In the White House
Presidents & First Ladies
The men who held the highest office — and the women beside them.
The Presidency
History is made by people. From the founders and the presidents to the generals, reformers and the most important figures of the modern century — the American story, told through the lives that shaped it.
In the White House
The men who held the highest office — and the women beside them.
Across the Centuries
The Americans who shaped each age, from the Revolution to the present.
portrait — Samuel AdamsThe founders, soldiers and patriots of the Revolution.
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portrait — Alexander HamiltonThe statesmen who built the early republic.
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portrait — Henry ClayThe leaders and reformers of the decades before the Civil War.
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portrait — Jane AddamsThe reformers and titans of the Gilded Age.
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portrait — Martin Luther King Jr.The most important people of the modern American century.
Browse the era →Blue & Gray
The commanders who led the armies of the Union and the Confederacy.
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