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Primary Source Set

Martin Van Buren, president of the United States  

Collections from American Memory:

"I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations

By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies from 1789- Present

 

Martin Van Buren 1837-1841:

Before Presidency 1782-1836:

Martin Van Buren to Thomas Jefferson, June 8, 1824

Thomas Jefferson to Martin Van Buren, June 29, 1824

Martin Van Buren to Thomas Jefferson, July 13, 1824

Martin Van Buren to Thomas Jefferson, September 2, 1824

Letter from James Hamilton to Martin Van Buren, March 5, 1829

By the president of the United States in pursuance of the provisions of a treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw Indians, made and concluded on Pontotoc Creek, on the twentieth day of October 1832

 National Democratic Republican nomination / lith. of Endicott, 152 Fulton St., New York.

 

During Presidency 1837-1841:

[5 Ohio election tickets For President Martin Van Buren For Vice President Richard M. Johnson] [1840?].

Electoral ticket. For president Martin Van Buren. For Vice-president Richard M. Johnson. [23 districts listed] [1840?].

[Martin Van Buren, full-length portrait, standing, facing right].

The 'destiny' of the United States in the hands of Martin Van Buren! and the friends of the British government rejoice. St. Albans [Vt.] The Messenger Extra. August 27, 1840.

Letter from Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren, March 4, 1841.

Martin Van Buren: eighth President of the United states

 Martin Van Buren / Thayer, successor to Moore, Boston.

Martin Van Buren, president of the United States

Martin Van Buren, Pres. U.S., 1782-1862

 

After Presidency 1842- 1862 (some later):

[John Van Buren, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]. (Son)

Martin Van Buren.

[Former President Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing right].

Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. East facade.

Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. General view, close-up.

Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. Entrance from out in meadow.

Mrs. Martin Van Buren.

Mrs. Martin Van Buren

 

Andrew Johnson 1865-1869:

Before Presidency 1808-1864:

Andrew Johnson Birthplace, Mordecai Place (moved from 123 Fayetteville Street), Raleigh, Wake, NC

[Hon. Andrew Johnson, half-length portrait, facing left]

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. No. 37 / G. Kaehrle [Gabriel Kaehrle].

[Andrew Johnson, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]

 [Andrew Johnson, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with table and chair]

[Andrew Johnson, Senator from Tennessee, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]

Andrew Johnson - President of the United States

[Andrew Johnson, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, in supposed triangular campaign hat]

Brig. Gen. Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 09, 1862 (Telegram regarding arrests of disunionists) 

Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, July 06, 1862 (Telegram recommending appointment) 

Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, September 27, 1863 (Newspaper clipping)

Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 11, 1863 (Telegram informing Lincoln that he will come to Washington)

Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 28, 1864 (Introduction)

To Andrew Johnson, Vice-President of the United States of America [regarding cattle plague] Albany 1865.

Speeches of Andrew Johnson. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 16, Issue 98, December 1865] 

 

During Presidency 1865-1869:

Andrew Johnson, Prest. U.S. / printed in oil colors, by Bingham & Dodd, Hartford, Conn.

Andrew Johnson's reconstruction and how it works / Th. Nast.

Andrew Johnson taking the oath of office in the small parlor of the Kirkwood House [Hotel], Washington, [April 15, 1865]

Letter from Andrew Johnson, dated July 17, 1865, paroling R. Ewell from Fort Warren

Formal notice of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by the House Committee, Thaddeus Stevens and John A. Bingham, at the bar of the Senate, Washington, D.C., on the 25th Feb.

Grand national union banner for 1864. Liberty, union and victory

Our presidents

 

After Presidency 1870- 1875:

Death of the Hon. Andrew Johnson: U.S. Senator from Tennessee and Ex-President of the United States

Funeral of former U.S. President Andrew Johnson, Greeneville, Tenn., Aug. 3, 1875

 [Andrew Johnson. View of tomb, Greenville, Tennessee]

 

Other:

Andrew Johnson House, 217 South Main Street, Greeneville, Greene, TN

 Andrew Johnson, residence in Greeneville, Tennessee. Andrew Johnson's bedroom, table with chairs and trunk

Andrew Johnson, residence in Greeneville, Tennessee. Portrait of Johnson's mosaic table

Andrew Johnson, residence in Greeneville, Tennessee. Exterior to balcony, east facade

Mrs. Andrew Johnson / engd. by J.C. Buttre.

[Union ticket for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson pasted in a scrapbook].

 

Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921:

Before Presidency 1856- 1912:

Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home, 419 Seventh Street, Augusta, Richmond, GA

[Woodrow Wilson, while Governor of New Jersey, sitting in a room].

[Woodrow Wilson's special train, with presidential campaign banner draped on engine, under bridge at railroad station].

[Presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson standing in an automobile, crowd of men look down from behind a railing].

 

During Presidency 1913-1921:

[Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, crowd in front of the United States Capitol].

[Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, Princeton University students parading down a street in Washington D. C.].

[Woodrow Wilson's inauguration: Woodrow Wilson and Wm. Howard Taft leaving the White House]

[Pres. Woodrow Wilson, and Ellen Axson Wilson, posed standing, full length, on steps, with their daughters, Jessie, Eleanor, and Margaret]

[Woodrow Wilson, full-length portrait, seated at desk, facing front].

Executive order, As an evidence of the profound affection of the American people for the memory of Abraham Lincoln, it is hereby ordered that the executive offices of the United States shall be closed and that the national flag be displayed at half-mast.

[Mrs. Woodrow Wilson (Edith Bolling Galt), bust portrait, facing front].

[President Woodrow Wilson throwing out the first ball, opening day, 1916].

Vote to Defeat Woodrow Wilson [from newspaper]

[President Woodrow Wilson, wearing a fur collar and silk top hat, riding in an automobile].

[Woodrow Wilson and wife riding in backseat of a carriage to second inauguration, March 5th, 1917].

Woodrow Wilson's speech notes, in shorthand, for his "Fourteen Points" address, [8 January 1918].

President Wilson arrives in New York to lead fourth Liberty Loan parade [1918] / [Hearst-Pathe News].

President Woodrow Wilson at the Denver Press Club during his visit to Denver / photo by Harry M. Rhoads.

William Gibbs McAdoo, married to Woodrow Wilson's daughter, Eleanor, and who also served as Wilson's Secretary of the Treasury (on right) with and unidentified man / photo by Harry M. Rhoads.

President Woodrow Wilson leaving Brown Palace in Denver / photo by Harry M. Rhoads.

Governors & mayors of the United States after conference with President Woodrow Wilson at the White House, Washington, D.C., March 3, 1919.

The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919

[President Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet: Bainbridge Colby, Newton D. Baker, Albert S. Burleson, John B. Payne, Joshua W. Alexander, David F. Houston, A. Mitchell Palmer, Josephus Daniels, Edwin T. Meredith and William B. Wilson]

Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of Woodrow Wilson, at the White House

 

After Presidency 1922- 1924:

[Photograph of President Woodrow Wilson].

[Announcing the death of Honorable Woodrow Wilson.] By the President of the United States of America a proclamation. [Washington. 1924].

 

Other:

Seating list. Dinner in commemoration of the birthday of Woodrow Wilson given by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. The Mayflower. Thursday, December 28, 1933. [Washington, 1933].

Jessie Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Randolph Wilson

 

Additional Resources from outside of Library of Congress:

Internet:

The White House: Presidents

The White House: First Ladies

American President An Online Reference Resource (Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia): Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

American Experience: The Presidents: Martin Van Buren (PBS)

The President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

American President An Online Reference Resource (Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia): Andrew Johnson

American Experience: The Presidents: Andrew Johnson (PBS)

The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum

American President An Online Reference Resource (Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia): Woodrow Wilson

American Experience Woodrow Wilson (PBS)

American Experience: The Presidents: Woodrow Wilson (PBS)

The American President (PBS)

 

Books:

Martin Van Buren: Our Eighth President (Presidents of the U.S.A) by Steven Ferry ~ ISBN-10: 1602530378 or ISBN-13: 978-1602530379

Martin Van Buren: Eighth President 1837- 1841 (Getting to Know the US Presidents) by Mike Venezia ~ ISBN-10: 0516274821 or ISBN-13: 978-0516274829

Andrew Johnson: Seventeenth President 1865-1869 (Getting to Know the US Presidents) by Mike Venezia ~ ISBN-10: 0516254847 or ISBN-13: 978-0516254845

Andrew Johnson: Seventeenth President of the United States (Encyclopedia of Presidents) by Zachary Kent ~ ISBN-10: 0516013637 or ISBN-13: 978-0516013633

Woodrow Wilson And the Progressive Era (World Leaders) by Bonnie L. Lukes ~ ISBN-10: 1931798796 or ISBN-13: 978-1931798792

Woodrow Wilson (Getting to Know the US Presidents) by Mike Venezia ~ ISBN-10: 0516254626 or ISBN-13: 978-0516254623

The Election of 1912 and the Administration of Woodrow Wilson (Major Presidential Elections and the Administrations That Followed) by Arthur Meier Schlesinger ~ ISBN-10: 1590843584 or ISBN-13: 978-1590843581

 
 
 
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