Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in the small town of Lamar, Missouri, and grew up on farms and in Independence, where he absorbed the...

Born in 1858 in New York City, Theodore Roosevelt overcame childhood illness to become one of the most dynamic leaders in American history. A...

Andrew Jackson, America’s seventh president, lived a life marked by passion, controversy, and defiance. He married Rachel Donelson Robards, a devoted...

John Quincy Adams was born into revolution and raised for diplomacy. The son of John and Abigail Adams, he first crossed the Atlantic at age 10 on a...

James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the son of a planter family whose fortunes declined after his father’s...

James Madison wasn’t a towering figure—literally or figuratively—when you first looked at him. Born on March 16, 1751, in Virginia, this soft-spoken...

Thomas Jefferson wasn’t just the guy on the nickel or the face behind Monticello—he was a walking contradiction, a curious tinkerer, and a...

John Adams, born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts, rose from modest beginnings as a farmer’s son to become a lawyer, diplomat, and...

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. Growing up on a plantation...

Abraham Lincoln, born in 1809, is best remembered for his leadership during one of the most turbulent periods in American history, the Civil War...