Can you name the the US President that is missing from each lyric?

created by sproutcm
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  • Correctly named Presidents will show up below
  • Click any empty Lyric or President to answer for that location
  • Source: Jonathan Coulton
  • In this song, Jonathan Coulton sings one line about each of "The Presidents," with useful factoids and some snarky lefty leanings. Can you work backward to find the president that fits in each lyric?
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LyricPresident
[President] annexed Texas from Mexico
[President] came first and he was perfect
[President] died early
[President] dropped the bomb on Hiroshima
[President] ended reconstruction
[President] fought Mexico to keep it
[President] gave a boat to Commodore Perry
[President] gave an intern a cigar
[President] gave Nixon pardon for his crimes
General [President] thought getting drunk was fun
[President] got rid of all the Indians
In 1812 [President] kicked the British in the pants
[President] is pretty excellent so far
[President] just survived impeachment
[President] kept the commies well in hand
[President] kept the Spanish out of Cuba
[President] kicked some ass in World War I
[President] kept us out of war with France
[President] lusted in his heart for peanuts
[President] made a Louisiana Purchase
[President] made the railroad people squirm
[President] made the roaring 20's roar
LyricPresident
[President] looked just like his dad
[President] murdered kids in Vietnam
[President] poked at Saddam Hussein
[President] repealed the Missouri Compromise
[President] said let's laissez-faire with business
[President] saved the Union, then he died
[President] saw the Civil War's beginnings
[President] screwed the pooch in the Great Depression
[President] served another term
[President] served one term but he wasn't bad
[President] signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
[President]'s reign of terror's finally over
[President] suspended Chinese immigration
Then [President] beat the Nazis in the war
[President] told Europe they could suck it
[President] was a Mexican war hero
[President] was assassinated in 1881
[President] was a sweating filthy liar
[President] was big and fat and had a mustache
[President] was handy with a gun
[President] was killed by a magic bullet
[President] won the Cold War and lost his mind
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Presidents by Coulton Lyric Quiz

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  • Created May 12, 2010 in History
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