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- John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...<small>[[Gregorian calendar|(N.S.)]]</small>) was President of the [[Continental Congress]], and the first pe...
19: ...ish. In the same year, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional Congress of Massachusetts, and...
23: On [[May 24]], [[1775]], he was elected the third President of the [[Continental Congress]], succeeding [[Hen...
36: ...Articles of Confederation]]. He was the seventh [[President of the United States in Congress assembled]], fro...
56: ...ox| title=[[President of the Continental Congress|President of the Second Continental Congress]]| before=[[Pe... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
3: | image name=johnadamsvp.flipped.jpg
4: | order=2nd President
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]). - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
4: | order=Third President
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|Geo...
18: ...–[[1809]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] and an American [[stat... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
4: | order=4th President
16: | vicepresident=[[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]; [...
18: ...–[[1817]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was co-author, wit...
33: ...ted States|First Lady]]" as political ally to the president. - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
4: | order=5th President
16: | vicepresident=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]
18: ...–[[1825]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He is the namesake of...
24: ...Robert R. Livingston]] and under the direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[L... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Quincy Adams
4: | order=6th President
16: | vicepresident=[[John Caldwell Calhoun]]
18: ...ent]] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abi...
24: ...e Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to do so.) - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Andrew Jackson
4: | order=7th President
16: | vicepresident= [[John C. Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Bur...
18: ... Hickory," was neither of those. He was the first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and t...
32: ...of the East. He won a solid victory in his [[U.S. presidential election, 1828|second attempt]] in [[1828]] as... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
18: ...<td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></tr>
22: ...dent]] of the [[United States]]. He was the first President born after the signing of the [[United States Dec...
35: ...s a slave state. In the same year he was chosen a presidential elector. It is at this point that Van Buren's ...
41: ...y recognized the potential of Andrew Jackson as a presidential candidate. - Thomas R. Marshall (6779 bytes)
2: ...litician]] who served as the twenty-eighth [[Vice President of the United States of America]] under [[Woodrow...
5: ...yers; Marshall wrote later of listening to future President [[Benjamin Harrison]] present a case. Marshall s...
11: ...2]], was reelected in [[1916]] and served as Vice President until [[1921]]. It is said that Marshall initial...
13: ...Marshall with delicate business. Since that time presidents have rarely relied on their VPs in dealing with ...
15: ... and Marshall became the first President and Vice President team to be re-elected since [[James Monroe|Monroe... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...|Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] and the ninth [[Vice President of the United States]], serving in the administra...
5: ...ar the present site of [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], and attended [[Transylvania University]]. ...
9: ...with an African-American woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
29: ... presidential election, 1836|1836]] (won), [[U.S. presidential election, 1840|1840]] (lost)}}
30: {{succession box|title=[[Vice President of the United States]]|before=[[Martin Van Buren]... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
4: ..."float:center">[[image:Seal_us_presdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
18: ...<td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td> ''none'' </td></tr></table>
21: ...pendence]], and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predecessor.
27: ...lected [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] in [[1840]] as running mate to [[William Henry ... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...eventh [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[James K. Polk]].
7: ...recalled at his own request. He was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in ...
9: ... Plenipotentiary to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], wh...
19: ...n]]|after=[[William Orlando Butler]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1844|1844]] (won)}}
20: {{succession box|title=[[Vice President of the United States]]|before=[[John Tyler]]|afte... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>13th President</td></tr>
17: ...<td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>''none''</td></tr>
20: ... the presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]].
31: ...f the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylor's death, he intimated to him that if there...
37: ...he administration. Taylor's Cabinet resigned and President Fillmore at once appointed [[Daniel Webster]] to ... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]]
18: ... College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...ed at the [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856 presidential election]], and was replaced by [[James Buchan... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
11: | 15th President
46: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
50: ...d him last as well[http://home.nyc.rr.com/taranto/presidents.htm].
59: ...the western U.S. No Secretary of State has become President since James Buchanan.
64: ...mocratic President of the United States in [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] and served from [[March ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
10: | '''Order:''' || 16th President
36: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
42: ...[[President of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republi...
44: ...ederal territories, and his victory in the [[1860 presidential election]] further polarized the nation. Befor...
46: ...ue in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]]. - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
8: | '''Order:''' || 17th President
35: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
40: ...Vice President]] ([[1865]]) and the seventeenth [[President of the United States]] ([[1865]]–[[1869]]), ...
42: ...hment|impeach]] him in [[1868]]; he was the first President to be impeached. He was subsequently acquitted by...
51: ...pation in Congress. Johnson was then appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as Military Governor of Tennessee... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>18th President</td></tr>
16: ...<td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>
22: ...–[[1877]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]].
24: ...idered by historians to be one of America's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe [[s...
45: ...willingness to fight and ability to win impressed President [[Abraham Lincoln]], who appointed him [[lieutena... - Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
2: ...esentative]] from [[Indiana]] and the 17th [[Vice President of the United States]].
6: ...]], having become the Republican nominee for Vice President.
8: In [[1868]] he was elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket hea...
14: ...Johnson]] | after=[[Henry Wilson]] | years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1868|1868]] (won)}}
15: {{succession box | title=[[Vice President of the United States]] | before=[[Andrew Johnson]... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: ... from [[Massachusetts]] and the eighteenth [[Vice President of the United States]].
7: ...ch 3]], [[1873]], when he resigned to become Vice President. He was Chairman of the Committee on Military Af...
9: ...f the United States on the Republican ticket with President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and served from [[March 4]],...
12: ...olfax]]|after=[[William A. Wheeler]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1872|1872]] (won)}}
13: {{succession box|title=[[Vice President of the United States]]|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]...
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