"I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations is a collection of approximately 400     items or 2,000 digital files from each of the 54 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001.

By Popular Demand:  Portraits of the Presidents The selected images include at least one likeness of each of the forty-one presidents and most of the first ladies.

POTUS : Presidents of the United States - http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/

In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site.

The American Experience / The Presidents - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/indexjs.html

"The Presidents" web site builds on the enormous collection of research materials developed for the award-winning broadcasts. The site includes the "Presidential Record," a review of all 20th century chief executives, provides "Featured Presidents," an in-depth look at the eight presidents in the broadcast series line-up, offers a collection of Presidential quotes in "In Their Own Words," and includes "Resources" such as links to dozens of presidential sites, a detailed bibliography and a comprehensive collection of primary source material. Of special note is an expanded "Teachers Guide," which provides a wealth of instructional activities and suggestions for using the programs in the classroom.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

The American Presidency - http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/

Grolier Online presents presidential biographies and historical election results for many grades.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

American Presidents: Life Portraits - http://www.americanpresidents.org/

A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

Bush Presidential Library and Museum - http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/

The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is the tenth presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The library and museum contain the primary sources documenting President Bush's long public career as Ambassador to the United Nations, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Liaison to the People's Republic of China, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Congressman, Vice President, President, and world leader.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum - http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, located in Hyde Park, NY, is the nation's first Presidential Library and the only one ever used by a sitting President. In addition to artifacts from the lives of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, this facility also house Franklin Roosevelt's papers both as Governor of New York and President, as well as materials belonging to those who served in Albany and Washington.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

Gerald R. Ford Biography - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html

When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, "I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances.... This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts."
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum - http://www.trumanlibrary.org/

Visit the Web site of President Harry Truman's library in Independence, MO.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum - http://hoover.nara.gov/index.html

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum was opened to the public on August 10,1962, Mr. Hoover's 88th birthday. In the years since, more than 2.5 million visitors have toured the museum and more than 2,000 scholars from every state in the union and a dozen foreign countries have utilized the library's seven million pages of documentary holdings. One significant result has been an increased understanding of the life and times of America's 31st president, known around the world as the "Great Humanitarian."
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

The Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson - http://www.thehermitage.com/

Visit the home of Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States. Learn about this historic plantation near Nashville, Tennessee and the man who lived there. Discover how the archealogical excavations of this site have shown what everyday life was like on a working plantation.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

The Inaugural Classroom - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/inauguration/

The "Inaugural Classroom" is the first Web site designated especially to provide students and teachers with educational lessons and activities about the Presidential Inauguration and its importance in American history, government and the democratic process.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

Inside the White House - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/whitehouse/whhome.html

You got the nomination, you campaigned, you won. Then you took the oath of office, made the first speech of your administration, and danced the night away. With any luck, you finally got some sleep in that old house you’re borrowing on Pennsylvania Avenue. But now it’s morning in America—time to face the Oval Office. It’s YOUR chance to be President of the United States. Let’s see how you do.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

James Madison - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html

This includes a picture and biography of President Madison.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

The Jimmy Carter Library - http://carterlibrary.galileo.peachnet.edu/

Welcome to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum website. The Library in Atlanta, Georgia, is part of the Presidential Library system administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal government agency. You may search selected holdings of the National Archives on line via NAIL, the National Archives Information Locator.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

John Adams - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html

John Adams, a shaper of the revolution, saved his Nation from war with France.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

John F. Kennedy Library - http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/

Welcome to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library. Dedicated on October 20, 1979, the library is one of ten Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States government. The Kennedy Library serves a large and diverse population and offers many different programs and activities for different audiences depending on age or interest level.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

John F. Kennedy, Thirty-Fifth President - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html

On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

John Quincy Adams - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja6.html

Biography of the 6th president of the United States.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

The Modern Presidency - http://www.vcsc.k12.in.us/staff/mhutch/modpres/mainpage.htm

Students used the Discovery Channel School series, The Modern Presidency to research 20th Century presidents. They were required to create a web page highlighting their research and their president.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

Monticello, the Home of Thomas Jefferson - http://www.monticello.org/index.html

Enjoy learning about Thomas Jefferson and his life at Monticello. By following Jefferson through a day, you will gain a sense of the extraordinary range of his talents, his insatiable thirst for knowledge, his watchful use of time, and the larger community that lived and worked at Monticello.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

People in the West: Theodore Roosevelt - http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/roosevelt.htm

First as a popular writer, and later as President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt exercised a profound influence on the history of the American West, earning his place among the presidential giants portrayed on Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota. Born on October 27, 1858, in New York City, Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy family long prominent in local civic affairs.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

The Presidents of the United States - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html

Portaits and biographies of all the Presidents of the United States. Includes a special greeting from Bill Clinton.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

Reagan Presidential Library - http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/

Visit the Web site of President Ronald W. Reagan's library in California.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

Rutherford B. Hayes - http://www.rbhayes.org/rbhbio.htm

Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth president of the United States, was the fifth child born to Rutherford and Sophia Birchard Hayes. He was born October 4, 1822, at Delaware, Ohio, about two months after the death of his father.
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Rutherford B. Hayes - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rh19.html

Beneficiary of the most fiercely disputed election in American history, Rutherford B. Hayes brought to the Executive Mansion dignity, honesty, and moderate reform.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

Theodore Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century - http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/index.htm

Information on his life, as well as pictures, from an exhibition by the Smithsonian Institution.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

Welcome to the White House for Kids - http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

Fun facts about the President, Vice President, and First Lady. White House tour and White House ABCs.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]

Who is Your Favorite President? - http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/presidents/presidents.htm

The United States has had 42 presidents in its history. Do you know how a president gets elected? It is not as simple as you think. Learn about the Electoral College. (No, it's not a real college.) Read a brief biography of each of our past presidents. Choose your favorite president.
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William J. Clinton - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html

William J. Clinton, at 46 the youngest man elected President since John F. Kennedy, came to the White House pledging to end the era of drift and deadlock and begin a new season of American renewal. In an address before Congress on the 29th day of his Presidency, he outlined a bold strategy to lift the economy through increased public and private investment while cutting $500 billion from the Federal deficit.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ | Subject: President ]

Woodrow Wilson - http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/28pwils.html

Woodrow (Thomas) Wilson, 28th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES of the United States: b. Staunton, Va., Dec. 28, 1856; d. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 1924. He was the son of Joseph Ruggles Wilson, who was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Staunton, Va. The elder Wilson accepted a call to Augusta, Ga., in 1857.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: President ]