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?
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
MORE THAN 7, BUT TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT... AFTER I DID THE RESEARCH WHICH DIDN'T TAKE MUCH MORE THAN 5 MINUTES...
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.
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.
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.
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?
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, I know that, I was merely suggesting that threads like this belong there, not in the credit section. Sorry for the confusion.
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"
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.
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.
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.
