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… on disputed California land grant cases at the request of President James Buchanan. At the end of 1860, with only two … The United States Congress, already hostile to the President’s views on Reconstruction, sought to thwart …

Edwin M. Stanton (1865–1868)

Schuyler Colfax (1869–1873)

… House of Representatives until he resigned to become vice president in 1869, and he was elected Speaker of the House in … was a member of the Radical Republicans who opposed the President's moderate policies for reintegrating the South …

Calvin Coolidge: Impact and Legacy

… some of his stature, at least in conservative circles. President Ronald Reagan returned his portrait to the Oval … Nevertheless, scholarly opinion looks upon the Coolidge presidency with skepticism, ranking him relatively low among … offered no sweeping vision or program of action that the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson had led …

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

… Anna Eleanor Roosevelt “never wanted to be a President’s wife.” After discovering her husband’s infidelity …

From the director: The staggering power of impeachment

… primacy over the executive: declaring war and removing a president. The first power is literally … (1941, 1942). The decision to investigate and impeach a president is rarer still. Congress has twice passed articles … efforts were led by the party that was not holding the presidency. We are now entering, again, this dramatic moment …

The Miller Center is committed to bringing light, not heat, to a painful time in our national history.

558–10

… 9, 1971 Time: 5:44 pm - 6:18 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ellsworth F. Bunker and Henry A. … -Le Duc Tho -Possible arrival in Paris -Timing -Meaning -President’s instructions to Kissinger 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL … wife [Carol C. (“Laise”) Bunker] -Health -Lunch -Bunker President's appreciation for Bunker's and Bruce's work …

Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life in Brief

… of the Civil War, and its greatest foreign crisis. His presidency—which spanned twelve years—was unparalleled, not … governor with a recognizable last name, to challenge President Hoover. Promising a "New Deal" for the American …

Gale Norton (2001–2006)

… When President-elect George W. Bush nominated Gale Norton as … conservative Independence Institute of Golden, Colorado. President George H.W. Bush appointed her to the Western Water …

Ronald Reagan: Impact and Legacy

… Ronald Wilson Reagan was a transformational President. His leadership and the symbiotic relationship he … centrist capture of the Democratic nomination and the presidency in 1992. Reagan had an even greater impact within …

Progressive Era

… the Battle of San Juan Hill (1898), and addresses from the President. For more primary sources from President T. Roosevelt, visit the Library of Congress …

Garret A. Hobart (1897–1899)

… term, Garret Augustus Hobart expanded the role of the vice president to such an extent that he earned the nickname, the … vote to deny independence to the Philippines. As presiding officer of the Senate, Hobart was known for his …

John Adams: Foreign Affairs

… Adams's presidency was consumed with problems that arose from the … was confirmed. Nevertheless, the problems that beset Presidents Washington and Adams arose more from the wars … by 1794. Believing that war would be disastrous, President Washington sent John Jay to London to seek a …

Meetings: Tape 99/A35. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 22 July 1963

… Sound recording of a meeting held on July 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, … Treaty (LTBT). Drafts of documents and letters to French President Charles de Gaulle and to Under Secretary of State …

Rutherford B. Hayes: Domestic Affairs

… make clear his main policy concerns. According to the new President, “The fact that two great political parties have in … business during mass strikes—a precedent that Gilded Age Presidents would invoke consistently over the next two …

William R. D. King (1853)

… Once in Washington, D.C., he became a supporter of President James Madison and the War of 1812. He joined a … of the Democratic Party and generally a supporter of President Andrew Jackson. He was considered a moderate …

Adlai E. Stevenson (1893–1897)

… politics, where he eventually served as the 23rd vice president of the United States. Stevenson was born in … to reporters and found a fair amount of pleasure in presiding over the Senate. In a notable occasion, he …

Daniel D. Tompkins (1817-1825)

… in 1810, 1813, and 1816, serving until he became vice president in 1817. As governor, he was part of the … debt and maligned for his drinking, Tompkins left the vice presidency without a political future. He died in 1825, …

Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)

… He then took a break from public office until 1797 when President John Adams asked Gerry to go to France as part of a … party is known as Gerrymandering. In April 1812, Vice President George Clinton died in office, and President James …

Abraham Lincoln: Campaigns and Elections

… ballot over John C. Breckinridge, the incumbent vice president. Herschel V. Johnson, a former governor of Georgia … as the candidate of the Southern Democratic Party for the presidency. To run with him, the convention selected Senator … Speaker of the House in 1836, war secretary under Presidents Harrison and Tyler, and a long-time U.S. senator. …