US Presidents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States 

1789-1797 George Washington -Founder  

1797-1801 John Adams - Federalist

1801-1809 Thomas Jefferson -R   Louisiana Purchase

1809-1817 James Madison -R

1817-1825 James Monroe -R

1825-1829 John Quincy Adams -R

1829-1837 Andrew Jackson -D War of 1812

1837-1841 Martin Van Buren -D

1841-1841 William Henry Harrison -Whig

1841-1845 John Tyler -Whig

1845-1849 James Polk-D   Mexican American War

1849-1850 Zachary Taylor -Whig

1850-1853 Millard Filmore -Whig

1853-1857 Franklin Pierce -D

1857-1861 James Buchanan -D

1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln -R  Civil War

1865-1869 Andrew Johnson -D

1869-1877 Ulysses S Grant -R

1877-1881 Rutherford B  Hayes -R

1881-1881 James Garfield -R

1881-1885 Chester Arthur -R

1885-1889 Grover Cleveland -D

1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison -R

1893-1897 Grover Cleveland -D

1897-1901 William McKinley -R

1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt -R

1909-1913 William Howard Taft -R

1913-1921 Woodrow Wilson -D     WW1

1921-1923 Warren G Harding -R

1923-1929 Calvin Coolidge -R

1929-1933 Herbert Hoover -R

1933-1945 Franklin D Roosevelt -D WW2

1949-1953 Harry S Truman -D

1953-1961 Dwight D Eisenhower -R

1961 1963 John F Kennedy -D

1963-1969 Lyndon B Johnson -D Vietnam War

1969-1974 Richard M Nixon-R

1974-1977 Gerald Ford -R

1977-1981 Jimmy Carter -D

1981-1989 Ronald Reagan -R

1989-1993 George HW Bush -R Gulf War

1993-2001 Bill Clinton -D

2001-2009 George W Bush -R

2009-2016 Barak Obama -D

2016-2020 Donald Trump -R  Isis Removal

2021-2023 Joe Biden -D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States

Comments

11 Notable Patriots contributed directly to US formation and expansion.

The Founders followed the governing principles of the Enlightenment Philosophers and Scientists who identified successful principles in establishing governments.

Francis Bacon – scientific method 1561-1626

John Locke – natural rights 1632-1704

Montesquieu - separation of powers 1689-1755

Voltaire - free speech and religious freedom 1694-1778

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - human nature 1712-1778

Adam Smith - capitalism economics 1723-1790

George Washington, President 1789-1797 won the Revolutionary War and extended the US to the Mississippi River with a war debt of $75M and paid off the war debt in 1795.

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 served in the 1^st and 2^nd Continental Congresses. Served as a diplomat to England and France. Secured French Navy to defeat Cornwallis Published Poor Richard’s Almanac and the Pennsylvania Gazette. Invented the lightening rod, bifocal glasses, franklin stove and more.

Alexander Hamilton 1755-1804 set up import tax operations and handled finances with lenders and states and set up the federal import tax collection and banking systems.

John Adams President 1797-1801 served as a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he led the movement for independence. During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace.

Thomas Jefferson President 1801-1809 extended the US to the Pacific Ocean with the Louisiana Purchase for $15M in 1803. In 1776, he wrote the Declaration of Independence.

James Madison President 1809-1817 is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.

James Monroe President 1817-1825 resolved long-standing grievances with the British, acquired Florida from Spain in 1819, and proclaimed the “Monroe Doctrine” in 1823.

John Quincy Adams President 1825-1829 established the US border with Canada and added Florida. As Secretary of State under President Monroe, he helped implement the Ad Monroe Doctrine.

Andrew Jackson President 1829-1837 won the War of 1812. He convinced Texas to join the US and mentored James Polk to complete US expansion.

James Polk President 1845-1849 won the Mexican War of 1848 and extended the US to include Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, W Colorado and Nevada. For $15M.

Abraham Lincoln President 1861-1865 won the Civil War of 1865 and ended slavery in the US for $2.6B.

After 1865, the US Constitution with limited government was ignored. The limited powers of the federal government did not allow the government to own land beyond what it needed to function. No amendments were approved to allow federal land to expand to 30% of the US landmass.

An amendmnt may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.

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To fully restore the US Constitution, Amendments would need to be proposed, passed and ratified by the States. If the Amendment to allow national parks, federal forests and other lands faisl to be ratified by the States, Federal land beyond what is needed to function would be returned to the States to sell and rent useful properties and improve tourist sites. This would allow states to permit drilling, mining and privately owned forests that would be properly maintained by the owners.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader