Bill Clinton (b. August 19, 1946) served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. During his two terms in office, he attempted health care reform and signed the North American Free Trade Agreement into law. After leaving office, Clinton created a foundation dedicated to addressing and improving health, education, economies and environments worldwide called the William J. Clinton Foundation.…more»
Calvin Coolidge (b. July 4, 1872; d. January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States. He took the oath of office after the sudden death of President Warren Harding, under whom he served as Vice President. A conservative Republican educated in Vermont, Coolidge worked to restore confidence in the executive branch. He was elected in his own right in 1924 and…more»
Gerald Ford (b. July 14, 1913; d. December 26, 2006) was a congressional representative for 25 years before serving as vice president and president. He came to both of the later offices under unusual circumstances: he became the 40 th Vice President after Spiro Agnew resigned, then later became the 38 th President after President Nixon resigned, serving from 1974…more»
Lyndon B. Johnson (b. August 27, 1908; d. January 22, 1973) was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He was Vice President during the Kennedy Administration, assuming the presidency after President Kennedy's assassination in 1963. In 1964, he was elected by a wide margin and served one term. LBJ was a Texan known for his domineering, straight-talking style.…more»
John F. Kennedy (b. May 29, 1917; d. November 22, 1963) was the 35th President of the United States. After serving in the Navy during WWII, his political ambitions took him to Congress and then the Senate. In 1960, Kennedy ran for president and was sworn into office in 1961. He championed human rights and was vigorous in his pursuit of civil rights legislation.…more»
Abraham Lincoln (b. February 12, 1809; d. April 14, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865. As President, he led the Union in the Civil War. In 1863, he famously delivered the Gettysburg Address and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing 3.1 million slaves. Lincoln was assassinated at the start of his second term, in 1865, at the…more»
James Madison (b. March 16, 1751; d. June 28, 1836) served as the fourth President of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He was a small man and was often described as being aged in appearance. On his arm was wife Dolley Madison, a woman adored by the Washington crowd. James had a hand in some of our country’s most vital documents, including…more»
James Monroe (b. April 28, 1758; d. July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States. His years in office (1817-1825) were known as the "Era of Good Feelings" because they were relatively free of partisan politics. President Monroe was best known for the Monroe Doctrine, an American foreign policy that strictly forbid further European expansion into Latin America. Prior to taking…more»
Richard Nixon (b. January 9, 1913; d. April 22, 1994) was the 37 th President and 36 th Vice President of the United States. While President, from 1969 to 1974, he was credited with both escalating and ending US involvement in the Vietnam War, creating a more robust federal environmental program, and ending the draft. The US also saw the…more»
Barack Obama (b. August 4, 1961) is the 44 th President of the United States. He made history in 2008 by becoming the first African American person to hold the office. He is also one of the youngest American presidents. His rise to local then national public office from student was swift. His presidential campaign was fueled by a groundswell of American…more»
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (b. January 30, 1882; April 12, 1945) was the 32nd President of the United States and the only president to be elected to four terms. He took office in 1932 at the depths of the Great Depression, beating President Herbert Hoover with a campaign theme song declaring, "Happy Days are Here Again." During his years in office, Roosevelt initiated the nation's…more»
Harry Truman (b. May 8, 1884; d. December 26, 1972) was the last Vice President of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Roosevelt died a few months into his fourth term of office, Truman became the 33rd President of the United States. He served as President from 1945 to 1953, first coming to office near the end of World War II. Those events most connected…more»
Woodrow Wilson (b. December 28, 1856; d. February 3, 1924) was born in Virginia and spent his youth in Georgia and South Carolina. He was very well educated, having attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), the University of Virginia Law School and Johns Hopkins University, where he earned his doctorate. He became president of Princeton in 1902 and was well known in…more»