Bio Harry S. Truman
During his few weeks as vice president, Harry S. Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the...
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Bio Gerald R. Ford
When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, "I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances. . . ....
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Bio James K. Polk
Often referred to as the first "dark horse" president, James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit...
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Bio Ulysses S. Grant
Late in the administration of Andrew Johnson, General Ulysses S. Grant quarreled with the president and aligned himself with the...
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Bio James Madison
At his inauguration, James Madison, a small, wizened man, appeared old and worn; Washington Irving described him as "but a...
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Bio Zachary Taylor
Northeners and southerners disputed sharply whether the territories wrested from Mexico should be opened to slavery, and some southerners even...
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Bio Margaret Taylor
After the election of 1848, a riverboat passenger struck up a conversation with President Zachary Taylor, not knowing his identity. The...
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Bio William Henry Harrison
Give him a barrel of hard cider and settle a pension of two thousand a year on him, and my...
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Bio Donald J. Trump
Donald John Trump was born in Queens, New York, on June 14, 1946. His father, Fred Trump, was a highly successful real...
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Bio Julia Grant
Quite naturally, shy Lieutenant Grant lost his heart to friendly Julia Dent, and made his love known, as he later...
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Bio Lyndon B. Johnson
A "Great Society" for the American people was the vision of Lyndon Johnson. As president, he obtained passage of one...
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Bio John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot to death...
