This chronological archive presents photographs of American presidents. Also includes images of first ladies and vice presidents.

A collection from the Library of Congress of formal and informal portraits of the US presidents and their first ladies.

Video, with accompanying lyrics, features a quick mnemonic device for remembering the order of the U.S. presidents and how many terms each president served. Includes quick reference guide to the first ten presidents. [2:06]

A "President's First 100 Days" has become a barometer by which to measure the success of the rest of his term. George Washington had the added weight of launching our new nation in his first 100 days. Use this interactive timeline to see...

Investigate Barack Obama's family tree to discover his family's diverse multicultural roots.

This site from American RadioWorks explains how John F. Kennedy was the first president to make the secret recording of phone calls and meetings a regular tool of his presidency. An audio file of one of these conversations with...

This site from American RadioWorks explains how John F. Kennedy was the first president to make the secret recording of phone calls and meetings a regular tool of his presidency. An audio file of one of these conversations with...

Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1808 easily won by James Madison. This election was the first of only two instances in American history in which a new President would be selected but the incumbent Vice...

Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1796 won by John Adams in the first contested American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets.

Provides a map and detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 2008 won by Barack H. Obama. This election was the first in which an African American was elected President and also the first time two sitting senators ran...

A map of the western United States showing the rapid growth of the New West between 1885 and 1912 during the presidencies from Benjamin Harrison to Howard Taft. The map is color-coded to show the States admitted to the Union before the...

(1809-1865) An American politician and sixteenth President of the United States and the first president from the Republican Party.

George Brinton McClellan was born at Philadelphia, December 3, 1826. He was for two years a student in the University of Virginia, but in 1842 he became a cadet at West Point, where he was the youngest in his class. He made his mark,...

(1813-1890) An American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to...

John Charles Fremont (January 21, 1813 - July 13, 1890), was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a...

(1850-1924) "An American labor leader, one of the founders and the first president of the American Federation of Labor." -Foster, 1921

Boyhood saltbox home of the American statesman Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Connecticut and first presiding officer of the Congress of the Confederation.

(1829-1886) American politician and twenty-first President of the United States, succeeding James Garfield.

Bust of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon. George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States of America (1789-1797), and led the Continental Army to victory over the...

Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 - July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician, and the first son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.