Presidents poem through Bush, Sr

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Presidents poem through Bush, Sr
By Lori2

I found this going through some things last night -- you would have to add to it for Clinton and George W.

George Washington leads them, the great and the true,
John Adams succeeds him and Jefferson too;
Madison follows,
and fifth comes Monroe,
With John Quincy Adams and Jackson below.
The term of Van Buren to Harrison's leads;
Tyler, Polk, Taylor, then Fillmore succeeds.
Pierce and Buchanan, and Lincoln in turn,
Is followed by Johnson and Grant we discern.
Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur, and Cleveland we score,
The Harrison is followed by Cleveland once more.
Then comes McKinley

and the full dinner pail,
And one called "Teddy" who to Cuba did sail.

William Taft his government began
And Woodrow Wilson, a marvelous man;
Harding, Coolidge are next in the rhyme,
Then Hoover and the people had a very hard time.

FDR was great in both peace and war,
Truman was striving for what we were fighting for.
The former General Eisenhower
Brought the Republicans back to power.

John Kennedy's victory in the race
Was for the New Frontier in the Age of Space.
Lyndon Johnson led the people, the free and the brave,
With a goal to achieve and a country to save.

Nixon swore to uphold our creed
Of liberty, life and every man's need.
But by Nixon these rules were ignored,
So to take his place was President Ford.

Then came Carter with a cheery smile,
To run our country "Southern Style."
Then Carter's smile left his face,
And Reagan came to take his place.

Dutch" stayed two terms and Bush filled his station,
bringing with him a "kinder, gentler nation."