2. George Washington:
Road to Presidency
From Mount Vernon, VA.
Served in the Virginia House of
Burgesses.
He served as a senior officer in the
French and Indian War.
The only president to have a unanimous
vote by the electoral college.
(The White House)
3. George Washington:
Presidency (1789-1797)
He introduced the cabinet system
He was Precedent for future presidents, and
did not infringe on his powers.
He sought to preserve liberty and reduce
regional tension.
He promoted nationalism.
(Fagan)
He stayed neutral in the war between France
and England.
Retired after eight years in office. (The White House)
4. Thomas Jefferson:
Road to Presidency(1801-
1809)
He is from Albemarle County, VA
He served in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
He practiced law.
He was the Author of the Declaration of
Independence.
He was elected as the Secretary of State
He wrote a bill that established religious
freedom.
(The White House)
5. Thomas Jefferson:
Presidency
He cut the national budget
He eliminated the tax on whisky and cut
the national debt by 1/3.
He made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803,
gaining western territory.
(Fagan) He stayed out of the Napoleon wars.
(The White House)
6. Abraham Lincoln:
Road to Presidency
He was from Hardin County, KY.
He grew up poor and struggled.
He was determined and self-educated.
He was a captain in the Black Hawk War.
He ran for senator, but lost.
He served eight years in the Illinois
legislature.
(The White House)
7. Abraham Lincoln:
Presidency (1861-1865)
He was the president during the Civil War,
supported the Union.
He came up with the emancipation
proclamation, which freed slaves.
He promoted peace with the South after
the war which made the nation recover
(Fagan) quicker.
He was assassinated in 1865 by John
Wilkes Booth.
(The White House)
8. Theodore Roosevelt:
Road to Presidency
He was born in New York City.
He grew up in a wealthy family, but
struggled with his health.
He was a frontiersmen that drove cattle
and hunted.
He served in the Spanish-American War
as a Lieutenant in the Rough Rider
Regiment.
He was a Governor in 1898. (The White House)
9. Theodore Roosevelt
Presidency (1901-1909)
He ordered the construction of the
Panama Canal.
Won the Nobel Peace Prize by ending the
Russo-Japanese War.
He was a representative of the people.
He became known as a “Trust Buster”.
Dissolved monopolies like railroad
(Fagan) companies.
Enacted the Sherman Act.
(The White
House)
10. Woodrow Wilson:
Road to Presidency
He was from Virginia
He studied at the University of Virginia
Law School.
He became the president of Princeton.
He was governor of New Jersey in
1910 on the progressive platform.
(The White
House)
11. Woodrow Wilson:
Presidency (1913-1921)
He was an advocate for Individualism and state
rights.
He lowered tariffs.
He enacted the Underwood Act.
He enacted the Federal Reserve-Act.
He passed Child Labor laws.
He entered the US into WWI, defeating the
(Fagan) Germans.
Came up with his Fourteen Points.
(The White
House)
12. Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Road to Presidency
He was from Hyde Park, NY.
Studies at Harvard and Columbia Law
School.
He was the New York senator in 1910.
He was the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy.
He was diagnosed with Polio.
He was the Governor of New York in
(The White
1928. House)
13. Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Presidency (1933-1945)
He helped America recover after The
Depression by using the New Deal and
his “hundred day plan”.
He provided relief to business, agriculture,
and the unemployed.
He introduced social security.
(Fagan) He used a “good neighbor policy”.
He coined the word United Nations.
(The White
House)
14. Henry Truman:
Road to Presidency
He was from Lamar Missouri.
He was a farmer.
He served as a captain in WWI in field
artillery.
He was a judge of the Jackson County
Court.
He was also a senator for Missouri.
(The White
House)
15. Henry Truman:
Presidency (1945-1953)
He signed the United Nations.
He introduced the Fair Deal.
He used the Marshall Plan to provide
economic recovery to Europe.
He aided West Berlin using the Berlin Airlift.
He made the call to drop the atomic bombs
(Fagan) that ended WWII
He kept the Korean War small in fear of was
with China or Russia. (The White
House)
16. George W. Bush:
Road to Presidency
He was born in New Haven, CT.
His family moved to Midland, TX.
He got a degree at Harvard.
He served in WWII.
His father was also President after he ran
an oil exploration business.
He was the Governor of Texas in 1995.
(The White
House)
17. George W. Bush:
Presidency (2001-2009)
He was the president during the terrorist
attack on 9/11.
He enacted the Homeland Security Act.
Started a “war on terror”.
He sent troops to Afghanistan to break up the
Taliban.
(Fagan) He started the Iraq War.
He imposed Tax cuts as promised in his
campaign. (The White
House)
18. Works Cited
Fagan, Chas. "Portrait Galleries." American
Presidents: Life Portraits. C-SPAN, 2012. Web.
28 Feb. 2012.
<http://www.americanpresidents.org/ gallery/ >.
The White House. USA gov, n.d. Web. 28 Feb.
2012. <http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/
presidents>.
