Collection The Kennedys and the Arts
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
Andrew Jackson Donelson portrait
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Andrew Jackson Donelson portrait
A portrait of Andrew Jackson Donelson, President Andrew Jackson's nephew. In 1856, Andrew Jackson Donelson ran for vice president on the Know Nothing ticket.
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Collection Animal Ambassadors
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
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Collection The First Ladies
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Collection The Presidents
Biographies & Portraits
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Bio Benjamin Harrison
Nominated for president on the eighth ballot at the 1888 Republican Convention, Benjamin Harrison conducted one of the first "front-porch" campaigns,...
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Bio George W. Bush
George W. Bush came to power as the second presidential son (after John Quincy Adams) to achieve the office, and...
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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 William Howard Taft
Distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician, William Howard Taft spent four uncomfortable years in the White House. Large, jovial,...
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Bio William J. Clinton
Bill Clinton could fairly claim that his presidency had been among the most successful in modern times. He presided over...
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Bio William McKinley
At the 1896 Republican Convention, in time of depression, the wealthy Cleveland businessman Marcus Alonzo Hanna ensured the nomination of his...
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Bio Woodrow Wilson
Like Theodore Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the...
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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...
