Name: ________________________________________________________________________Class Period: _________________________
Presidents and their Times
For each president, include: dates of office, political party, key advisors (cabinet),
important issues & events during their terms of office (foreign & domestic) and major
accomplishments and failures.
George Washington: (1789-1797)
Federalist Party
VP-John Adams; Sec of State-Thomas Jefferson; Sec of Treasury-Alexander Hamilton; Sec of
War-Henry Knox
Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed. The Bill of Rights is passed in 1791
Hamilton’s Financial policy:
 Bank, National Bank
 Excise Taxes (Whiskey)
 Assumption of State Debts (leads to creation of Washington, DC)
 Tariffs to protect local merchants
French Revolution(1793): US “involvement” kept to a minimum-conflict with Citizen Genet
Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION OF
Jay’s Treaty with England (1795)
EVENTS YOU CHOOSE TO INCLUDE HERE
Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain (1795)
Battle of Fallen Timbers/Treaty of Greenville (1795) dealings with Native Americans
Farewell Address warns of 2 things:
No permanent alliances with Europe; Avoid formation of political parties
John Adams:
Thomas Jefferson:
James Madison:
James Monroe:
John Quincy Adams:
Andrew Jackson:
Martin Van Buren:
William Henry Harrison: died 6 months in 
John Tyler:
James K Polk:
Zachary Taylor:
Millard Fillmore:
Franklin Pierce:
James Buchanan:
Abraham Lincoln:
Andrew Johnson:
Ulysses S Grant:
Rutherford B Hayes:
James A Garfield:
Chester A Arthur:
Grover Cleveland…both times!
Benjamin Harrison:
William McKinley:
Theodore Roosevelt:
William Taft:
Woodrow Wilson:
Warren G Harding:
Calvin Coolidge:
Herbert Hoover:
FDR:
Harry S Truman:
Dwight D Eisenhower:
JFK:
LBJ:
Richard Nixon:
Gerald Ford:
Jimmy Carter:
Ronald Reagan:
George HW Bush (I):
Bill Clinton:
George W Bush:
Barack Obama: