JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div>
    <ul id="buttonList">    
    </ul>
</div>

JavaScript

var names = ['Washington', 'Adams', 'Jefferson', 'Lincoln', 'Roosevelt'];

for( r=0; r < names.length; r++ )
   {
    $('#buttonList').append('<li><button>'+ names[r] + '</button></li>');
    }

$('#buttonList').append('<li><button>Edit</button></li>');