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deadpresidents:

Anonymous asked:  Could you summarize each president and their presidency in a few sentences? probably the hardest thing anyone has ever asked me to do, so I’d like to see how you’d do it! thanks for making this tumblr by the way, american history nerds (and history nerds in general) are pretty damn awesome.

Not to be smug or anything, but from the subject of the website, I think it’s pretty obvious that I could summarize each President and their Presidency in a few sentences.  BUT…I like your question nonetheless, so I’m going to do something similar but with a little twist:  I’m going to give you a snapshot of each President…in RHYME.

(Please note that I am not anything that anybody would ever confuse for a poet)

George Washington set the precedents and established the position
John Adams was unpopular and passed Acts for Aliens and Sedition
Jefferson was a paradox, but he grew the nation with the Purchase
The British burned Madison’s White House but won the 1812 War on the surface

Monroe was the Era of Good Feelings and he had himself a Doctrine
But some think it was JQA who wrote it before his Corrupt Bargain
Jackson was the people’s Prez and he took the nation by storm
Van Buren was the magician behind the scenes who critics saw with scorn

Sneeze and you’ll miss Harrison, whose health wasn’t quite so hardy
Tyler was his successor and became the President without a party
Polk had a mullet and worked himself so hard that he met every goal he said
Taylor became the second President whose term ended because he was dead

Fillmore liked to Compromise but his memory is easy to lose
Frank Pierce was handsome and enjoyed a lot of booze
Then we had Buchanan who presided over states that seceded
He handed a broken country to Honest Abe whose greatness will never be exceeded

Andy Johnson took over after Lincoln was sadly shot
He was Abraham’s successor, but a replacement he was not
Nor was General Grant whose administration was corrupt
Hayes made a deal to steal an election where the real winner just gave up

Gunshots killed Garfield and the people of the nation mourned
Arthur shocked Americans by being the President who reformed
Cleveland served two terms but they were interrupted by the iceberg called Little Ben
Harrison lived in the White House for four years before Cleveland moved back in

McKinley was a nice man and though he kept the nation steady
Someone shot him and a legend took over who hated being called Teddy
Taft was fat but TR’s shadow left him with no chance of hope
Woodrow won the first World War but was done in by a tragic stroke

Harding died in office and surrounded by a bad flock
Coolidge replaced him and never liked to talk
The Great Depression sidetracked Hoover and his whole term went wrong
FDR led the nation through lots of crises and his Presidency was really long

The Buck Stops Here was Truman’s motto and he said whatever he liked
Eisenhower was a popular leader and had a whole nation loving Ike
JFK’s tragic shooting left the inspiring Camelot with no sequel
LBJ mastered Congress and made certain all people were treated equal

Nixon said he was not a crook but his crimes forced him to quit
Jerry Ford rebuilt the people’s trust in a time the Presidency most needed it
Carter had a famous smile but his time was filled with struggles
Reagan inspired confidence after years of American troubles

41 was honest, underrated and a solid successor to the Gipper
42 was Bill Clinton and impeached for problems with his zipper
The second Bush was much worse than the first and left the world feeling surly
Obama gives high hopes to many but ranking him now is far too early