2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)

6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

15th President of the United States (1791-1868)

vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

39th President of the United States (1924-)

22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908)

42nd President of the United States (1946-)

elected vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933)

United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)

elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874)

38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)

20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881)

18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823)

9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841)

23rd President of the United States (1833-1901)

19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)

31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)

3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826)

17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)

36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)

35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)

16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)

4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)

25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901)

5th President of the United States; author of the Monroe Doctrine (1758-1831)

vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)

14th President of the United States (1804-1869)

11th President of the United States; his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849)

40th President of the United States (1911-2004)

26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration

32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)

12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850)

elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972)

elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862)

8th President of the United States (1782-1862)

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)

44th President of the United States (1961-)