Biographies

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Presidential Biographies

Browse profiles of Presidents of the United States.

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First Lady Biographies

Browse biographies of our nation's first ladies.

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    • Locations: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, First Ladies National Historic Site, Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site, Roosevelt Campobello International Park, The White House and President's Park
    A seated woman (Eleanor Roosevelt) wearing a sleeveless gown and a string of pearls.

    First Lady, diplomat, and activist, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated her life in the cause of civil liberties and human rights.

    • Locations: Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Eisenhower National Historic Site
    A black and white image of a man wearing a white coat and dark pants and a woman in a white dress

    John and Delores Moaney played an indispensable role in the lives of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. Explore the story of how the Moaney family became intertwined with the Eisenhowers here.

    • Locations: Colonial National Historical Park, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, George Washington Memorial Parkway, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Independence National Historical Park,
    Portrait of George Washington in military uniform

    George Washington was perhaps the one indispensable man among the founders. It is hard to imagine any of the others commanding the respect needed to lead the Continental Army to victory over Great Britain, preside over the Constitutional Convention, and serve the United States as its first president.

    • Locations: Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park, The White House and President's Park
    An 1800s half-length portrait photo depicts a seated man with a beard, facing left.

    As the 19th President of the United States (1877-1881), Rutherford B. Hayes oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War.

    • Locations: First Ladies National Historic Site, General Grant National Memorial, The White House and President's Park, Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
    woman posing in profile for a portrait

    Julia Dent Grant was the loving wife of Ulysses S. Grant and caring mother to their four children. She was also a widely-respected First Lady who was the first to write a personal memoir about her life.

    • Locations: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site, Roosevelt Campobello International Park, The White House and President's Park
    A man in a suite (FDR) seated at a desk in profile.

    The only US President elected to serve four terms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt led the nation through the Great Depression and World War II.

    • Locations: Harry S Truman National Historic Site, The White House and President's Park
    Truman

    President Harry S Truman took America from its traditional isolationism into the age of international involvement. Despite his power, he never forgot where he came from. Today, visitors can experience the surroundings Truman knew as a young man of modest ambition through his political career and final years as a former president.

  • Billy Blythe III (youg Bill Clinton) standing next to a cake on his thrid birthday.

    On August 19, 1946, William (Bill) Jefferson Blythe III was born to Virginia Cassidy Blythe. He grew up in small town in southern Arkansas, and was raised by an pretty standard family. But the people in that family, and the desire Bill had to learn more about people, helped this young boy grow into a president of the United States.

    • Locations: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, The White House and President's Park
    Photo of Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson was a Tennessee politician and Vice President of the United States who ascended to the presidency in April 1865 upon the death of Abraham Lincoln. His benign approach to the reintegration of Southerners into the Union following the Civil War contributed to his impeachment in 1868, which failed in the Senate by a single vote.

    • Locations: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Ford's Theatre, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln Home National Historic Site,
    Photograph of President Lincoln

    President Lincoln's leadership of the United States of America through the cataclysm of the Civil War ranks as one of the finest presidencies in American history.

Last updated: December 19, 2023