The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia

210 Pages·2017·86.17 MB·English

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First American Edition, 2017
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CONTENTS
James Monroe 22
John Quincy Adams 24
Andrew Jackson 26
Martin Van Buren 28
William Henry Harrison 30
John Tyler 32
James K. Polk 34
Zachary Taylor 36
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Millard Fillmore 38
Franklin Pierce 40
James Buchanan 42
Abraham Lincoln 44
Andrew Johnson 48
PRESIDENTS 8
Ulysses S. Grant 50
George Washington 10 Rutherford B. Hayes 52
John Adams 14 James A. Garfield 54
Thomas Jefferson 16 Chester A. Arthur 56
James Madison 20 Grover Cleveland 58
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Benjamin Harrison 60
William McKinley 62
Theodore Roosevelt 64
William H. Taft 68
Woodrow Wilson 70
Warren G. Harding 72
Calvin Coolidge 74
Herbert Hoover 76
Franklin D. Roosevelt 78 2
Harry S. Truman 82
Dwight D. Eisenhower 84
John F. Kennedy 88
Lyndon B. Johnson 92
Richard M. Nixon 96 NOTABLE FIRST LADIES 124
Gerald R. Ford 100
Martha Washington 126
Jimmy Carter 102
Abigail Adams 128
Ronald Reagan 104
Dolley Madison 129
George H. W. Bush 108
Mary Lincoln 130
Bill Clinton 110
Frances Cleveland 131
George W. Bush 114
Edith Wilson 132
Barack Obama 118
Lou Hoover 133
Donald Trump 122
Eleanor Roosevelt 134
Jacqueline Kennedy 136
“Lady Bird” Johnson 137
Betty Ford 138
Rosalynn Carter 139
Nancy Reagan 140
Barbara Bush 141
Hillary Clinton 142
Laura Bush 143
Michelle Obama 144
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THE CONSTITUTION PRESIDENTIAL PLACES
AND THE PRESIDENCY 146 AND VEHICLES 172
The American Revolution 148 The White House 174
The Declaration The Oval Office 176
of Independence 149 The West Wing 178
The Drafting of
the Constitution 150
Presidential Powers 152
Presidential Elections 154
The Electoral System 155
The President and Congress 156
The Bill of Rights 158
The Civil War 160
Abolition of Slavery 162
Voting Rights 164
Prohibition 166
Female Suffrage 168
Two-Term Limit 170
Right to Vote at 18 171
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Eisenhower Executive Office
Building 179
Blair House 180
REFERENCE 192
Camp David 182
Number One US Presidents
Observatory Circle 183 State by State 194
Mount Vernon 184 Extraordinary
Monticello 185 Elections 196
Mount Rushmore 186 Vice Presidents 198
Air Force One 188 Political Parties 200
Cadillac One 189 Presidential Fun Facts 202
Ground Force One 190
Marine Force One 191 GLOSSARY 204
INDEX 206
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 208
COLOR KEY
This book uses different colors to show the
political party of each president.
Republican
Democrat
Other parties or independents
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PRESIDENTS
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