02 December 2012
Presidential Biographies: Washington through Buchanan
Here's the start of the long-promised bibliography for my presidential biography reading. All links to Amazon. Full disclosure: I am an Amazon affiliate and will receive a meager subsidy if you purchase any of the books by following the links below.
No. | Start | End | President | Born | Died | Biography |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 30 APR 1789 | 4 MAR 1797 | George Washington | 22 FEB 1732 | 14 DEC 1799 | Flexner, John
Thomas, Washington:
The Indispensable Man |
2 | 4 MAR 1797 | 4 MAR 1801 | John Adams | 30 OCT 1735 | 4 JUL 1826 | McCullough,
David, John
Adams |
3 | 4 MAR 1801 | 4 MAR 1809 | Thomas Jefferson | 14 APR 1743 | 4 JUL 1826 | Ellis, Joseph
J., American
Sphinx: The Character of Thomas
Jefferson |
4 | 4 MAR 1809 | 4 MAR 1817 | James Madison | 16 MAR 1751 | 28 JUN 1836 | Ketcham,
Ralph, James
Madison: A
Biography |
5 | 4 MAR 1817 | 4 MAR 1825 | James Monroe | 28 APR 1758 | 4 JUL 1831 | Ammon,
Harry, James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity (Signature
Series) |
6 | 4 MAR 1825 | 4 MAR 1829 | John Quincy Adams | 11 JUL 1767 | 23 FEB 1848 | Nagel,
Paul, John
Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private
Life |
7 | 4 MAR 1829 | 4 MAR 1837 | Andrew Jackson | 15 MAR 1767 | 8 JUN 1845 | Brands,
H. W., Andrew
Jackson: His Life and
Times |
8 | 4 MAR 1837 | 4 MAR 1841 | Martin Van Buren | 4 DEC 1782 | 24 JUL 1862 | Niven,
John, Martin
Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics (Signature
Series) |
9 | 4 MAR 1841 | 4 APR 1841 | William Henry Harrison | 9 FEB 1773 | 4 APR 1841 | Cleaves,
Freeman, Old
Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His
Time |
10 | 4 APR 1841 | 4 MAR 1845 | John Tyler | 29 MAR 1790 | 18 JAN 1862 | Chitwood, Oliver
P., John
Tyler: Champion of the Old
South |
11 | 4 MAR 1845 | 4 MAR 1849 | James K. Polk | 2 NOV 1795 | 15 JUN 1849 | Borneman, Walter
R., Polk:
The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and
America |
12 | 4 MAR 1849 | 9 JUL 1850 | Zachary Taylor | 24 NOV 1784 | 9 JUL 1850 | Bauer,
K. Jack, Zachary
Taylor : Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest |
13 | 9 JUL 1850 | 4 MAR 1853 | Millard Fillmore | 7 JAN 1800 | 8 MAR 1874 | Rayback, Robert
J., Millard
Fillmore: Biography of a
President |
14 | 4 MAR 1853 | 4 MAR 1857 | Franklin Pierce | 23 NOV 1804 | 8 OCT 1869 | Wallner, Peter
A., Franklin
Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite
Son Wallner, Peter A., Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union |
15 | 4 MAR 1857 | 4 MAR 1861 | James Buchanan | 23 APR 1791 | 1 JUN 1868 | Klein, Philip
S., President
James Buchanan: A
Biography |
More to come as I take time to update. I'm currently rereading the first volume of Edmund Morris's three-volume set on Theodore Roosevelt.
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