Presidents: A Biographical DictionaryThe most powerful men in America, the women behind them, the men a heartbeat away from becoming the commander-in-chief, and the men and women appointed to the highest judicial position by our nation's presidents--these are the leaders who have helped shape the political landscape of our great democracy. Suitable for exploratory research or for casual reading, the newly revised |
Contents
GEORGE WASHINGTON 17321799 | 1 |
JOHN ADAMS 17351826 | 12 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON 17431826 | 21 |
JAMES MADISON 17511836 | 31 |
JAMES MONROE 17581831 | 40 |
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 17671848 | 49 |
ANDREW JACKSON 17671845 | 58 |
MARTIN VAN BUREN 17821862 | 68 |
WILLIAM MCKINLEY 18431901 | 201 |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 18581919 | 210 |
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 18571930 | 221 |
WOODROW WILSON 18561924 | 229 |
WARREN G HARDING 18651923 | 239 |
CALVIN COOLIDGE 18721933 | 247 |
HERBERT HOOVER 18741964 | 255 |
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 18821945 | 263 |
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON 17731841 | 76 |
JOHN TYLER 17901862 | 83 |
JAMES K POLK 17951849 | 90 |
ZACHARY TAYLOR 17841850 | 98 |
MILLARD FILLMORE 18001874 | 105 |
FRANKLIN PIERCE 18041869 | 113 |
JAMES BUCHANAN 17911868 | 120 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 18091865 | 128 |
ANDREW JOHNSON 18081875 | 139 |
ULYSSES S GRANT 18221885 | 148 |
RUTHERFORD B HAYES 18221893 | 158 |
JAMES A GARFIELD 18311881 | 167 |
CHESTER A ARTHUR 18291886 | 175 |
GROVER CLEVELAND 18371908 | 183 |
BENJAMIN HARRISON 18331901 | 193 |
HARRY S TRUMAN 18841972 | 276 |
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER 18901969 | 286 |
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY 19171963 | 295 |
LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON 19081973 | 304 |
RICHARD M NIXON 19131994 | 314 |
GERALD FORD 1913 | 325 |
JAMES EARL CARTER JR 1924 | 333 |
RONALD REAGAN 19112004 | 344 |
GEORGE H W BUSH 1924 | 356 |
WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON 1946 | 365 |
GEORGE WALKER BUSH 1946 | 379 |
APPENDIX | 400 |
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