Presidents Fact Book A Comprehensive Handbook to the Achievements, Events, People, Triumphs, and Tragedies of Every President from George Washington to George W. Bush

by Harris, Bill; Matuz, Roger; Ross, Laura

• ISBN13: 9781579123895
• ISBN10: 1579123899
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Summary

The Presidents Fact Book is the definitive guide to the political and personal lives of every U. S. President through George W. Bush. It is a complete chronological review of the chief executives: their major accomplishments and gaffes, their cabinets and legislation, their personalities and families, and much more. And it includes enlightening biographies of each of the first ladies, providing an intimate look at the presidents' personal lives. It is illustrated with 1,000 helpful photographs and illustrations throughout, and it features selections of the most significant primary documents of each administration, as well as thousands of little-known presidential facts. Whether you're interested in the uncanny similarities between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, the shortest president (James Madison), or the members of FDR's first cabinet, The Presidents Fact Book is the ideal resource--for comprehensive research or compulsive browsing.

Author Biography

Bill Harris is a freelance editor and the author of One Thousand New York Buildings as well as sixteen other books about New York. He worked at The New York Times for twenty-five years and was a licensed New York City tour guide before moving to Dallas, Texas, where he currently resides.

Roger Matuz writes about American History and culture and develops electronic resources in conjunction with school, academic, and trade publishers.  His areas of specialty include popular culture and media.  He lives in Michigan.

Table of Contents

George Washington	1	(22)
Martha Washington	16	(3)
The Articles of Confederation	19	(2)
President Washington's Farewell Address	21	(2)
John Adams	23	(20)
Abigail Adams	35	(3)
John Adams Inaugural Address	38	(2)
Adams's ``Thoughts on Government''	40	(3)
Thomas Jefferson	43	(23)
Martha Jefferson	59	(1)
The Declaration of Independence	60	(3)
Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address	63	(3)
James Madison	66	(19)
Dolley Madison	75	(3)
Madison's Bill of Rights Proposal	78	(3)
Madison's First Inaugural Address	81	(2)
Federalist No. 46	83	(2)
James Monroe	85	(20)
Elizabeth Monroe	96	(3)
Monroe's First Inaugural Address	99	(4)
The Monroe Doctrine	103	(2)
John Quincy Adams	105	(18)
Louisa Adams	115	(3)
Adams's Inaugural Address	118	(2)
Adams's Closing Argument in the Amistad Case	120	(3)
Andrew Jackson	123	(19)
Rachel Jackson	136	(2)
Jackson's Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States	138	(2)
Jackson's Proclamation Warning	140	(2)
Martin Van Buren	142	(14)
Hannah Van Buren	152	(1)
Van Buren's Inaugural Address	153	(3)
William Henry Harrison	156	(15)
Anna Harrison	165	(2)
Harrison's Inaugural Address	167	(3)
A Report from the Field	170	(1)
John Tyler	171	(14)
Letitia Tyler	179	(2)
Julia Tyler	181	(1)
Tyler's Address to Congress	182	(3)
James K. Polk	185	(14)
Sarah Polk	195	(2)
Polk's Inaugural Address	197	(2)
Zachary Taylor	199	(12)
Margaret Taylor	207	(2)
Taylor's Only Annual Address to Congress	209	(2)
Millard Fillmore	211	(12)
Abigail Fillmore	219	(2)
Fillmore's First Annual Address to Congress	221	(2)
Franklin Pierce	223	(13)
Jane Pierce	232	(2)
Pierce's Inaugural Address	234	(2)
James Buchanan	236	(14)
Harriet Lane	245	(2)
Buchanan's Final Annual Address to Congress	247	(3)
Abraham Lincoln	250	(22)
Mary Todd Lincoln	265	(3)
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation	268	(2)
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address	270	(1)
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address	270	(2)
Andrew Johnson	272	(14)
Eliza Johnson	282	(2)
Johnson's Final Annual Address to Congress	284	(2)
Ulysses S. Grant	286	(21)
Julia Grant	302	(3)
Grant's Recollection of the Confederate Surrender	305	(2)
Rutherford B. Hayes	307	(15)
Lucy Hayes	317	(3)
Hayes's Speech on the End of Reconstruction	320	(2)
James A. Garfield	322	(15)
Lucretia Garfield	331	(3)
Garfield's ``Revolution Against the Constitution'' Speech	334	(3)
Chester A. Arthur	337	(13)
Ellen Arthur	346	(2)
Arthur's First Annual Address to Congress	348	(2)
Grover Cleveland	350	(16)
Frances Cleveland	361	(3)
Cleveland's Message to Congress Opposing the Annexation of Hawaii	364	(2)
Benjamin Harrison	366	(11)
Caroline Harrison	374	(1)
Harrison's Message to the Senate Supporting the Annexation of Hawaii	375	(2)
William McKinley	377	(19)
Ida McKinley	391	(2)
McKinley's First Inaugural Address	393	(3)
Theodore Roosevelt	396	(23)
Edith Roosevelt	411	(2)
Roosevelt's First Annual Address to Congress	413	(3)
Roosevelt's ``The Man with the Muck Rake'' Speech	416	(3)
William Howard Taft	419	(15)
Helen Taft	428	(3)
Taft's Final Annual Address to Congress	431	(3)
Woodrow Wilson	434	(24)
Ellen Wilson	449	(2)
Edith Wilson	451	(2)
Wilson's War Message to Congress	453	(2)
Wilson's Fourteen Points	455	(3)
Warren G. Harding	458	(15)
Florence Harding	468	(2)
Harding's Speech to a Special Session of Congress	470	(3)
Calvin Coolidge	473	(18)
Grace Coolidge	485	(4)
Coolidge's Speech on Government and Business	489	(2)
Herbert Hoover	491	(16)
Louise Hoover	502	(3)
Hoover's ``Rugged Individualism'' Campaign Speech	505	(2)
Franklin D. Roosevelt	507	(26)
Eleanor Roosevelt	525	(3)
Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address	528	(2)
Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat	530	(1)
Roosevelt's War Message to the American People	531	(2)
Harry S. Truman	533	(21)
Bess Truman	548	(3)
Truman's Address to the Nation about the Bombing of Japan	551	(2)
Truman's Executive Order Banning Segregation in the Military	553	(1)
Dwight D. Eisenhower	554	(19)
Mamie Eisenhower	568	(2)
Eisenhower's Farewell Address to the Nation	570	(3)
John F. Kennedy	573	(22)
Jacqueline Kennedy	587	(5)
Kennedy's Inaugural Address	592	(3)
Lyndon B. Johnson	595	(21)
Johnson's Speech about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident	604	(6)
Lady Bird Johnson	610	(3)
Johnson's ``Great Society'' Speech	613	(3)
Richard M. Nixon	616	(20)
Pat Nixon	630	(3)
Nixon's ``Silent Majority'' Speech	633	(3)
Gerald R. Ford	636	(18)
Betty Ford	649	(3)
Ford's Comments Regarding the Pardon of Richard Nixon	652	(2)
Jimmy Carter	654	(18)
Rosalynn Carter	667	(2)
Carter's ``Human Rights and Foreign Policy'' Speech	669	(3)
Ronald Reagan	672	(20)
Nancy Reagan	685	(4)
Reagan's First Inaugural Address	689	(3)
George H.W. Bush	692	(18)
Barbara Bush	705	(2)
Bush's Address to Congress on the Crisis in Kuwait	707	(3)
Bill Clinton	710	(23)
Hillary Rodham Clinton	728	(3)
Clinton's Final State of the Union Address	731	(2)
George W. Bush	733	(22)
Laura Bush	750	(2)
Bush's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech	752	(3)
Index	755