The Presidents Greatest Achievements Lyrics

Washington clearly defined the role of presidents

Adams' greatest was building a Navy for defense

Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase added more

Madison's was holding Britain back from a bigger war

Monroe's Doctrine between Europe and the Americas drew a line

Adams, the building of the nation's roads and canals, he assigned

Jackson's greatest was paying off the National Debt

Van Buren, Maine at Aroostook, some more land we'd get

Harrison making Daniel Webster Secretary of State

Tyler's annexation of Texas, considered great

Polk acquiring more land for the US was his best

Taylor, bringing California into statehood, joined the rest

Through legislation or

Through what we're told

Great Presidents focus

On us, not their gold

Fillmore's, opening Japan, Perry and his ships, he sent

Pierce's Gadsden Purchase of land, his great achievement

Buchanan's Utah War returned federal authority

Lincoln's, who would doubt that his was ending slavery

Johnson's purchase of Alaska, what he's famous for

Grant's new Department of Justice brought law and order

Hayes began Civil Service Reform, the first, in fact

Then, came Garfield's Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

Arthur grew the Navy into a more powerful force

Cleveland's limiting the President's control, his top, of course

Harrison's was the Sherman Antitrust Act he signed

McKinley's Panama Canal that he was strongly behind

Through legislation or

Through what we're told

Great Presidents focus

On us, not their gold

Roosevelt's Pure Food and Drug Act for safety, he signed

Taft's tough anti-trust measures, kept businesses in line

Wilson's 14 Points to peace in hindsight was his best

Harding's Budget and Accounting Act was better than the rest

Coolidge gave U.S. citizenship to all Indian nations

Hoover's appointment of Supreme Court Justices, his one

FDR's Social Security Act gave peace of mind

Truman's Marshall Plan helped war-torn Europe realign

Ike's Interstate Highway System for all motorists

Kennedy's averting the Cuban Missile Crisis

LBJ's was Civil Rights, equality, he sought

Nixon, detente with the Soviets and China, we got

Through legislation or

Through what we're told

Great Presidents focus

On us, not their gold

Ford's Privacy Act stopped sharing one's information

Carter freed up industries through deregulation

Reagan ended the Cold War, and reduced the Soviet threat

Bush Sr., Americans with Disabilities Act, we'd get

Clinton's Family and Medical Leave Act to care for the unwell

Bush giving us comfort and hope after the Twin Towers fell

Obama's Affordable Care Act helped those uninsured

Trump's First Step Act reformed federal prisons, what I heard

Biden, ending the Afghanistan War, we're no longer there

Each president has done great things to show us that they care