10/14/1890 – 3/28/1969 Party: Republican Timeline; 1953-1961 #34 Dwight Eisenhower- Supreme Allied Commander Eisenhower served in the U.S. Army (1915-1953), training tank crews in World War I and worked his way up to a five-star general and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II, most known for his role in the North…
5/8/1884 – 12/26/1972 Party: Democrat Timeline; 1945-1953 #33 Harry S. Truman- The Atomic Age President Truman tried joining the U.S. military Academy early on but was denied due to his poor eye-sight so he opted for the Missouri Army National Guard (1905-1911) then when World War I broke out he rejoined the Guard as a…
1/30/1882 – 4/12/1945 Party: Democrat Timeline; 1933-1945 #32 Franklin D. Roodevelt- The New Deal Architect Roosevelt entered politics in 1910, serving first as a member of the New York Senate’s 26th district (1911-1913), he then went on to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913-1920) before being struck with debilitating polio, where he spent…
8/10/1874 – 10/20/1964 Party: Republican Timeline; 1929-1933 #31 Herbert Hoover- The Great Depression President Hoover spent most of his career as a mining and civil engineer, businessman and humanitarian. He is one of only two Presidents (The other being Taft) to win a presidency without electoral experience or a high military rank. He did however,…
7/4/1872 – 1/5/1933 Party: Republican Timeline; 1923-1929 #30 Calvin Coolidge- Silent Cal Coolidge was a lawyer from Vermont that eventually worked his way up the ladder in Massachusetts’s state politics starting as a member of the House of Representative’s (1907-1908), then becoming Mayor of Northampton (1910-1911), to being named a member of the Senate (1912-1915)…
11/2/1865 – 8/2/1923 Party: Republican Timeline; 1921-1923 #29 Warren G. Harding- Return to Normalcy Harding was a newspaper editor that bought the Marion Star and built it up into a successful newspaper. He was then elected to the Ohio Senate (1899-1903), followed by a successful run at Lieutenant Governor (1904-1906). He was defeated in his…
12/29/1856 – 2/3/1924 Party: Democratic Timeline; 1913-1921 #28 Woodrow Wilson- League of Nations Visionary Wilson served as a professor and scholar for many institutes before being chosen for President of Princeton University (1902-1910). After that he ran for, and won, position of Governor of New Jersey (1911-1913). 1913; 1914; ASSASSINATION OF FRANZ FERDINAND FIRST BOAT…
9/15/1857 – 3/8/1930 Party: Republican Timeline; 1909-1913 #27 William Howard Taft- The President Who Became Chief Justice Taft served as a Solicitor general of the U.S. (1890-1892), Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (1892-1900), Governor of the Phillipines (1901-1903), Secretary of War (1904-1908) and Governor of Cuba (1906). 1909; 1910; ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION…
10/27/1858 – 1/6/1919 Party: Republican Timeline; 1901-1909 #26 Theodore Roosevelt- Trust Buster Roosevelt made a name for himself from his service in the New York National Guard (1882-1886) where he also served on the New York Assembly and authored his first book “The Naval War of 1812“. He was assistant to the secretary of the Navy…
1/29/1843 – 9/14/1901 Party: Republican Timeline; 1897-1901 #25 William Mckinley- The Expansion and Empire Builder McKinley was the last President to serve in the Civil War (1861-1865), enlisting as a private and finishing as a brevet major. After the war he practiced law and studied politics. He eventually won a seat in Congress as a…