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U.S. Presidents — Order and Facts

Key facts about American presidents in order

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Terms 15

1
George Washington
1st president; no party affiliation; served 1789–1797
2
Thomas Jefferson
3rd president; author of the Declaration of Independence; Louisiana Purchase
3
Abraham Lincoln
16th president; led Union during Civil War; assassinated 1865
4
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president; youngest to take office; conservationist; Big Stick diplomacy
5
Woodrow Wilson
28th president; led U.S. through WWI; proposed League of Nations
6
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd president; New Deal; led during WWII; only president elected 4 times
7
Harry Truman
33rd president; ordered atomic bombing of Japan; Korean War
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John F. Kennedy
35th president; youngest elected; assassinated 1963; Cuban Missile Crisis
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Richard Nixon
37th president; Watergate scandal; first to resign from office
10
Ronald Reagan
40th president; Cold War escalation; Reaganomics; Berlin Wall fell
11
Bill Clinton
42nd president; economic surplus; impeached by House in 1998
12
George W. Bush
43rd president; led U.S. response to 9/11; Iraq War
13
Barack Obama
44th president; first Black U.S. president; Affordable Care Act
14
Donald Trump
45th and 47th president; impeached twice; America First policy
15
Joe Biden
46th president; oldest elected; Ukraine-Russia conflict response