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Politics:	Party: Democratic-Republican Vice President: George Clinton (1st term), Elbridge Gerry (2nd term)
US Presidents: Chronological Last Name	George Washington (1789-1797): the first President of the United States (1789–97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, ... John Adams [2] (1797-1801): an American lawyer, author, statesman, and diplomat. He served as the second President of the United States (1797–1801), the first Vice Pr... Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809): an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1... more	George Washington (1789-1797): the first President of the United States (1789–97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, ... John Adams [2] (1797-1801): an American lawyer, author, statesman, and diplomat. He served as the second President of the United States (1797–1801), the first Vice Pr... Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809): an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1... James Madison (1809-1817): an American statesman, political theorist, and the fourth President of the United States (1809–17). He is hailed as the "Father of the Con... James Monroe (1817-1825): the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States and the... John Quincy Adams (1825-1829): an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He also served as a diplomat, a Senator and ... Andrew Jackson (1829-1837): the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was born near the end of the colonial era, somewhere near the then-unmarked bor... Martin Van Buren (1837-1841): an American politician who served as the eighth President of the United States (1837–1841). A member of the Democratic Party, he served in... William Henry Harrison (1841): the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and the last President born as a British subje... John Tyler (1841-1845): the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845). He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with {c10824}, and became pres... James K. Polk (1845-1849): the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represente... Zachary Taylor (1849-1850): the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career of... Millard Fillmore (1850-1853): the 13th President of the United States (1850–1853), the last Whig president, and the last president not to be affiliated with either the ... Franklin Pierce (1853-1857): the 14th President of the United States (1853–1857). Pierce was a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental thr... James Buchanan (1857-1861): the 15th President of the United States (1857–1861), serving immediately prior to the American Civil War. He represented Pennsylvania in t... less