U.S. Presidents by Martin Kelly and Melissa Kelly

• The Presidency: An Exclusive Club
• George Washington: Father of Our Country
• John Adams: Man Behind the Scenes
• Thomas Jefferson: America's Renaissance Man
• James Madison: Father of the Constitution
• James Monroe: Author of the Monroe Doctrine
• John Quincy Adams: World Traveler
• Andrew Jackson: Man of the People
• Martin Van Buren: The Little Magician
• William Henry Harrison: Old Tippecanoe
• John Tyler: First Presidential Successor
• James K. Polk: Dark Horse Candidate
• Zachary Taylor: Old Rough and Ready
• Millard Fillmore: His Accidency
• Franklin Pierce: Party Animal
• James Buchanan: Old Buck
• Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator
• Andrew Johnson: First Impeached President
• Ulysses S. Grant: Civil War Hero
• Rutherford B. Hayes: His Fraudulency
• James A. Garfield: Compromise Candidate
• Chester A. Arthur: Gentleman Boss
• Grover Cleveland: Lone Democrat
• Benjamin Harrison: Human Iceberg
• Grover Cleveland: Second Term
• William McKinley: The Front Porch Campaigner
• Theodore Roosevelt: Trust Buster
• William Howard Taft: Chief Justice
• Woodrow Wilson: Educator
• Warren G. Harding: Poor Judge of Character
• Calvin Coolidge: Silent Cal
• Herbert Hoover: Great Depression President
• Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Squire of Hyde Park
• Harry S Truman: The Buck Stops Here
• Dwight David Eisenhower: Supreme Commander
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The King of Camelot
• Lyndon Baines Johnson: All the Way with LBJ
• Richard M. Nixon: Fallen President
• Gerald R. Ford: President by Succession
• James Earl “Jimmy” Carter: Southern Legacy
• Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator
• George Herbert Walker Bush: Bush the Elder
• William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton: The Comeback Kid
• George W. Bush: Dubya
• Additional Resources
• Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States

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The American presidency is an exclusive club to which only 44 men have been invited. The presidency has evolved over time to become one of the most powerful executive offices in democratic society. While the president can personally earn respect both within the nation and on the world stage, it is the office of the president that conveys the full power and might of the United States. In our changing world, this power has affected and been impacted by world events.