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Washington | John AdamsJefferson | Madison  | Monroe | John Quincy Adams
 Jackson | Van Buren | William Henry Harrison
Tyler | Polk | Taylor | Fillmore | Pierce | Buchanan | Lincoln
 Andrew Johnson | Grant | Hayes | Garfield | Arthur | Cleveland
 Benjamin Harrison | McKinley | Theodore Roosevelt | Taft | Wilson
Harding | Coolidge | Hoover | Franklin Roosevelt | Truman | Eisenhower
Kennedy | Lyndon Johnson | Nixon | Ford | Carter | Reagan
George H. Bush | Clinton | George W. Bush


George Washington 1789-

1797

  • Cincinnatus: George Washington and the Enlightenment by Garry Wills 973.41 WIL
  • George Washington: A Biography by Douglas S. Freeman 973.41092 WAS (7 volumes)
  • Life of George Washington by Washington Irving 973.41 IRV
  • Washington, the Indispensable Man, James Thomas Flexner 92 WAS
  • Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington by Richard Brookhiser 92 WAS 

John Adams 1797-1801
  • John Adams by Davis McCullough 92 ADA
  • John Adams by Page Smith 92 ADA (2 volumes)
  • John Adams: A Life by John Ferling 92 ADA
  • The Adams Chronicles: Four Generations of Greatness by Jack Shepherd 920 SHE 

Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
  • Jefferson: A Revealing Biography by Page Smith 92 JEF
  • In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Noble Cunningham 92 JEF
  • Thomas Jefferson: A Life by Willard Randall 92 JEF
  • Thomas Jefferson: A Biography in his own words by Thomas Jefferson 92 JEF
  • Jefferson and His Time by Dumas Malone 92 JEF (6 Vols.) 

James Madison 1809-1817
  • James Madison: The Founding Father by Robert Allen Rutland 92 MAD
  • The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy by Drew McCoy 973.52 MCC 

James Monroe 1817-1825
  • James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity by Harry Ammon 92 MON 

John Quincy Adams 1825-

1829

  • The Adams Chronicles: Four Generations of Greatness by Jack Shepherd 920 SHE
  • John Quincy Adams: A Personal History of an Independent Men by Maria B. Hecht 92 ADA
  • John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life by Paul Nagel 973.55092 ADA

Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
  • Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire by Robert Remini
    973.56 REM (3 Vols.)
  • The Life of Andrew Jackson by Robert Remini 92 JAC
  • The Age of Jackson by Arthur Schlesinger 973.56 SCH

Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
  • Martin Van Buren by Edwin Hoyt 92 VAN
  • Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics by John Niven 973.57 NIV 

William Henry Harrison 1841
  • The Presidencies of William Henry Harrison & John Tyler by Norma Peterson 973.58 PET
  • Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time by Freeman Cleeves 92 HAR 

John Tyler 1841-1845
  • And Tyler Too by Donald Chidsey 973.58 CHI
  • And Tyler Too: A Biography of John & Julia Gardiner Tyler by Robert Seager 920 TYL

James Polk 1845-1849
  • The Presidency of James K. Polk by Paul Bergeron 973.61 BER
  • James K. Polk: A Political Biography by Eugene McCormac 92 POL (2 Vols.) 

Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
  • The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Filmore by Elbert Smith 973.6 SMI
  • Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest by K. Jack Bauer 92 TAY 

Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
  • The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Filmore by Elbert Smith 973.6 SMI
  • Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President by Robert Rayback 92 FIL 

Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
  • The Presidency of Franklin Pierce by Larry Gara 973.66092 GAR
  • Franklin Pierce: Young Hickory of the Granite by Roy Nichols 92 PIE

James Buchanan 1857-1861
  • The Presidency of James Buchanan by Elbert Smith 973.68 SMI
  • President James Buchanan: A Biography by Philip Klein 92 BUC 

Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
  • Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg 92 LIN (6 Vols.)
  • The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America by Mark Neely 973.7092 NEG
  • Lincoln by David H. Donald 92 LIN
  • With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen Oates 92 LIN 

Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
  • The First President Johnson: The Three Lives of the Seventeenth President of the United States of America by Lately Thomas 92 JOH
  • The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States: A History by David Dewitt 973.81 DEW
  • Andrew Johnson: A Biography by Hans Trefousse 92 JOH

Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877
  • Grant by Jean Edward Smith 973.82092 GRA
  • Grant: A Biography by William McFeely 92 GRA
  • Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant 92 GRA
  • Ulysses S. Grant by Brooks D. Simpson 92 GRA
  • Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier and President by Geoffrey Perret 92 GRA 

Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-

1881

  • The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes by Ari Hoogenboom 973.82 HOO
  • Rutherford B. Hayes and His America by Harry Barnard 92 Hay 

James A. Garfield 1881
  • James A. Garfield: His Life & Times: A Pictorial History by Richard L. McElroy 92 GAR 

Chester Alan Arthur 1881-

1885

  • Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur by Thomas Reeves 92 ART 

Grover Cleveland 1885-1889,

1893-1897

  • The Presidencies of Grover Cleveland by Richard Welch 973.85 WEL

Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893
  • Benjamin Harrison by Harry Sievers 973.86 HAR
  • The Presidency of Benjamin Harrison by Homer Socolofsky 973.86 SOC 

William McKinley 1897-1901
  • In the Days of McKinley by Margaret Leech 92 MCK
  • Mayor McKinley: William McKinley and the Civil War by William Armstrong 92 MCK  

Theodore Roosevelt 1901-

1909

  • Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris 973.911 ROO
  • Theodore Roosevelt: A Life by Nathan Miller 92 ROO
  • The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt by Stefan Lorant 923.173 LOR

William Taft 1909-1913
  • The Presidency of William Howard Taft by Paolo Coletta 973.912 COL

Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
  • The Story of Woodrow Wilson, Twenty-eighth President of the United States, Pioneer of World Democracy by Ruth Cranston 92 WIL
  • The Life of Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924 by Josephus Daniels 92 WIL

Warren G. Harding 1921-1923
  • The Ohio Gang: The World of Warren G. Harding by Charles Mee 973.914 MEE
  • The Available Man: The Life Behind the Masks of Warren Gamaliel Harding by Andrew Sinclair 92 HAR
  • The Shadow of Blooming Grove: Warren G. Harding in His Times by Francis Russell 92 HAR

Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
  • Coolidge: An AMerican Enigma by Robert Sobel 92 COO
  • A Puritan in Babylon: The Story of Calvin Coolidge by William Allen White 92 COO
  • The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge by Calvin Coolidge 92 COO

Herbert Hoover 1929-1933
  • Herbert Hoover: A Public Life by David Burner 973.58 PET
  • The Life of Herbert Hoover by George Nash 973.916 NAS (3 Vols.)
  • An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover by Richard Smith 973.916 SMI
  • The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover by Herbert Hoover 92 HOO

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-

1945

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Rendezvous With Destiny by Frank Freidel 973.917 FRE
  • FDR: A Biography by Ted Morgan 92 ROO
  • The Age of Roosevelt by Arthur Schlesinger 973.917 SCH (3 Vols.)

Harry S. Truman 1945-1953
  • Harry S. Truman: A Life by Robert Ferrell 973.978 FER
  • Truman by David McCullough 92 TRU
  • Harry S. Truman by Margaret Truman 92 TRU
  • Man of the People by Alonzo Hamby 92 TRU
  • Autobiography of Harry S. Truman by Harry S. Truman 92 TRU

Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-

1961

  • Eisenhower by Geoffrey Perret 92 EIS
  • Eisenhower: Soldier and President by Stephen Ambrose 973.921 AMB
  • Ike: The Life and Times of Dwight D. Eisenhower by Piers Brendon 92 EIS

John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
  • JFK, Reckless Youth by Nigel Hamilton 92 KEN
  • President Kennedy: Profile of Power by Richard Reeves 973.922 REE
  • A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House by Arthur Schlesinger 973.922 SCH

Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969
  • Big Daddy from the Pedernales: Lyndon B. Johnson by Paul Keith Conkin 92 JOH
  • Lyndon Johnson and His Times by Robert Dallek 973.923 DAL
  • The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro 973.923 CAR (3 volumes)
  • The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969 by Lyndon B. Johnson 973.923 JOH

Richard M. Nixon 1969-1974
  • The Contender: Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946–1952 by Irwin Gellman 92 NIX
  • Nixon by Stephen Ambrose 92 NIX (3 Vols.)
  • Nixon: A Life by Jonathan Aitken 92 NIX
  • Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician by Robert Morris 92 NIX
  • RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Richard M. Nixon 92 NIX

Gerald Ford 1974-1977
  • Time and Chance: Gerald Ford’s Appointment With History by James Cannon 92 FOR
  • A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford by Gerald Ford 973.925 FOR

Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
  • Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President by Jimmy Carter 973.926 CAR
  • Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography From Plains to the Presidency by Peter Bourne 92 CAR
  • Jimmy Carter: American Moralist by Kenneth Morris 92 CAR
  • The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey Beyond the White House by Douglas Brinkley 973.926 CAR

Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
  • An American Life by Ronald Reagan 92 REA
  • President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime by Lou Cannon 973.92 CAN
  • Exit with Honor: The Life and Presidency of Ronald Reagan by William Pemberton 92 REA
  • Reagan, in His Own Hand by Kiron Skinner, ed. 973.927 REA
  • Reagan: The Man and His Presidency by Deborah Strober 973.927 REA

George H. Bush 1989-1993
  • Heartbeat: George Bush in His Own Words by Jim McGrath 973.931 BUS
  • Flight of the Avenger: George Bush at War by Joe Hyams 92 BUS
  • George Bush: The Life of Lone Star Yankee by Herbert Parmet 92 BUS
  • All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings by George Bush 973.928 BUS

Bill Clinton 1993-2001
  • Clinton Confidential: The Climb to Power: The Unauthorized Biography of Bill and Hillary Clinton by George Carpozi 92 CLI
  • Clinton: Young Man in a Hurry by Jim Moore 92 CLI
  • First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton by David Maraniss 92 CLI
  • My Life by Bill Clinton 973.929 CLI

George W. Bush 2001-
  • First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Dynasty by Bill Minutaglia 92 BUS
  • Shrub:The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins 92 BUS
  • W: Revenge of the Bush Dynasty by Elizabeth Mitchell 92 BUS

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