James Madison 221 James Monroe 244 Henry Clay 247 John Quincy Adams 248 Andrew Jackson 250 Daniel Webster 251 Martin Van Buren 254 William Henry Harrison 257 John Tyler 257 James K. Polk 261 John Charles Fremont 263 Zachary Taylor 269 Millard Fillmore 270 Franklin Pierce 273 James Buchanan 275 Abraham Lincoln 281 George B. McClellan 291 Robert E. Lee 299 Stonewall Jackson 307 William T. Sherman 311 Joseph E. Johnston 313 Philip H. Sheridan 317 Andrew Johnson 323 Ulysses S. Grant 328 Horace Greeley 331 Rutherford B. Hayes 337 Oliver P. Morton 342 James A. Garfield 344 Chester A. Arthur 346 Grover Cleveland 350 Thomas A. Hendricks 356 Benjamin Harrison 361 INTRODUCTION. There are several Periods in the history of the United States. It is important for the student to understand these at the beginning. Without such an understanding his notion of our country's history will be confused and his study rendered difficult. 2. First of all, there was a time when the Western continent was under the dominion of the Red men. The savage races possessed the soil, hunted in the forests, roamed over the prairies. This is the Primitive Period in American history.