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This collection includes papers written by John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) sixth U.S. President, and John Adams (1735-1826) second U.S. President, Charles Francis Adams, and their wives and children.
Chester A. Arthur
Papers of Chester A Arthur (1830-1886), the 21st U.S. President. His term of office was 1881-1885; he finished out the term after James Garfield was assassinated. The documents in this collection span the period of 1843-1938.
James Buchanan
Papers of James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th U. S. President. His term of office was 1857-1861. He was the only bachelor to be president.
Grover Cleveland
Papers of Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), the 24th U.S. President. He was elected to two terms: 1885-1889 and 1893-1897.
Calvin Coolidge
Papers of Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), the 30th U.S. President. His term of office was 1923-1929. He finished out Harding's term after the President's death and then was re-elected to a second term.
James Garfield
Papers of James Garfield (1831-1881), the 20th President. His term of office was March 1881 to September 1881, having served only 200 days. He was shot on July 1, 1881 and later died in office from this wound.
Ulysses S. Grant
This collection includes papers of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the 18th U.S. President. He was elected to two terms; the completion of the Trans Continental Railroad (1869) and the ratification of the Fifteenth Ammendment took place during his term of office (1869-1877.)
Warren G. Harding
Papers of Warren G. Harding (1865-1923), the 29th U.S. President. He died while in office from a heart attack. WWI was formally ended by joint resolution during his term of office (1921-1923).
Benjamin Harrison
Papers of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), the 23rd U. S. President. During his term of office, 1889-1893, electricity was installed in the White House.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Papers of Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), the 19th U.S. President. Diaries and letters available in print form.
Andrew Jackson
Papers of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), the 7th U.S. President. The Texas Revolution (1836) occurred during his term of office, 1829-1837.
Thomas Jefferson
Papers of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) He was the third president; his term of office was 1801-1809. A powerful advocate of liberty, at the age of 33 he drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Andrew Johnson
Papers of Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), the 17th U.S. President. He finished out the term after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. His term of office was 1865-1869.
Abraham Lincoln
Papers of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the 16th U. S. President. His term of office was 1861-1865, cut short when he was assassinated soon after being elected to his second term.
William McKinley
Papers of William McKinley (1843-1901), the 25th U. S. President. He was elected to two terms, but was assassinated soon after being elected the second time.
James Madison
Papers of James Madison (1751-1836), the 4th U.S. President. During his term of office, 1809-1817, the War of 1812, the Battle of new Orleans (1815) and Francis Scott Key's writing of The Star-Spangled Banner (1814) took place.
James Monroe
Papers of James Monroe (1758-1831), the 5th U.S. President. The Monroe Doctrine (1823) resulted from his term of office, 1817-1825.
Franklin Pierce
Papers of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), the 14th U. S. President. He was elected to one term of office, 1853 to 1857.
James K. Polk
Papers of James K. Polk (1795-1849), the 11th U.S. President. The Mexican War (1846-1848) began and ended during his administration. His one elected term of office spanned 1845 to 1849.
Theodore Roosevelt
Papers of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), the 26th U. S. President. He was elected to one term of office; he finished out the first term after William McKinley was assassinated.
William Howard Taft
Papers of William Howard Taft (1857-1930), the 27th U. S. President. He was elected to one term of office and served 1909-1913. His presidency was characterized by trust-busting, strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission, expanding the civil service, establishing a better postal system, and promoting world peace.
Zachary Taylor
Papers of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th U.S. President. Nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready," he was elected to one term of office (1849-1850), but died in office from cholera morbus contracted from eating a bowl of cherries and drinking a pitcher of iced milk.
John Tyler
Papers of John Tyler (1790-1862), the 10th U.S. President. He was never elected to the position; however he, as Vice President, assumed the office of President (as stipulated by the Constitution) upon the death of William Henry Harrison and served 1841-1845.
Martin Van Buren
Papers of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), the 8th U.S. President. He was elected to one term of office and served 1837-1841. While he was in office, the Panic of 1837 and the Caroline Affair (1837) took place.
George Washington
Papers of George Washington (1732-1799), the first President of the United States. He was elected to two terms of office, 1789-1797, and was, in later years, referred to as the "Father of Our Country." Major events taking place while he was in office were the first United States Census (1790), the District of Columbia was established (1791) and the Bill ...
Woodrow Wilson
Papers of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th U.S. President. He was elected to two terms of office, 1913-1921. Major events occurring while he was in office, were the Federal Reserve Act (1913), World War I (1914-1918), the treaty of Versailles (1919), ratification of the Eighteenth Ammendment prohibiting alcoholic beverages (1919), and ratification of ...