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18 people
James Madison 1751–18364th presidentFourth President and Father of the Constitution who co-authored the Federalist Papers.
John Quincy Adams 1767–18486th presidentDiplomat, sixth president, and later congressman who opposed slavery’s expansion and shaped early American foreign policy.
Andrew Jackson 1767–18457th presidentSeventh President whose populist policies and Indian Removal Act left a deeply contested legacy.
John Tyler 1790–186210th presidentFirst vice president to assume the presidency on a president's death and to annex Texas.
James K. Polk 1795–184911th presidentEleventh president whose expansionist policies added the Southwest and Oregon to the United States.
Franklin Pierce 1804–186914th presidentFourteenth president whose support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act deepened the sectional crisis over slavery.
Abraham Lincoln 1809–186516th president16th President who preserved the Union during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
James A. Garfield 1831–188120th presidentTwentieth president assassinated months into office prompting federal civil service reform.
Benjamin Harrison 1833–190123rd presidentTwenty-third president who signed the Sherman Antitrust Act and expanded the modern navy.
William McKinley 1843–190125th presidentTwenty-fifth president who led the Spanish-American War and overseas expansion before being assassinated.
Warren G. Harding 1865–192329th presidentTwenty-ninth president whose administration was marked by postwar retrenchment and the Teapot Dome scandal.
Harry S. Truman 1884–197233rd president33rd President who authorized the atomic bomb and implemented the Marshall Plan.
John F. Kennedy 1917–196335th president35th President whose brief tenure included the Cuban Missile Crisis and the launch of the Apollo program.
Lyndon B. Johnson 1908–197336th president36th President who signed the Civil Rights Act and launched the Great Society programs.
Richard Nixon 1913–199437th president37th President whose foreign policy achievements were overshadowed by the Watergate scandal.
Gerald Ford 1913–200638th president38th president who restored basic governmental stability after Watergate and controversially pardoned Richard Nixon.
Barack Obama b. 196144th president44th President and first African American to hold the office, known for the Affordable Care Act.
Joe Biden b. 194246th president46th president who enacted major infrastructure and climate legislation after decades in the Senate and vice presidency.