
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.
Search Tips:
- In the historical collections of American Memory, search on presidents' names and president.
- In THOMAS, search the Bills, Congressional Record Text and Index on the presidents' names. To find information about people who served in the office of president (not the presidency), search the Congressional Record Index on the subject term Presidents of the United States.
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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
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Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
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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
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Touring Turn-of-the-Century America, 1880-1920
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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
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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