History’s Most Forgotten US Presidents

By Anand Palshikar, History & Collections Desk

There have been 45 presidents and not everyone can name them all. Here are history’s most forgotten presidents.

1. Millard Fillmore
   Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of
   the United States and was the last member
   of the Whig party to be President. He had
   no Vice President and was from New York.
   He was the vice president of Zachary Taylor
   and filled in when Taylor died of stomach
   diseases.

2. James Garfield
   James Garfield was the 20th president of
   the United States was from the Republican
   party and was assassinated on July 2nd, 1881.
3. James Buchanan
   James Buchanan was the 15th President of
   the United States and was a Democrat, and
   many people consider him to be the worst
   President ever. He is often credited with
   starting the Civil War because he was right
   before Lincoln.
4. James Monroe
   James Monroe was the 5th president and was
   from the Democratic-Republican party and
   was surprisingly good for being so
   unknown. He issued the Monroe Doctrine, a
   policy of opposing European colonization in
   the Americas. Monroe was in the Senate, the Continental Army, was the seventh Secretary of State, the eighth Secretary of
   War and in the Continental Congress.
5. James Polk
   James Polk was the 11th president and was a
   Democrat.
   Those are the most forgotten presidents
   and their stories. They all didn’t do much
   but they are a part of our history.

James Monroe. Source: Library of Congress.