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…
3/18/1837 – 6/24/1908 Party: Democratic Timeline; 1893-1897 #24 Grover Cleveland- First Two-Term Split Grover Cleveland spent the four years of the Harrison presidency in New York City, working for a prominent law firm. After the Harrison administration and his Republican party enacted the very high McKinley Tariff in 1890 and made the surplus in the…
8/20/1833 – 3/13/1901 Party: Republican Timeline; 1889-1893 #23 Benjamin Harrison- Industrial Age President Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of the 9th President, William Henry Harrison and he was known as a man of moral courage. Early on he studied law and followed his political ambitions. When the Civil war broke out he joined the Union…
3/18/1837 – 6/24/1908 Party: Democratic Timeline; 1885-1889 #22 Grover Cleveland- The Comeback President Cleveland distinguished himself as one of the few truly honest and principled politicians of the gilded age. His father passed in 1853 forcing him to abandon school to help take care of his mother and sisters. Clerking in a law firm helped…