Part 1 of our animated timeline of America's first 44 Presidents, from George Washington and the Founding Fathers to the trauma of Civil War and Reconstruction.

Produced in partnership with Bridgeman Images http://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-GB/

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Each president's home state is their state of main residence (not state of birth) based on this Wikipedia article:
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Presidents in this episode:

1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler
11. James K Polk
12. Zachary Taylor
13. Millard Fillmore
14. Franklin Pierce.
15. James Buchanan
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Andrew Johnson
18. Ulysses S Grant
19. Rutherford B Hayes
20. James A Garfield
21. Chester Arthur
22. Grover Cleveland

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