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Rasmusen p1vaim: Created page with "America’s president number one, Founding Father Washington. Adams, second president, Very-first White House resident. Thomas Jefferson, number three, Doubled the size of o..."

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Created page with "America’s president number one, Founding Father Washington. Adams, second president, Very-first White House resident. Thomas Jefferson, number three, Doubled the size of o..."

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America’s president number one, Founding Father Washington.

Adams, second president, Very-first White House resident.

Thomas Jefferson, number three, Doubled the size of our country.

Madison, James, number four, Led us through the English war.

James Monroe is number five, Monroe Doctrine still survives.

Another Adams, John Quincy, Rose to the sixth presidency.

Seven, Andrew Jackson, Was a frontier common man.

Number eight, Van Buren, First president born “American.”

Harrison, nine, passed away, One month after Inaugural Day.

President Tyler, number ten, Ended war with the Indian.

James K. Polk, number eleven, Looked to western expansion.

Taylor, twelve, of the army, Nicknamed “Rough and Ready.”

Thirteen, Fillmore, in his eyes, anything for compromise.

Fourteen, Franklin Pierce is here, The Civil War is drawing near.

James Buchanan is fifteen, only bachelor ever seen.

Sixteen, Lincoln, “Honest Abe,” Signed the law that freed the Slave.

Seventeen, Andrew Johnson, Started Reconstruction.

Eighteen, Union General Grant, Led his troops with good judgment.

Nineteen, President R.B. Hayes, gave freedom to the KKK's.

Garfield, number twenty, Killed while in his presidency.

Chester Arthur, twenty one, Sought reform and got it done.

Grover Cleveland, twenty two, Remember him ‘cause he’s not through.

Twenty three, Harrison, comes again, It’s William’s grandson, Benjamin.

Grover Cleveland, twenty four. Ran again and won once more.

Here’s McKinley, twenty five. Twentieth Century doth arrive.

Teddy Roosevelt, twenty six. Softly spoke but with big sticks.

Twenty seven, Taft we see, Biggest manwe all agree.

Woodrow Wilson, twenty eight. Thought the League of Nations great.

Harding W, twenty-nine. Rather dull, but looked just fine.

Calvin Coolidge; he was thirty. Taught one and all frugality.

Herbert Hoover, thirty one, Oh no! The Depression had begun.

Franklin Roosevelt, thirty two, With his “New Deal” the country grew.

Harry Truman, thirty three, Won with atomic energy.

Eisenhower, thirty four, Commanded in the Second World War.

Thirty five, John Kennedy, Assassinated in sixty three.

Thirty six, Johnson, Lyndon B., He declared a “War on Poverty.”

Thirty seven, Nixon went far, Opening China and the U.S.S.R.

Gerald R. Ford, thirty eight, Moved the nation forward past Watergate.

Thirty nine, with all his might, Carter fought for human rights.

Reagan, forty, from the West, Taught the world that freedom’s best.

Bush, forty one, showed solid form, Freed a nation in “Desert Storm.”

Forty two, Bill Clinton, President through the Millennium.

George W. Bush, number forty three, Strengthened Homeland Security.

First to be elected of African descent, Obama our Forty-Fourth President.

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 Joe Biden was forty-six, won it through the mail-in picks.
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 [https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-american-presidents-song The original poem] is by Genevieve Ryan.  I've tried to improve and extend it.
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 First of African descent, Obama, Forty-Fourth President.
- Forty-five was Donald Trump, said he'd save us from our slump.
+Forty-five was Donald Trump, said he'd save us from our slump.
 Joe Biden was forty-six, won it through the mail-in picks.
-[https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-american-presidents-song The original poem} is by Genevieve Ryan.  I've tried to improve and extend it.
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	Joe Biden was forty-six, won it through the mail-in picks.		Joe Biden was forty-six, won it through the mail-in picks.
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		+	[https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-american-presidents-song The original poem} is by Genevieve Ryan. I've tried to improve and extend it.

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 Madison, James, number four, Led us through the English war.
-James Monroe is number five, Monroe Doctrine still survives.
+James Monroe is number five. Monroe Doctrine does survive.
-Another Adams, John Quincy.Rose to the sixth presidency.
+Another Adams, John Quincy. Rose to the sixth presidency.
 Seven, Andrew Jackson, Was a frontier common man.
-Number eight, Van Buren, First president born  “American.”
+Number eight, Van Buren, First president born “American.”
 Harrison, nine, passed away, One month after Inaugural Day.
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 President Tyler, number ten, Ended war with the Indian.
-James K. Polk,  number eleven, Looked to western expansion.
+Number eleven, James K. Polk. Mexican army turned out broke.
 Taylor, twelve, of the army, Nicknamed “Rough and Ready.”
-Thirteen, Fillmore, in his eyes,  anything for compromise.
+Thirteen, Fillmore, in his eyes, anything for compromise.
-Fourteen, Franklin Pierce is here, The Civil War is drawing near.
+Fourteen, Franklin Pierce is here.  Civil War is drawing near.
 James Buchanan is fifteen,  only bachelor  ever seen.

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 James Monroe is number five, Monroe Doctrine still survives.
-Another Adams, John Quincy, Rose to the sixth presidency.
+Another Adams, John Quincy.Rose to the sixth presidency.
 Seven, Andrew Jackson, Was a frontier common man.
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 Garfield, number twenty, Killed while in his presidency.
-Chester Arthur, twenty one, Sought reform and got it done.
+Chester Arthur, twenty-one, Sought reform and got it done.
-Grover Cleveland, twenty two, Remember him ‘cause he’s not through.
+Grover Cleveland, twenty-two, Remember him ‘cause he’s not through.
-Twenty three, Harrison, comes again, It’s William’s grandson, Benjamin.
+Twenty-three, Harrison, comes again, It’s William’s grandson, Benjamin.
-Grover Cleveland, twenty four. Ran again and won once more.
+Grover Cleveland, twenty-four. Ran again and won once more.
-Here’s McKinley, twenty five.  Twentieth Century doth arrive.
+Here’s McKinley, twenty-five.  Twentieth Century doth arrive.
-Teddy Roosevelt, twenty six. Softly spoke but with big sticks.
+Teddy Roosevelt, twenty-six. Softly spoke but with big sticks.
-Twenty seven, Taft we see, Biggest manwe all agree.
+Twenty-seven, Taft we see. Biggest man we all agree.
-Woodrow Wilson, twenty eight. Thought the League of Nations  great.
+Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eight. Thought the League of Nations  great.
-Harding W., twenty-nine.  Rather dull, but looked just fine.
+Harding W., twenty-nine. Rather dull, but looked just fine.
-Calvin Coolidge; he was thirty.  Taught one and all frugality.
+Calvin Coolidge; he was thirty. Taught one and all frugality.
-Herbert Hoover, thirty one, Oh no! The Depression had begun.
+Herbert Hoover, thirty-one. Great Depression was no fun.
-Franklin Roosevelt, thirty two, With his “New Deal” the country grew.
+Franklin Roosevelt, thirty-two. Led us into World War Two.
-Harry Truman, thirty three, Won with atomic energy.
+Harry Truman, thirty-three. China lost, but NATO free.
-Eisenhower, thirty four, Commanded in the Second World War.
+Eisenhower, thirty-four, Commander in the world war.
-Thirty five, John Kennedy, Assassinated in sixty three.
+Thirty-five is Kennedy, Sadly shot in sixty-three.
-Thirty six, Johnson, Lyndon B., He declared a “War on Poverty.”
+Thirty-six, Johnson, Lyndon B., Of the “War on Poverty.”
-Thirty seven, Nixon went far, Opening China and the U.S.S.R.
+Thirty-seven, Nixon went far, Opening China and the U.S.S.R.
-Gerald R. Ford, thirty eight, Moved the nation forward past Watergate.
+Gerald R. Ford, thirty-eight, Moved us on past Watergate.
-Thirty nine, with all his might, Carter fought for human rights.
+Carter, Jimmy, thirty-nine. Inflation passed its highest line.
 Reagan, forty, from the West, Taught the world that freedom’s best.
-Bush, forty one, showed solid form, Freed a nation in “Desert Storm.”
+Bush, forty-one, showed solid form, Freed a nation in “Desert Storm.”
-Forty two, Bill Clinton, President through the Millennium.
+Forty-two, Clinton, Bill. GOP won Capitol Hill.
-George W. Bush, number forty three, Strengthened Homeland Security.
+George W. Bush, forty-three, Strengthened Home Security.
-First to be elected of African descent, Obama our Forty-Fourth President.
+First of African descent, Obama, Forty-Fourth President.