American Democracy

From women's suffrage to some surprising examples of campaign shwag, explore the fascinating evolution of American democracy

Learn about the past Presidents of the United States

George Washington

16 items

John Adams

114 items

Thomas Jefferson

54 items

James Madison

44 items

James Monroe

101 items

John Quincy Adams

105 items

Andrew Jackson

98 items

Martin Van Buren

95 items

William Henry Harrison

51 items

John Tyler

23 items

James K. Polk

31 items

Zachary Taylor

53 items

Millard Fillmore

14 items

Franklin Pierce

21 items

James Buchanan

53 items

Abraham Lincoln

811 items

Andrew Johnson

115 items

Ulysses S. Grant

171 items

Rutherford B. Hayes

49 items

James A. Garfield

53 items

Chester A. Arthur

13 items

Benjamin Harrison

30 items

Grover Cleveland

70 items

William McKinley

88 items

Theodore Roosevelt

237 items

William Howard Taft

224 items

Woodrow Wilson

234 items

Warren G. Harding

55 items

Calvin Coolidge

37 items

Herbert Hoover

637 items

Franklin D. Roosevelt

4,710 items

Harry S. Truman

11,600 items

Dwight D. Eisenhower

11,400 items

John F. Kennedy

4,950 items

Lyndon B. Johnson

12,900 items

Richard Nixon

26,600 items

Gerald Ford

229 items

Jimmy Carter

380 items

Ronald Reagan

2,230 items

George H.W. Bush

63 items

Bill Clinton

153 items

George W. Bush

Barack Obama

221 items

A closer look at life in the White House

Furry Friends

Presidential Pets

The furry companions that once resided in the White House

The Secret Service

Surprising Facts About Keeping the President Safe

From code names to assasination attempts

First Ladies

Influential First Ladies

More than just picking out the White House china

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Take a virtual tour of the most iconic presidential homes in 360˚

ExploreThe White House

ExploreGeorge Washington’s Mount Vernon

ExploreJames Monroe's Highland

ExploreThomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest

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The history of the Presidency

Discover more about presidential past from the experts

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The First President

Creating the office of the President

Online Exhibit

Transporting the President

From horse-drawn carriages to limousines

Online Exhibit

The First Ladies

Exploring the stories of America’s First Ladies

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Views of the Presidency in Times of Turmoil

A selection of cartoon depictions of the US political process

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Presidential Pastimes

The history of baseball and the American presidency

Online Exhibit

Playing with Politics

Educational toys and games inspired by the Presidency

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Significant moments in past Presidencies

How Presidents have responded to World Wars and Civil Rights

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America and World War I

The watershed event that reshaped American lives

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FDR's Response to the Attack on Pearl Harbor

A timeline of the President's actions

Online Exhibit

Japanese-American Citizens and WWII

The effects of FDR's reaction to Pearl Harbor

Online Exhibit

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Lyndon B. Johnson and civil rights legislation

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Women's Suffrage and the Right to Vote

How women reshaped the politial climate

Online Exhibit

Voting Milestones

National Voting Rights Museum and Institute

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Campaigns and elections

A closer look at historic campaigns, and what it takes to win an election

Running for Office

Library of Virginia

Every Four Years: Presidential Campaigns and the Press

Newseum

Running for Re-Election

President Lincoln's Cottage

Campaign 1972: Nixon Through the Lens

U.S. National Archives

1984: Reagan's Landslide Victory

U.S. National Archives

Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and Political Cartoons

U.S. National Archives

President Harry S. Truman and the 1948 Election

U.S. National Archives

1916 Wilson/Marshall Campaign

The President Woodrow Wilson House

Electing Lincoln

The Henry Ford

Aiming High: Women Pursuing the Presidency

Center for American Women and Politics

Campaigns, Inc.

California State Archives

Electing the President

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

How Jimmy Carter Built His 1976 Presidential Election

U.S. National Archives

August-November 1976: Highlights of Gerald Ford's Campaign Against Jimmy Carter

U.S. National Archives

ELECTION!

Andrew Jackson's Hermitage

UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Archive of American Television

Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidential Election Campaign

Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Presidential Candidates Through the Decades

Harvard Institute of Politics

AIGA Get Out the Vote 2016

AIGA, the professional association for design

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Artworks, artifacts and more in high resolution

Mrs. Betty Ford laughing as President Ford tries on his old Navy hat as they pack for the move to the White House.

George Pendleton campaign kerchief, 1868

Civil War Portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes

William Garl Browne

Benjamin Harrison campaign bandanna, 1888

Nixon-Agnew Two-faced Jigsaw Puzzle

The Puzzle Factory

Invitation to Grand Inauguration Ball

President Eisenhower First Pitch Photograph

Don Wingfield

Cleveland-Thurman Campaign Scarf, 1888

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Presidential history in action

Presidential Inaugurations throughout the years

President-elect Donald Trump Victory Speech

C-SPAN

President Kennedy First Pitch Video

Inaugural Challenges

Presidential Transitions after an Election

C-SPAN

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In collaboration with

C-SPAN

United States

Ohio History Connection

United States

Smithsonian Libraries

United States

The White House

United States

U.S. National Archives

United States

Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello

United States

Harvard Institute of Politics

United States

The Abraham Lincoln Foundation of The Union League of Philadelphia

United States

The Presidential Culinary Museum

United States

Andrew Jackson's Hermitage

United States

National Constitution Center

United States

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

United States

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Google Expeditions

Are you a teacher? With Google Expeditions, take your students on immersive, virtual journeys and let them discover iconic Presidential Homes.

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