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U.S.  Presidents

Information on all the U.S Presidents, their lives (and wives), written works, and libraries & homesites,
plus books & audio tapes & videos & DVDs & posters & ebooks for purchase...

Washington Lincoln F.D.R. J.F.K. Nixon Emperor Dubya Barack Obama other contenders links The White House videos & DVDs books

General  Links
C-SPAN's American Presidents site
P.B.S. American Presidents archives
The White House Websites of the Presidents
J.R. Howington's Presidential Trivia Page

{moot} 2008 U.S. National Elections Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website

{draft} 2010 U.S. National Elections Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website

John  Hanson  [1715-83]
President of the Continental Congress, 5 November 1781 to 4 November 1782

John Hanson entry at Wikipedia
John Hanson booksite

#1 George  Washington
browse books • P.B.S. bio on VHS

George Washington: Writings [1997] Edited by John Rhodehamel Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [2/97] for $32.00

#2 John  Adams
browse books
John Adams 7-part miniseries on H.B.O. [March 2008]  

#3 Thomas  Jefferson  [1743-1826]

Spirit of America's Thomas Jefferson Page

Thomas Jefferson Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website

#4 James  Madison

#5 James  Monroe

#6 John  Quincy  Adams

#7 Andrew  Jackson
"Andrew Jackson believed that you don't measure the health of a society at the apex
but at the base." — Senate candidate Jim Webb

browse books

#8 Martin  Van Buren

#9 William  Henry  Harrison

#10 John  Tyler

#11 James  K.  Polk

David  Rice  Atchison
Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on a Sunday, so Atchison was sworn in for one day;
he always held that he spent most of the day sleeping.

#12 Zachary  Taylor

#13 Millard  Fillmore

#14 Franklin  Pierce

#15 James  Buchanan

#16 Abraham  Lincoln [1809-65]
browse books • P.B.S. bio

The Lincoln Log {life journal}
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum [est. 2005] in Springfield, IL
Abraham Lincoln Online website

"Young Mr. Lincoln" [Fox June 1939]
Directed by John Ford [1894-1973]; script by Lamar Trotti; starring Henry Fonda {as Abe}, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver,
Arleen Whelan, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell, Donald Meek, Judith Dickens, Eddie Quillan, Milburn
Stone, Spencer Charters & Ward Bond; Oscar nomination for Best Original Script; listed on National Film Registry (2003)
full credits from IMDb

	"The Day Lincoln Was Shot" [1955 bestseller] by Jim Bishop [1907-87] Harper Perennial mass pb [6/64] out of print/many used Gramercy 8¼x5¾ hardcover [8/84] for $9.99
	"Gore Vidal's Lincoln" miniseries [NBC-TV 1988] Directed by Lamont Johnson; script by Ernest Kinoy, based on Gore Vidal's 1984 novel; starring Sam Waterston, Mary Tyler Moore, Richard Mulligan, Deborah Adair, Tom Brennan, Gregory Cooke, Steven Culp, Ruby Dee, Jerome Dempsey, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jon DeVries, George Ede, Robin Gammell, James Gammon & Glenn Faigen; won D.G.A. Award, won Emmy Award for Directing (plus 6 noms) Platinum Disc color DVD [7/2004] for $6.99 Atlantic/W.E.A. color VHS [6/95] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb
	"The Day Lincoln Was Shot" [T.N.T. April 1998] Historic events before, during and after April 14-15 in 1865, as documented in Jim Bishop's 1955 book. Exec-produced by Robert Greenwald; co-written & directed by John Gray; starring Rob Morrow (as Booth}, Lance Henriksen {as President Lincoln}, Donna Murphy, Jaimz Woolvett, John Pleshette, John Ashton {as Gen. Grant}, Eddie Jones, Jason Bowcutt & Gary Wheeler Turner Home Ent. color VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb
	"The American Experience: Abraham & Mary Lincoln - A House Divided" [2001] P.B.S. Home Video DVD [1/2002] 3 disks for $53.98 P.B.S. Home Video VHS [4/2001] 3 tapes for $43.98 P.B.S. 'Time of The Lincolns' site

#17 Andrew  Johnson

#18 Ulysses  S.  Grant
browse books • P.B.S. bio

#19 Rutherford  B.  Hayes

#20 James  A.  Garfield

#21 Chester  A.  Arthur

#22 Grover  Cleveland

#23 Benjamin Harrison

#24 Grover  Cleveland {again}

#25 William  McKinley

#26 Theodore  Roosevelt
browse books • P.B.S. bio • P.B.S. bio on VHS
White House bio

#27 William  H.  Taft

#28 Woodrow  Wilson  [1856-1924]
P.B.S. bio

#29 Warren  G.  Harding

#30 Calvin  Coolidge

#31 Herbert  Hoover

#32 Franklin  D.  Roosevelt
browse books • F.D.R. Library & Museum
article at Encyclopedia Americana

"The Defining Moment: F.D.R.'s Hundred Days & The Triumph of Hope" [2006] by Jonathan Alter S&S pb [5/2007] for $10.88 S&S 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/2006] for $19.77 Audio Partners UNABR audio CD [5/2006] for $29.16

First Lady  Eleanor  Roosevelt  [1884-1962]
browse books • P.B.S. bio • P.B.S. bio on VHS
article at Encyclopedia Americana
Vox Populi fansite

#33 Harry  S.  Truman  [1884-1972]
browse books • P.B.S. bio • P.B.S. bio on VHS
entry at Wikipedia
Truman Library
JH's Truman quotes fansite

#34 Dwight  D.  Eisenhower  [1890-1969]
browse books
entry at Wikipedia

Vice  President  Richard  M.  Nixon
Vice President of the United States [1953-1961]
President of the United States [sworn 1969 - resigned 1974]
Spirit of America's Richard M. Nixon Page

Adlai  E.  Stevenson II  [1900-65]
Democratic candidate in 1952 & 1956
entry at Wikipedia
JH's Adlai E. Stevenson quotes fansite

#35 John  Fitzgerald  Kennedy
browse books
The Assassination Archives & Research Center [est. 1984]

'Kennedy for President' 11"x17" poster for $9.99 from Amazon

JFK on Time Magazine cover 7 Nov 1960 8"x10" poster for $15.95

Vice  President  Lyndon  B.  Johnson  [in office 1961-1963]

First Lady  Jacqueline  Kennedy  Onassis
browse books

Robert  F.  Kennedy
browse books

#36 Lyndon  B.  Johnson
browse books • P.B.S. bio on VHS

#37 Richard  M.  'Tricky Dicky'  Nixon

Spirit of America's Richard M. Nixon Page

Vice  President  Spiro  T.  Agnew
[sworn January 1969 - resigned October 1973]

Vice  President  Gerald  R.  Ford
[in office December 1973 - August 1974]

The  WaterGate  Scandal
WaterGate Timeline site
Deep Throat Uncovered
Deep Throat Update website

Hubert  H.  Humphrey
Democratic candidate in 1968

George  S.  McGovern
Democratic candidate in 1972
entry at Wikipedia
McGovern Library & Archives [opening Oct 2006] in Mitchell, SD

"One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern" [First Run Features Sept 2005] Co-produced, written & directed by Stephen Vittoria First Run Features color DVD [4/2006] for $26.99 full credits at IMDb

#38 Gerald  Ford

#39  Jimmy  Carter
browse books • P.B.S. bio
Nobel Peace Prize 2002
The Carter Center [est. 1982] in Atlanta, GA

	"Man From Plains" documentary [Sony/Participant Oct 2007] Chronicles the former president's contentious U.S. book tour for "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" that began late in 2006. Co-produced, written & directed by Jonathan Demme video/DVD not yet available; full credits at IMDb producer's official webpage
	"Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" [2006] by Jimmy Carter S&S 8¼x5½ pb [9/2007] for $10.20 S&S 9x6 hardcover [11/2006] for $17.82 S&S UNABR audio CD [11/2006] for $19.77

#40 Ronald  Reagan  [1911-2004]
browse books • P.B.S. bio • P.B.S. bio on VHS
U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit

"Hollywood Noir: Featuring Ronald Reagan" [2001] by Richard Olsen Xlibris 8½x5½ pb [10/2001] for $21.99 Xlibris 8¾x6 hardcover [10/2001] for $31.99

"The Ronald Reagan Murder Case: A George Tirebiter Mystery" [2006] by David Ossman {member of The Firesign Theatre comedy troupe} Set in Hollywood in 1945, the tale of radio star George Tirebiter's solution of two mysterious deaths: the on-air shooting of movie star Army Captain Ronald Reagan's double, and the scandalous death of a movie director back in the 1920s. BearManor Media 8¾x6 pb [12/2006] for $19.95

Vice  President  George  H.W.  Bush
Vice President of the United States [1981-89]
President of the United States [1989-1993]

First Lady  Nancy  Reagan
Vox Populi fansite

John  B.  Anderson
1980 independent candidate
Wikipedia

#41  George  Herbert  Walker  Bush
entry at Wikipedia
George H.W. Bush Bibliography at Amazon
George Bush (both) memoir & biography books at Amazon">
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum at Texas A&M University

	"The Family: The Real Story of The Bush Dynasty" [2004] by Kitty Kelley Anchor Books 7¾x5¼ pb [5/2005] for $10.85 Doubleday 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2004] out of print/many used much more informative than the over-friendly "The Bushes: Portrait of A Dynasty" [2004] by Peter & Rochelle Schweizer
	"A World Transformed, 1989-1991: The Collapse of The Soviet Empire, The Unification of Germany, Tiananman Square, The Gulf War" [1998] by George H.W. Bush & Brent Scowcroft Vintage mass pb [9/99] for $12.00 Knopf 9¾x6¾ hardcover [9/98] for $22.80

Vice  President  Dan  Quayle  [in office 1989-93]

Michael  Dukakis
1988 Democratic candidate

#42  Bill  Clinton

"He was the first Democrat to be re-elected since Franklin D. Roosevelt and, during his eight years in office, the nation enjoyed the greatest peace and prosperity in its history. Unemployment fell to the lowest rate in modern times, while inflation declined to a 30-year low and welfare rolls shrank. Crime fell to levels unmatched in half a century and home ownership increased to historic highs. Clinton submitted the first balanced federal budget in decades and banked a staggering surplus. He failed to reform healthcare but elevated environmental protection to unmatched levels."               — Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times 23 June 2004

browse books about Bill Clinton
Clinton Presidential Center [est. 2004] in Little Rock, Arkansas
William J. Clinton Foundation [est. 2003] in New York City
'60 Minutes' interview with Dan Rather [aired 22 June 2004]

"My Life" [2004] by Bill Clinton Knopf hardcover [6/2004] for $21.00 Random House ABR audio CD [6/2004] for $23.80 Random House ABR audio [6/2004] for $23.80 Windows Media video intro: watch it online free [147KB]

Vice  President  Albert  Gore,  Jr.  [in office 1993-2001]
Spirit of America Bookstore's Al Gore, Jr. Page

First Lady  Hillary  Rodham  Clinton
'First Lady', 1993-2001
U.S. Senator from New York, 2001-2009
ran for Democratic Party candidate for President in 2008
U.S. Secretary of State, January 2009 to present

entry at Wikipedia
article at Encyclopedia Americana

"Living History" [2003] by Hillary Rodham Clinton Scribner 9x6 pb [4/2004] for $11.20 S&S 9½x6.3 hardcover [6/2003] for $19.04 S&S ABR audio CD [6/2003] for $20.40 S&S ABR audio [6/2003] for $17.68

#43  George  Dubya  Bush

George W. Bush - U.S. President #43 Page
entry at Wikipedia
George W. Bush Bibliography at Amazon
George W. Bush photo posters category at AllPosters.com
Spirit of America's Timeline of the TreasonGate Cover-Up

American citizens demand justice, we are NOT giving up!
Indict Bush Now website

'Stopping George Dubya Bush' Page at Working Minds

Traitor  &  Vice  President  Dick  Cheney
[in office 2001-2009]

Albert  Gore,  Jr.
winning Democratic candidate in 2000
Spirit of America Bookstore's Al Gore, Jr. Page

{moot} 2004 U.S. National Elections Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website

Sen. John Kerry
winning Democratic candidate in 2004
entry at Wikipedia

"This Moment On Earth: Today's New Environmentalists & Their Vision For The Future" [2007] by John Kerry & Teresa Heinz Kerry PublicAffairs hardcover [3/2007] for $14.25 Tantor Media audio CD [4/2007] for $19.79 official book site

{moot} 2008 U.S. National Elections Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website

#44 Barack  Hussein  Obama

official Barack Obama presidential campaign website entry at Wikipedia won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

"Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama" [2007] by Steve Dougherty Black Dog & Leventhal 10½x8½ pb [2/2007] for $9.95

Vice  President  Joe  Biden  [in office from January 2009]
U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1973-2009
entry at Wikipedia

"Promises To Keep: On Life & Politics" [2007] by Joe Biden Random House hardcover [7/2007] for $17.13

And who will be next to live in America's Executive Mansion?

"Dream House: The White House As An   American Home" [2009] by Ulysses Grant Dietz & Sam Watters Acanthus Press 12¼X10½x1.3 inches {5.3 pounds!} hardcover [9/2009] for $50.62

Other  Contenders

Pat  Paulsen [1927-97]
Television comedian Pat Paulsen ran satirical campaigns for President
in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996
browse books • full credits at IMDb • entry at Wikipedia

Memorial / Campaign Website

"Pat Paulsen For President" comedy album [1968] Laughs.com/Fontana audio CD [1/2003] out of prodn/used "Pat Paulsen For President" [CBS TV special Oct 1968] Narrated by Henry Fonda, also starring the Smothers Brothers DVD/Blu-ray not available; color VHS [10/93] out of prodn/used TV show credits at IMDb

W.C.  Fields [1880-1946]
The story goes that Fields was going to write articles mocking 1940 Republican candidate Wendell Wilkie, but Wilkie's correspondence with Fields was very admiring, so Fields wrote his book as if he was running for office himself.
W.C. Fields [1880-1946] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

"Fields for President" [1940] by W.C. Fields The 1940 edition includes illustrations by Otto Soglow; the 1971 reprint is illustrated with photographs of Fields, with 'Introduction & Commentary' by Michael M. Taylor Bantam Doubleday Dell 9x5½ pb [1972] for $0.00 Dodd, Mead & Co. 9½x6¼ hardcover [1971] out of print/many, many used

Pogo  Possum
As a reaction to the 'I Like Ike' buttons of the Eisenhower campaign, cartoonist Walt Kelly
devised 'I Go Pogo' buttons and drew a series of daily panels of Pogo running for President
in 1952, 1956 & 1960 that promoted voter registration
browse books • Wikipedia for Pogo [1948-75] and Walt Kelly [1913-73]

official Pogo Possum website
'I Go Pogo' fansite

"I Go Pogo" book [1952] by Walt Kelly S&S pb [1/52] out of print/used "Pogo For President: I Go Pogo" animated movie [indep August 1980] Directed by Marc Paul Chinoy, with Skip Hinnant as the voice of Pogo Possum DVD/Blu-ray not available; United American Video color VHS [12/89] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb

Alvin  the  Chipmunk

sleeve for 1960 45-rpm 7-inch EP record
"Alvin For President"

Videos  &  DVDs

Political Film Festival
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

	"The Presidents On Film: A Comprehensive Filmography of Portrayals From George Washington To George W. Bush" [2006] by Sarah Miles Bolam & Thomas J. Bolam McFarland & Co. 10x6¾ hardcover [12/2006] for $75.00
	"The History Channel Presents: The Presidents - The Lives & Legacies of The 43 Presidents of The United States" [History Channel Jan 2005] Covers all 42 men who were Chief Executive of the U.S.A. up thru George W. Bush Hosted by Edward Herrmann A&E Home Video widescreen color DVD [5/2005] 3 disks for $17.99 full credits at IMDb
	"The American President" box set [P.B.S. miniseries 2000] P.B.S. Home Video DVD [2/2005] 5 disks for $71.99 P.B.S. Home Video DVD [11/2000] out of stock/used
	"American Experience: The Presidents Collection" [1998] Vol. 1: The Kennedys, L.B.J. & Nixon P.B.S. Home Video VHS [2/98] 6 tapes for $61.98 Vol. 2: Teddy Roosevelt & F.D.R. P.B.S. Home Video VHS [2/98] 4 tapes for $52.98 Vol. 3: Eisenhower & Truman P.B.S. Home Video VHS [1/98] 4 tapes for $52.98

Books  About  the  Presidency
&  The  Vice  Presidency

books about the Electoral College

	"From George W. To George W.: The Presidents and Their Cabinets" [2008] by Brian Merrill CreateSpace 9x6 pb [8/2008] for $17.50
	"The American Presidency: Origins & Development, 1776-2007" [2007] by Sidney M. Milkis & Michael Nelson Congressional Quarterly Press 9x6 pb [6/2007] for $46.95
	"Playing President: My Relationships With Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan & Clinton - and How They Did Not Prepare Me For George W. Bush" [2006] by Robert Scheer Akashic Books 8¼x5½ pb [5/2006] for $10.17 author's website now redirects to TruthDig.com
	"Wives of The American Presidents" [1989; rev 2006] by Carole Chandler Waldrup McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [3/2006] for $45.00
	"The American Presidents: Biographies of The Chief Executives From George Washington To George W. Bush" [2001] by David C. Whitney; Revised & Updated by Robin Vaughn Whitney Reader's Digest 8½x5¾ 9th edition hardcover [9/2001] for $16.47
	"The American Presidency: The Authoritative Reference" [2004] Edited by Alan Brinkley & Davis Dyer Houghton Mifflin 9x6 pb [1/2004] for $13.57
	"Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency In Film & History" [2003] Edited by Peter C. Rollins & John E. O'Connor Univ Press KY 8½x5¾ pb [3/2005] for $24.00 Univ Press KY 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $22.15
	"The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden" [2000] by Lonnie G. Bunch III, Spencer R. Crew, Harry R. Rubenstein, Mark G. Hirsch & Richard Norton Smith Smithsonian 11x9 pb [11/2000] for $24.95 Smithsonian 11¼x9½ hardcover [11/2000] for $38.69
	"The American Heritage Illustrated History of The Presidents: More Than Two Centuries of American Leadership" [2000] Edited by Michael R. Beschloss Crown 9¼x7½ hardcover [10/2000] out of print/used two-volume edition [1968] Edited by Marcus Cunliffe & Kenneth W. Leish S&S hardcover [1/68] out of print/used
	"The Reader's Companion To The American Presidency" [2000] by Alan Brinkley & Davis Dyer considered superior to either edition from American Heritage by Library Journal reviewer Houghton Mifflin 10¼x8¼ hardcover [2/2000] for $26.40
	"The American Presidency" [1998] by Gore Vidal Odonian Press mass pb [9/98] for $8.00
	"Vice-Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary" [1997] Edited by L. Edward Purcell Facts On File 9¼x7½ pb 2nd edition [6/2001] out of print/used Facts On File 9¼x7½ hardcover 3rd edition [7/2005] for $70.00
	"The Vice Presidents: Biographies of 45 Men Who Have Held The Second Highest Office In The United States" [1996] by Carole Chandler Waldrup McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [1/2006] for $29.95 McFarland & Co. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/96] out of print/used
	"Complete Book of U.S. Presidents: From George Washington To George W. Bush" [1989?] by William A. DeGregorio Barricade 8¾x5¾ pb 6th edition [8/2005] for $0.00 Barricade 9¼x6 pb 5th edition [7/2001] for $14.28 Gramercy hardcover 5th edition [4/97] for $11.99

"Presidential Lottery: The Reckless Gamble In The American Electoral System" [1969]
by James A. Michener [1907-97]
Fawcett Crest pb [11/69] not listed on Amazon
Random House hardcover [3/1969] out of print/used
RH/Vintage hardcover [12/69] out of print/rare

"The American Presidency" [1956 classic] by Clinton Rossiter Johns Hopkins Univ Press pb [8/87] for $25.00

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