgia State Senator, US Navy Lieutenant TERM 40
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DEFINITION 40 Ronald Reagan 1981-1989RepublicanIllinoisGovernor of California, US Army Captain
