American Presidents

A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits
March-December 1999

Welcome to American Presidents: Life Portraits

Visit
American Presidents: Life Portraits
Aug. 6th - Oct. 15th in the Park Plaza Mall, Little Rock, AR
Read
Vice Presidential Haunts, in Chicago Tribune, 9/22/02
  
 About This Web Site
C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits series profiled the men who have served as chief executive of the United States. This website, created as a companion to the network's 20th Anniversary television series, provides an in-depth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations. The series was included among the 59th Annual Peabody Award winners in 2000.

On this site, you will find:

• Biographical facts
• Key events of each presidency
• Presidential places
• Reference material

Pick a president from the pull-down menu above and explore.

Resources
Listed below are other resources available to you on this site:
Tour Presidential and Vice Presidential gravesites
Watch program video at the American Presidents Archive
Use lesson plans designed by C-SPAN in the Classroom
View American Presidents Portrait Exhibit
Buy American President Products in the C-SPAN Store
Read Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?
Review C-SPAN's 2009 Survey of Presidential Leadership
Watch Library of Congress Special, 12/16/99
Watch American Presidents contest winners, 02/20/00

About the series, Winner of the 59th Annual Peabody Award

"This extraordinary commitment to explore the life stories of every American president represents the best elements of our democratic system and free media."
      —Peabody website

From March to December 1999,
C-SPAN profiled the 41 men who have served as chief executive of the United States. The network's 20th Anniversary television series covered 41 weeks and provided an indepth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations. The series was included among the 59th Annual Peabody Award winners in 2000.

Twenty Years of Public Affairs Programming. Created by America's Cable Companies.