Facts about the presidents : a compilation of biographical and historical information / Joseph Nathan Kane, Janet Podell.

From Publisher's Website: The authoritative source for information about the lives, backgrounds, and terms of office of every American president, from George Washington onward, Wilson's acclaimed Facts About the Presidents series continues with its much-anticipated Eighth Edition. Written for both...

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Main Author: Kane, Joseph Nathan, 1899-2002
Other Authors: Podell, Janet
Language:English
Published: New York : H.W. Wilson, 2009.
Edition:Eighth edition.
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Physical Description:vii, 801 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Preface -- Biographical Data -- George Washington -- John Adams -- Thomas Jefferson -- James Madison -- James Monroe -- John Quincy Adams -- Andrew Jackson -- Martin Van Buren -- William Henry Harrison -- John Tyler -- James Knox Polk -- Zachary Taylor -- Millard Fillmore -- Franklin Pierce -- James Buchanan -- Abraham Lincoln -- Andrew Johnson -- Ulysses Simpson Grant -- Rutherford Birchard Hayes -- James Abram Garfield -- Chester Alan Arthur -- Grover Cleveland -- Benjamin Harrison -- Grover Cleveland -- William McKinley -- Theodore Roosevelt -- William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson -- Warren Gamaliel Harding -- Calvin Coolidge -- Herbert Clark Hoover -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Harry S Truman -- Dwight David Eisenhower -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy -- Richard Milhous Nixon -- Gerald Rudolph Ford -- Jimmy Carter -- Ronald Wilson Reagan -- George Herbert Walker Bush -- William Jefferson Clinton -- George Walker Bush -- Barack Hussein Obama -- Comparative Data -- Presidents -- Chronology, family history, and personal background -- Education and career -- Residence -- Physical characteristics -- Death and burial -- Commemoratives -- General statistics -- Presidency -- Elections -- Conventions -- Candidates -- Election returns -- Office -- Executive office -- Presidents and their vice presidents -- Index. 
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