The Presidents of the United States and Their Times Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “America was without a strong central govn’t during six years following the Revolutionary War. The nation was fast approaching a state of anarchy.” “Only one man presented such sterling qualities to command the confidence of the whole nation.” “George Washington our first President. Two administrations, 1789-1797.” Portrait. “The very idea of the power and right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.” Washington’s Farewell Address. (Lengthy captions summarizing broad historical developments under the following…) “John Adams, 1797-1801…” Adams portrait. “Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809…” Jefferson portrait. “James Madison, 1809-1817…” Sketch of ship ‘Constitution.’ “James Monroe, 1817-1825…” Monroe portrait. Map on territorial status of slavery after Missouri Compromise. “John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829…” Adams portrait. Map of Erie Canal. “Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837…” Jackson portrait. “Martin Van Buren, 1827-1841…” “William Henry Harrison, March 1841 - April, 1841; John Tyler, 1841-1845.” Harrison and Tyler portraits. “James K. Polk, 1845-1849…” Polk portrait. “Zachery Taylor, March, 1849-July, 1850; Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853…” Taylor and Fillmore portraits. “Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857…” Pierce portrait. “James Buchanan, 1857-1861…” “Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865…” Lincoln portrait - Lincoln Statue, Washington, D.C. “Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869…” portrait - Map of Transatlantic Cable. “Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877…” Grant portrait. “Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881…” Hayes portrait. “James A. Garfield, March 1881-September 1881; Chester A. Arthur, 1881-1885…” Garfield and Arthur portraits. “Grover Cleveland, two terms, 1885-1889, 1893-1897…” Cleveland portrait. “Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893…” Harrison portrait. “William McKinley, 1897-1901…” McKinley portrait. “Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909…” Roosevelt in back seat of automobile. “William Howard Taft, 1909-1913…” Taft portrait. “Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921…” Wilson addressing a Washington audience. “Warren G. Harding inaugurated President March 4, 1921.” Harding portrait. “The End.” [1921]
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