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Presidents’ Day, celebrated every year on the third Monday in February, is a fantastic occasion to reflect on the remarkable contributions of the country’s leaders. From the nation’s founding to today, the office has evolved dramatically. The United States has had 45 presidents, each leaving their unique mark and shaping American history.

Can you place the following 10 presidents in the right place in the list?

  1. William Henry Harrison
  2. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  3. Ulysses S. Grant
  4. Theodore Roosevelt
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Calvin Coolidge
  7. James Madison
  8. George H. W. Bush
  9. Grover Cleveland
  10. Millard Fillmore

 

1789-1797: George Washington

1797-1801: John Adams

1801-1809: Thomas Jefferson

1809-1817: ________________

1817-1825: James Monroe

1825-1829: John Quincy Adams

1829-1837: Andrew Jackson

1837-1841: Martin Van Buren

1841: ________________

1841-1845: John Tyler

1845-1849: James K. Polk

1849-1850: Zachary Taylor

1850-1853 ________________

1853-1857: Franklin Pierce

1857-1861: James Buchanan

1861-1865: ________________

1865-1869: Andrew Johnson

1869-1877: ________________

1877-1881: Rutherford B. Hayes

1881: James A. Garfield

1881-1885: Chester A. Arthur

1885-1889 / 1893-1897: ________________

1889-1893: Benjamin Harrison

1897-1901: William McKinley

1901-1909: ________________

1909-1913: William Howard Taft

1913-1921: Woodrow Wilson

1921-1923: Warren G. Harding

1923-1929: ________________

1929-1933: Herbert Hoover

1933-1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt

1945-1953: Harry S. Truman

1953-1961: ________________

1961-1963: John F. Kennedy

1963-1969: Lyndon B. Johnson

1969-1974: Richard M. Nixon

1974-1977: Gerald R. Ford

1977-1981: Jimmy Carter

1981-1989: Ronald Reagan

1989-1993: ________________

1993-2001: William J. Clinton

2001-2009: George W. Bush

2009-2017: Barack Obama

2017-2021: Donald J. Trump

2021-2025: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Present: Donald J. Trump

 

Answers

1809-1817: James Madison

1841: William Henry Harrison

1850-1853: Millard Fillmore

1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln

1869-1877: Ulysses S. Grant

1885-1889 / 1893-1897: Grover Cleveland

1901-1909: Theodore Roosevelt

1923-1929: Calvin Coolidge

1953-1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower

1989-1993: George H. W. Bush

 

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