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James Monroe - served in American Revolution Andrew Jackson - American Revolution, War of 1812, First Seminole War William Henry Harrison - Indian wars in the NW territory, War of 1812 John Tyler - War of 1812 Zachary Taylor - War of 1812, Black Hawk, Second Seminole, and Mexican wars Franklin Pierce - Mexican War James Buchanan - War of 1812 Abraham Lincoln - Black Hawk War Andrew Johnson - Civil War Ulysses Grant - Mexican War, Civil War Rutherford Hayes - Civil War James Garfield - Civil War Chester Arthur - Civil War Benjamin Harrison - Civil War William McKinley - Civil War Theodore Roosevelt - Spanish-American War Harry Truman - WWI Dwight Eisenhower - WWII General John Kennedy - WWII Lyndon Johnson - WWII Richard Nixon - WWII Gerald Ford - WWII George Bush - WWII Presidents who were in the military but who saw no action James Madison James Polk Millard Fillmore Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan - kept out of combat due to bad eyesight George W. Bush Presidents with no military experience John Adams Thomas Jefferson John Quincy Adams Martin Van Buren Grover Cleveland William Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin Roosevelt Bill Clinton Presidents during wartime George Washington: war with Native Americans in Ohio Thomas Jefferson: Tripolitan War, 1800-1805, against the Barbary pirates James Madison - War of 1812, 1812-1814, against the British James Monroe - First Seminole War, 1817-1818 Andrew Jackson - Black Hawk War, 1832 Martin Van Buren - Aroostook War, 1839; Second Seminole War - ended 1842 William Henry Harrison - Second Seminole War - ended 1842 John Tyler - Second Seminole War - ended 1842 James Polk - Mexican War James Buchanan - beginning of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln - Civil War, 1861-1865 William McKinley - Spanish-American War, 1898; Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1900 Woodrow Wilson - WWI, 1914-1918 Warren Harding - formally concluded WWI Franklin Roosevelt - WWII, 1941-1945 Harry Truman - conclusion of WWII, Korean War - 1950-1953 Dwight Eisenhower - conclusion of Korean War John Kennedy - Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961; beginning of Vietnam War Lyndon Johnson - Vietnam War, Dominican Republic, 1965 Richard Nixon - Vietnam War Ronald Reagan - Grenada Invasion, 1983 George Bush - Invasion of Panama, 1989-1990; Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991 George W. Bush - War against the Taliban, Iraq, 2001 to present. Presidents who did not preside over war during their terms John Adams John Quincy Adams Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce Andrew Johnson Ulysses Grant James Garfield Chester Arthur Grover Cleveland Theodore Roosevelt William Taft Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Jimmy Carter Pre-Presidential Careers Actor Ronald Reagan Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Bank Clerk Harry Truman Barker Richard Nixon Bookkeeper Harry Truman Busboy Gerald Ford Businessman Harry Truman Jimmy Carter George Bush George W. Bush Canal Boat Laborer James Garfield Career Military George Washington Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison Zachary Taylor Ulysses S. Grant Dwight Eisenhower Carpenter James Garfield Cattle Rancher Theodore Roosevelt C.I.A. Director George Bush Circus Roustabout Ronald Reagan City Solicitor Rutherford Hayes - Cincinnati, Ohio Clothmaker Millard Fillmore Coach Gerald Ford - football, boxing Ronald Reagan - swimming Collector of the Port of New York Chester Arthur Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives James Madison - Virginia Andrew Jackson - Tennessee William Henry Harrison - Northwest Territory, Ohio John Tyler - Virginia James Polk - Tennessee Millard Fillmore - New York Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire James Buchanan - Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln - Illinois Andrew Johnson - Tennessee Rutherford Hayes - Ohio James Garfield - Ohio William McKinley - Ohio John F. Kennedy - Massachusetts Lyndon Johnson - Texas Richard Nixon - California Gerald Ford - Michigan George Bush - Texas Construction Worker Ronald Reagan Continental Congress Delegate George Washington John Adams James Madison James Monroe Cook Gerald Ford Delivery Boy Martin Van Buren Deputy Sheriff Theodore Roosevelt Diplomat John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Monroe John Quincy Adams William Henry Harrison James Buchanan George Bush Dishwasher Lyndon Johnson Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan Editor Grover Cleveland Woodrow Wilson Warren Harding Elevator Operator Lyndon Johnson Farmer, Farm Boy Millard Fillmore Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Benjamin Harrison Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Harry Truman Lyndon Johnson Jimmy Carter Ferryboat Operator Abraham Lincoln Fruit Picker Lyndon Johnson Geologist Herbert Hoover Governor Thomas Jefferson - Virginia James Monroe - Virginia Martin Van Buren - New York William Henry Harrison - Indiana Territory John Tyler - Virginia James Polk - Tennessee Andrew Johnson - Tennessee Rutherford Hayes - Ohio Grover Cleveland - New York William McKinley - Ohio Theodore Roosevelt - New York William Taft - Philippines Woodrow Wilson - New Jersey Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts Franklin Roosevelt - New York Jimmy Carter - Georgia Ronald Reagan - California Bill Clinton - Arkansas George W. Bush - Texas Horse Handler Ulysses S. Grant House Minority Leader Gerald Ford Insurance Salesman Warren Harding Janitor James Garfield Lyndon Johnson Judge Andrew Jackson Harry Truman Launderer Herbert Hoover Lawyer John Adams Thomas Jefferson John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren John Tyler James Polk Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Rutherford Hayes Chester Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley William Taft Woodrow Wilson Calvin Coolidge Franklin Roosevelt Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Bill Clinton Lieutenant Governor Warren Harding - Ohio Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts Lifeguard Ronald Reagan Mailroom Clerk Harry Truman Male Model Gerald Ford Mayor Andrew Johnson - Greenville, Tennessee Grover Cleveland - Buffalo, New York Calvin Coolidge - Northampton, Massachusetts Member of House of Burgesses George Washington Thomas Jefferson Mining Engineer Herbert Hoover Newsboy Herbert Hoover Newspaper Publisher Warren Harding Office Boy Herbert Hoover Oilman George Bush George W. Bush Park Ranger Gerald Ford Postal Clerk William McKinley Postmaster Abraham Lincoln Printer's Devil Warren Harding Lyndon Johnson Professor Woodrow Wilson Bill Clinton Radio Announcer Ronald Reagan Railroad Timekeeper Harry Truman Reporter, Journalist Warren Harding John F. Kennedy Road Construction Laborer Warren Harding Lyndon Johnson School Principal Chester Arthur School Teacher Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Garfield Chester Arthur Grover Cleveland William McKinley Warren Harding Lyndon Johnson Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover Secretary of Northwest Territory William Henry Harrison Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Martin Van Buren James Buchanan Secretary of War James Monroe William Taft Senator, U.S. James Monroe - Virginia John Quincy Adams - Massachusetts Andrew Jackson - Tennessee Martin Van Buren - New York William Henry Harrison - Ohio John Tyler - Virginia Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire James Buchanan - Pennsylvania Andrew Johnson - Tennessee Benjamin Harrison - Indiana Warren Harding - Ohio Harry Truman - Missouri John F. Kennedy - Massachusetts Lyndon Johnson - Texas Richard Nixon - California Sheriff Grover Cleveland Shoeshine Boy Lyndon Johnson Speaker of the House James Polk State Attorney General Bill Clinton - Arkansas State Comptroller Millard Fillmore - New York State Legislator John Adams - Massachusetts Thomas Jefferson - Virginia James Madison - Virginia James Monroe - Virginia John Tyler - Virginia James Polk - Tennessee Millard Fillmore - New York Franklin Pierce - New Hampshire James Buchanan - Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln - Illinois Andrew Johnson - Tennessee Theodore Roosevelt - New York State Senator John Quincy Adams - Massachusetts Martin Van Buren - New York William Henry Harrison - Ohio Andrew Johnson - Tennessee James Garfield - Ohio Warren Harding - Ohio Calvin Coolidge - Massachusetts Franklin Roosevelt - New York Jimmy Carter - Georgia Store Clerk James K. Polk Abraham Lincoln Grover Cleveland Surveyor George Washington Tailor Andrew Johnson Tavern worker Martin Van Buren Toymaker Calvin Coolidge Trapper Lyndon Johnson Trash Collector Lyndon Johnson University President Woodrow Wilson Dwight Eisenhower Vice President (See Electoral Lists, below) Electoral Lists Presidents who had been vice presidents John Adams, under George Washington Thomas Jefferson, under John Adams Martin Van Buren, under Andrew Jackson John Tyler, under William Henry Harrison Millard Fillmore, under Zachary Taylor Andrew Johnson, under Abraham Lincoln Chester Arthur, under James Garfield Theodore Roosevelt, under William McKinley Calvin Coolidge, under Warren Harding Harry Truman, under Franklin Roosevelt Lyndon Johnson, under John Kennedy Richard Nixon, under Dwight Eisenhower Gerald Ford, under Richard Nixon George Bush, under Ronald Reagan Vice-presidents who were later elected president, without having served out the remainder of a predecessor's term John Adams Thomas Jefferson Martin Van Buren Richard Nixon George Bush Find more information about Vice-Presidents below. Presidents who never ran for president John Tyler Millard Fillmore Andrew Johnson Chester Arthur Presidents who were never elected president or vice president Gerald Ford Presidents who ran for president, but were never elected Gerald Ford Elected presidents whose parties did not nominate them for a second term Franklin Pierce Presidents who ran unopposed George Washington, both terms. James Monroe, second term. Vice presidents who became president through death or resignation of their president John Tyler - death of William Henry Harrison Millard Fillmore - death of Zachary Taylor Andrew Johnson - assassination of Abraham Lincoln Chester Arthur - assassination of James Garfield Theodore Roosevelt - assassination of William McKinley Calvin Coolidge - death of Warren Harding Harry Truman - death of Franklin Roosevelt Lyndon Johnson - assassination of John Kennedy Gerald Ford - resignation of Richard Nixon Find more information about Vice-Presidents below. Presidents who lost the popular vote but won the electoral college vote Rutherford Hayes - Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, and probably the electoral college vote, but the results were fixed to give Hayes the majority. Benjamin Harrison - incumbent president Grover Cleveland won the popular vote George W. Bush - Al Gore won the popular vote. The electoral college vote was thrown into doubt by peculiarities in Florida's election, and the election was decided by the Supreme Court when they stopped the recount. Presidents who won neither the popular vote nor the electoral college vote, but still ended up as president John Quincy Adams - Andrew Jackson had more votes in both categories. Presidents who were chosen by the House of Representatives because no one had a majority Thomas Jefferson (1st term) John Quincy Adams Presidents who defeated incumbents Thomas Jefferson - defeated John Adams in 1800. Andrew Jackson - defeated John Quincy Adams in 1828, William Henry Harrison - defeated Martin Van Buren in 1840. Benjamin Harrison - defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888. Grover Cleveland - defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892. Woodrow Wilson - defeated Howard Taft in 1912. Franklin Roosevelt - defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932. Jimmy Carter - defeated Gerald Ford in 1976. Ronald Reagan - defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980. Bill Clinton - defeated George Bush in 1992. Presidents elected to two terms George Washington: 1789, 1792 Thomas Jefferson: 1800, 1804 James Madison: 1808, 1812 James Monroe: 1816, 1920 Andrew Jackson: 1828, 1832 Abraham Lincoln: 1860, 1864 Ulysses Grant: 1868, 1872 Grover Cleveland: 1884, 1892 William McKinley: 1896, 1900 Woodrow Wilson: 1912, 1916 Dwight Eisenhower: 1952, 1956 Richard Nixon: 1968, 1972 Ronald Reagan: 1980, 1984 Bill Clinton: 1992, 1996 Presidents elected to one term John Adams: 1796 John Quincy Adams: 1824 Martin Van Buren: 1836 William Henry Harrison: 1840 James Polk, 1844 Zachary Taylor, 1848 Franklin Pierce, 1852 James Buchanan, 1856 Rutherford Hayes, 1876 James Garfield, 1880 Benjamin Harrison, 1888 Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 William Taft, 1908 Warren Harding, 1920 Calvin Coolidge, 1924 Herbert Hoover, 1928 Harry Truman, 1948 John Kennedy, 1960 Lyndon Johnson, 1964 Jimmy Carter, 1976 George Bush, 1988 Presidents elected to four terms Franklin Roosevelt: 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 Presidents elected (or selected) on their first run for office (does not include primary bids) George Washington: 1789 John Adams: 1796 James Madison: 1808 James Monroe: 1816 John Quincy Adams: 1824 Martin Van Buren: 1836 James Polk: 1844 Zachary Taylor: 1848 Franklin Pierce: 1852 James Buchanan: 1856 Abraham Lincoln: 1860 Ulysses Grant: 1868 Rutherford Hayes: 1876 James Garfield: 1880 Grover Cleveland: 1884 Benjamin Harrison: 1888 William McKinley: 1896 Theodore Roosevelt: 1904 William Taft: 1908 Woodrow Wilson: 1912 Warren Harding: 1920 Calvin Coolidge: 1924 Herbert Hoover: 1928 Franklin Roosevelt: 1932 Harry Truman: 1948 Dwight Eisenhower: 1952 John Kennedy: 1960 Lyndon Johnson: 1964 Jimmy Carter: 1976 Ronald Reagan: 1980 George Bush, 1988 Bill Clinton: 1992 George W. Bush: 2000 Presidents elected on their second run for office (does not include primary bids) Thomas Jefferson: defeated in 1796 by John Adams Andrew Jackson: John Quincy Adams was selected over Jackson in 1824. William Henry Harrison: defeated in 1836 by Martin van Buren. Richard Nixon: defeated in 1960 by John F. Kennedy. Presidents who defeated each other John Quincy Adams: was selected over Andrew Jackson in 1824. Andrew Jackson: defeated John Quincy Adams in 1828. Martin Van Buren: defeated William Henry Harrison in 1836. William Henry Harrison: defeated Martin van Buren in 1840. Benjamin Harrison: defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888. Grover Cleveland: defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892. Presidents who served non-consecutive terms Grover Cleveland Presidents who received 100% of the electoral college votes George Washington Ex-Presidents who tried unsuccessfully to regain the presidency Martin Van Buren was defeated in the primary in 1844 by James Polk. Millard Fillmore was defeated in 1856 by James Buchanan. Ulysses Grant was defeated in 1880 in the primary by James Garfield. Theodore Roosevelt was defeated in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson. Presidential deaths and misfortunes Presidents killed by the incompetence of their doctors George Washington - bled to death by his doctors as treatment for "inflammatory quinsy" James Garfield - whose doctors contaminated his bullet wound so that he died of infection. Assassinated presidents Abraham Lincoln - assassinated by John Wilkes Booth James Garfield - assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau William McKinley - assassinated by Leon F. Czolgosz John Kennedy - assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald Presidents who suffered attempted assassinations Andrew Jackson - would-be assassin: Richard Lawrence (both derringers misfired) Harry Truman - Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to storm Blair House, residence of Truman Gerald Ford - would be assassins: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, in two separate incidences Ronald Reagan - shot and wounded by John W. Hinkley, Jr Presidents who died in office of natural causes William Henry Harrison - died of "bilious pleurisy" Zachary Taylor - died of cholera morbus Warren Harding - died of pneumonia or stroke Franklin Roosevelt - died of cerebral hemorrhage Impeached presidents Andrew Johnson Bill Clinton Presidents who resigned Richard Nixon Presidential Families Presidents related to earlier presidents James Madison: half first cousin twice removed of George Washington John Quincy Adams: son of John Adams Zachary Taylor: second cousin of James Madison Grover Cleveland: sixth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant Benjamin Harrison: grandson of William Henry Harrison Theodore Roosevelt: third cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren Franklin Roosevelt: fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant, fourth cousin three times removed of Zachary Taylor, fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt Harry Truman: great-great-great nephew of John Tyler Richard Nixon: seventh cousin twice removed of William Taft, eighth cousin once removed of Herbert Hoover George Bush: fifth cousin four times removed of Franklin Pierce, seventh cousin three times removed of Theodore Roosevelt, seventh cousin four times removed of Abraham Lincoln, eleventh cousin once removed of Gerald Ford George W. Bush: son of George Bush African-American Presidents Note: Several presidents were allegedly of mixed European and African ancestry, which by U.S. reckoning would designate them as African-American. See The Five Negro Presidents by J.A. Rogers and Six Black Presidents: Black Blood, White Masks by Auset Bakhufu. Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson Abraham Lincoln Warren Harding Dwight Eisenhower Presidents who married while president James Tyler Grover Cleveland Woodrow Wilson Bachelor presidents James Buchanan Presidents with adopted children George Washington Andrew Jackson Ronald Reagan Presidents who had children out of wedlock Thomas Jefferson Grover Cleveland Warren Harding Childless presidents James Madison James Polk James Buchanan Divorced presidents Ronald Reagan Presidential Party Affiliation Federalist presidents George Washington John Adams Democratic (or earlier, Democratic-Republican) presidents Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren James Polk Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Andrew Johnson Grover Cleveland Woodrow Wilson Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman John Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton Whig presidents William Henry Harrison John Tyler Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln Ulysses Grant Rutherford Hayes James Garfield Chester Arthur Benjamin Harrison William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Taft Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Dwight Eisenhower Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan George Bush George W. Bush Presidents belonging to no party John Quincy Adams Presidents who changed party affiliation after their presidency Millard Fillmore (Whig) became a candidate for the American or Know-Nothing Party. Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) founded the Progressive or Bull Moose Party. Vice-Presidents Presidents whose VP belonged to a different party John Adams (Federalist): Democratic Republican Thomas Jefferson was his VP. Abraham Lincoln (Republican): Democrat Andrew Johnson served as his second VP. Presidents at least temporarily without vice-presidents John Tyler - He had been William Henry Harrison's VP, and the position was not filled when Tyler assumed the presidency. Millard Fillmore - He had been Zachary Taylor's VP, and the position was not filled when Fillmore assumed the presidency. Franklin Pierce - William Rufus DeVane King was elected VP, but died before assuming office, and was not replaced. Andrew Johnson - He had been Abraham Lincoln's VP, and the position was not filled when Johnson assumed the presidency. Ulysses Grant - His second-term VP, Henry Wilson, died in office and was not replaced, leaving Grant without a VP for more than a year. Chester Arthur - He had been James Garfield's VP, and the position was not filled when Arthur assumed the presidency. Grover Cleveland - His first-term VP, Thomas Hendricks, was not replaced after dying nine months into his term. William McKinkey - His first VP, Garret Hobart, died in office in 1899, and was not replaced until March 1900 by Theodore Roosevelt. William Taft - His VP, James Sherman, died shortly before the end of Taft's term and was not replaced. Calvin Coolidge - He had been Warren Harding's VP, and the position was not filled until Coolidge was elected for his own term in 1924. Harry Truman - He had been Franklin Roosevelt's last VP, and the position was not filled until Truman was elected for his own term in 1948. Lyndon Johnson - He had been John Kennedy's VP, and the position was not filled until Johnson was elected for his own term in 1964. Presidents defeated for reelection by their own vice-president John Adams was defeated by his VP, Thomas Jefferson. Vice-Presidents who tried for, but never achieved, the presidency George Clinton - Thomas Jefferson's VP, failed to defeat James Madison in the primary. Richard Johnson - Martin Van Buren's VP, failed to defeat James Polk in the primary. John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP, ran as a National Democrat and failed to defeat Abraham Lincoln . Henry Wallace - Franklin Roosevelt's VP, ran as a Progressive and failed to defeat Harry Truman. Hubert Humphrey - Lyndon Johnson's VP, failed to defeat Richard Nixon. Walter Mondale - Jimmy Carter's VP, failed to defeat Ronald Reagan. Al Gore - Bill Clinton's VP, lost the presidency to George W. Bush. Vice-Presidents who later joined the Confederacy John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP. Vice-Presidents who changed party affiliation after their terms as VP John Calhoun - Andrew Jackson's VP, was a Democrat and became a Whig. John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP, was a Democrat and became a National Democrat. Henry Wallace - Franklin Roosevelt's VP, was a Democrat and became a Progessive. Vice-Presidents who resigned as VP John Calhoun - Andrew Jackson's VP, resigned in 1832 to accept election to the Senate. Spiro Agnew - Richard Nixon's VP, resigned in 1973 to avoid criminal prosecution. Miscellaneous Presidential Lists Presidents who killed people outside of war (or who were accused thereof) George Washington - accused of murdering a French ambassador during peacetime. Andrew Jackson - killed a man in a duel Presidents who had extramarital affairs Thomas Jefferson James Garfield Warren Harding Franklin Roosevelt John Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Bill Clinton Presidents with an alcohol problem Franklin Pierce Ulysses Grant George W. Bush Presidents who owned slaves George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison Andrew Jackson James Polk Zachary Taylor Presidents with facial hair Martin Van Buren - large mutton-chops Abraham Lincoln - beard Ulysses Grant - beard and mustache Rutherford Hayes - beard and mustache James Garfield - beard and mustache Chester Arthur - mustache and sideburns Grover Cleveland - mustache Benjamin Harrison - beard and mustache Theodore Roosevelt - mustache William Taft - mustache Presidents who joined the Confederacy John Tyler President who slept the most Calvin Coolidge - slept 10 hours a day.


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