Republican Presidents Since Civil War

I came across this photo recently and it got me
to thinking about their backgrounds and how history
remembers them. It is a great shot of eight former
presidents in a card game....and having some fun.
Abraham Lincoln (back to camera) was the great
emancipator from Civil War days. He was president
from 1861 to 1865 when he was assassinated by John
Wilkes Booth.
Teddy Roosevelt had a great military career and
that success carried him to the presidency in 1901
to 1909. Rumor has it he still carried his Schofield
pistol with him as the president.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the supreme commander
of all allied forces on D-Day when they invaded the
Normandy coastline, beginning the defeat of Hitler's
Germany. That success made him president from
1953 to 1961.
Richard Nixon promised to end the Democrat's war
in Vietnam and the opposition to that war led to his
outster as president. He lasted from 1969 to 1974.
Gerald Ford remains the ONLY president to reach
that office without being elected to it. He was Speaker
of the House when Nixon resigned. Vice-President
Spiro T. Agnew had already resigned in scandal.
Ford was president from 1974 to 1977.
Ronald Reagan was a governor of California, a movie
star, and a sportscaster before coming to the White
House. He took office with the biggest landslide in
election history. He was president from 1981 to 1989.
George Herbert Walker Bush came into the presidency
on the coat tails of Reagan. The former Texas Congress-
man and Director of the C.I.A. was held to one term
in the White House. He was president 1989 to 1993.
George Walker Bush was Governor of Texas and
president of the Texas Rangers Baseball team before
coming to Washington. Dub-ya was president from
2001 to 2009.