Uyllises S. Grant
There were 27 states when Polk took office as president. (Florida became a state the day before Polk took office but after he was elected.) Texas, Iowa and Wisconsin joined the union while Polk was President, so there were 30 states when he left office,
== == Rutherford B. Hayes.
The first duty of the President is to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Before the President takes office he swears this oath on the Bible.
there are no states that entered the union while President John Adams was in office.
Ulysses S. Grant commanded the winning union army and was swept into the presidency because of his victory.
term of office
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.
Four months before President Aberham Lincoln's inauguration, five states seceded from the Union-the rest of the Confederacy shortly thereafter. By the time he took office, The Civil War was only weeks away.
No- No states joined the union was Van Buren was in office.
This is either a trick question, or a question that is not worded properly.Gorbachev was the first and only president of the Soviet Union, as the office of President did not exist prior to Gorbachev's perestroika.However, there is an article on Wiki Answers about the past leaders of the Soviet Union (they were not called presidents). See links below.
The Commander In Chief of the Union army during the Civil War was President Abraham Lincoln; the ranking general in the field was Ulysses S. Grant.