Exploring the American Presidency through 50 Historic Treasures

Kimberly A. Kenney

doi:10.5771/9781538156643

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-5663-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-5664-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 208
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Timeline of Objects No access
4. Introduction No access
1 George Washington,1789–1797: Dentures No access Pages 1 - 4
2 John Adams, 1797–1801: Law Desk No access Pages 5 - 8
3 Thomas Jefferson,1801–1809: Great Clock at Monticello No access Pages 9 - 12
4 James Madison, 1809–1817: Walking Stick No access Pages 13 - 16
5 James Monroe,1817–1825: Desk No access Pages 17 - 19
6 John Quincy Adams,1825–1829: Personal Library No access Pages 20 - 22
7 Andrew Jackson, 1829–1837: Decapitated Figurehead No access Pages 23 - 26
8 Martin Van Buren,1837–1841: Desk No access Pages 27 - 30
9 William Henry Harrison,1841: Flag Remnant No access Pages 31 - 34
10 John Tyler, 1841–1845: Piano No access Pages 35 - 36
11 James K. Polk, 1845–1849: Table No access Pages 37 - 39
12 Zachary Taylor, 1849–1850: Chair No access Pages 40 - 42
13 Millard Fillmore, 1850–1853: Engraving of Debate No access Pages 43 - 45
14 Franklin Pierce, 1853–1857: Kansas-Nebraska Act No access Pages 46 - 48
15 James Buchanan, 1857–1861: Law Books No access Pages 49 - 52
16 Abraham Lincoln,1861–1865: Chair from Ford’s Theatre No access Pages 53 - 57
17 Andrew Johnson, 1865–1869: Impeachment Note No access Pages 58 - 60
18 Ulysses S. Grant, 1869–1877: Inkwell No access Pages 61 - 62
19 Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877–1881: Morgan Silver Dollar No access Pages 63 - 65
20 James A. Garfield, 1881: Inaugural Address No access Pages 66 - 69
21 Chester Arthur, 1881–1885: Tiffany Screen No access Pages 70 - 72
22 Grover Cleveland,1885–1889 and 1893–1897: Naval Review Ribbon No access Pages 73 - 75
23 Benjamin Harrison, 1889–1893: Judge Cartoon No access Pages 76 - 79
24 William McKinley, 1897–1901: McKinley National Memorial Collection Bank No access Pages 80 - 84
25 Theodore Roosevelt, 1901–1909: Page from Speech No access Pages 85 - 87
26 William Howard Taft,1909–1913: Bible No access Pages 88 - 90
27 Woodrow Wilson, 1913–1921: 1919 Pierce-Arrow No access Pages 91 - 93
28 Warren G. Harding,1921–1923: Skeleton Key No access Pages 94 - 96
29 Calvin Coolidge, 1923–1929: Painting of Inauguration No access Pages 97 - 99
30 Herbert Hoover, 1929–1933: Humidor No access Pages 100 - 103
31 Franklin D. Roosevelt,1933–1945: Fireside Chat Microphone No access Pages 104 - 109
32 Harry S. Truman, 1945–1953: “The Buck Stops Here”Desk Sign No access Pages 110 - 112
33 Dwight D. Eisenhower,1953–1961: Globe No access Pages 113 - 115
34 John F. Kennedy,1961–1963: PT 109 Coconut Husk Paperweight No access Pages 116 - 118
35 Lyndon B. Johnson,1963–1969: Desk Blotter No access Pages 119 - 121
36 Richard Nixon, 1969–1974: Easy Chair No access Pages 122 - 125
37 Gerald Ford, 1974–1977: Statuette of Elephant and Donkey No access Pages 126 - 127
38 Jimmy Carter, 1977–1981: Hungarian Crown No access Pages 128 - 130
39 Ronald Reagan, 1981–1989: Piece of the Berlin Wall No access Pages 131 - 133
40 George H. W. Bush, 1989–1993: Letter to Family No access Pages 134 - 136
41 Bill Clinton, 1993–2001: Saxophone No access Pages 137 - 139
42 George W. Bush, 2001–2009: Bullhorn No access Pages 140 - 143
43 Barack Obama, 2009–2017: Pen Used to Sign the Affordable Care Act No access Pages 144 - 146
44 Donald Trump, 2017–2021: MAGA Hat No access Pages 147 - 149
45 Joe Biden, 2021– :COVID Vaccine Vial No access Pages 150 - 152
46 Resolute Desk No access Pages 153 - 155
47 Presidential Seal No access Pages 156 - 161
48 Official White House Portraits No access Pages 162 - 164
49 Senate Ballot Box No access Pages 165 - 168
50 Air Force One No access Pages 169 - 172
Notes No access Pages 173 - 200
Index No access Pages 201 - 206
About the Author No access Pages 207 - 208