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Andrew Johnson (D) April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869 17th President From Tennessee “The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue and intelligence of its citizens.” Ulysses S. Grant (R) March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877 18th President From Ohio “Whatever there is of greatness in the United States, or indeed in any other country, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of all great- ness and wealth.” Rutherford Hayes (R) March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 19th President From Ohio “The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.” James A. Garfield (R) March 4, 1881 – Sept 19, 1881 20th President From Tennessee “The people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption.” Chester Arthur (R) Sept 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 21st President From New York “The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve attention of Congress.” Grover Cleveland (D) March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 22nd & 24th President From New York “It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite within recent memory when the same thing was said of immigrants who, with their descendants, are now numbered among our best citizens.” Benjamin Harrison (R) March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 23rd President From Indiana “They are too cheap when the man or woman who produces them upon the farm or the man or woman who produces them in the factory does not get out of them living wages with a margin for old age and for a dowry for the incidents that are to follow.“ William McKinley (R) March 4, 1897 – Sept 14, 1901 25th President From Ohio “The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.” Theodore Roosevelt (R) Sept 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 26th President From New York “This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” William Howard Taft (R) March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 27th President From Ohio “Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.” Woodrow Wilson (D) March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 28th President From Virginia “It is easy for me as president to declare war. I do not have to fight, and neither do the gentlemen on the Hill who now clamor for it. It is some poor farmer’s boy or the son of some poor widow – who will have to do the fighting and the dying.” Warren Harding (R) March 4, 1919 – August 2, 1923 29th President From Ohio “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration; … not surgery but serenity.” Calvin Coolidge (R) August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929 30th President From Vermont “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts.” Herbert Hoover (R) March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 31st President From Iowa “Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.” Franklin D Roosevelt (D) March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 32nd President From New York “This country needs, and unless I mistake its temper, demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” Presidential Cards Page 1 (Front)

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Andrew Johnson (D)April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869

17th President

From Tennessee

“The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy,

virtue and intelligence of its citizens.”

Ulysses S. Grant (R)March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877

18th President

From Ohio

“Whatever there is of greatness in the United States, or indeed in any other country, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of all great-

ness and wealth.”

Rutherford Hayes (R)March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881

19th President

From Ohio

“The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves

his party best who serves his country best.”

James A. Garfield (R)March 4, 1881 – Sept 19, 1881

20th President

From Tennessee

“The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and

corruption.”

Chester Arthur (R)Sept 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885

21st President

From New York

“The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the

increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve attention of

Congress.”

Grover Cleveland (D)March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889

March 4, 1893 – March 4, 189722nd & 24th President

From New York

“It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite within recent memory when

the same thing was said of immigrants who, with their descendants, are now numbered among our best citizens.”

Benjamin Harrison (R)March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893

23rd President

From Indiana

“They are too cheap when the man or woman who produces them upon the farm or the man or woman who

produces them in the factory does not get out of them living wages with a

margin for old age and for a dowry for the incidents that are to follow.“

William McKinley (R)March 4, 1897 – Sept 14, 1901

25th President

From Ohio

“The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.”

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

Sept 14, 1901 – March 4, 190926th President

From New York

“This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in

unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.”

William Howard Taft (R)

March 4, 1909 – March 4, 191327th President

From Ohio

“Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be

taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.”

Woodrow Wilson (D)March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921

28th President

From Virginia

“It is easy for me as president to declare war. I do not have to fight, and neither do the gentlemen on the Hill who now clamor for it. It is some poor farmer’s boy or the son of some poor widow – who will have to do the

fighting and the dying.”

Warren Harding (R)March 4, 1919 – August 2, 1923

29th President

From Ohio

“America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration; …

not surgery but serenity.”

Calvin Coolidge (R)August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929

30th President

From Vermont

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will

not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius

will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world

is full of educated derelicts.”

Herbert Hoover (R)March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933

31st President

From Iowa

“Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.

Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers

and consumers themselves.”

Franklin D Roosevelt (D)

March 4, 1933 – April 12, 194532nd President

From New York

“This country needs, and unless I mistake its temper, demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is

common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”

Presidential Cards Page 1 (Front)

Andrew Johnson (D)Ulysses S. Grant (R)Rutherford Hayes (R)James A. Garfield (R)Chester Arthur (R)

Grover Cleveland (D)Benjamin Harrison (R)William McKinley (R)Theodore Roosevelt (R)

William Howard Taft (R)

Woodrow Wilson (D)Warren Harding (R)Calvin Coolidge (R)Herbert Hoover (R)Franklin D Roosevelt (D)

Presidential Cards Page 1 (back)

VOTE 2020Jan 20, 2021 – Jan 19, 2025

Candidates:

Donald J Trump (R)Joe Biden (D)

Joe Jorgensen (L)Howie Hawkins (G)

Harry S. Truman (D)April 12, 1945 – Jan. 20, 1953

33rd President

From Missouri

“Within a few months, I discovered that being a President is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.”

Presidential Cards Page 2 (back)

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

Jan. 20, 1953 – Jan. 20, 196134th President

From Texas/Kansas

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the

dog in the fight - it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

John F. Kennedy (D)Jan. 20, 1961 – Nov. 22, 1963

35th President

From Massachusetts

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the

few who are rich.”

Lyndon B. Johnson (D)Nov. 22, 1963 – Jan. 20, 1969

36th President

From Texas

“The essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and

dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual. I don’t like to say this and wish I didn’t have to add these words to make it clear but I will regardless of color,

creed, ancestry, sex or age.”

Richard Nixon (R)Jan 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974

37th President

From California

“We cannot learn from one another until we stop

shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough

so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.”

Gerald Ford (R)August 4, 1974 – Jan. 20, 1977

38th President

From Michigan

“If compassion and mercy are not compatible with

politics then something is the matter with politics.”

James Earl Carter, Jr. (D)

Jan. 20, 1977 – Jan. 20, 198139th President

From Georgia

“The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to

destroy the social and the politi-cal fabric of America.”

Ronald Reagan (R)Jan. 20, 1981 – Jan. 20, 1989

40th President

From California

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from

extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream.

It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for

them to do the same.”

George H.W. Bush (R)Jan. 20, 1989 – Jan. 20, 1993

41st President

From Texas

“Think about every problem, every challenge, we face.

The solution to each starts with education.”

William J. Clinton (D)Jan. 20, 1993 – Jan. 20, 2001

42nd President

From Arkansas

“Perhaps most important, I learned that everyone has a story – of dreams and nightmares, hope and heartache,

love and loss, courage and fear, sacrifice and selfishness. All my life

I’ve been interested in other people’s stories.”

George W. Bush (R)Jan. 20, 2001 – Jan. 20, 2009

43rd President

From Texas

“America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are

bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests, and teach

us what it means to be citizens.“

Barack Obama (D)Jan. 20, 2009 – Jan. 20, 2017

44th President

From Hawaii/Illinois

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that

we seek.”

Donald J. Trump (R)Jan.20, 2017 - Present

45th President

From New York

“Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.”

Donald J. Trump (R) Joe Biden (D)

Joe Jorgensen (L) Howie Hawkins (G)

Harry S. Truman (D)

Presidential Cards Page 2 (back)

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

John F. Kennedy (D) Lyndon B. Johnson (D)Richard Nixon (R)

Gerald Ford (R)James Earl Carter, Jr. (D)

Ronald Reagan (R)George H.W. Bush (R)William J. Clinton (D)

George W. Bush (R)Barack Obama (D)Donald J. Trump (R)