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1. Herbert Hoover

20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'30th Pres; Republican; 1923-1929; Known as Silent Cal; Not known for great accomplishments; Roaring 20's.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

2. Millard Fillmore

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'30th Pres; Republican; 1923-1929; Known as Silent Cal; Not known for great accomplishments; Roaring 20's.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

3. James Garfield

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.30th Pres; Republican; 1923-1929; Known as Silent Cal; Not known for great accomplishments; Roaring 20's.

4. Calvin Coolidge

1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.30th Pres; Republican; 1923-1929; Known as Silent Cal; Not known for great accomplishments; Roaring 20's.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'

5. James Buchanan

1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'15th Pres; 1857-1861; Democrat (Doughface) Bachelor for life; Did nothing to prevent/promote Civil War. States seceded from Union. Approached by Russia for AK sale but impending Civil War delayed negotiations.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.

6. Dwight D. Eisenhower

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.34th Pres; Republican; 1953-1961; Stopped Korean War; Used nuclear threat and deepened Cold War; Created interstate Highways as defense strategy. 1st Pres to use helicopter; Served in WWI & II (5 star general); Painter

7. George W. Bush

1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.43rd Pres; 2001-2008; Republican; Changed INS to Homeland Security; Pres during 9/11; Led war on Terror overseas; chasing Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan; Signed Patriot Act (tracking/interrogation of suspected terrorists; Invaded Iraq; Delivered tax cuts; Hurricane Katrina aid 2005.

8. George Washington

1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.1st President: 1798-1797; Discouraged political parties; Set precedent; Used constitution; Led Continental Army during Revolutionary War; False teeth; face on $ bill/quarter; Slave owner31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'

9. Lyndon B. Johnson

36th Pres; Democrat; 1963-1969; Vision of a 'Great Society; Led us into Vietnam; Draft; US Astronauts orbit moon; Waged war on poverty & signed Civil Rights Act20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

10. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.32nd Pres; Democrat; 1933-1945; died in 4th term; Polio victim; Created 'New Deal' and Public Works Projects; Fireside chats; led America into WWII; Ex Order 1066; First Pres. on TV; Died of brain hemorrhage; Wife Eleanor great stateswoman; He had mistress20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'

11. Benjamin Harrison

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'23rd Pres; 1889-1893; Republican; Won on Electoral votes; good speaker, not good one-on-one; Not known for much; Electric lights added to White House; grandson of Henry Harrison.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

12. Zachary Taylor

1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.1849-1850; Whig; tough military campaigner; last Pres. to own slaves, but didn't allow slavery; died in office.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.

13. Harry S. Truman

33rd Pres; Democrat; 1945-1953; Gave order to drop atomic bombs on Japan; Stopped racial segregation in military; Joined NATO; Delivered aid to Europe with Marshall Plan; Determined to stop communist spread.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

14. Franklin Pierce

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.1853-1857; Democrat; (Doughface) Handsome; 2nd son died in train wreck while in Presidency; A N. with S. sympathies-broke MO Compromise by allowing KS to choose slavery/not-created unrest both in Congress and in KS.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.

15. Ronald Reagan

20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.40th Pres.; 1981-1989; Republican; former actor; Passed legislation to boost economy; increased defense spending creating debt; Allowed illegal funding of rebels in Nicaragua using money from arms sales to Iran; Worked with Russian Mikhail Gorbachev to trash hundreds of nuclear missiles. Almost won 100% of electoral votes in 1984.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'

16. John Quincy Adams

20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.6th Pres. 1825-1829; son of JA; Pooled votes with Henry Clay to win Presidency over Jackson; Foreign minister to Netherlands, Portugal, Russia; Served in House of Reps after presidency; 1st Pres to be photographed (1843); Formerly Federalist31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

17. John Tyler

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'10th Pres; 1841-1845 Whig; Became Pres. when Harrison died; Annexed TX/with Polk1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.

18. William Henry Harrison

1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'8th Pres: 1841-1841; Whig; Died of pneumonia a month after taking office. Ran on ticket of 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.'

19. William Howard Taft

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.27th Pres; 1909- 1913; Republican; Yale heavyweight wrestler; Became a chief justice; Got stuck in bathtub; Kept big corporations under control; but split Republican party; Baseball ; Ceremonial pitch; 1st Pres to have a presidential car.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

20. Grover Cleveland

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.24th Pres.; Democrat; 1893-1897; Lost to Harrison in Electoral votes but had more popular votes; Economic depression finished his accomplishments.

21. Donald Trump

1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.45th Pres; 2017; Republican; Real Estate businessman; Idiot31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.

22. Rutherford B. Hayes

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'1877-1881; Republican; attorney; fair-minded; won by a commission; supported Force Acts (prohibited voting based on skin color); Sympathized S. States-Afr. Amer. had to fend for selves; Lemonade Lucy-wife.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.

23. William McKinley

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'25th Pres; 1897-1901; Republican; Acquired Cuba from Spain; added Puerto Rico; Philippines; Guam and Hawaii annexed; Economy boomed;20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

24. George H.W. Bush

31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.41st Pres; 1989-1993; Republican; Wealthy oil tycoon; Soviet crumbled; Saddam Hussein invaded Persian Gulf neighbor Kuwait in 1990; Liberated Kuwait; Tax hikes increased. 1st Pres to visit Singapore.1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.

25. Chester A. Arthur

21st Pres; 1881-1885; Republican; Cleaned up Civil Service bribery; Was a school principal; Had kidney disease he kept secret;1850-1853; Whig; Tried compromise over slavery issues and borders; Whig party split and disintegrated; Laid groundwork for Japan trade agreement.20th President 1881-1881; Republican; assassinated by someone he refused to hire (Union Station); Could write Latin/Greek simultaneously; Pro civil rights. Killed 4 months into office; 1st Left-handed president.31st Pres; 1929-1933 Republican; Known as Great Engineer; Boulder Dam renamed Hoover Dam after him; gave his salary away; tried to create public works projects but did not open public money to unemployed; Stock market crashed in 1929; known for 'Hoovervilles'

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