Contents

Introduction:
A Truly American Tradition 6

George Washington 12

John Adams 18

Thomas Jefferson 24

James Madison 32

James Monroe 39

John Quincy Adams 52

Andrew Jackson 59

Martin Van Buren 65

Willliam H. Harrison 73

John Tyler 86

James Polk 88

Zachary Taylor 97

Millard Fillmore 101

Franklin Pierce 103

James Buchanan 110

Abraham Lincoln 117

Andrew Johnson 126

Ulysses S. Grant 128

Rutherford B. Hayes 135

James A. Garfield 141

Chester A. Arthur 148

Grover Cleveland 150

Benjamin Harrison 159

William McKinley 167

Theodore Roosevelt 178

William H. Taft 182

Woodrow Wilson 192

Warren G. Harding 200

Calvin Coolidge 207

Herbert Hoover 215

Franklin D. Roosevelt 223

Harry S. Truman 237

Dwight D. Eisenhower 243

John F. Kennedy 251

Lyndon B. Johnson 256

Richard M. Nixon 261

Gerald R. Ford 270

James E. Carter 272

Ronald Reagan 277

George H. W. Bush 287

William J. Clinton 293

George W. Bush 302

For More Information 307

Index 309