Prompt: write me the names of every US president from the start of the USA to the last one in record. And list for each president their accomplishments and notes of interest. Do so in markdown table fashion
| President | Term | Accomplishments | Notes of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington | 1789–1797 | First president; established federal government; signed Judiciary Act; promoted Bill of Rights | No political party; "Father of His Country"; did not seek re-election |
| John Adams | 1797–1801 | Quasi-War with France; enacted Alien and Sedition Acts; expanded navy | Last Federalist president; "The Father of the Constitution" (controversial) |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1801–1809 | Louisiana Purchase; Lewis and Clark Expedition; embargo on British trade | Author of the Declaration of Independence; opposed strong central government |
| James Madison | 1809–1817 | War of 1812; established Bank of the United States; promoted national defense | "Father of the Constitution"; war with Britain, known as "The War of 1812" |
| James Monroe | 1817–1825 | Monroe Doctrine; expanded U.S. territory; "Era of Good Feelings" | Last president of the "Founding Fathers"; promoted American diplomacy |
| John Quincy Adams | 1825–1829 | Supported infrastructure; signed the Missouri Compromise; advocated education | First president to win the presidency through the House of Representatives |
| Andrew Jackson | 1829–1837 | Indian Removal Act; vetoed Bank of the United States; "Trail of Tears" | "The People's President"; first Democrat; controversial legacy |
| Martin Van Buren | 1837–1841 | Faced Panic of 1837; supported free trade; opposed expansion of slavery | First president born as a U.S. citizen; defeated in 1840 election |
| William Henry Harrison | 1841 | Shortest term (1 month); died of pneumonia | First president to die in office; succeeded by John Tyler |
| John Tyler | 1841–1845 | Annexed Texas; opposed Whig agenda; expanded U.S. territory | First vice president to become president; "His Accidency" |
| James K. Polk | 1845–1849 | Mexican-American War; annexed California, New Mexico; "Dark Horse" candidate | Focused on territorial expansion; won 1844 election on the "Manifest Destiny" slogan |
| Zachary Taylor | 1849–1850 | Mexican-American War hero; died of cholera; supported compromise on slavery | Last Whig president; succeeded by Millard Fillmore |
| Millard Fillmore | 1850–1853 | Passed Compromise of 1850; supported Fugitive Slave Act | First president to be sworn in without a Bible |
| Franklin Pierce | 1853–1857 | Supported Kansas-Nebraska Act; expanded westward; failed to resolve slavery issues | Controversial for supporting pro-slavery policies |
| James Buchanan | 1857–1861 | Failed to prevent Civil War; supported Dred Scott decision | Last president before Lincoln; blamed for secession |
| Abraham Lincoln | 1861–1865 | Preserved the Union; Emancipation Proclamation; 13th Amendment; Gettysburg Address | Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth; "The Great Emancipator" |
| Andrew Johnson | 1865–1869 | Reconstructed the South; opposed civil rights for freedmen; impeached | First president to be impeached; succeeded by Ulysses S. Grant |
| Ulysses S. Grant | 1869–1877 | Reconstruction; civil rights acts; 15th Amendment; fought corruption | First president to serve two terms; later plagued by scandals |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | 1877–1881 | Ended Reconstruction; restored civil service reform; "His Accidency" | Resolved 1876 election dispute; succeeded by James Garfield |
| James A. Garfield | 1881 | Assassinated early in term; succeeded by Chester A. Arthur | "The Gilded Age" president; first to be assassinated while in office |
| Chester A. Arthur | 1881–1885 | Signed Pendleton Act (civil service reform); supported tariff policies | Former New York boss; first president to be impeached (not successful) |
| Grover Cleveland | 1885–1889 | Fought corruption; vetoed spending; opposed high tariffs; "The People's President" | First Democrat in 20 years; first president to serve non-consecutive terms |
| Benjamin Harrison | 1889–1893 | Supported tariffs; signed Sherman Antitrust Act; promoted civil rights | Grandson of William Henry Harrison; defeated by Cleveland in 1892 |
| Grover Cleveland | 1893–1897 | Ended economic depression; opposed gold standard; supported labor rights | First president to serve non-consecutive terms; "The People's President" |
| William McKinley | 1897–1901 | Spanish-American War; annexed Hawaii; promoted imperialist policies | Assassinated by anarchist; "The People's President" |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 1901–1909 | Trust-busting; conservation; "Square Deal"; Panama Canal; earned Nobel Prize | First president to win Nobel Peace Prize; progressive reformer |
| William Howard Taft | 1909–1913 | Trust-busting; supported antitrust laws; promoted conservation | Later chief justice of the Supreme Court; defeated by Wilson in 1912 |
| Woodrow Wilson | 1913–1921 | World War I; League of Nations; New Freedom program; 18th Amendment (Prohibition) | First president to win Nobel Peace Prize; controversial on civil rights |
| Warren G. Harding | 1921–1923 | "Return to Normalcy"; promoted business interests; died of heart failure | Scandal-ridden; succeeded by Calvin Coolidge |
| Calvin Coolidge | 1923–1929 | Economic prosperity; tax cuts; "Coolidge prosperity"; supported Prohibition | Known for fiscal conservatism; succeeded by Herbert Hoover |
| Herbert Hoover | 1929–1933 | Faced Great Depression; failed to address crisis; "Rugged Individualism" | Blamed for economic collapse; defeated by FDR in 1932 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1933–1945 | New Deal; World War II; 22nd Amendment (term limits); 32nd Amendment (Equal Rights) | Served four terms; led U.S. to victory in WWII; died in office |
| Harry S. Truman | 1945–1953 | Dropped atomic bombs on Japan; created NATO; desegregated U.S. military | Succeeded FDR; "Fair Deal" policies; faced McCarthyism |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1953–1961 | Cold War policies; Interstate Highway System; "Atoms for Peace" | Former general; "Atoms for Peace" speech; supported civil rights |
| John F. Kennedy | 1961–1963 | Cuban Missile Crisis; space race; civil rights; "New Frontier" | First Catholic president; assassinated in Dallas; "Camelot" legacy |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963–1969 | Great Society; Civil Rights Act; Voting Rights Act; Vietnam War | Expanded federal programs; "War on Poverty"; succeeded by Nixon |
| Richard Nixon | 1969–1974 | China opening; Apollo 11; Watergate scandal; resigned | First president to resign; "Silent Majority"; "I am not a crook" |
| Gerald Ford | 1974–1977 | Pardoned Nixon; led during post-Watergate era; economic challenges | First president not elected; "The Ford Years" |
| Jimmy Carter | 1977–1981 | Camp David Accords; Panama Canal Treaty; energy crisis | Nobel Peace Prize winner; "Malaise" speech; defeated by Reagan in 1980 |
| Ronald Reagan | 1981–1989 | Cold War policies; "Tear down this wall"; tax cuts; Iran-Contra scandal | "The Gipper"; "Morning in America"; 1981 assassination attempt |
| George H.W. Bush | 1989–1993 | Gulf War; "New World Order"; failed to win re-election | "The Architect of the Cold War" (controversial); "I am the 41st president" |
| Bill Clinton | 1993–2001 | Economic boom; welfare reform; impeachment (acquitted) | First Democrat in 12 years; "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" |
| George W. Bush | 2001–2009 | 9/11 response; Iraq War; "No Child Left Behind"; financial crisis | "Axis of Evil" speech; "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq |
| Barack Obama | 2009–2017 | Affordable Care Act; 2008 financial crisis recovery; Nobel Peace Prize | First African American president; "Yes, we can" legacy; climate change focus |
| Donald Trump | 2017–2021 | Tax cuts; "America First" policy; impeachment (acquitted twice) | First president impeached twice; "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) |
| Joe Biden | 2021–present | Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; Inflation Reduction Act; U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan | First Catholic president; "Build Back Better" agenda; climate and social policies |