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On This Date In POTUS History

1981 At the Ottawa Summit, French President François Mitterrand revealed to Ronald Reagan the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.

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“With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses.”

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1. George Washington
1789-1797
2. John Adams
1797-1801
3. Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809
4. James Madison
1809-1817
5. James Monroe
1817-1825
6. John Quincy Adams
1825-1829
7. Andrew Jackson
1829-1837
8. Martin Van Buren
1837-1841
9. William H. Harrison
1841
10. John Tyler
1841-1845
11. James K. Polk
1845-1849
12. Zachary Taylor
1849-1850
13. Millard Fillmore
1850-1853
14. Franklin Pierce
1853-1857
15. James Buchanan
1857-1861
16. Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865
17. Andrew Johnson
1865-1869
18. Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877

19. Rutherford B. Hayes
1877-1881
20. James A. Garfield
1881
21. Chester A. Arthur
1881-1885
22. Grover Cleveland
1885-1889
23. Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893
24. Grover Cleveland
1893-1897
25. William McKinley
1897-1901
26. Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909
27. William H. Taft
1909-1913
28. Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921
29. Warren G. Harding
1921-1923
30. Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929
31. Herbert Hoover
1929-1933
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933-1945
33. Harry S. Truman
1945-1953
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953-1961
35. John F. Kennedy
1961-1963
36. Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1969
37. Richard M. Nixon
1969-1974
38. Gerald R. Ford
1974-1977
39. Jimmy Carter
1977-1981
40. Ronald Reagan
1981-1989
41. George H.W. Bush
1989-1993
42. Bill Clinton
1993-2001
43. George W. Bush
2001-2009
44. Barack Obama
2009-2017
45. Donald J. Trump
2017-2021
46. Joe Biden
2021-2025
47. Donald J. Trump
2025-
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