Our country's presidents: a complete encyclopedia of the U.S. presidency

The presidency and how it grew

George Washington

John Adams

The White House: the building and its history

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

The powers of the president: the executive branch in government

James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

White House traditions : Easter eggs, state dinners, and presidential portraits

Andrew Jackson.

From sea to shining sea

Martin Van Buren

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

The vice presidents: leaders just a heartbeat away

James K. Polk We want to vote! Battles for the ballot

Zachary Taylor

Millard Fillmore

U.S. political parties : the two-party system

Franklin Pierce

James Buchanan.

A new birth of freedom

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Impeachment : the process for ending a presidency

Ulysses S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

Race to the finish : how candidates, conventions, and cash set the pace for Presidential elections

James A. Garfield

Chester A. Arthur

Grover Cleveland

Presidential facts and comparisons: a look at the stats

Benjamin Harrison.

America takes center stage

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

Kids in the White House: at home in the spotlight

William Howard Taft

Presidents and the Supreme Court : a legacy that lasts

Woodrow Wilson

Presidents at war: serving as the commander in chief

Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge

You've got mail : swapping letters with the President

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The first ladies: partners, hostesses, and advocates.

Seeking stability in the atomic age

Harry S. Truman

Pollsters and polling : sizing up public opinion

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Presidents who died in office: the mysterious twenty-year curse

Lyndon B. Johnson

Richard M. Nixon

Gerald R. Ford

The electoral college: gatekeeper of the presidency

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan.

Pathways for a new millennium

George H.W. Bush

In the president's shadow: security, the media, and presidential perks

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush

Barack Obama

Donald Trump

Election 2020 : choosing a president during a pandemic

Joe Biden

Former presidents: experienced elders with a lasting influence

Chart of presidential election results.