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In office:March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801

Major events involved in:Adams was involved in the XYZ Affair 

(1797), 

Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), and the Kentucky and Virginia 

Resolutions (1798) 

2 facts while NOT in office:

-John attended a dame school, a local school   that was designed to 

teach the skills of reading and writing, followed by a Latin school, a  

school for those who planned to attend college.

-Adams started   his legal career in Boston in 1758. He faced 

several years of struggle. He had only one client his first year and 

did not win his initial case in a jury until almost three years after 

opening his office.

In office :March 4, 1801-March 3, 1809 

Major events involved in: Jefferson was involved in the 

Tripolitan War (1801-1805), the US Military Academy 

established (1802) , and the Louisiana Purchase (1803).

2 facts while NOT in office:

- Jefferson went to William and Mary College then went on to 

study law. He was in the Virginia bar in 1767. 

-From 1769 to 1774, Jefferson was   in the Virginia House of 

Burgesses. He was a spokesman for those who were against  

British rule.

In office: March 4, 1809-March 3, 1817 

Major events involved in:Madison was involved in the Non-Intercourse Act 

(1809-1810),War of 1812 (1812) , and the Star Spangled Banner written by 

Francis Scott Key (1814) .

2 facts while NOT in office:

-Madison got into   books and the study of classical languages.When he 

entered the College of New Jersey, Madison had mastered Greek and Latin 

because of his private tutors he had.

-In 1772, Madison studied law at home but didn't really like it.In 1774, he 

was in the local Committee of Safety. This was the first step in a life of public 

service that his family's wealth let him do.

In office:March 4, 1817-March 3, 1825 

Major events involved in: Monroe was involved in the Convention of 

1818 (1818),Florida purchased from Spain - Adams-Onís 

Treaty(1819), and the Missouri Compromise (1820).

2 facts while NOT in office:

- Monroe's parents died when he was in his mid-teens, his father in 

1774 and his mother likely earlier than his father. ( her actual date of 

death is a mystery). James and his siblings shared land and some 

slaves, and he and his two brothers became wards of their uncle, 

Joseph Jones.

- Monroe fought in lots of important battles, including Trenton, 

Monmouth, Brandywine, and Germantown. He was badly hurt at the 

Battle of Trenton, and suffered a near fatal wound to his shoulder After 

healed, he became a staff officer for General William Alexander

In office: March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829 

Major events involved in: Adams was involved in the Erie Canal Opens 

(1825),   and the Tariff of Abominations (1828).

2 facts while NOT in office:

- In 1777, John Adams was going to Europe , and in 1778, John 

Quincy was with him in Paris. Over the next seven years, John Quincy 

would spend time in many places. The young Adams experienced his 

first formal schooling at the Passy Academy where he was taught 

fencing, dance, music, and art.

-After college, Adams studied law and passed the exam in 1790. When 

preparing for the law exam, he read everything in sight, from ancient 

history to popular literature.

In office: March 4, 1829-March 3, 1837  

Important events involved in: He was involved in Indian Removal Act 

of 1830 (1830) ,Ordinance of Nullification (1832) , and   the Texas 

Revolution (1836)

2 facts while NOT in office:

-Jackson was an orphan and at the age of fifteen,taught school a bit, 

and then read about law in North Carolina. After admission to the bar 

in 1787, he agreed an offer to be a public prosecutor in the new Mero 

District of North Carolina.

-Jackson's was   in Tennessee politics.In succession, he was a delegate 

to the state constitutional convention in 1795, then Tennessee's first 

congressman, then became a senator. 

In office:March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841 

important events involved in: Buren was involved in the Panic of 1837 

(1837) , and the Caroline Affair (1837).

2 facts while NOT in office:

- Van Buren opened his own law practice, and had success, with 

financially and reputation. His clients included the tenants and renters. 

By going with the common people instead of the landed elite, Van 

Buren participated in the thing that helped make social and economic 

relations in the early years of the American Republic.

-In 1807, while in politics, Van Buren married a young woman   named 

Hanna Hoes. The young couple went in Hudson , where Van Buren 

practiced law. their first son followed about a year later. 

In office:March 4, 1841-April 4, 1841 

important events involved in: Harrison was involved in nothing. He 

died only after a month in office.

2 facts while NOT in office:

- After he left medical studies, Harrison got an officers rank   in a 

infantry division. Harrison rounded up about eighty thrill-seekers and  

off Philadelphia's streets,   and marched them to his assigned post, 

Fort Washington in the Northwest Territory.

-John Adams, named Harrison the secretary of the Northwest 

Territory. In 1799, the territory could send a delegate to the United 

States Congress ,and Harrison was elected for it. Hewas elected 

because he   reforming land-buying policies allowing only large 

purchases. This enabled poor settlers to buy smaller lots on four-year 

installment plans.

In office: April 6, 1841-March 3, 1845 

important events involved in: Tyler was involved in the Annexation of 

Texas (1845),the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842), and   the Treaty of 

Wanghia (1844).

2 facts while NOT in office:

- Tyler was in local schools, and when he was twelve he entered the  

branch of the nearby College of William and Mary. Three years later, he 

entered the collegiate program of the college, in 1807 he graduated at 

age seventeen. Tyler then began studying law under his father and a 

cousin. He gained admission to the Virginia bar in 1809.  

- Tyler married a woman from one of Virginia's ruling clans. Letitia 

Christian was reserved and quiet and didnt really want to be the wife of a 

politician. She had concerns for the seven children that she and Tyler 

would bring into the world. As her Tyler climbed to national power, 

Washington, D.C., He would barely see her.

In office:March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849 

Important events involved in:Polk was involved in the Oregon Treaty 

(1846),and the Mexican War (1846-1848).

2 facts while NOT in office:

-Even if he wasn't formally educated until he went into a Presbyterian 

school outside of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Polk was pretty good in 

reading, writing, and arithmetic because his mother and hired 

teachers that tutored him at home. He eventually entered the 

University of North Carolina, and graduated   in 1818. 

-In 1823, his hard work on Democratic republicans, paid off when he 

became a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, where 

he served for two years. Polk operated as the chief legislative 

lieutenant of Tennessee.

In office:   March 4, 1849-July 9, 1850 

Important events involved in: Taylor was involved in the Clayton-

Bulwer Treaty (1850). (he died with only one term from cholera 

morbus   from eating a bowl of cherries and drinking a pitcher of iced 

milk.)

2 Facts while NOT in office:

-Taylor was known as an "Indian fighter" in Wisconsin, Minnesota, 

Mississippi, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, and 

Texas. Even though he always fought Native Americans, he also 

protected their lands from white settlers.

- In 1810, he married Margaret Mackall Smith. She followed him from 

post to post with their four daughters. The family finally settled in 

Louisiana, where Taylor continued command of the fort at Baton 

Rouge.

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