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1945-1953 Harry S. Truman

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Democrat
1953-1961 Dwight Eisenhower

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Republican V.P. Richard Nixon
1961-1963 John F. Kennedy

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Democrat V.P. Lyndon Johnson
1963-1969 Lyndon Johnson

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Democrat
1969-1974 Richard Nixon

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Republican V.P. Gerald Ford
1974-1977 Gerald Ford

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Republican
1977-1981 Jimmy Carter

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Democrat V.P. Walter Mondale

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1981-1989 Ronald Reagan

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Republican V.P. George Bush Sr.
1989-1993 George Bush Sr.

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Republican V.P. Dan Quayle

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1993-2001 Bill Clinton

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Democrat V.P. Al Gore

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2001-2009 George W. Bush

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Republican V.P. Dick Cheney

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2009-2017 Barack Obama

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Democrat V.P. Joe Biden

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2017-2021 Donald Trump

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Democrat V.P. Mike Pence

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2021-2025 Joe Biden

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Democrat V.P. Kamala Harris

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Books and debates by and about Past Presidents




President Harry S Truman


The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman

by Ralph Keyes

Plain Speaking

by Merle Miller

State of the Union messages to Congress,

1946-1952


President Dwight Eisenhower


Waging Peace, 1956-1961

by Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ike and Dick

by Jeffrey Frank

100 Valuable Leadership Lessons from 10 U.S. Presidents

by George Ilian

State of the Union messages to Congress,

1953-1960


President John F. Kennedy


A Question of Character

by Thomas Reeves

Kennedy

by Ted Sorensen

A Thousand Days

by Arthur Schlesinger

True Compass

by Sen. Ted Kennedy

A Nation of Immigrants

by John F. Kennedy

A Patriot`s Handbook

by Caroline Kennedy

Profiles in Courage

by John F. Kennedy

Profiles In Courage For Our Time

by Caroline Kennedy


President Lyndon Johnson


A Very Human President

by Jack Valenti

Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson

by Eric F. Goldman

Johnson's State of the Union speeches

1964-1969

The Lyndon Johnson Story

by Booth Mooney

Taking Charge

by Michael Beschloss

The Passage of Power

by Robert Caro

My brother, Lyndon

by Sam Houston Johnson


President Richard Nixon


Nixon's Ten Commandments of Statecraft

by James Humes

The Real War

by Richard Nixon

The Presidential Transcripts

by by the Washington Post

Seize the Moment

by Richard Nixon

In the Arena

by Richard Nixon

The Kennedy-Nixon Debates

Sept.-Oct. 1960

Kennedy & Nixon

by Chris Matthews

RN: The Memoirs

by Richard Nixon


President Gerald Ford


Profiles In Courage For Our Time

by Caroline Kennedy

A Time to Heal

by Gerald R. Ford

Shadow: Five Presidents
and the Legacy of Watergate

by Bob Woodward

State of the Union messages to Congress,

1974-1976


President Jimmy Carter


The Carter-Ford Debates

Sept.-Oct. 1976

Keeping Faith

by Jimmy Carter

A Government As Good As Its People

by Jimmy Carter

An Hour Before Daylight

by Jimmy Carter

How Jimmy Won

by Kandy Stroud

Jimmy Who?

by Leslie Wheeler

Our Endangered Values

by Jimmy Carter

Power Lines: Two Years on South Africa's Borders

by Jason Carter


President Ronald Reagan


Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation

by Ronald Reagan

The Role of a Lifetime

by Lou Cannon

Dutch

by Edmund Morris

State of the Union messages to Congress,

1982-1988

Reagan's America

by Garry Wills

For the Record

by Donald T. Regan

The Test of our Times

by Gov. Tom Ridge


President George H. Bush


The Clinton-Bush-Perot Debates

Oct. 1992

All the Best

by George Bush Sr.

The Family: The Real Story
of the Bush Dynasty

by Kitty Kelley

State of the Union messages to Congress,

1989-1992>

My Father, My President

by Doro Bush Koch

Heartbeat

by John McGrath

The Greatest Generation

by Tom Brokaw


President Bill Clinton


Between Hope and History

by Bill Clinton

Back to Work

by Bill Clinton

Giving

by Bill Clinton

My Life

by Bill Clinton

The Dysfunctional President

by Paul M. Fick, PhD

The Choice

by Bob Woodward

For Love of Politics

by Sally Bedell Smith

State of the Union

by Thomas Blood and Bruce Henderson

The Blair Years

by Alastair Campbell

The Agenda

by Bob Woodward

Friends in High Places

by Webb Hubbell

The Natural

by Joe Klein

Partners in Power

by Roger Morris

A Woman in Charge

by Carl Bernstein

Living History

by Hillary Rodham Clinton

God and Hillary Clinton

by Paul Kengor


President George W. Bush


A Charge To Keep

by George W. Bush

Decision Points

by George W. Bush

The Price of Loyalty

by Ron Suskind

A Matter of Character

by Ronald Kessler

No Higher Honor

by Condoleezza Rice

Courage and Consequence

by Karl Rove

The Faith Of George W. Bush

by Stephen Mansfield

The Right Man

by David Frum

Fortunate Son

by J. H. Hatfield

Shrub

by Molly Ivins

Worse Than Watergate

by John W. Dean

The Assault on Reason,

by Al Gore

Jeb! America's Next Bush

by S.V. Date

Bush At War
(part I)
by Bob Woodward

Plan of Attack
(part II)
by Bob Woodward

State of Denial
(part III)
by Bob Woodward

Rise of the Vulcans

by James Mann

What Happened

by Scott McClellan

In My Time
(part II)
by Dick Cheney

Spoken from the Heart
(part III)
by Laura Bush


President Barack Obama


The Audacity of Hope

by Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father

by Barack Obama

Hopes and Dreams

by Steve Dougherty

Ten Letters

by Eli Saslow

The Obamians

by James Mann

The Promise

by Jonathan Alter

What Obama Means

by Jabari Asim

Obama and the Empire

by Fidel Castro

The FAITH of Barack Obama

by Stephen Mansfield

Obama: From Promise to Power

by David Mendell

Barack Obama For Beginners

by Bob Neer

Obama's Challenge

by Robert Kuttner

Team of Five

by Kate Brower

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

Barack Obama in His Own Words

edited by Lisa Rogak

The Blueprint for Change

Barack Obama's Plan for America

A Bound Man
: Why We Are Excited by Shelby Steele

Should Barack Obama Be President?

by Fred Zimmerman

Game Change
: Obama and the Clintons,
by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

The Obama Nation
: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality
by Jerome Corsi


President Donald Trump


Crippled America
,
by Donald J. Trump

Never Enough
,
by Michael D'Antonio

Time to Get Tough

by Donald Trump

Think Like a Champion

by Donald Trump

Piety & Power
,
Mike Pence and the
Taking of the White House,
by Tom LoBianco

FreedomWorks Tea Party Plan
,
featuring Mike Pence

Trump/Pence vs.
Clinton/Kaine On The Issues

by Jesse Gordon

Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton
On The Issues

by Jesse Gordon

America We Deserve

by Donald Trump

The Art of the Deal

by Donald Trump

How to Get Rich

by by Donald Trump and Meredith McIver

Think Big

by Donald Trump

Trump: Never Give Up

by Donald J. Trump
and Meredith McIver

Trump 101

by Donald J. Trump
and Meredith McIver

The Art of the Comeback

by Donald J. Trump
and Kate Bohne

Promises Kept /
Promises Broken

by OnTheIssues

Fire and Fury

Inside the Trump White House
by Michael Wolff

The Faith of Donald J. Trump

A Spiritual Biography
by David Brody & Scott Lamb

A Very Stable Genius

Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
by Philip Rucker & Carol Leonnig

The Mueller Report

Presented with Related Materials
by the Washington Post

The Making of Donald Trump

by David Cay Johnston

Fear
: Trump in the White House
by Bob Woodward

Rage

by Bob Woodward

Peril

by Bob Woodward

Trump Revealed

An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher

Project 2025

Mandate for Leadership
by the Heritage Foundation

Hillbilly_Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance


President Joe Biden


Promises to Keep
,
by Joe Biden (2007)

Promise Me, Dad
,
by Joe Biden (2017)

Joe Biden and Catholicism
in the United States

by Massimo Faggioli

The Book of Joe

The Life, Wit, and (Sometimes Accidental)
Wisdom of Joe Biden
by Jeff Wilser (2017)

The Truths We Hold
,
by Kamala Harris (2019)

Smart on Crime
,
by Kamala Harris (2010)

Promises Kept / Promises Broken
,
Comparison of Biden campaign
vs. Biden Administration

Biden Cabinet members
,
actions and issues
during 2021-2024

Kamala's Way

An American Life
by Dan Morain

Joe Biden and Catholicism
in the United States

by Massimo Faggioli

Joe Biden

A Life of Trial and Redemption
by Jules Witcover

Barack and Joe

The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership
by Steven Levingston

The Battle for America 2008

The Story of an Extraordinary Election
by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

The Contenders

by L.Flanders, D.Kuipers, J.Ridgeway,
R.Goldstein, & E.Sanders (2007)

The Democrats

Biographies of Biden, Sanders, Warren, Harris, and Booker
by Alexander Moore

Obama-Biden vs. Romney-Ryan On The Issues

Side-by-side stances on the issues
by OnTheIssues.org


Multiple Presidents

Hopes and Prospects

by Noam Chomsky

Bill sponsorship archives

from the Library of Congress

Slouching Towards Gomorrah

by Robert Bork

The 100

by Simon Maier and Jeremy Kourdi

In the President`s Secret Service

by Ronald Kessler

The American Presidency Project

Collected Speeches

The Re-Greening of the GOP

by Cameron Lynch

Higher Loyalty

by James Comey


                                                                                                                                                                               
  

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