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Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson, standing, shaking hands after being nominated as presidential candidates for the Progressive or Bull-moose party...

Appalling calamity at Johnstown, Pa., on Friday, Sept. 14th, caused by the falling of a railroad bridge crowded with the citizens of the town, during...

James K. Polk (1795-1849) 11th president of the United States. James Knox Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and Governor...

N. Tom o' logical studies. The great tumble bug of Missouri, bent-on rollin his ball. A caricature of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton, as an insec...

President William McKinley (1843-1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination in September 1...

The remains of President Monroe (1758-1831) lying in state at the City Hall on Saturday, July 3, 1858 before his reburial in Richmond. Monroe was the...

George T. Brown, sergeant-at-arms, serving the summons on President Johnson (1808-1875). Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving...

Death of the Hon. Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) U.S. Senator from Tennessee and Ex-President of the United States. Johnson was the 17th President of the...

Death of Genl. Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Jackson was the seventh President of the United States. No...

Events related to the assassination of President Garfield (1831-1881): Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet i...

President McKinley (1843-1901) and others in a horse-drawn carriage. The presidential Tally Ho party - President McKinley to Golden Gate Park, San Fra...

State funeral of President McKinley. The body lying in State Rotunda of the Capitol. McKinley was the 25th President of the United States and led the...

New Jersey--The removal of President Garfield (1831-1881), with his physicians and attendants, from the White House to the Francklyn cottage, at Elber...

Memorial for President McKinley. 'In loving remembrance, President William McKinley, born January 29, 1843, died September 14, 1901' McKinley was the...

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) 9th President of the United States. Harrison was an American military officer and politician, and the first preside...

Can he do it?' President Garfield (1831-1881) walking a tight rope 'senatorial courtesy' holding a pole 'executive prerogative,''Stanley Matthews' and...

An available candidate--the one qualification for a Whig president' Political cartoon showing man in military uniform, with epaulets and plumed hat, h...

The Return from the hunt' President George Washington (1732-1799) greets family at Mount Vernon upon his return from hunting. Washington was the first...

President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) addressing a crowd from a flag-draped podium. Roosevelt was an American politician, author, naturalist, explo...

President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He is the only president to serve two non-cons...

The Inauguration - President Grant (1822-1885) taking the oath of office. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase holding Bible with hand raised, and Grant with...

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and led the United States through its Civil War. In so doing he prese...

For President, Theodore Roosevelt, For Vice President, Charles W. Fairbanks' Campaign material for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Roosevelt (1858-1919) was...

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and led the United States through its Civil War. In so doing he prese...

The Death of General James A. Garfield: (1831-1881). Twentieth President of the United States. Garfield served as the 20th President of the United Sta...

Indian delegations at Washington--presentation to the president. Print shows members of the Yankton, Santee Sioux (Dakota), and Upper Missouri Sioux t...

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth...

President Lincoln (1809-1865) at Genl. Grant's headquarters. Abraham Lincoln, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, and Ulysses S. Grant ar...

President and Mrs. McKinley on reviewing stand at Plattsburgh Barracks, N.Y. McKinley (1843-1901) was the 25th President of the United States and led...

President and Mrs McKinley. McKinley (1843-1901) was the 25th President of the United States and led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War...

The presidential party and train, between Decatur and Tuscumbia, Ala.' President McKinley with others at the back of the presidential train. McKinley...

President William McKinley on the porch of his Canton home. McKinley (1843-1901)was the 25th President of the United States and led the nation to vict...

President Theodore Roosevelt, standing in an automobile, at Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Roosevelt (1858-1919) was an American politician, author, natura...

President McKinley in Asheville. President McKinley and others posing in an open automobile with mountains and rustic structure in background. McKinle...

President and Mrs. McKinley and party entering Mt. Holyoke College grounds, June 20, 1899; Governor Wolcott in the rear of the President. McKinley (18...

Zachary Taylor and his cabinet, all seated except President Taylor.' At the table are the Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary...

Zachary Taylor, the Twelfth President of the United States; Commander in Mexican War. Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States....

James Buchanan (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States, serving immediately prior to the American Civil War. He is, to date, the only...

President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) holds a telephone receiver to his ear. Behind him on the wall is a portrait of President Chester A. Arthur capt...

President McKinley and officers of 26th U.S.V. Infantry in front of Hotel Champlain, [Plattsburg, N.Y.]' McKinley (1843-1901)was the 25th President of...

General Grant & his family. Print shows President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) posed on a horse with his family, one son is seated on a horse and wear...

President and Mrs Grover Cleveland. Cleveland (1837-1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He is the only president to serve two...

A peep at the future' A Whig fantasy on the supposed outcome of the 1844 election. Here Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen occupy the White House....

President Benjamin Harrison with James G. Blaine, Secretary of State, Henry Cabot Lodge, and group of other people posed, possibly on the forward deck...

Franklin Pierce (1804-1869): Democratic candidate for fourteenth president of the United States. Pierce was the 14th President of the United States, w...

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the seventh President of the United States. Nominated for President in 1828 Jackson won a decisive victory against John...

George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolut...

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and led the United States through its Civil War. In so doing he prese...

Presidential campaign banner featuring bust portraits of candidates 'For President Franklin Pierce' and 'For Vice President William R. King' in ovals...

Zachary Taylor, the Twelfth President of the United States; Commander in Mexican War. Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States....