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President Term Party Major events/Developments George Washington 1789-1797 Establishes new government; Whiskey Rebellion; Jay Treaty; Farewell Address John Adams 1797-1801 Federalist Undeclared war with France; XYZ affair; Alien and Sedition Acts Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 (Democratic) Republican First Republican president; Executed Louisiana Purchase; Embargo Act of 1807 James Madison 1809-1817 (Democratic) Republican War of 1812 James Monroe 1817-1825 (Democratic) Republican Florida purchase; Era of Good Feelings; Executed the Missouri Compromise and the Monroe Doctrine John Q. Adams 1825-1829 (National) Republican Corrupt bargain Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Democrat Expands presidential power; Band battle; Tariff/Nullification Crisis; Indian removal Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 Democrat Panic of 1837; Trail of Tears William H. Harrison 1841-1841 Whig First Whig president; Died in office John Tyler 1841-1845 Whig Annexation of Texas James K. Polk 1845-1849 Democrat Mexican-American War; Mexican Cession Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 Whig Last Whig president elected; Died in office Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 Whig Compromise of 1850 Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 Democrat Kansas-Nebraska Act; Ostend Manifesto James Buchanan 1857-1861 Democrat Dred Scott decision; John Brown’s raid; Seven states leave Union Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Republican Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation; First president assassinated Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 Republican Reconstruction; First president impeached; Purchased Alaska Ulysses Grant 1869-1877 Republican Reconstruction continued; Many scandals Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 Republican Compromise of 1877; Reconstruction ended James Garfield 1881-1881 Republican Second president assassinated Chester Arthur 1881-1885 Republican Pendleton Act President Term Party Major Events/Developments Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 Democrat First Democratic president since Civil War; Tariff battle with Congress Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 Republ