American Presidents Story Briefs

U.S. Presidents have varying backgrounds and political persuasions. Only one was unanimously elected. They can have little or lasting influence. These stories are about individuals with the power to make a difference at home and abroad.

Photographic image of Ida Saxton McKinley who married William McKinley on January 25, 1871at the First Presbyterian Church in Canton, Ohio.

This image depicts an original page from President Trumans diary for the 17th of June, 1945.

On the 11th of April, 1951, President Truman dismissed General Douglas MacArthur from his position as U.S. Supreme Commander during the Korean War. Ye...

Ronald Reagan delivers a speech to students at Moscow State University, urging them to be free of fear and full of hope for the future.

On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband about treating women fairly in the new government. He did not heed her advice.

Four years after President Nixon resigned, he agreed to a series of interviews withDavid Frost, a British journalist. The first series of interviews ...

On June 23, 1972, an audio recorder taped a damaging talk - called "The Smoking Gun" - between Nixon and Haldeman. The tape doomed Nixon’s presidenc...

On the 8th of August, 1974, America's 37th president - Richard Nixon - gave his 37th Oval-Office address to the nation. He told the country he was re...

From the Reagan Presidential Library, we learn the following about Ronald Wilson Reagan:Even before he made the White House his home, Ronald Reagan sp...

Theodore Roosevelt thought it would be great to spend some time with his son Kermit (who lived in South America).

Saadi (Sa'di) Shirazi - often referred to only by his first name - was a Persian poet who lived in the late-12th / early 13th centuries.

While Samuel Huntington was president in 1781, the Articles of Confederation went into effect, thus making him the first president of the United State...

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