Presidents of the 20th Presidents of the 20th CenturyCentury

= Democrat

= Republican

Remember

Elections happen the year before the term starts.

Example: President Bush was elected in 2000, but didn’t take office until 2001.

26. Teddy RooseveltYears in office: 1901-1909

No. of terms: 2

Facts:– Took over for assassinated

McKinley– First to use “White House”– The teddy bear is named after

him– 1st to ride in an airplane and

leave the country as Pres.– Survived an assassination

attempt.

27. William Howard TaftYears in office: 1909 - 1913

No. of terms: 1

Facts:– VERY big…had to have a

special tub installed in the White House

– Chief Justice of Supreme Court after Presidency

– Buried in Arlington Nat’l Cemetery (1 of only 2)

– 1st to throw out first pitch and own a car, last w/facial hair.

28. Woodrow WilsonYears in office: 1913 - 1921

No. of terms: 2

Facts:– President during World War I– Only President buried inside

Washington, D.C.

29. Warren G. HardingYears in office: 1921 - 1923

No. of terms: 1/2 - Died in office

Facts:– Died of a heart attack– 1st Pres. to speak on the radio.

30. Calvin CoolidgeYears in office: 1923 - 1929

No. of terms: 11/2

Facts:– Finished Harding’s term– Elected to a full term of his

own– Blamed for the stock market

crash at the beginning of Hoover’s term because of his own economic policies.

31. Herbert HooverYears in office: 1929 - 1933

No. of terms: 1

Facts:– Had to deal with the Great

Depression– Blamed for it all, even though it

started under Coolidge– From Iowa– Approved the “Star Spangled

Banner”– 1st President born west of

Mississippi River

32. Franklin D. RooseveltYears in office: 1933 - 1945

No. of terms: 3- Died in office

Facts:– Elected 4 times– President during WWII– 22nd Amendment came after– Polio, confined to a wheelchair– 5th cousin to Teddy R.– Died a few months into his 4th

term from cerebral hemorrhage– Second home in Warm Springs,

GA named “The Little W. H.”

33. Harry S TrumanYears in office: 1945 - 1953

No. of terms: 2

Facts:– Finished FDR’s 4th term,

served one of his own– Dropped the atom bomb on

Japan to end WWII– Korean War– His middle name is S (no

period…).

34. Dwight D. EisenhowerYears in office: 1953 - 1961

No. of terms: 2

Facts:– WWII General– Nicknamed “Ike”– VP: Nixon– Served in both World Wars– Very calm, uneventful

presidency.

35. John F. KennedyYears in office: 1961 - 1963

No. of terms: 1/2 – Died in office

Facts:– Assassinated by Lee Harvey

Oswald in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963

– PT-109 in WWII– Brother Robert was Attorney

General, ran for President– Buried in Arlington Nat’l

Cemetery outside D.C.– Brother is Sen. Ted Kennedy.

36. Lyndon B. JohnsonYears in office: 1963 - 1969

No. of terms: 11/2

Facts:– Finished JFK’s term, served

one of his own– Sworn in on Air Force One in

Dallas– President during most of

Vietnam War.

37. Richard M. NixonYears in office: 1969 - 1974

No. of terms: 11/4 - Resigned

Facts:– Resigned in August 1974– Watergate scandal ruined his

presidency– Vice President for

Eisenhower.

38. Gerald R. FordYears in office: 1974 - 1977

No. of terms: 3/4

Facts:– Finished Nixon’s 2nd term– Gave Nixon a full pardon– Only president from the 20th

century that was never elected– Seen as clumsy and kind of

stupid.

39. James E. CarterYears in office: 1977 - 1981

No. of terms: 1

Facts:– From Georgia!– Governor of Georgia– Peanut farmer– OPEC oil embargo hurt

presidency– 1st Pres. born in a hospital– Won Nobel Peace Prize.

40. Ronald W. ReaganYears in office: 1981 - 1989

No. of terms: 2

Facts:– Former movie actor– Ended the Cold War– Classic conservative

Republican– Shot in 1982 in Washington,

DC by John Henckley– aka the “Gipper”.

41. George H. W. BushYears in office: 1989 - 1993

No. of terms: 1

Facts:– Reagan’s VP– WWII Navy pilot– President during the Persian

Gulf War– Father of President George

W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

42. William J. ClintonYears in office: 1993 - 2001

No. of terms: 2

Facts:– Many, many, many scandals– Impeached! Only the second

president to have been impeached

– Wife, Hillary, was US Secretary of State.

43. George W. BushYears in office: 2001 -

2009

No. of terms: 2

Facts:– Son of #41; only the second

son of a president to become president himself

– President during 9/11 and Iraq War II.

44. Barack H. ObamaYears in office: 2009 - Present

No. of terms: 2

Facts:– First black President– Working through major

recession and business failures.– Affordable Care Act

(Obamacare)