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American Experience (PBS)

Multimedia history of U.S. Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry Truman
Political campaign, presidential legacy, and contemporaneous cultural information
Launched on Sept. 8, 1997

American Memory (Library of Congress)

Photographs of selected Presidential manuscripts
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson available as of April 1999

American Presidency (Grolier)

Articles include biographies of the Presidents, Vice Presidents, and famous candidates
Historic election results, political parties, Presidential scandals
Sections serve as a textbook for American government
Three encyclopedias available: New Book of Knowledge (Grades 3-8), Academic American Encyclopedia (Grade 5 to Adult), and Encyclopedia Americana (Grade 6 to Adult)

American Presidency Project (UCSB)

Official presidential papers, 1789-1913 (Messages and Papers) and 1929 to present (Public Papers of the President)
Complete run of State of the Union and Inaugural Addresses, 1789-present
Proclamations since 1789 and Executive Orders since 1826
Roosevelt Fireside Chats, 1933-44

Biographical Information (Ibiblio)

Links to web information about U.S. presidents beginning with George Washington
Usually includes biographies; may include links to schools attended and speeches
Part of the larger President web site which includes listings of Presidential libraries and information about the First Ladies
Last updated in 2000

Dead Presidents (Manus Hand)

Gravestones, obituaries, and biographies of presidents
Additional material may include a last will, audio of speeches, links to historic texts, archival records of assassinations
Despite title and some offbeat humor, this is a scholarly research web site

Detroit Free Press

News, sports, business, and entertainment lead stories for the current day
Search on the web through Access World News (UMich Only) for issues beginning 1982
InfoTrac's Custom Newspapers has the text from March 28, 2000 - July 30, 2008

Political Graveyard

Cemeteries in which over 100,000 federal, state and local politicians are buried
Arranged by name of person, office, birth and death years
Cemeteries arranged alphabetically and by state/county
Brief political biography of politician with links to fuller biographies as available
Cemetery lists provide biographies of politicians with some links to the Tiger Map Server
Extensive section on political families although relationships also shown under the name search

Portraits of the Presidents

Portraits of presidents, Washington through Clinton, in the National Portrait Gallery
Brief Presidential biography and background on the painting
Thumbnail sketch and full screen version

Presidential E-Mail