Great Presidents

Meet 12 of America’s most important presidents. Through revealing anecdotes and “inside stories” you can examine their lives, achievements, and legacies to American life and politics through the eyes of political expert Dr. Allan J. Lichtman. These 12 leaders steered the United States through pivotal times: Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, and Reagan.

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• 01: The American Presidency
• 02: George Washington—The Rise of a Patriot
• 03: George Washington—American Liberator
• 04: George Washington—The First President
• 05: George Washington—American Icon
• 06: Thomas Jefferson—The Pen of Freedom
• 07: Thomas Jefferson—Party Leader
• 08: Thomas Jefferson—Expansionist President
• 09: Thomas Jefferson—The Agonies of a Second Term
• 10: Andrew Jackson—Hero of the New Republic
• 11: Andrew Jackson—The Conqueror Returns
• 12: Andrew Jackson—The Warrior President
• 13: Andrew Jackson—A President Defiant
• 14: James K. Polk—Party Loyalist
• 15: James K. Polk—The First Dark Horse
• 16: James K. Polk—Apostle of Manifest Destiny
• 17: Abraham Lincoln—Frontier Politician
• 18: Abraham Lincoln—The First Republican President
• 19: Abraham Lincoln—Wartime Leader
• 20: Abraham Lincoln—The Martyred President
• 21: Theodore Roosevelt—Patrician Reformer
• 22: Theodore Roosevelt—The Cowboy as President
• 23: Theodore Roosevelt—Progressive Dynamo
• 24: Theodore Roosevelt—Third-Party Crusader
• 25: Woodrow Wilson—American Visionary
• 26: Woodrow Wilson—The Professor as Politician
• 27: Woodrow Wilson—The World Stage
• 28: Woodrow Wilson—The Fight for Postwar Peace
• 29: Franklin D. Roosevelt—Provocative Politician
• 30: Franklin D. Roosevelt—New Dealer
• 31: Franklin D. Roosevelt—Into the Storm
• 32: Franklin D. Roosevelt—President in a World at War
• 33: Harry S Truman—A Struggle for Success
• 34: Harry S Truman—Needing America's Prayers
• 35: Harry S Truman—Winning the Peace
• 36: Harry S Truman—No Accidental President
• 37: John F. Kennedy—The Construction of a Politician
• 38: John F. Kennedy—The Emergence of a President
• 39: John F. Kennedy—A President in Crisis
• 40: John F. Kennedy—His Final Challenges
• 41: Lyndon Johnson—Politician in the Rough
• 42: Lyndon Johnson—Professional Politician
• 43: Lyndon Johnson—Building the Great Society
• 44: Lyndon Johnson—Acrimony at Home and Abroad
• 45: Ronald Reagan—"The Gipper"
• 46: Ronald Reagan—A Conservative in the White House
• 47: Ronald Reagan—The Acting President
• 48: Ronald Reagan—The Teflon President