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The Presidential Gallery

An illustrated guide to the presidents of the United States [ Go to the First Ladies Gallery or the Presidential Factfile! ] Barack Obama2009–Present George W. Bush2001–2009…

Eliza McCardle Johnson

Eliza McCardle Johnson was the wife of United States President Andrew Johnson and served as the First Lady from 15 April 1865 to 4 March 1869. Eliza McCardle was a sixteen year-old girl with a good…

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States from 1861 until his shocking assassination in 1865. The colorful stories about Abe Lincoln's life really are true: He was born in a log cabin…

William H. Rehnquist

William Hubbs Rehnquist was Chief Justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005. William Rehnquist was working in a private law practice in Arizona when President Richard Nixon…

Salmon P. Chase

Name at birth: Salmon Portland ChaseSalmon P. Chase was U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the critical early years of the Civil War. Salmon Chase had for many years been a leading citizen of…

Inaugural Trivia

Firsts and facts about presidential inaugurations Related Links Famous Presidential Speeches Inaugural Oratory Notable Inaugural Events George Washington's was the shortest…

Thomas WILLIAMS, Congress, PA (1806-1872)

WILLIAMS Thomas , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., August 28, 1806; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle…