Barack Obama should “step aside” “Besides avoiding this indignity, Obama might do his party a big favor… by stepping aside and taking the blame. Then someone less reviled could replace him at the top of the ticket,” writes Editorial Board member Steve Chapman in Sunday’s edition of the Chicago Tribune. As previously reported here in The Presidency.us, [...]
Lyndon B. Johnson, the 37th President of the United States of America, served from November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969) after his service as the 37th Vice President of the [...]
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America, served from January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963. John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. [...]
Harry S Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, served from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953. Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). As President Franklin D. Roosevelt‘s third Vice President and the 34th Vice President of the United States (1945), he [...]
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921 Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of [...]
Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States of America, served from March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1841. Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth President of the United States (1837–1841). Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President (1833–1837) and the tenth Secretary of State under [...]
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, served from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. James “Jimmy” Earl Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving [...]
James Polk, the 11th President of the United States of America, served from March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849. James Knox Polk ( November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A [...]
James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, served from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861. James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States (1857–1861). He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century. Buchanan [...]
Grover Cleveland, the 22nd President of the United States of America, served from March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897. Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897) and therefore is [...]
