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… many national political figures urged him to run for the presidency. On the morning of his second inauguration as … Bush felt a calm confidence that he was meant to run for President and authorized Karl Rove to begin preparing for a …

Richard Nixon: Life in Brief

… Milhous Nixon: He was the first and (so far) the only President of the United States to resign the office. Before … years, he went from obscurity to a heartbeat from the presidency, winning a congressional race (1946), national …

Anthony Principi (2001–2005)

… In 2000, President-elect George W. Bush selected Anthony Principi as … director for the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. President George H.W. Bush named him the first deputy …

William McKinley: Impact and Legacy

… President William McKinley's reputation has undergone … century, historians believed that McKinley had been a weak President pressured into the war with Spain by popular … than the course of American foreign policy amid McKinley's presidency. During his tenure, the United States acquired …

Andrew Johnson: Domestic Affairs

… 15, six weeks after Andrew Johnson was sworn in as vice president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was … congressional leaders. Although Johnson came into the presidency with much political and administrative experience, …

Nicholas F. Brady (1989–1993)

… in the U.S. Senate (1982).During the administration of President Ronald Reagan, Brady worked on the President's Commission on Strategic Forces (1983), the …

Robert M. Gates (2006–2009)

… and then worked as deputy national security adviser for President George H.W. Bush until 1991. Gates was a close adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush as they dealt …

Robert A. Mosbacher (1989–1992)

… for Texas. Mosbacher was a founding member and vice president of the American Business Conference, a board member of the Boys Clubs of America, and past president of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen. …

Henry Kissinger (1973–1974)

… Security Council (1961-1962). When Richard Nixon became president in 1969, he made Kissinger his National Security … relations with China. He later became a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under …

Henry Kissinger (1974–1977)

Harry S. Truman: The American Franchise

… its political allies in their attack on labor. Finally, President Truman, unlike his predecessor, proved an … of anticommunism—practiced in its more benign form by President Truman, in a slightly less benign form by young …

James D. Watkins (1989–1993)

… (1975-1978) and Chief of Naval Operations (1982-1986). President Ronald Reagan appointed him Chairman of the … in 1987, and Watkins remained in that post until 1988. President George H.W. Bush tapped Watkins to be run the …

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Domestic Affairs

… Eisenhower years were not so simple or carefree, and the President faced important and, at times, controversial issues … U.S. economy—declined from 20.4 to 18.4 percent. During no presidency since Eisenhower’s has there been a decrease of … McCarthy continued his attacks, even suggesting that the President's nominees for important ambassador positions were …

Tom Ridge (2003–2005)

… Ridge remained in the governor’s mansion until 2001, when President George W. Bush tapped him to become the first assistant to the President for homeland security. In 2002, President Bush …

Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007)

… position until 2001 when he became White House Counsel for President George W. Bush. In November 2004, President Bush nominated Gonzales to succeed John Aschroft as …

Leon E. Panetta (2011-2013)

… of Health, Education, and Welfare in the administration of President Richard Nixon. He was appointed head of the U.S. … until 1993. He left office to join the administration of President Bill Clinton as director of the Office of …

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Impact and Legacy

… prominent historians in 1962 placed Eisenhower 22nd among Presidents, a barely average chief executive who was as … more records and papers have become available to study his presidency. Contemporaries remembered Eisenhower's frequent … Library in Abilene, Kansas, in the 1970s revealed that the President had thoughtful views about most major issues and …

Carlos M. Gutierrez (2005–2009)

… moving up through the company. In 1998, he became President and chief operating officer for Kellogg, and a year … Hispanic business executives in the country. In 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Gutierrez to become the …

Warren G. Harding: Campaigns and Elections

… Warren G. Harding to gain the Republican nomination for President when he arrived at the Chicago convention in 1920. … of Massachusetts, Calvin Coolidge, was nominated for vice president. Their Republican platform condemned the Wilson …

Alexis Herman (1997–2001)

… as secretary of labor (1997-2001) and assistant to the President and director of the White House Public Liaison … of women's programs (1974-1977). Herman worked as vice president of Green, Herman & Associates from 1981 to 1985. …