Most Recent Articles from Presidents: A Reference History

• The White House 

  The White House William Seale The White House NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THE White House is perhaps the most remarkable artifact of...

  01/01/02 by William Seale · More from publication

• Polk, James K. 

  James K. Polk James K. Polk THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BEYOND a doubt the one-term president who left behind him the greatest record...

  01/01/02 by David M. Pletcher · More from publication

• Harrison, Benjamin 

  Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS THE presidency of Benjamin Harrison attests that the office requires a...

  01/01/02 by Louis W. Koenig · More from publication

• Eisenhower, Dwight D. 

  Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight E. Eisenhower DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER, the thirty-fourth president of the...

  01/01/02 by Fred I. Greenstein · More from publication

• The Second Term 

  THE SECOND TERM It has traditionally been the case that twice-elected presidents, no matter how successful their first term, have rocky rides in...

  01/01/02 by Bernard A. Weisberger · More from publication

• Adams, John 

  John Adams John Adams THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JOHN ADAMS became the second president of the United States when he took the oath of...

  01/01/02 by Charles W. Akers · More from publication

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