The Presidents American Studies
Abraham Lincoln ( ) President during the Civil War Born in Kentucky, grew up in Illinois Jobs: rail splitter, store clerk/owner, ferry pilot, postmaster, lawyer US House of Representatives
Andrew Johnson ( ) Lincoln’s Vice President who took over after assassination Born in New York Jobs: Tailor, Governor, House of Representatives, Senate First president ever impeached
Ulysses S. Grant ( ) General and hero during Civil War Jobs: soldier, farmer, leather store clerk, real estate agent Known alcoholic and heavy smoker Administration full of scandal Born in Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes ( ) Lost popular vote but won with Electoral College Jobs: Soldier, Lawyer, Philanthropist, president of National Prison Association Born and lived in Ohio Honest and Tolerant
James A. Garfield (Mar.-Sept. 1881) Born very poor in a log cabin in Ohio Jobs: canal worker, teacher, professor, preacher, soldier, president of Hiram College House of Representatives and Senate Shot and dies two months later
Chester A. Arthur ( ) Garfield’s Vice President who takes over Born in Vermont, lives in NYC Jobs: Teacher, principal, lawyer, Customs officer Put first elevator in the White House Does not run for second term due to illness
Stephen Grover Cleveland ( ) ( ) Jobs: Clerk, teacher, lawyer, Sheriff, Governor Influential: Vetoed more bills than all presidents before him combined First wedding at the White House From New Jersey
Benjamin Harrison ( ) Loses popular vote to Grover Cleveland Jobs: lawyer, soldier, State Supreme Court reporter, US Senate Wife died of tuberculosis at White House From Ohio
William McKinley ( ) Jobs: Teacher, soldier, lawyer, Governor Wife has epilepsy and other issues Shot in Buffalo, NY at Pan-American Exposition and dies one week later President during Imperialist Expansion