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Presidents in American Memory

Presidents have had a special relationship with the Library of Congress since President John Adams, in 1800, approved legislation that appropriated funds to purchase books for the use of Congress. All forty-one presidents are represented in American Memory, as well as in other areas of the Library's website. The pathfinder below will take you, by president, to American Memory, Exhibitions, or THOMAS.

In addition, two feature presentations, Elections and Inaugurations, have information from American Memory collections documenting these special events in American history.

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1789-19011901-present
George Washington (1789-1797)

John Adams (1797-1801)

Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

James Madison (1809-1817)

James Monroe (1817-1825)

John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)

Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)

William Henry Harrison (1841)

John Tyler (1841-1845)

James Polk (1845-1849)

Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)

Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)

Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

James Buchanan (1857-1861)

Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)

James A. Garfield (1881)

Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)

Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)

Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)

Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)

William McKinley (1897-1901)

Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

William H. Taft (1909-1913)

Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

Warren Harding (1921-1923)

Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)

Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989)

George Bush (1989-1993)

William J. Clinton (1993-Present)

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George Washington (1789-1797)

(also search General Washington)
American Memory
American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
Presidential Papers Preview
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

Exhibition
Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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John Adams (1797-1801)

American Memory
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Exhibition
Declaring Independence, Drafting the Documents

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Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

American Memory
Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
FSA/OWI Color Photographs, 1938-1944
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

Exhibitions
Declaring Independence, Drafting the Documents
Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation

Library Publications
Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.
In Historical Documents, Declaration of Independence

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James Madison (1809-1817)

American Memory
Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.
In Historical Documents, Federalist Papers

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James Monroe (1817-1825)

American Memory
Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

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John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)

American Memory
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920

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Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

American Memory
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes, 1842-1862
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

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Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)

American Memory
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920

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William Henry Harrison (1841)

American Memory
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

John Tyler (1841-1845)

American Memory
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

James Polk (1845-1849)

American Memory
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes, 1842-1862
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

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Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)

American Memory
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes, 1842-1862
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

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Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

American Memory
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes, 1842-1862
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

James Buchanan (1857-1861)

American Memory
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes, 1842-1862
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

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Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

American Memory
African-American Perspectives, 1818-1907
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
American Variety Stage
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes, 1842-1862
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
Last Days of a President: McKinley and World's Fair, 1901
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Votes for Women, 1848-1921
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

Exhibitions
The Gettysburg Address

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)

American Memory
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

(also search General Grant)
American Memory
African-American Perspectives, 1818-1907
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)

American Memory
African-American Perspectives, 1818-1907
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

James A. Garfield (1881)

American Memory
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
Last Days of a President: McKinley and World's Fair, 1901
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920

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Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Grover Cleveland (1885-1889; 1893-1897)

American Memory
African-American Perspectives, 1818-1907
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)

American Memory
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920

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William McKinley (1897-1901)

American Memory
African-American Perspectives, 1818-1907
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Last Days of a President: McKinley and World's Fair, 1901
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920

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Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

American Memory
American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
American Variety Stage, 1870-1920
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Great Earthquake and Fire: San Francisco, 1897-1916
Last Days of a President: McKinley and World's Fair, 1901
Life of a City: New York, 1898-1906
Presidential Papers Preview
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Votes for Women, 1848-1921
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

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William H. Taft (1909-1913)

American Memory
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
American Variety Stage, 1870-1920
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

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Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

American Memory
American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
Votes for Women, 1848-1921
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Warren Harding (1921-1923)

American Memory
American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

Exhibitions
Revelations from the Russian Archives

Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)

American Memory
American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

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Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

American Memory
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

Exhibitions
Revelations from the Russian Archives

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

American Memory
American Leaders Speak, 1918-1920
American Life Histories, 1936-1940
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

Exhibitions
Revelations from the Russian Archives
Women Come to the Front

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
Washington as It Was, 1923-1959

Exhibition:
Revelations from the Russian Archives

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

American Memory
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Exhibition:
Revelations from the Russian Archives

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John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Exhibition:
Revelations from the Russian Archives

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Exhibition:
Revelations from the Russian Archives

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)

American Memory
Presidential Portraits

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Exhibition:
Revelations from the Russian Archives

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

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George Bush (1989-1993)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

Exhibition:
Revelations from the Russian Archives

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.

William J. Clinton (1993-Present)

American Memory
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

THOMAS
See introduction for search tips.


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Feb-20-97