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Note: Theodore Roosevelt and the presidents following Coolidge are excluded due to their being out of the public domain. The full list may be seen at this link: National Portrait Gallery's "America's Presidents" collection. For the article about the portrait of Barack Obama from the National Portrait Gallery, see President Barack Obama.
John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) was the first U.S. president to have notable facial hair, with long sideburns. [3] But the first major departure from the tradition of clean-shaven chief executives was Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865), [4] [5] [6] who was supposedly (and famously) influenced by a letter received from an eleven-year-old girl named Grace Bedell, to start growing a beard to improve ...
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The first president, George ...
Test your Presidents Day knowledge with these presidential trivia questions and answers. Learn little-known facts about Washington, Lincoln and more.
Portraits of presidents of the United States; The President Is Missing (novel) The President Is Missing (video game) The President's Daughter (novel) Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps; Presidents Race; Profiles in Courage (TV series)
American Presidents: Life Portraits is a series produced by C-SPAN in 1999. Each episode was aired live, and was a two- to three-hour look at the life and times of one particular president of the United States. Episodes were broadcast from locations of importance to the profiled president, featured interviews with historians and other experts ...
Notable best presidents include George Washington at No.2, Thomas Jefferson at No. 7, and Barack Obama at No. 12.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 90th birthday Thursday. A list of the 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents, their age and the day they died, if applicable: 1.