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1789 George Washington
is unanimously elected the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1789 George Washington
is inaugurated at Federal Hall
in New York City
, beginning his term as the 1st President of the United States
1793 George Washington
holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.
1796 U.S. President
George Washington
issues his Farewell Address, which warns against partisan politics and foreign entanglements.
1800 U.S. President John Adams
becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House
).
1801 An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson
and Aaron Burr
is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President
by the United States House of Representatives
.
1809 James Madison
succeeds Thomas Jefferson
as the President of the United States.
1825 After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives
elects John Quincy Adams
President of the United States.
1825 John Quincy Adams
officially succeeds James Monroe
as President of the United States.
1828 U.S. presidential election: Andrew Jackson
is elected President of the United States.
1835 Unsuccessful assassination
attempt against President
Andrew Jackson
in the United States Capitol
- first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.
1835 Unsuccessful assassination
attempt against President
Andrew Jackson
in the United States Capitol
- first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.
1841 Martin Van Buren
, President of the United States is succeeded by William Henry Harrison
.
1841 President
William Henry Harrison
dies of pneumonia
becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and at one month, the elected president
with the shortest term served. He is succeeded by Vice President
John Tyler
.
1841 John Tyler
is inaugurated as the 10th President of the United States.
1849 End of Term for President of the United States James Knox Polk.
1849 In New York City
, James Knox Polk becomes the first President of the United States to have his photograph
taken.
1850 President Zachary Taylor
dies while in office and Vice President Millard Fillmore
becomes the 13th President of the United States (he is inaugurated the next day).
1856 The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
to nominate their first Presidential
candidate, former President Millard Fillmore
.
1856 U.S. presidential election, 1856: Democrat James Buchanan
defeats former President Millard Fillmore
, representing a coalition of "Know-Nothings" and Whigs, and John C. Frémont
of the fledgling Republican Party to become the 15th President of the United States.
1857 End of term for President of the United States Franklin Pierce
. He is succeeded by James Buchanan
.
1860 The U.S. Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States.
1860 U.S. presidential election, 1860: Abraham Lincoln
beats John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas
, and John Bell and is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that offi
1861 End of term for President of the United States James Buchanan
. He is succeeded by Abraham Lincoln
.
1862 American Civil War
: Preliminary announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation
by President
Abraham Lincoln
1863 President of the United States Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law.
1868 After Andrew Johnson
tried to dismiss United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, he becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached
by the United States House of Representatives
. Johnson would later be acquitted by the United States Senate
.
1868 President
Andrew Johnson
is acquitted during his impeachment
trial, by one vote in the United States Senate
.
1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States, although she is a year too young to qualify and does not appear on the ballot.
1879 Women's rights
: American President
Rutherford B. Hayes
signs a bill allowing female attorney
s to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States
.
1881 Rutherford Birchard Hayes
is succeeded as President of the United States by James Abram Garfield
.
1881 James Abram Garfield
, President of the United States is shot by lawyer
Charles Julius Guiteau. He survives the assassination attempt but he suffers from infection of his wound.
1885 Grover Cleveland
replaces Chester A. Arthur
as President of the United States.
1889 President
Grover Cleveland
signs a bill admitting North Dakota
, South Dakota
, Montana
and Washington
as U.S. state
s.
1889 Grover Cleveland
, 24th President
of the United States
(1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison
(1889-1893).
1893 End of term for President of the United States Benjamin Harrison
. He is succeeded by Stephen Grover Cleveland
.
1897 William McKinley
succeeds Grover Cleveland
as President of the United States.
1901 With the death of William McKinley
, Theodore Roosevelt
succeeds him as President of the United States.
1902 Theodore Roosevelt
became the first American President
to ride in an automobile
when he rode in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
1906 Theodore Roosevelt
signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President
to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
1906 US President Theodore Roosevelt
leaves for a trip to Panama
to inspect the construction progress of the Panama Canal
(this was the first time a sitting President of the United States made an official trip outside of the United States
).
1909 End of term for Theodore Roosevelt
, 26th President of the United States. He is succeeded by William Howard Taft
.
1913 End of term for President of the United States William Howard Taft
. He is succeeded by Thomas Woodrow Wilson.
1916 President
Woodrow Wilson
sends 12,000 United States
troops over the U.S.-Mexico border border to pursue Pancho Villa | 
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