Era of Good Feelings, 1815-1840

James Monroe (1817-1825)

 * Democratic Republican
 * VP: Daniel Thompkins
 * Secretary of State: John Quincy Adams
 * Major items:
 * Marshall's Decisions:
 * McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819
 * Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 1819
 * Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824
 * Acquisition of Florida from Spain, 1819
 * Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
 * Missouri Compromise, 1820
 * Monroe Doctrine, 1823
 * Sectional Tariff, 1824
 * Favorite Sons Election

John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)

 * "National" Democratic Republican
 * VP: John C. Calhoun
 * Secretary of State: Henry Clay
 * Major items:
 * Corrupt Bargain
 * Erie Canal, 1825
 * Tariff of Abominations
 * Calhoun's Exposition and Protest, 1828

Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

 * Democrat
 * VP: John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren
 * Major items:
 * Jacksonian Democracy
 * Tariff of 1832
 * Tariff of 1833
 * Second Bank of the United States (due to expire in 1836)
 * Formation of the Whig Party, 1832

Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)

 * Democrat
 * VP: Richard M. Johnson
 * Major items:
 * Panic of 1837
 * Specie Circular
 * No Bank of the United States
 * Unsound financing by state governments