Joseph R. Biden Jr. | November 20, 1942 | N/A | - American Rescue Plan Act (COVID-19 relief)
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- Rejoining the Paris Agreement
| Kamala Harris |
Donald J. Trump | June 14, 1946 | N/A | - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
- Appointment of three Supreme Court justices
- Criminal justice reform (First Step Act)
| Mike Pence |
Barack H. Obama | August 4, 1961 | N/A | - Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
- Operation Neptune Spear (Osama Bin Laden)
- Paris Climate Agreement
| Joe Biden |
George W. Bush | July 6, 1946 | N/A | - Response to 9/11 attacks and establishment of the Department of Homeland Security
- Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
- Education reform (No Child Left Behind Act)
| Dick Cheney |
William J. Clinton | August 19, 1946 | N/A | - Balanced the federal budget and surplus
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Welfare reform (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act)
| Al Gore |
George H. W. Bush | June 12, 1924 | November 30, 2018 | - Gulf War victory and liberation of Kuwait
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- End of the Cold War
| Dan Quayle |
Ronald W. Reagan | February 6, 1911 | June 5, 2004 | - Tax cuts and economic recovery (Reaganomics)
- Ending the Cold War
- Appointment of the first female Supreme Court Justice (Sandra Day O'Connor)
| George H. W. Bush |
James E. Carter Jr. | October 1, 1924 | N/A | - Camp David Accords (Middle East peace)
- Creation of the Department of Energy and Department of Education
- Promotion of human rights in foreign policy
| Walter Mondale |
Gerald R. Ford | July 14, 1913 | December 26, 2006 | - Pardoned Richard Nixon
- Signed the Helsinki Accords
- Facilitated the end of the Vietnam War
| Nelson Rockefeller |
Richard M. Nixon | January 9, 1913 | April 22, 1994 | - Opened relations with China
- Established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Resigned due to Watergate scandal
| Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford |
Lyndon B. Johnson | August 27, 1908 | January 22, 1973 | - Great Society programs (Medicare, Medicaid)
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
| Hubert Humphrey |
John F. Kennedy | May 29, 1917 | November 22, 1963 | - Cuban Missile Crisis resolution
- Establishment of the Peace Corps
- Advocated for civil rights
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | October 14, 1890 | March 28, 1969 | - Creation of the Interstate Highway System
- Ended the Korean War
- Strengthened NATO
| Richard Nixon |
Harry S. Truman | December 26, 1972 | - Marshall Plan for European recovery
- Established NATO
- Desegregated the armed forces
| Alben W. Barkley |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | January 30, 1882 | April 12, 1945 | - New Deal programs to combat the Great Depression
- Leading the U.S. during World War II
- Social Security Act
| Harry S. Truman |
Herbert Hoover | August 10, 1874 | October 20, 1964 | - Oversees the U.S. during the onset of the Great Depression
- Promoted volunteerism and self-reliance
| Charles Curtis |
Calvin Coolidge | July 4, 1872 | January 5, 1933 | - Promoted business and economic prosperity
- Reduced taxes and government spending
| Charles G. Dawes |
Warren G. Harding | November 2, 1865 | August 2, 1923 | - Return to normalcy post-World War I
- Promoted economic growth
| Calvin Coolidge |
Woodrow Wilson | December 28, 1856 | February 3, 1924 | - Led the U.S. during World War I
- Founded the League of Nations
- Promoted progressive reforms
| Thomas R. Marshall |
William H. Taft | September 15, 1857 | March 8, 1930 | - Strengthened antitrust laws
- Established the Department of Labor
| James S. Sherman |
Theodore Roosevelt | October 27, 1858 | January 6, 1919 | - Progressive reforms and trust-busting
- Established national parks and conservation efforts
- Won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War
| Charles W. Fairbanks |
William McKinley | January 29, 1843 | September 14, 1901 | - Led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War
- Promoted economic expansion and protective tariffs
| Theodore Roosevelt |
Grover Cleveland | June 24, 1908 | - Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
- Vetoed many bills, promoting fiscal conservatism
| Thomas A. Hendricks, Adlai Stevenson I |
Benjamin Harrison | August 20, 1833 | March 13, 1901 | - Signed the Sherman Antitrust Act
- Strengthened the Navy and expanded the U.S. territory
| Levi P. Morton |
Chester A. Arthur | October 5, 1829 | November 18, 1886 | - Reformed the civil service system
- Signed the Pendleton Act
| George M. Robeson |
James A. Garfield | November 19, 1831 | September 19, 1881 | - Advocated for civil rights and education
- Assassinated early in his term
| Chester A. Arthur |
Rutherford B. Hayes | October 4, 1822 | January 17, 1893 | - Ended Reconstruction
- Promoted civil service reform
| William A. Wheeler |
Ulysses S. Grant | April 27, 1822 | July 23, 1885 | - Led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War
- Supported Reconstruction efforts
| Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson |
Abraham Lincoln | February 12, 1809 | April 15, 1865 | - Preserved the Union during the Civil War
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Delivered the Gettysburg Address
| Andrew Johnson |
James Buchanan | April 23, 1791 | June 1, 1868 | - Failed to avert the Civil War
- Supported the Lecompton Constitution
| John C. Breckinridge |
Franklin Pierce | November 23, 1804 | October 8, 1869 | - Signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Supported the expansion of slavery into new territories
| William R. King |
Millard Fillmore | January 7, 1800 | March 8, 1874 | - Signed the Compromise of 1850
- Opened trade with Japan
| Andrew Jackson Donelson |
Zachary Taylor | November 24, 1784 | July 9, 1850 | - Opposed the extension of slavery into the territories
- Served only 16 months before his death
| Millard Fillmore |
James K. Polk | November 2, 1795 | June 15, 1849 | - Led the U.S. during the Mexican-American War
- Expanded U.S. territory (California, New Mexico)
| George M. Dallas |
John Tyler | March 29, 1790 | January 18, 1862 | - Annexed Texas
- First vice president to assume the presidency after a president's death
| No Vice President |
Martin Van Buren | December 5, 1782 | July 24, 1862 | - Established the independent treasury system
- Opposed the extension of slavery
| Richard Mentor Johnson |
Andrew Jackson | March 15, 1767 | June 8, 1845 | - Founded the Democratic Party
- Opposed the Second Bank of the United States
- Implemented the Indian Removal Act
| Martin Van Buren |
John Quincy Adams | July 11, 1767 | February 23, 1848 | - Promoted modernization and education
- Opposed slavery in later years
| John C. Calhoun |
James Monroe | April 28, 1758 | July 4, 1831 | - Monroe Doctrine (opposed European colonization in the Americas)
- Acquired Florida from Spain
| Daniel D. Tompkins |
Thomas Jefferson | April 13, 1743 | July 4, 1826 | - Authored the Declaration of Independence
- Louisiana Purchase
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
| Aaron Burr, George Clinton |
John Adams | October 30, 1735 | July 4, 1826 | - Key figure in the American Revolution
- Negotiated the Treaty of Paris (ending the Revolutionary War)
| Thomas Jefferson |
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