Question

list the name of american presidents between 1776- 1865 and write an essay on them of five to seven paragraphs.

American History

Answer 1

United state declared independence from Britian in 1776.

JOHN HANSON (1781-1782)

ELIAS BADINOT (1782-1783)

THOMAS MIFFLIN (1783-1784)

RICHARD HENRY LEE (1784-1785)

JOHN HANCOCK (1785-1786)

NATHANIEL GORHAM (1786-1787)

ARTHUR ST CLAIR (1787-1788)

CYRUS GRIFFIN (1788-1789)

GEORGE WASHINGTON (first president of the united state served from 1789-1797)

JOHN ADAMS (1797-1801)

THOMAS JEFFERSON (1801-1809)

JAMES MADISON (1809-1817)

JAMES MANROE (1817-1825)

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1825-1829)

ANDREW JACKSON (1829-1837)

MARTIN VAN BUREN (1837-1841)

WILLIAM HENRY HARRSON (1841)

JOHN TYLER (1841-1845)

JAMES K POLK (1845-1849)

ZACHARY TAYLOR (1849-1850)

MILLARD FILLMORE (1850-1853)

FRANKLIN PIERCE (1853-1857)

JAMES BUCHANAN (1857-1861)

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1861-1865)

George Washington was the first President of the United States (1789–1797), the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman.He pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion.

John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington.Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735.During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James’s, returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington.When Adams became President, the war between the French and British was causing great difficulties for the United States on the high seas and intense partisanship among contending factions within the Nation

Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).This powerful advocate of liberty was born in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia.When Jefferson assumed the Presidency, the crisis in France had passed. He slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated the tax on whiskey so unpopular in the West, yet reduced the national debt by a third. He also sent a naval squadron to fight the Barbary pirates, who were harassing American commerce in the Mediterranean.He died on July 4, 1826.

James Madison, America’s fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.”Born in 1751, Madison was brought up in Orange County, Virginia.

James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825) and the last President from the Founding Fathers.Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758, As a youthful politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution.

John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. A member of multiple political parties over the years, he also served as a diplomat, a Senator, and a member of the House of Representatives.

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man.

Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States (1837-1841), after serving as the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, both under President Andrew Jackson. While the country was prosperous when the “Little Magician” was elected, less than three months later the financial panic of 1837 punctured the prosperity.

William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history.

John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845) when President William Henry Harrison died in April 1841. He was the first Vice President to succeed to the Presidency after the death of his predecessor.

Often referred to as the first “dark horse,” James K. Polk was the 11th President of the United States from 1845 to 1849, the last strong President until the Civil War.

Zachary Taylor, a general and national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812, was elected the 12th U.S. President, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850.

Millard Fillmore, a member of the Whig party, was the 13th President of the United States (1850-1853) and the last President not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties.

Franklin Pierce became 14th President of the United States at a time of apparent tranquility (1853-1857). By pursuing the recommendations of southern advisers, Pierce — a New Englander — hoped to ease the divisions that led eventually to Civil War.

James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861), served immediately prior to the American Civil War. He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor.

Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.