Presidents
Resources On The List of U.S. Presidents
At ListofPresidents.com, you've not only discovered a world of resources about the Presidents of the United States, you've discovered information about the lineage of gentlemen who fought for, created, built, and protected a nation through many decades. The men you will read about on this page are no ordinary men. For, these are the select few who were chosen by the people of a great nation, to lead the country into a great and proud future. A single web page could not possibly contain the unlimited resources required to capture the heart, wisdom, and intellect of these noble men.
The United States is a democracy, but she requires a leader that measures up to the glory, honor, and integrity of her storied past. This country longs for a leader who shares the kind of vision, drive, and courage which defined the men who won her independence. A U.S. President is no ordinary person. Being President is both an honor, and a responsibility. It is an honor to lead a nation that was built on the hallowed battlefiends of the revolutionary war. But it is also a responsibility to represent, to the world, what it truly means to be an American.
This page is also no ordinary list of presidents. This page is everything you could ever want to know about United States Presidents. So stand, place your hand over your heart, and repeat after me. "I pledge allegience, to the flag, of the United States of America..."
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The Wiki Page on the Presidents is actually one of the best to be found anywhere if you want to know what each of the presidents looked like. Each of the U.S. Presidents from the past are listed here in order of when they served, along with the dates they were in office, and their party. Click on their name and you're taken directly to that President's Wiki page. |
"A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride."
- Max Lerner
"A president, however, must stand somewhat apart, as all great presidents have known instinctively. Then the language which has the power to survive its own utterance is the most likely to move those to whom it is immediately spoken."
- J. R. Pole
"All Coolidge had to do in 1924 was to keep his mean trap shut, to be elected. All Harding had to do in 1920 was repeat ''Avoid foreign entanglements.'' All Hoover had to do in 1928 was to endorse Coolidge. All Roosevelt had to do in 1932 was to point to Hoover."
- Robert E. Sherwood
"All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely the presidency. The people are well cured by then of election fever, during which they think they are choosing Moses. In the third year, they look on the man as a sinner and a bumble and begin to poke around for rumors of another Messiah."
- Alistair Cooke
"Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office."
- David Broder
"As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the Greeks. I'll define it again: the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. I find, therefore, that the Presidency provides some happiness."
- John F. Kennedy
"Being a President is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed."
- Harry S. Truman
"But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked."
- Bob Dylan
"But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret."
- Ronald Reagan
"From now on, I think it is safe to predict, neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party will ever nominate for President a candidate without good looks, stage presence, theatrical delivery, and a sense of timing."
- James Thurber
Read more flag quotes at Famous-Quotes.
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The Best Trivia Book of Presidents!!! is a fun book to learn about all of the U.S. presidents. It covers not only Presidential information but also a history of the United States. It is informative enough to keep adults interested, yet fun enough for kids to enjoy it too! The next time you travel and need reading material on the plane with your child, bring along this entertaining triva book. |
Read about collectible and rare Ronald Reagan Memorabilia at the information resource site, LoveToKnow.com.
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Apples4theteacher offers a fantastic resource website for teachers to gather activities, games and projects they can use to teach kids about President George Washington, the first president of the United States. |
Family Education - This website provides lots of President's Day activities for kids.
The National Park Service - Offers information about President's Park in Washington DC. Focused on Kids - including "Be a Junior Ranger" badge!
Kids.gove - Offers children a great resource to learn more about the U.S. government. An entire section is devoted to learning about presidents.
Electing a President - This webpage provides a tutorial for students on how elections work. There's even a "Teacher's Guide."
Scholastic - Another great resource to teach children about the U.S. election process.
Congress For Kids - Teaches kids all about how the U.S. government works.
The Complete Book of Presidents & States - This teacher's resource book provides instruction and practice for kids in grades 4 through 6.
The Best Kids Book Site - Provides a variety of President's Day crafts to do with children.
Visit The Democracy Project - Created by PBS Kids to teach children about democracy in a fun way that will keep kids interested. This interactive website has the following feature sections:
- Be President for a Day
- How Does Government Affect Me?
- Step inside the Voting Booth
The Democracy Project also features E-Cards, and useful classroom resources for teachers.
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Jill Stefko, a Suite101 author, offers a tantillizing tale titled Ghosts of the White House. This compelling article describes the history of the Presidential Mansion, and the ghosts who are claimed to frequent it. These ghosts allegedly include Abraham Lincoln, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Andrew Jackson, David Burns, and Willie Lincoln. |
Books Finder - Includes great titles such as All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, The American President: The Human Drama of Our Nation's Highest OFfice by Philip Kunhardt, and His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis.
Shop.com - Provides some informative and interesting titles such as Presidency by Geoffrey M. Horn, The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents by George Sullivan, and The Presidency of Richard Nixon by Melvin Small.
Children's Books for Parents & Teachers - This website compiles a two page list of books that are devoted to teaching children about the list of Presidents, and the Presidency.
Amazon - Offers a large selection of books based on the list of Presidents. These books include Our Country's Presidents by Ann Bausum, The New Big Book of U.S. Presidents by Marc Frey, and Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines.
About.com - Provides a list of the top 5 books on U.S. Presidents.
| "White House Ghosts takes you into the minds and machinations of presidents in a way no other book has -- through the insights of succeeding generations of White House speechwriters. As a long-time student of the American presidency, I was constantly engaged, intrigued, and amused by this very smart and ambitious book." -Tom Brokaw. |
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Famous Quotes by Famous Presidents
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
- John Quincy Adams
"It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it, they pay the penalty, but compared with the mistakes that have been made by every kind of autocracy, they are unimportant."
- Calvin Coolidge
"To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race."
- Calvin Coolidge
"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Words without actions are the assassins of idealism."
- Herbert Hoover
"The moral test of a government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life ? the children; the twilight of life ? the elderly; and the shadows of life ? the sick, the needy and the handicapped"
- Hubert Humphrey
"One man with courage makes a majority."
- Andrew Jackson
"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
- Thomas Jefferson
"The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies."
- Thomas Jefferson
"If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary."
- Lyndon Baines Johnson
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This YouTube video features this five-year-old who was featured on the Ellen Degeneres show. Watch as he proves his amazing knowledge of the list of Presidents! |
Official White House Website - Click on the name, receive a FULL PAGE of lots of resources on each president.
PresidentsUSA.net - Offers information about President's Park in Washington DC. Focused on Kids - including "Be a Junior Ranger" badge!
Bens Guide - This in-depth resource provides kids with information about the role of the president and the various branches of government.
The Artful Presidency - Provides actual scanned archived antique documents and papers from the various presidents.
The Library of Congress - Provides this valuable resource to learn more about, not only the presidents, but each first lady.
Bookrags - Just run your mouse over the president's image to see very detailed information such as height and the names of their pets.
Library of Congress - View real photographs of the presidents.
This amazing resource describes each administration in detail, their various policies, and more.
The President challenges you to get off your sofa, get out there, and get active!
Visit the White House contact page to get in touch with your Commander in Chief!