The Oval Office contains speeches and statements of President Bush, a description of policy priorities, biographies, and photo essays.

Hoover Institution is a think tank on the campus of Stanford University, dedicated to research in domestic policy and international affairs.

Truman Presidential Museum & Library hosts documents, photographs, virtual exhibits, audio files, oral histories, digital archives, kids page, educational information about President Harry S. Truman, and his Presidency.

Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States. Explore Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home, gardens, and plantation. Monticello is owned and operated by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in Charlottesville, Virginia ...

The Ford Library (in Ann Arbor, MI) and Ford Museum (in Grand Rapids, MI) are part of the presidential library system operated by the National Archives and Records Administration.

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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, houses papers from LBJ's political career. The Museum presents aspects from his life: Lady Bird Johnson, JFK assassination, the Civil Rights Act, Vietnam war.

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Home | News | Books | Speeches | Places | Resources | Students | Index | Search | Discussion This Week in History June 12, 1806 Lincoln's parents, Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, are married in Washington County, Kentucky. June 13, 1836 Lincoln announces his platform as a candidate for re-election to the Illinois General Assembly. June 14, 1837 Lincoln officially closes his accounts as ...

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The online version of the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress offers access to the complete collection from the Library's Manuscript Division. This consists of approximately 65, 000 items (152, 000 pages). Correspondence, letterbooks, commonplace books, diaries and journals, reports, notes, financial account books, and military papers accumulated by George Washington from 1741 ...

The online version of the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress offers access to the complete collection from the Library's Manuscript Division. This consists of approximately 65, 000 items (152, 000 pages). Correspondence, letterbooks, commonplace books, diaries and journals, reports, notes, financial account books, and military papers accumulated by George Washington from 1741 ...

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Welcome to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum website. The Library in Atlanta, Georgia, is part of the Presidential Library system administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal government agency.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Mission Statement The Eisenhower Library is a national repository for the preservation of historical papers, audiovisual materials and the artifacts relating to Dwight D. Eisenhower and his times. The Library makes this record accessible through research, museum exhibits, public programs, and educational outreach. The Eisenhower Library is administered by the ...

The By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789 - Present, collection contains an Illustrated reference aid with 156 portraits depicting every American president and most first ladies.

The lifelong home of James Madison, our fourth president, and the father of our Constitution. What did it really feel like to be at the birth of the United States Find out at Montpelier when you visit the 2, 700 acres of rolling pasturelands, formal gardens and national landmark forest that surround the home of James Madison near Orange Virginia.

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The Internet's largest site on Ulysses S. Grant, with hundreds of pictures and articles for students of all ages.

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Electronic Texts by or to Jefferson Over 1, 700 items, including some color manuscript images. Biography Life of Thomas Jefferson by B. L. Rayner (Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, & Holden, 1834); Revised and Edited by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr. The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of Thomas Jefferson 9, 000 entries arranged by theme, date, topic, recipient, and place of ...

Image by permission of The Chicago Historical Society. Lincoln/Net presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois. The Illinois State Library has generously provided funds for the initiation of the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project. Copyright ...

Lincoln Home National Historic Site Located in Springfield, IL TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF At the park's center stands the two-story home of Abraham Lincoln, the only home he ever owned. The house was constructed in 1839 as a 1 1/2-story cottage. Abraham and Mary Lincoln lived here from 1844 until Mr. Lincoln's election to the ...

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This website includes a biography, photographs, and lots of information about Abraham Lincoln including my e-mail address to answer questions about his life.

A Collaborative Project Library of Congress Manuscript Division and Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College Search by Keyword | Browse the Collection The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress consists of approximately 20, 000 documents. The collection is organized into three General Correspondence series which include incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts ...

At the heart of this plantation in Bedford County, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson built his final, personal architectural masterpiece -- an octagonal house surrounded by an elaborate villa landscape.

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Biography of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States (1861-1865).

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Washington Monument in National Mall Located in Washington, DC TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Washington Monument - Webmasters: Cochran, Demmon, Williams IN BRIEF Alone among the Founders of the United States George Washington earned the title Father of his Country in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. Appointed ...

Adams National Historical Park Located in Quincy, MA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Adams Stone Library, with more than 14, 000 volumes, contains the collection of John Quincy Adams. (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Adams National Historical Park is located in the City of Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, approximately ten miles south of Boston. The Park ...

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Historical home of Ulysses Grant located in St. Louis, Missouri. Tour the 281 acre wildlife preserve, see the world famous Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales. Purchase Grant's Farm gifts Online.

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Home | plan your visit | news | membership | donations/sponsorship | programs | museum store | contact The expansive cotton plantation centered by the imposing mansion was the place Jackson always loved best, a place where he was surrounded by family and welcomed friends and colleagues. Visitors to The Hermitage can now experience the same gracious hospitality offered during Jackson's day when ...

The Library of Congress A Cooperative Project from Library of Congress Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library highlights two collections at the Library of Congress that illuminate the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the sixteenth president of the United States. The Abraham Lincoln Papers housed in the Manuscript Division contain approximately 20, 000 items including correspondence and papers ...

Biography of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801-1809).

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Biography of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth President of the United States (1901-1909).

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George Washington: A National Treasure exhibition is a historic tour from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, celebrating our nation's first president - the man, the icon, the hero. As Gilbert Stuart's George Washington Lansdowne portrait travels across the country for the first time, Americans of all ages will be able to experience the most important visual document of our nation's ...

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Biography of Richard M. Nixon, the thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969-1974).

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Biography of Ronald Reagan, the fortieth President of the United States (1981-1989).

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Biography of Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth President of the United States (1913-1921).

Biography of Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third President of the United States (1945-1953).

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Biography of George Herbert Walker Bush, the forty-first President of the United States (1989-1993).

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Eisenhower National Historic Site Located in Gettysburg, PA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS The Eisenhower home (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF The farm designated Eisenhower National Historic Site is the only place President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower ever called home. In 1950, the Eisenhowers, looking forward to retirement, purchased the Allen Redding farm ...

Ulysses S. Grant: The dramatic story of one of America's most paradoxical leaders. The greatest hero of the Civil War, Grant was an ineffective president whose two terms in office were rocked by racial conflict and corruption scandals.

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Biography of James Madison, the fourth President of the United States (1809-1817).

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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site Located near Hodgenville, KY TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Memorial Building designed by John Russell Pope (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF In the fall of 1808, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln settled on the 348 acre Sinking Spring Farm. Two months later on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln ...

Sherwood Forest Plantation is the home of the 10th U.S. President John Tyler. See the rooms with a VR tour. Watch the plantation grow over time in an animated Gif.

The real story on this administration's dealings on environmental issues, from NRDC's scientists, lawyers and policy experts. On offshore drilling, Bush administration won't give Californians the same relief it gave Floridians go Bush administration finally admits big trouble from global warming go Bush administration rolls back air conditioner energy efficiency standards go White House sends ...

Biography of Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth Presidentof the United States (1869-1877).

Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt The Fireside Chats were contributed by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, located in Hyde Park, New York. For more information about FDR, please check our links site at the bottom of this page. On the Bank Crisis. Sunday, March 12, 1933 Outlining the New Deal Program. Sunday, May 7, 1933 On the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program.

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. Welcome to the official website for the landmark PBS series THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. The series and this educational outreach website are sponsored by New York Life Insurance Company. Website Objectives: This website, which was developed in coordination with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), will provide teachers and students with exciting tools and ...

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Biography of Richard M. Nixon, the thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969-1974).

General Grant National Memorial in Manhattan Sites Located in New York, NY TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Located at 122nd Street and Riverside Drive (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF This memorial to Ulysses S. Grant, victorious Union commander of the Civil War, includes the tomb of General Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant. A West Point graduate, Grant served in ...

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Biography of Herbert Hoover, the thirty-first President of the United States (1929-1933).

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Located in West Branch, IA TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Herbert Hoover birth cottage (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site buildings and grounds are preserved by the National Park Service to commemorate the life of the 31st President of the United States. Visit the small cottage where ...

Biography of James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825).

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An examination of Bill Clinton and his presidency, as told by key White House staff, advisors and cabinet officers during Clinton's eight year presidency.

Biography of James Polk, the eleventh President of the United States (1845-1849).

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Located in Kinderhook, NY TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS This rendering of President Martin Van Buren's farm (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Martin Van Buren National Historic Site is found in Kinderhook, New York. The Eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren purchased the estate in 1839 during his Presidency.

Biography of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States (1825-1829).

Harry S Truman National Historic Site Located in Independence and Grandview, MO TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Truman Home (photo by Keith Drews) IN BRIEF Harry S Truman National Historic Site includes the Truman Home in Independence, Missouri, and the Truman Farm Home in Grandview, Missouri. Both units are within the Kansas City metropolitan area ...

Biography of James Garfield, the twentieth President of the United States (1881).

James Madison: his historical and political legacy. The life of James Madison provides a unique unifying perspective on the early development of the critical institutions and practices of the government of the United States.

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Biography of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States (1841).

Biography of William McKinley, the twenty-fifth President of the United States (1897-1901).

Biography of William Howard Taft, the twenty-seventh President of the United States (1909-1913).

Woodrow Wilson House - Washington's only Presidential Museum. National Trust Historic site. Read about it, see photos, and get Directions. The site alos provides research material for teachers, students and scholars.

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Located in Greeneville, TN TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Andrew Johnson (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF Andrew Johnson National Historic Site honors the life and work of the nation's 17th President and preserves his two homes, tailor shop, and grave site. Andrew Johnson's life exemplifies many struggles faced by Americans ...

Biography of Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth President of the United States (1865-1869).

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Biography of Gerald R. Ford, the thirty-eighth President of the United States (1974-1977).

Membership Directors Symposium/Annual Banquet Publications Projects Awards Bibliography Endowment Contact Information Search the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln The Abraham Lincoln Association was organized in 1908 as the Lincoln Centennial Association. It led the national celebration of Lincoln's one-hundredth birthday and continued to mark that day until 1925, when Paul M. Angle was hired ...

William Howard Taft National Historic Site Located in Cincinnati, OH TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF The William Howard Taft National Historic Site commemorates the only man to serve as President and Chief Justice of the United States. The house that Taft was born is has been restored to its original appearance. A visit to the site ...

The 34th President Eisenhower's Birthplace: pictures, paintings, poems... The General was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas, now a Texas Historic State Park.

Biography of Calvin Coolidge, the thirtieth President of the United States (1923-1929).

Biography of Rutherford B. Hayes, the nineteenth Presidentof the United States (1877-1881).

Political cartoons of Abraham Lincoln showing the evolution of his image from his first campaign for the presidency in 1860 through the Civil War to the early 1900s when he figured prominently in the debate about imperialism.

James A Garfield National Historic Site Located in Mentor, OH TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS (NPS Photo) IN BRIEF James A. Garfield National Historic Site preserves the property associated with the 20th President of the United States. Garfield acquired the home in 1876 to accommodate his large family. The home, named Lawnfield by reporters, was the site ...

Nixon's China Game, details the diplomatic breakthrough in 1972 that broke two decades of silence between the United States and China.

Biography of Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third President of the United States (1889-1893).

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Biography of Grover Cleveland, the twenty-second (1885-1889) and twenty-fourth (1893-1897) President of the United States.

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Biography of Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth President of the United States (1853-1857).

Biography of James Buchanan, the fifteenth President of the United States (1857-1861).

B. L. Rayner's biography, published in 1834, emphasizes the role of republican principles in Jefferson's life and thought.

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Biography of Chester Arthur, the twenty-first President of the United States (1881-1885).

Biography of Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth President of the United States (1850-1853).

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Little-Known U.S. Document Signed by President Adams Proclaims America's Government Is Secular by Jim Walker Some people today assert that the United States government came from Christian foundations. They argue that our political system represents a Christian ideal form of government and that Jefferson, Madison, et al, had simply expressed Christian values while framing the Constitution. If ...

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This is an official Web site of the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks. Begin your adventure here. - This park is nestled in the gap of Tuscarora Mountain. Dedicated in honor of the 15th president of the United States, this narrow, peaceful hollow is the site of James Buchanan ...

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LBJ in the Oval Office At this site, you can listen to some President Lyndon Johnson's most important speeches and peer into the Oval Office through secretly recorded conversations made by Johnson during his presidency. Listening to these audio files requires installation of the free RealAudio Player. It is available from RealAudio. Johnson's Vietnam Anguish, May 27, 1964 Selected Telephone ...

PEOPLE A-C D-H I-R Kearney, Denis Lane, James H. Lee, John D. Lewis, Meriwether Looking Glass Lovejoy, Julia Louisa Mark Twain Marshall, James Meek, Joseph Miles, Nelson A. Mulholland, William Norton, Joshua Polk, James K. Pope Quantrill, William Clarke Red Cloud Reno, Marcus Roosevelt, Theodore S-Z Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) First as a popular writer, and later as President of the United ...

Woodrow Wilson, War Messages, 65th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate Doc. No. 5, Serial No. 7264, Washington, D.C., 1917; pp. 3-8, passim. On 3 February 1917, President Wilson addressed Congress to announce that diplomatic relations with Germany were severed. In a Special Session of Congress held on 2 April 1917, President Wilson delivered this 'War Message.' Four days later, Congress overwhelmingly ...

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FDR Cartoons Waiting For the New Deal Foreign Relations The First One-Hundred Days Farm Issues Alphabet Soup Supreme Court Reform 1937 Downloading Cartoons The War Years 1942 The War Years 1943 The Road To Pennsylvania Avenue Send mail to Paul Bachorz, project coordinator at paulbach@nycap.rr.com. Copyright 1998 Niskayuna High School E-mail: baciewj@wizvax.net FDR HomePage ...

Comic and satirical portrayals of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War in the British humor magazine Punch from 1860 to 1965, including political cartoons, poems, and sketches.

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To the Senate and House of Representatives: In my recent annual message to the Congress I briefly referred to our relations with Hawaii and expressed the intention of transmitting further information on the subject when additional advices permitted. Though I am not able now to report a definite change in the actual situation, I am convinced that the difficulties lately created both here and in ...

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Excerpted from an essay by Stephen Ambrose: Nurture and nature played their respective roles in shaping Dwight Eisenhower. Physically, he inherited a strong, tough, big, athletic body and extremely good looks, with a quite fabulous grin, along with keen intelligence. He also inherited a strong competitive streak from his parents, plus a bad temper, along with unquestioning ...

THE MONTICELLO ASSOCIATION The Monticello Graveyard Charlottesville, Virginia This graveyard had its beginning in an agreement between two young men, Thomas Jefferson and Dabney Carr, who were schoolmates and friends. They agreed that they would be buried under a great oak which stood here. Carr, who married Jefferson's sister, died in 1773. His was the first grave on this site, which Jefferson ...

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A moving tribute to America's most obscure -- and best-looking -- president. by Ben Bratman, David Holzel and Todd Leopold ...

Truman Library When Harry S. Truman decided not to run again for president in 1952, he said he'd had all he wanted of Washington and returned to his hometown of Independence, Missouri. Washington had probably had enough of Truman, too. His approval rating at the time was the lowest of any president in the 20th century -- even lower than Nixon's. To the people of Independence, however, approval ...

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Library: Historical Documents: John Remsburg: Six Historic Americans: Chapter 2 Six Historic Americans Thomas Jefferson by John E. Remsburg Had Jefferson's works been edited by some pious churchman who would have expunged or modified his radical sentiments; or had his works been suppressed after they were published, as some desired, the clergy might with less fear of exposure claim that their ...

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A brief biography of Andrew Jackson who became a national hero during the War of 1812, was a Congressman, a U.S. Senator, a Judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court and the seventh President of the United States.

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Eisenhower warned about the Military Industrial Complex. Did he really think like 60s leftists about this supposedly evil center of power

Hundred Days' History The NewsHour's panel of historians examines how past presidents have measured up at their hundred day mark. (4/30/01) Political Perspective Political analysts Mark Shields and Paul Gigot and pollster Andrew Kohut examine the first 100 days of the Bush Administration. (4/27/01) The President and the Press Examining Mr. Bush's early relationship with the press. (4/25/01) ...

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Excerpted from an essay by Doris Kearns Goodwin: I'll tell you, Franklin Roosevelt once told a friend during the toughest years of his presidency, at night when I lay my head on my pillow, and it is often pretty late, and I think of the things that have come before me during the day and the decisions that I have made, I say to myself -- well, I have done the best I could ...

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This is a small permanent exhibit in The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania. It consists of a photographed portrait and the (facsimile) signature of each Masonic President of the United States, and a record of his Masonic career. The material is enhanced by photographs and background information on the Great Seal of The United States and the Flag of the President of the United States.

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The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, Inc., is a non-profit historical society devoted to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

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JIMMY CARTER Excerpted from an essay by Hendrick Hertzberg: Jimmy Carter is a saint. Now, by saying that, I don't mean to assert that Jimmy Carter is perfect, or that he is a total stranger to base motives, or that he is one of the elite of God's elect--though for all I know that third item, at least, may well be true. Nor am I referring strictly to Mr. Carter's post-presidential career. It is ...

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State Library of North Carolina North Carolina Encyclopedia Andrew Johnson Let peace and prosperity be restored to the land. May God bless this people: may God save the Constitution. - Andrew Johnson in the U.S. Senate March 22, 1875 Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808, and like the previous North Carolina born presidents, Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk, he was elected ...

The life and times of Ronald Reagan in pictures.

The life and times of Ronald Reagan in pictures.

THE HALL OF FORGOTTEN PRESIDENTS Their names have reverberated throughout the annals of history: Washington; Jefferson; Jackson; Lincoln; Reagan. We all know of these great men and their deeds. But there have been others who also achieved the pinnacle of public office in the United States, yet are seldom mentioned. We don't learn about them as kids in school. No movies have ever been made about ...

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RICHARD M. NIXON Excerpted from an essay by Tom Wicker: Richard Nixon was an introvert in the extroverted calling of the politician. And as if that were not problem enough for him, he was an intellectual appealing to a public that puts low value on eggheads. I don't mean an intellectual in the stereotypical sense of a cloistered scholar; I mean that Nixon was a highly intelligent man who relied ...

Library: Historical Documents: John Remsburg: Six Historic Americans: Chapter 3 Six Historic Americans George Washington by John E. Remsburg During the presidential campaign of 1880, the Christian Union made the startling admission that, of the nineteen men who, up to that time, had held the office of President of the United States, not one, with the Possible exception of Washington, had ever ...

Getting the Message Out presents primary source material and historical analyses of presidential campaigns and popular political culture during the mid-nineteenth century. Offers campaign biographies, songbooks, song recordings, histories, images, and maps.

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The Price of the Presidency by Richard Norton Smith reprinted in entirety, with permission from Yankee Magazine, January 1996 He was called Silent Cal, and the nation laughed at his taciturnity, his frugality, and his dry wit. But the Great Stone Face hid a sweet smile and a terrible anguish. January 5, 1933 was a crisp mid-winter Thursday in Northampton, Massachusetts. In the redbrick Masonic ...

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Library: Historical Documents: John Remsburg: Six Historic Americans: Chapter 5 Six Historic Americans Abraham Lincoln by John E. Remsburg Introduction The Republic established by our Fathers, after enduring for three-quarters of a century, was menaced by destruction. Slavery, which had been planted in both sections of the Union, had proved unprofitable in the North and profitable in the South.

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Theodore Roosevelt Collection The Theodore Roosevelt Collection, housed in Harvard's Houghton and Widener libraries, is a major resource for study of the life and times of the twenty-sixth president of the United States. The collection originated as a research library opened in New York City by the Roosevelt Memorial Association in 1923. It was presented by that organization (known since 1956 as ...

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Andrew Johnson's Obituary ANDREW JOHNSON DEAD. SKETCH OF THE EX-PRESIDENT'S CAREER. HIS DEATH AT HIS DAUGHTER'S HOUSE -- HIS LIFE HISTORY -- THE BOY WHO NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL GROWS UP TO BE PRESIDENT -- HIS ATTITUDE IN THE REBELLION -- THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. Andrew Johnson, ex-President of the United States and member of the Senate from Tennessee, died at the house of his daughter, Mrs. W.R.

HARRY S. TRUMAN Excerpted from an essay by David McCullough: He had arrived first in Washington in the 1930s as a senator notable mainly for his background in the notorious Pendergast machine of Kansas City. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and like many of Scotch-Irish descent--and I know something of this from my own background--he could be narrow, clannish, short-tempered, stubborn to a fault.

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T H E W H I T E H O U S E Biography of the President Help Site Map Text Only It All Began in a Place Called Hope President Bill Clinton Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in the small town of Hope, Arkansas. He was named after his father, William Jefferson Blythe II, who had been killed in a car accident just three months before his son was born. Needing to ...

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A web site in fond recollection of Richard Milhous Nixon, the 20th Century's most entertaining chief of state.

The Rise and Fall of the Newburgh Conspiracy: How General Washington and his Spectacles Saved the Republic by George L. Marshall, Jr. By early 1783, active hostilities of the American Revolutionary War had been over for nearly two years and commissioners Franklin, Jay, and Adams were still negotiating in Paris to establish a final treaty with Great Britain. With a formal peace almost secured and ...

Biography of 46th governor of Texas.

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But this August dignity I treat of, is not the dignity of kings and robes, but that abounding dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity which, on all hands, radiates without end from God; Himself! The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine ...

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The Education of John Quincy Adams America's sixth president This issue of The Mandate examines the importance of the family in shaping the destiny of a nation. The article on pages 10-11 shows that God the Creator has given parents the great responsibility of overseeing the education and character development of their children. Christian character, which can never be adequately taught in a ...

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America's Chrisitan Rulers: John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, now Quincy, Massachusetts, the son of John Adams, the second President of the United States. On March 4th 1825, he was inaugurated as President and served one term. His inaugural address closed with these words: Knowing that 'except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain, ' with fervent ...

GERALD R. FORD Excerpted from an essay by James Cannon: Gerald R. Ford became President not because he was popular with the American public, not because he campaigned for the job, but because of his character. More than any other president of this century, Ford was chosen for his integrity and trustworthiness; his peers in Congress put him in the White House because he told the truth and kept ...

Selected Gerald R. Ford Speeches and Writings The following speeches, Executive Orders, proclamations, articles, and other public texts have been digitized over the years for a variety of reasons. A small number of speeches have audio clips so that you can listen to portions of them. If you are interested a speech or other item that does not appear here, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Library.

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American Leaders Speak From War to Normalcy: Introduction | World War I | The Presidential Election of 1920 The Presidential Election of 1920 Speakers: Warren Harding | Calvin Coolidge | Corinne Roosevelt Robinson | James Cox | Franklin D. Roosevelt By 1920, World War I was over. The wartime boom had collapsed. Diplomats and politicians were arguing over peace treaties and the question of ...

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The 1974 House Judiciary Committee: Where Are They Now Nixon: Before and After Watergate What Else Was Happening in 1974 How much do you know about impeachment Take our quiz and find out! Nixon and Watergate - Related Links Recent political events have brought a seldom-used congressional power into the nation's spotlight--impeachment. Learn more about the role of impeachment in our nation's ...

John Adams was the point man for the Independence movement in the Second Continental Congress. John Adams and the Adams Family of Massachusetts, the real Adams Family, America's First Family in politics for the first century of its life.

Gerald R. Ford's Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President August 9, 1974 Listen to part of the speech as delivered by President Ford in .au format or .wav format (2 minutes and 24 seconds - file size 1.6 MB) Mr. Chief Justice, my dear friends, my fellow Americans: The oath that I have taken is the same oath that was taken by George Washington and by every President under the ...

News of Ulysses Grant's Death A HERO FINDS REST GEN. GRANT'S PEACEFUL, PAINLESS DEATH. THE END COMING IN THE EARLY MORNING. THE LAST BREATH AT SIX MINUTES AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK. THE SORROWING GROUP AROUND THE DEATHBED. HIS LAST WORDS FULL OF REGARD FOR OTHERS. THE LONG STRUGGLE AGAINST DISEASE ONLY ENDED WHEN VITALITY WAS THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTED -- CONSCIOUSNESS PRESERVED NEARLY TO THE LAST WHEN ALL ...

LYNDON B. JOHNSON Excerpted from an essay by Robert Dallek: Johnson was much loved and greatly hated -- not just liked and disliked but adored by some and despised by others. Some people remember him as kind, generous, compassionate, considerate, decent, and devoted to advancing the well-being of the least advantaged among us. Others describe him as cruel, dictatorial, grandiose, and even ...

Categorical Index | Cafe | Library | Gallery | Cafe Music | Lucidcafe Home | Revised: January 11, 1999 Lyndon Johnson 36th President of the United States 1908 - 1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) was born on August 27, 1908 in a farmhouse near the Central Texas town of Stonewall. Like three other Vice Presidents in United States history, he became chief executive upon the assassination of the ...

For conspiracy theorists, Kennedy was assassinated because his leftist policies threatened powerful interests. In reality, JFK was a pragmatic and centrist politician.

James Madison - a Mainstream Revolutionary A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. - James Madison, from a letter to W.T. Barry, August 4, 1822 Book ...

CHESTER A. ARTHUR 21st President (1881-1885) No higher or more assuring proof could exist of the strength and permanence of popular government than the fact that though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain . . . - Inaugural address, 1881 Have you ever in your life heard a reference to President Arthur We thought ...

News of Chester Arthur's Death DEAD AMONG HIS KINDRED THE PEACEFUL END OF EX-PRESIDENT ARTHUR. LONG AND BRAVE STRUGGLE AGAINST DISEASE ENDED BY AN APOPLECTIC STROKE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING -- THE STORY OF HIS LAST HOURS OF LIFE. Ex-President Chester Alan Arthur died at 5:10 o'clock yesterday morning at his residence, No. 123 Lexington-avenue. The immediate cause of his death was cerebral ...

GEORGE BUSH Excerpted from an essay by Michael R. Beschloss: More than any other leader portrayed in this book save Eisenhower, Bush based his three campaigns for the presidency less on issues and ideology than on his persona as a leader of experience and character. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, in 1924, Bush matured in Greenwich, Connecticut, a setting that gave him little inkling of the ...

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Grover Cleveland's Obituary MR. CLEVELAND IS DEAD AT 71 Succumbs to a Heart Attack in His Princeton Home After Seeming to Rally. MRS. CLEVELAND AT HIS SIDE Only Others in the Death Room Were Dr. Bryant and Two Other Physicians. CHILDREN WERE ALL AWAY Sent Days Ago to New Hampshire, Not Knowing That the End Was Near. THE WHOLE NATION MOURNS President, Governor, and Mayor Issue Proclamations of ...

Millard Fillmore's Obituary OBITUARY. EX-PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE. Buffalo, N.Y., March 8 -- 12 o'clock, midnight. -- Ex-President Millard Fillmore died at his residence in this city at 11:10 to-night. He was conscious up to the time. At 8 o'clock, in reply to a question by his physician, he said the nourishment was palatable; these were his last words. His death was painless. Millard Fillmore ...

R. Vincent Enlow, a New Jersey resident, has put together some significant research in a powerful disclosure of perhaps the greatest deception of the American public.

Return to wildernet Theodore Roosevelt Conservation as the Guardian of Democracy By Daniel Filler The movement for the conservation of wildlife, and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources, are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method. As president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt made conservation a central policy issue of his administration.

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George Bush Keeps Changing His Story Governor Bush's Cocaine Problem by Adam J. Smith First he refused to confirm or deny it. Later he would say only that when I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible. Next he said that the issue wasn't relevant. Then he said that he wouldn't address rumors. Then he said that he could pass a standard security check dating back seven years.

A fine collection of George W. Bush photos, Pics, Pictures. The president of the United States of America in a thumbnail gallery, in action, at work, and at play.

Benjamin Harrison's Obituary BENJAMIN HARRISON DEAD Ex-President's Battle for Life Ended Yesterday Afternoon. Physicians Realized Early in the Morning That Death Was Not Far Off -- Flags of Indianapolis at Half Mast. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 13. -- Benjamin Harrison, ex-President of the United States, died at 4:45 o'clock this afternoon. His death was quiet and painless, there being a gradual ...

Rutherford Hayes's Obituary EX-PRESIDENT HAYES DEAD NEURALGIA OF THE HEART THE CAUSE. HE WAS STRICKEN LAST SATURDAY AT THE HOME OF HIS SON IN CLEVELAND -- TAKEN HOME ILL, BUT WAS EXPECTED TO RECOVER -- OBITUARY SKETCH. Fremont, Ohio, Jan 17. -- Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes died at 11 o'clock to-night. As was stated in to-day's New-York Times, he was stricken at Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday ...

The AFRO-AMERICAN Almanac provides an engaging and comtemplative exploration of the origins of the African in America.

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A Special Contribution Courtesy of Edward J. Renehan, Jr. & Oxford University Press Excerpted from: The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in War and Peace Reprinted by permission of the Author and Publisher Available through The O.U. P. Website or from their Customer Service Number: 1-800-451-7556. THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S FAMILY IN THE GREAT WAR by EDWARD J. RENEHAN, JR. The Patriarch ...

Manus Hand Visiting John Tyler's Grave Here I am at John Tyler's gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. See President Monroe's sarcophagus behind me President Tyler's grave is located at the ridge of the same hill where Monroe was re-interred. At the time of his death, Tyler had been elected to the Confederate Senate -- in effect, he was a leader of a government in rebellion to ...

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James Buchanan's Obituary OBITUARY. Death of James Buchanan, Ex-President of the United States. James Buchanan, the fifteenth President of the United States, died at half-past eight yesterday morning, at his residence in Wheatland. He had been seriously ill for several days, and his decease was not unexpected. James Buchanan was of Irish descent, his father, James Buchanan, Sen., emigrated to ...

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John T. Brown, ed. Churches of Christ (1904) JAMES A. GARFIELD. F. M. GREEN. No history of the Churches of Christ would be complete without at least, a brief sketch of James A. Garfield. The main facts of his life may be summarized as follows: Born November 19, 1831, in Orange, Cuyahoga county, Ohio: driver on the Ohio canal in the summer of 1848; taught his first school in the winter of ...

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James Monroe Fifth President 1817-1825 Fast Fact: James Monroe declared the Americas no longer subject to European colonization. Biography: On New Year's Day, 1825, at the last of his annual White House receptions, President James Monroe made a pleasing impression upon a Virginia lady who shook his hand: He is tall and well formed. His dress plain and in the old style.... His manner was quiet ...

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America Votes Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library Zachary Taylor - 1848 General Zachary Taylor, another Virginia patrician by birth, was a hero of the Mexican War. Like Harrison and Tyler before him, he was a Whig. Vignettes on stationery were used for a variety of purposes including political campaigns. A project of The Digital Scriptorium, ...

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JOHN TYLER 10th President (1841-1845) The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights. - Inaugural address, 1841 Tippecanoe and Tyler, too !! That seems to be the beginning and the end of the American public's awareness of President John Tyler. Which is a shame, because this tall Virginia gentleman has much to teach us about how ...

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HALL OF THE SECRETARIES OF STATE James Monroe State of Residency: Virginia Appointment: Apr 2, 1811 Feb 28, 1815 Entry on Duty: Apr 6, 1811 Feb 28, 1815 Termination of Appointment: Sep 30, 1814 Mar 3, 1817 Presidency: Madison Madison Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Nov 26, 1811 As Secretary of State: The War of 1812 was fought and the Treay ...

The University of Oklahoma Law Center The First Inaugural Address of President James Monroe Washington, March 4, 1817 &#160 &#160 &#160 &#160 &#160 I should be destitute of feeling if I was not deeply affected by the strong proof which my fellow-citizens have given me of their confidence in calling me to the high office whose functions I am about to assume. As the expression of their good ...

Remembering President Zachary Taylor by Dave Mandl Considering the brevity of his stay in the White House (just under seven weeks), Zachary Taylor's spectacular legend seems grotesquely exaggerated, like the work of some crazed pre-Civil War spin doctor. But if anything, the reputation of our twelfth president has been muted in the century and a half since his death. Surrounded by controversy ...

Edward P. Crapol, John Tyler and the Pursuit of National Destiny, Journal of the Early American Republic, Vol. 17, no.3 (October 1997) John Tyler rarely has been credited, either by contemporary observers or later historians, for having a vision of national destiny. Although he served as president during the manifest destiny decade of the 1840s, or what more recently has been characterized ...

John Tyler set the pattern for Vice-Presidents who assume the top spot when the elected President dies in office. It wasn't easy, and the nation owes him a debt of gratitude for his determination.

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Biography of John Quincy Adams As are all writings published more than 75 years ago -- see http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copyTerm.htm. From the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848), eldest son of President John Adams, sixth president of the United States, was born on the 11th of July 1767, in that part of Braintree that is now Quincy, Massachusetts, and was ...

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A Time to Heal Our Nation By Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter The New York Times Op-Ed, Monday, December 21, 1998 It is proverbial that old men plant trees as an act of faith, precisely because they know they won't themselves live to sit under the shade. In this spirit, we believe the time has come to put aside political differences and plant seeds of justice and reconciliation. There is precedent ...

Why The United States Bank Was Closed President Andrew Jackson July 10, 1832 A BANK of the United States is in many respects convenient for the Government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply impressed with the belief that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the existing Bank are unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive of the rights of the States, and ...

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Home : Biography : American Presidents American Presidents John Adams John Adams, who became the second president of the United States, has been accused by some historians of being the closest thing America ever had to a dictator or monarch (Onuf, 1993). Such strong accusations should be examined in the context of the era in which Mr. Adams lived and served. A closer examination of the ...

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Jimmy Carter and the Trilateralists: Presidential Roots by Laurence H. Shoup excerpted from the book Trilateralism edited Holly Sklar South End Press, 1980 Introduction There are two levels of political process which need to be considered in any analysis of U.S. election campaigns. The first, which gets greater attention in the news media and academic writings is best labeled the party politics ...

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Gala Birthday Tribute To President Ronald Reagan by Lady Margaret Thatcher Former Prime Minister of Great Britian February 3, 1994 President Reagan, your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for that wonderful introduction. It's the sort I would have loved at the beginning of every election campaign. It is an honor and a joy to be with you to celebrate the 44th anniversary of your 39th ...

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