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bbauer · #1 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 09:09

Who was the first President of the United States?

Can anyone correctly tell me the names of the first 7 Presidents of the United States and the dates during which they served?

GEORGE · #2 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 10:51

Vice President is scond name
1
1789-1797
George Washington
John Adams
2
1797-1801
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson *
3
1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr, George Clinton
4
1809-1817
James Madison
George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry
5
1817-1825
James Monroe
Daniel D Tompkins
6
1825-1829
John Quincy Adams
John C Calhoun
7
1829-1837
Andrew Jackson
John C Calhoun +, Martin Van Buren
8
1837-1841
Martin Van Buren
Richard M Johnson #
9
1841
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
10
1841-1845
John Tyler
None
11
1845-1849
James Polk
George M Dallas
12
1849-1850
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
13
1850-1853
Millard Fillmore
None
14
1853-1857
Franklin Pierce
William R King
15
1857-1861
James Buchanan
John C Breckinridge
16
1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson *
17
1865-1869
Andrew Johnson
None
18
1869-1877
Ulysses Simpson Grant **
Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
19
1877-1881
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
William A Wheeler
20
1881
James Abram Garfield
Chester A Arthur
21
1881-1885
Chester Alan Arthur
None
22
1885-1889
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Thomas Hendricks
23
1889-1893
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P Morton
24
1893-1897
Grover Cleveland
Adlai E Stevenson
25
1897-1901
William McKinley
Garret A Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt
26
1901-1909
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
Charles W Fairbanks
27
1909-1913
William Howard Taft
James S Sherman
28
1913-1921
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R Marshall
29
1921-1923
Warren Gamaliel Harding
Calvin Coolidge
30
1923-1929
John Calvin Coolidge
Charles G Dawes
31
1929-1933
Herbert Clark Hoover
Charles Curtis
32
1933-1945
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John N Garner, Henry A Wallace, Harry S Truman
33
1945-1953
Harry S Truman ##
Alben W Barkley
34
1953-1961
Dwight David Eisenhower
Richard M Nixon
35
1961-1963
John (Jack) Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
36
1963-1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
37
1969-1974
Richard Milhous Nixon +
Spiro T Agnew +, Gerald Ford %
38
1974-1977
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Nelson Rockefeller %
39
1977-1981
James (Jimmy) Earl Carter
Walter Mondale
40
1981-1989
Ronald Wilson Reagan
George Bush
41
1989-1993
George Herbert Walker Bush
Dan Quayle
42
1993-2001
William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton
Al Gore
43
2001-
George W Bush
Dick Cheney

** He was baptised Hiram Ulysses Grant

GEORGE · #3 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 10:53

MORE THAN 7, BUT TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT...

AFTER I DID THE RESEARCH WHICH DIDN'T TAKE MUCH MORE THAN 5 MINUTES...

bbauer · #4 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 10:59

George.

Nope!

Wrong answers.

There were a total of 15 prior to George Washington.

7 of those have been correctly listed on another post.

Sorry about that.

GEORGE · #5 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 11:06

OK, I WASTED MY TIME...

GEORGE · #6 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 11:09

If your into trivia...look at my list I copied and pasted...SOME SAY VP (NONE)...

bbauer · #7 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 11:21

No, George, you didn't waste your time.

You learned something, and that is never a waste of time.

No one can berate you because you were wrong.

It just goes to show how badly history lessons can be wrong because every child in America is taught that George Washington was the first president of the United States of America.

They also claim he was the father of our country and that can hardly be true either.

And it also should be a valuable lesson that one should always question what is common knowledge because it also isn't always true.

One excellent example of that is in dealing with the IRS and other matters. Almost nothing that IRS does is ever legal or correct or done in accordance with the laws of our land.
Yet almost everyone dares not challenge them over their illegal acts which deprive people of their due process rights as constitutional guarantees.

Hopefully one day, their reign of terror will be over and nothing more than a black blot upon our history.

They do not rule by law, but rather by force of power.

Our system of collections and credit bureaus also reign by power and terror, not by due process of law. Only by being aware of our rights and fighting back can we hope to win.
We must know our rights under the law and demand that they be observed at all times. It is our duty as good citizens and our duty under the law to do so.

Better luck next time, George.

matty61184 · #8 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 11:42

What are you referring to? Are you trying to say that you feel the founding fathers should be counted as the "presidents" of the country because they established it. And yes, I am 17 and learnt even in my senior gov't class that Washington was the first president. It was in my history book about U.S. Presidents from when I was 8 years old. Maybe I'll call the White House to confirm this one.

bbauer · #9 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 11:52

I'm not trying to say anything at all.

Just trying to see if people know their history and their government.

Some do and some don't.

It's also obvious that our schools don't always teach the truth either.

A for instance is the story of the battle of Montezuma.

The story taught by the Mexicans to their school children and their people is far different that that taught to ours.

I often wonder if Japenese school children are taught that Japan started the 2nd world war by bombing Pearl Harbor?

Erica · #10 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 11:55

Isn't there a place for this sort of thing on another forum in this website?

GEORGE · #11 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 14:11

IS THERE A HISTORYTALK.COM???????????

bbauer · #12 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 14:17

George:

I know that there are, especially in the newsgroups.

Lots of them.

But few discuss history in terms of how it affects the law

Most history buffs are into the Civil War and other major events, not the law, although there are a few I am quite sure.

GEORGE · #13 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 14:20

http://WWW.WORLDHISTORY.COM/

Erica · #14 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 14:26

Actually what I was referring to is the general talk forum on this website.

GEORGE · #15 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 14:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Erica
Actually what I was referring to is the general talk forum on this website.

CLICK ON GENERAL TALK ON THIS WEB SITE......

Erica · #16 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 14:38

George,

I know that, I was merely suggesting that threads like this belong there, not in the credit section. Sorry for the confusion.

:)

numnuts20 · #17 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 15:48

in response to GEORGE's comment:

"If your into trivia...look at my list I copied and pasted...SOME SAY VP (NONE)..."

here is related info:

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.

Maybe PBM will relegate this thread to the "general forum"

dave · #18 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 22:44

George Washington was not the first president. He was the first under the constitution but there were seven other presidents who served under the Articles of Confederation adopted in 1781. The first was John Hanson- chosen by unanimous vote of Congress in 1781.
Then: Elias Boudinot (1783), Thomas Mifflin (1784), Richard Henry Lee (1785), Nathan
Gorman (1786), Arthur St. Clair (1787), and Cyrus Griffin (1788) - all prior to Washington taking office.

A section of U.S. 50 from Washington, DC to Annapolis, MD is named after Hanson. Don't know if there are any other memorials to him.

bbauer · #19 (**permalink**) 07.29.2001, 23:07

John Hanson was the 9th president.

Here is the official list from the Biographical Directory of the Congress, 1774-1949

1 Peyton Randolph. Va.1774
2. Henry Middleton S.C. 1774
3. Peyton Randolph Va. 1775
4. John Hancock. Mass. 1775-6
5. Henry Laurens S.C. 1777
6. John Jay N.Y. 1778
7. Samuel Huntington Conn 1779-80
8. Thomas McKean Del. 1781
9 John Hanson Md. 1781
10 Elias Boudinot N.J. 1782
11. Thomis Mifflin Pa. 1783.
12 Richard Henry Lee. Va. 1784-5
13. Nathaniel Gorham Mass. 1786
14. Arthur St. Clair Pa. 1787
15 Cyrus Griffin Va. 1788

That's the official list exactly as printed.

dave · #20 (**permalink**) 07.30.2001, 14:15

Before the Articles of the Confederation (1981), there was no organized government that called itself the United States of America. I have trouble then with the idea that we had presidents evern before the declaration of independence. These people may have been presidents of the continental congresses, but not presidents of the US which did not yet exist. It is true that the office of the presidency was very weak under the Articles. Essentially, the president was the chief officer of a congressional committee carrying out executive duties when the Congress was not in session.