The indispensable man who led a revolution and defined the presidency.
The fiery patriot who argued America into existence and served as its second president.
The pen behind the Declaration and the vision behind a continent.
A president's son who became America's greatest diplomat and a fearless crusader against slavery.
A frontier warrior who redefined the presidency and expanded democracy for white men while devastating Native American nations.
The political mastermind who built the modern party system and inherited an economic catastrophe.
A frontier general who won the presidency on a catchy slogan and died thirty-one days later.
The vice president who defied his own party and established the precedent of presidential succession.
The dark horse who fulfilled every campaign promise and expanded America from sea to shining sea.
A battle-hardened general who had never voted before becoming president and died before he could shape the slavery debate.
A self-made man from poverty who signed the Compromise of 1850 and delayed the Civil War by a decade.
A charming war hero crushed by personal tragedy and the unstoppable march toward civil war.
America's only bachelor president presided over the collapse of the Union and did nothing to stop it.
From log cabin to White House, the president who saved the Union.
The self-taught tailor who clashed with Congress over the soul of Reconstruction.
The quiet general who won the Civil War and fought for civil rights as president.
The Civil War hero who won the most contested election in American history.
The canal boy turned scholar-soldier whose presidency was cut short by an assassin.
The machine politician who surprised everyone by becoming a reform president.
The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and marry in the White House.
The grandson of a president who modernized America between two Cleveland terms.
The Civil War veteran who led America into the age of empire and prosperity.
The rough-riding president who busted trusts and built a canal.
The only man to serve as both president and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The scholar who reshaped America and tried to remake the world.
The handsome Ohio newspaper editor whose presidency drowned in scandal.
The quiet Vermonter who presided over America's greatest boom.
The brilliant engineer who saved millions from starvation but could not save America from the Depression.
The president who conquered depression, polio, and fascism.
The accidental president who shaped the post-war world.
The general who won D-Day and built the Interstate Highway System.
The charismatic leader who inspired a generation and faced down nuclear war.
The master legislator who waged war on poverty and expanded civil rights.
The brilliant strategist who opened China and destroyed himself with Watergate.
The accidental president who chose country over career.
The peanut farmer who brokered peace and redefined the ex-presidency.
The actor-turned-president who helped end the Cold War.
The veteran diplomat who navigated the end of the Cold War and liberated Kuwait.
The charismatic Arkansas governor who presided over a booming economy.
The president who rallied a wounded nation after 9/11 and launched two wars.
The first African American president who inspired a nation to believe.
The businessman who shattered political norms and won the presidency twice.
The veteran senator who won the presidency after decades of personal tragedy and perseverance.