The president of a country is always responsible for implementing or enforcing laws that Congress writes. A country becomes capable of maintaining transparency and accountability in the country’s constitution with the help of the president. 

Till now 46 presidencies have been served in the USA. Every president has played a vital role in bringing positive changes in the country's government. From George Washington to Joe Biden positive changes in the constitution have been conducted by many presidents. However, some have created history with their decisions. You can consider platforms like Top-Top Info to provide and gather information regarding different subjects. 

07 Popular US Presidents And Their Contribution To The Country

Every president of the USA from 1789 to 2024 has done exceptional tasks to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution and laws of the country. Among these presidents, some have made changes that have led to the economic growth and success of the US. 

Some of the popular presidents of the USA and their contributions to the country are given below:

1. George Washington

George Washington was the 1st President of the USA. He served the country as president from 1989 to 1797. His presidency helped to establish a stable financial system in the country. This included the creation of a national bank and the implementation of a system of tariffs and taxes. 

2. John Adams 

John Adams was the 2nd US president serving the presidency from 1797 to 1801. He led the independence movement. Along with this, he also helped in the negotiation of the treaty of peace. He is also known as the father of American Independence. 

3. Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd US President who served presidency from 1801 to 1809. He was focused on the reduction of the national debt by cutting military budgets and minimizing expenditures. Whether it was the common man, the wealthy or the slave, he supported treating everyone equally. 

4. Abraham Lincon

Abraham Lincoln served the USA as president from 1861 to 1865. He has initiated most of the northern democrats to the Union cause. He is the one who issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This declared forever free those slaves within the confederacy. 

You will be thrilled to know that he helped to reduce economic instability and let the country take advantage of the nationwide marketplace. 

5. Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt served as the 26th president of the USA from 1901 to 1909. His presidency is the reason for the USA to settle the great coal strike of 1902. Along with this, he also promoted the conservation movement that emphasizes the efficient use of natural resources. 

6. Barack Obama  

Barack Obama served as the president of America from 2009 to 2017. He was the very first African-American President in the history of the USA. during his age of presidency, he signed three signature bills that helped to stimulate the economy of the country. 

7. Ronald Reagan 

Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the USA. He served as president from 1981 to 1989. During his presidency, he promoted new technologies such as the Millisle defense system. This helped the country to take its first major overseas action.

46 total presidents are serving the constitution of the US. However, these 7 presidents have generated effective changes in the country to develop its overall economy. These presidents are the reason for America to experience independence and equality. 

There are many crazy incidents in the history of elections in America. However, the 2020 presidential contest between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden was arguably the most bizarre. President Donald Trump declared victory despite Joe Biden being ahead of him in the projected win. Trump even questioned the integrity of the voting system. 

At present, America is again experiencing a déjà vu moment as the 2024 election is approaching. As the ongoing campaigning between current Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is storming the social media, let us revisit some interestingly bizarre moments of elections in American history.

1800: Election Results Lead to Constitutional Amendment

The 1800 election contest between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams was the most dramatic election in American history. This election led to the 12th constitutional amendment. Before that there were no official tickets and federalists were the sole voters. Each of the Electoral College members had two votes for president. The maximum vote scorer was declared president and the second ranker was declared vice-president instantly. However, the 1800 election result declared a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, with each having 73 votes with John Adams having 65 votes. 

Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary of the nation and the founder of the Federalist Party was endowed with the responsibility to break the tie. Interestingly, despite not having interest in any of the three contestants he campaigned for Jefferson to be the winner. He wrote a letter to urge Federalists to vote for Jefferson. 

The re-election result declared Hamilton as the President and Burr the vice-president on 7th February, 1801. This election outcome created a long-term rivalry between the new Vice-President and Alexander Hamilton culminating in the assassination of Hamilton by Burr after three years from the election. 

1824 Election-Famously Known as the “Corrupt Bargain”

In the 1824 election there were both popular votes and Electoral College votes. The election had four contestants and all belonged to Democratic-Republicans party. Amongst the four candidates Andrew Jackson, a statesman and a war veteran, won the popular votes by 39,000 ballots and 99 Electoral College votes. Amongst the other three, John Quincy Adams the Secretary of State got 84 votes, Treasury Secretary William Crawford secured 41 and House Speaker Henry Clay won 37. 

Since no candidates won a majority of the votes the House had to arrange a re-election. However, they could only choose between three candidates. They chose to eliminate Henry Clay from the electoral race. Supporters of Clay chose Adams after a month of horse trading and Adams secured a maximum of the Electoral College votes. Andrew Jackson was quite confident that he would win the race since he won the maximum of the popular votes. However, Congressmen in States like Maryland, Illinois and Louisiana where Jackson won maximum of the electoral votes and Kentucky where Adams did not secure a single popular vote, supported Adams. 

After Becoming the president, Adams chose Clay as his secretary of state. This infuriated Jackson, making him declare the 1824 election as the “corrupt bargain”. He eventually went on to win the 1828 election and served as the President of the nation from 1829-1837. 

1876: Not-so-Independent Tiebreaker

The 1876 election needed a reelection for a tie-break between candidates. Democrat Samuel Tilden had defeated Republican Rutherford Hayes by a quarter-million ballots in the popular vote and 19 Electoral College votes. However, Tilden needed one more Electoral College vote to win the majority of 185 votes and a total of 20 votes including four states, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon. This created a lot of dispute regarding the result or with declaring Tilden as the winner. 

To resolve this deadlock the two parties decided to establish a 15-member commission with seven democrats, seven republicans and an independent neutral person. This independent person was initially selected to be Supreme Court Justice David Davis, who had to drop out to serve the U.S. Senate. His replacement was Justice Joseph Bradley. However, he was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party. He cast every vote for Hayes winning him the majority of the votes. 

Even though initially democrats were against the decision they gave in under the provision that Hayes would remove all his federal troops. He indeed removed all his troops to become the president on 5th March 1877. This had dire consequences for African Americans as all their progress till then came to an end. 

1920: Prison Campaign

In the 1920 election Republican Warren G. Harding defeated James Cox by securing more than 60% of the popular votes and 37 out of 48 states. However, the most interesting part of the election was the staggering number of votes garnered by Socialist Party leader Eugene Debs. The most striking fact is that he ran the presidential campaign from prison. This was his 5th electoral campaign and he secured 900,000 votes. Unfortunately, that was not enough to beat Harding, who secured more than 16 million votes. 

1972: Death by Electroshock Therapy

The 1972 election in America witnessed a shocking revelation. Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota was nominated to run in the presidential election by the Democratic Party. He wanted Sen. Thomas Eagleton as his running mate in the hope that Eagleton would help him win the Catholic Vote. 

However, he was not aware of Eagleton’s medical history. He had been hospitalized thrice and had undergone electroshock therapy to treat depression. McGovern was initially supportive of his running mate. However, he later decided that it would be a liability to have Eagleton as a running mate. Eagleton eventually dropped out of the campaign 18 days after he was selected. This resulted in Richard Nixon defeating democrats by 18 million votes. 

Conclusion

As the election is approaching, hope the blog on elections in American history  provides an interesting read for you. The current election campaign is already witnessing a lot of strange incidents. Starting with Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race, nominating his vice-president, who happens to be women of color, as the next president and the latest being former President and contestant in the election, sustaining a gun attack. No matter how things turn out, let's hope for the best.