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 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Assuming the presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in...
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Bio James A. Garfield
As the last of the log cabin presidents, James A. Garfield attacked political corruption and won back for the presidency...
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Bio Eliza Johnson
"I knew he'd be acquitted; I knew it," declared Eliza Johnson when told how the Senate had voted in her...
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Bio Michelle Obama
“Each of us also comes here tonight," Michelle Obama told the Democratic National Convention in 2008, "by our own improbable journey” and...
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Bio Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bringing to the presidency his vast experience as commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during World War II,...
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Bio Martha Washington
Born on June 2, 1731, Martha Dandridge was raised by a prominent family in New Kent County, Virginia. She was taught to...
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Bio George Washington
On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath...
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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 Grover Cleveland
The first Democrat elected after the Civil War, Grover Cleveland was the only president to leave the White House and...
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Bio Harry S. Truman
During his few weeks as vice president, Harry S. Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the...
