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Hubert Humphrey outlines some of the most dramatic ways in which American presidents...
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Hubert Humphrey discusses the personalities of some of the 20th century's most memorable...
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See what Hubert Humphrey has to say about how Congress, the Judiciary, and even public...
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Learn the code names given to various U.S. presidents by the Secret Service.
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Learn about the history of Presidents' Day, an American holiday that is popularly...
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After losing the 1968 race, Hubert Humphrey shared his thoughts on whether American...
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Images
Washington Delivering His Inaugural Address April 1789, in the Old City Hall,...
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Thomas Jefferson, oil on linen by Rembrandt Peale, 1805; in the New-York Historical...
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U.S. Pres. George W. Bush addressing a crowd as he stands on rubble at the World...
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Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton (right) and his running mate, Al Gore,...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and Richard M. Nixon after being renominated at the 1956...
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Barack and Michelle Obama waving to the crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial during...
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Bernie Sanders (left) speaking as Joe Biden raises his hand during a Democratic presidential...
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Donald Trump at a rally in Akron, Ohio, August 2016.
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George Washington, oil painting by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1803; in the White House. The...
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John Adams, oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800–15; in the National Gallery...
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James Madison, detail of an oil painting by Asher B. Durand, 1833; in the collection...
Collection of The New-York Historical Society
James Monroe, oil sketch by E.O. Sully, 1836, after a contemporary portrait by Thomas...
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John Quincy Adams.
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Andrew Jackson, oil on canvas by Asher B. Durand, c. 1800; in the collection of the...
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William Henry Harrison, detail of an oil painting by Abel Nichols; in the Peabody...
Courtesy, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts/Essex Institute Collections
U.S. Pres. John Tyler, oil painting by Hart, c. 1841–45; in the Library of Virginia,...
The Library of Virginia
James K. Polk, daguerreotype by Mathew Brady, 1849.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Zachary Taylor, daguerreotype by Mathew B. Brady.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-13012)
U.S. Pres. Millard Fillmore, undated photograph.
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Abraham Lincoln, photograph by Anthony Berger of the Mathew Brady Studio, February...
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As a lawyer in 1855, Chester A. Arthur, represented Lizzie Jennings, a Black woman,...
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U.S. Pres. Benjamin Harrison, photograph by George Prince, 1888.
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U.S. Pres. William McKinley, c. 1896.
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U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, photograph by Levin C. Handy, c. 1900–10.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
U. S. Pres. Herbert Hoover, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, c. 1928.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-24155)
The 33rd U.S. president, Harry S. Truman led his country through the final stages...
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U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy.
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Lyndon B. Johnson got passed some of the most consequential social legislation in...
White House Collection
U.S. Pres. Gerald R. Ford was the only person to have served as vice president and...
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
Official portrait of Vice Pres. Joe Biden, 2012.
David Lienemann—Official White House Photo
Results of the American presidential election, 1896
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Results of the American presidential election, 1900
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Results of the American presidential election, 1908
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Results of the American presidential election, 1948.
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Results of the American presidential election, 1960. Sources: Electoral and popular...
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Results of the American presidential election, 1964. Sources: Electoral and popular...
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Results of the American presidential election, 1968. Sources: Electoral and popular...
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Results of the American presidential election, 1972. Sources: Electoral and popular...
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Results of the American presidential election, 1976. Source: Office of the Clerk...
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Results of the American presidential election, 1980. Sources: Electoral and popular...
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Interactives
Interactive map showing the results of U.S. presidential elections from 1789 to 2008.
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