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President Biographies
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Find the biographies of all (POTUS) presidents of the
United States of America, from 1789 to present (George Washington to George W Bush)
The American President is widely considered to be the most powerful person on the earth, and
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US Presidents ("POTUS")
The President of the United States of America ("POTUS") is the head of state of the United States. Under the US Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
The American President is widely considered to be the most powerful person on the earth, and is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the Cold War, the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today.
The United States was the first nation to create the office of President as the head of state in a modern republic. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a presidential system of government.
The President biographies presented here are from the book The Presidents of the United States of America written by Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey (contributing author), published by the White House Historical Association http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society.
Chronological 1789 to 1889
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Chronological 1889 to Present
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Washington, George
1789-97 |
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Harrison, Benjamin
1889-93 |
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Adams, John
1797-1801 |
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Cleveland, Grover
1893-97 |
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Jefferson, Thomas
1801-09 |
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McKinley, William
1897-1901 |
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Madison, James
1809-17 |
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Roosevelt, Theodore
1901-09 |
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Monroe, James
1817-25 |
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Taft, William H.
1909-13 |
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Adams, John Quincy
1825-29
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Wilson, Woodrow
1913-21 |
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Jackson, Andrew
1829-37 |
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Harding, Warren
1921-23 |
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Van Buren, Martin
1837-41 |
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Coolidge, Calvin
1923-29 |
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Harrison, William Henry
1841 |
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Hoover, Herbert
1929-33 |
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Tyler, John
1841-45 |
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.
1933-45 |
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Polk, James
1845-49 |
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Truman, Harry
1945-53 |
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Taylor, Zachary
1849-50 |
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Eisenhower, Dwight
1953-61 |
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Fillmore, Millard
1850-53 |
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Kennedy, John F.
1961-63 |
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Pierce, Franklin
1853-57 |
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Johnson, Lyndon
1963-69 |
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Buchanan, James
1857-61 |
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Nixon, Richard
1969-74 |
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Lincoln, Abraham
1861-65 |
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Ford, Gerald
1974-77 |
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Johnson, Andrew
1865-69
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Carter, Jimmy
1977-81 |
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Grant, Ulysses S.
1869-77 |
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Reagan, Ronald
1981-89 |
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Hayes, Rutherford B.
1877-81 |
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Bush, George H.W.
1989-93 |
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Garfield, James
1881 |
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Clinton, William J.
1993-2001 |
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Arthur, Chester
1881-85 |
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Bush, George W.
2001-present |
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Cleveland, Grover
1885-89 |
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US Presidents ("POTUS")
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Learn about the life and accomplishments of each US president
by reading biographies about these leaders and their extraordinary lives
biography (bī-ˈä-grə-fē )
noun
Etymology: Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi- + -graphia -graphy
Date: 1683
1 : a usually written history of a person's life
2 : biographical writings as a whole
3 : an account of the life of something (as an animal,
a coin, or a building) |
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