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Summary

Memorize order of US Presidents.

 

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Presidents 1-10

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
1 (1789-1797)	Washington (George)
2 (1797-1801)	Adams (John)
3 (1801-1809)	Jefferson (Thomas)
4 (1809-1817)	Madison (James)
5 (1817-1825)	Monroe (James)
1-5 (initials)	W A J M M

 

 

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
6 (1825-1829)	Adams (John Quincy)
7 (1829-1837)	Jackson (Andrew)
8 (1837-1841)	Van Buren (Martin)
9 (1841-1841)	Harrison (William)
10 (1841-1845)	Tyler (John)
6-10 (initials)	A J V H T

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Presidents 11-20

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
11 (1845-1849)	Polk (James)
12 (1849-1850)	Taylor (Zachary)
13 (1850-1853)	Fillmore (Millard)
14 (1853-1857)	Pierce (Franklin)
15 (1857-1861)	Buchanan (James)
11-15 (initials)	P T F P B

 

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
16 (1861-1865) Civil War	Lincoln (Abraham)
17 (1865-1869)	Johnson (Andrew)
18 (1869-1877)	Grant (Ulysses)
19 (1877-1881)	Hayes (Rutherford)
20 (1881-1881)	Garfield (James)
16-20 (initials)	L J G H G

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Presidents 21-30

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
21 (1881-1885)	Arthur (Chester)
22 (1885-1889)	Cleveland (Grover)
23 (1889-1893)	Harrison (Benjamin)
24 (1893-1897) 2nd time in office	Cleveland (Grover)
25 (1897-1901) Spanish-American War	McKinley (William)
21-25 (initials)	A C H C M

 

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
26 (1901-1909)	Roosevelt (Theodore)
27 (1909-1913)	Taft (William)
28 (1913-1921) World War 1	Wilson (Woodrow)
29 (1921-1923)	Harding (Warren)
30 (1923-1929)	Coolidge (Calvin)
26-30 (initials)	R T W H C

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Presidents 31-40

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
31 (1929-1933)	Hoover (Herbert)
32 (1933-1945) World War 2	Roosevelt (Franklin)
33 (1945-1953) Korean War	Truman (Harry)
34 (1953-1961)	Eisenhower (Dwight)
35 (1961-1963) Cuban Missile Crisis	Kennedy (John)
31-35 (initials)	H R T E K

 

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
36 (1963-1969)	Johnson (Lyndon)
37 (1969-1974)	Nixon (Richard)
38 (1974-1977) Viet Nam withdrawal	Ford (Gerald)
39 (1977-1981)	Carter (Jimmy)
40 (1981-1989)	Reagan (Ronald)
36-40 (initials)	J N F C R

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Presidents 41-43

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
41 (1989-1993)	Bush (George H. W.)
42 (1993-2001)	Clinton (Bill)
43 (2001-2009)	Bush (George W.)
41-43 (initials)	B C B

All Presidents Together

Hints for Groups

Remember the first president in each group of 10. This should help with overall memorization of the order.

 

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
Initials of 1, 11, 21, 31, 41	W P A H B
1	Washington
11	Polk
21	Arthur
31	Hoover
41	Bush

 

Remember the 6th president in each group of 10

 

Order (memorize)	President (memorize)
Initials of 6, 16, 26, 36	A L R J
6	Adams
16	Lincoln
26	Roosevelt
36	Johnson

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Hints for Initials

Remember initials of each group of 5

 

Group (memorize)	Initials (memorize)
1-5	W A J M M
6-10	A J V H T
11-15	P T F P B
16-20	L J G H G

 

Group (memorize)	Initials (memorize)
21-25	A C H C M
26-30	R T W H C
31-35	H R T E K
36-40	J N F C R
41-43	B C B

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Hints for Years

Hints I

Question (memorize)	Answer (memorize)
President during Civil War	Abraham Lincoln
President during Word War 1	Woodrow Wilson
John Kennedy died...	by assasination
Franklin Roosevelt died...	of natural causes (while president)
President during World War 2	Franklin Roosevelt

Hints II

Question (memorize)	Answer (memorize)
President during Cuban Missile Crisis	John Kennedy
President during withdrawal from Viet Nam	Gerald Ford
Abraham Lincoln died...	by assasination
William McKinley died...	by assasination
William Harrison died...	of natural causes (while president)

Hints III

Question (memorize)	Answer (memorize)
President during Korean War	Harry Truman
President during the Spanish-American War	William McKinley
James Garfield died...	by assasination
Zachary Taylor died...	of natural causes (while president)
Warren Harding died...	of natural causes (while president)
Richard Nixon is...	the only president to resign

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