Collection Roosevelt White House 1933-1945
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
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Collection Cherry Blossoms
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Collection Presidential Inaugurations
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Collection Eisenhower White House 1953 - 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only army general elected president in the twentieth century. His achievements were many — he was an...
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Collection Presidents & Baseball
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Bio Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore became president upon the death of Zachary Taylor in July 1850. Born in the Finger Lakes country of New...
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Bio Theodore Roosevelt
With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest president in the nation's history. He brought...
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Bio Rutherford B. Hayes
Beneficiary of one of the most fiercely disputed elections in American history, Rutherford B. Hayes brought to the Executive Mansion...
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Bio Lucy Hayes
There was no inaugural ball in 1877. When Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife left Ohio for Washington, the outcome of...
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Bio Ronald Reagan
Through Ronald Reagan's eight years in office, the cold war came to an end, the country seemed to regain its...
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Bio Nancy Reagan
"My life really began when I married my husband," says Nancy Reagan, who happily left an acting career for a...
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Bio Richard M. Nixon
When Richard Nixon was elected in 1968, he declared that his goal was "to bring the American people together." The nation...
