A General Outline of Civil Government in the United States; The States, Counties, Townships, Cities, and Towns (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1893 Excerpt: ... LIST OF PRESIDENTS Federalist. Democratic-Republican. Democratic. Whig. Democratic. Whig. Democratic. Republican. Democratic. Republican. Democratic. 1789-1793 George Washington. '793-'797 (Re-elected.) 1797-1801 John Adams. 1801-1805 Thomas Jefferson (Elected by the House). 1805-1809 (Ke-elected.) 1809-1813 James Madison. 1813-1817 (Re-elected.) 1817-1821 James Monroe. 1821-1825 (Re-elected.) 1825-1829 John Quincy Adams (Elected by the House). 1829-1833 Andrew Jackson. 1833-1837 (Re-elected.) 1837-1841 Martin Van Buren. 1841-1841 William Henry Harrison (Died, 1841). 1841-1845 John Tyler. 1845-1849 James K. Polk. 1849-1850 Zachary Taylor (Died, 1850). 1850-1853 Millard Fillmore. 1853-1857 Franklin Pierce. 1857-1861 James Buchanan. 1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln. 1865-1865 Re-elected (Assassinated, 1865). 1865-1869 Andrew Johnson. 1869-1873 Ulysses S. Grant. 1873-1877 (Re-elected.) 1877-1881 Rutherford B. Hayes. r8S 1-1881 James Abram Garfield (Assassinated, 1881). 1881-1885 Chester A. Arthur. 1885-1889 (stephen) Grover Cleveland. 1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison. 1893-(stephen) Grover Cleveland. SOME REMARKABLE EVENTS In The History Of The United States 1765 First Continental Congress. 1775 Beginning of the Revolutionary War. 1776 Declaration of Independence. 1778 Adoption of the Articles of Confederation. 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified by all the States. 1783 Independence of the United States recognized. 1787 Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia. 1788 Constitution ratified by nine States. 1789 Beginning of the Federal Government. 1793 Opening of new Era in the South by use'of Cotton Gin. 1803 Purchase of Louisiana from France. 1807 Successful trip of Fulton's Steamboat on the Hudson. 1812-14 War with England. 1819 Purchase of Florida from Spain. 1819 S...