Picture	Name	From	To	Summary
	George Washington	1789-04-30	1797-03-04	George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799)[1] led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first President of the United States. He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, having been reelected in 1792. Because of his central role in the founding of the United States, Washington is often referred to as the "Father of his Country". His devotion to republicanism and civic virtue made him an exemplary figure among early American politicians.
	John Adams	1797-03-04	1801-03-04	John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a politician and Founding Father of the United States of America who served both as that nation's first Vice President (1789–1797), and as its second President (1797–1801). He was defeated for re-election in the "Revolution of 1800" by Thomas Jefferson. Adams was a sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and a diplomat in the 1770s. He was a driving force for independence in 1776; in fact, the "Colossus of Independence," in Jefferson's understanding. As a statesman and author Adams helped define a set of republican ideals that became the core of America's political value system: the rejection of hereditary monarchy in favor of rule by the people, hatred of corruption, and devotion to civic duty. As President he was frustrated by battles inside his own Federalist party against a faction led by Alexander Hamilton, but he broke with them to avert a major conflict with France in 1798, during the Quasi-War crisis. He became the founder of an important family of politicians, diplomats and historians, and in recent years his reputation has been rising. Historian Robert Rutland concluded, "Madison was the great intellectual ... Jefferson the ... unquenchable idealist, and Franklin the most charming and versatile genius... but Adams is the most captivating founding father on most counts."[1]
	Thomas Jefferson	1801-03-04	1809-03-04	Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and an influential founder of the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806), and the failed Embargo Act of 1807.
	James Madison	1809-03-04	1817-03-04	James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817). Because of his major contributions to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, he is known as the "Father of the Constitution." In 1788 Madison and others wrote interpretive essays on the Constitution known as The Federalist Papers, which remain the most influential interpretation of its meaning. As a key leader in the First Congress, he designed and passed the Bill of Rights (1791). Undergirding his politics was a fervent belief in republicanism as the new nation's overarching social and political value system.
	James Monroe	1817-03-04	1825-03-04	James Monroe (April 28, 1758-July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825). His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819), the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state, and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas.
	John Quincy Adams	1825-03-04	1829-03-04	John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American lawyer, diplomat, politician, and President of the United States (March 4, [lavery by using his war powers, a policy followed by Abraham Lincoln in the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
	Andrew Jackson	1829-03-04	1837-03-04	Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), He was military governor of Florida (1821), general of the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a co-founder of the Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was a polarizing figure who helped shape the Second Party System of American politics in the 1820s and 1830s.
	Martin Van Buren	1837-03-04	1841-03-04	Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth President of the United States. He was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president who was not of English, Irish, or Scottish descent. He is also the only president not to have spoken English as his first language, but rather grew up speaking Dutch.