Table of Contents
George Washington 1
Martha Washington 16
The Articles of Confederation 19
President Washington's Farewell Address 21
John Adams 23
Abigail Adams 35
Adams's Inaugural Address 38
Adams's "Thoughts on Government" 40
Thomas Jefferson 43
Martha Jefferson 59
The Declaration of Independence 60
Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address 63
James Madison 66
Dolley Madison 75
Madison's Bill of Rights Proposal 78
Madison's First Inaugural Address 81
Federalist No. 46 83
James Monroe 85
Elizabeth Monroe 96
Monroe's First Inaugural Address 99
The Monroe Doctrine 103
John Quincy Adams 105
Louisa Adams 115
Adams's Inaugural Address 118
Adams's Closing Argument in the Amistad Case 120
Andrew Jackson 123
Rachel Jackson 136
Jackson's Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States 138
Jackson's Proclamation Warning 140
Martin Van Buren 142
Hannah Van Buren 152
Van Buren's Inaugural Address 153
William Henry Harrison 156
Anna Harrison 165
Harrison's Inaugural Address 167
A Report from the Field 170
John Tyler 171
Letitia Tyler 179
Julia Tyler 181
Tyler's Address to Congress 182
James K. Polk 185
Sarah Polk 195
Polk's Inaugural Address 197
Zachary Taylor 199
Margaret Taylor 207
Taylor's Only Annual Address to Congress 209
Millard Fillmore 211
Abigail Fillmore 219
Fillmore's First Annual Address to Congress 221
Franklin Pierce 223
Jane Pierce 232
Pierce's Inaugural Address 234
James Buchanan 236
Harriet Lane 245
Buchanan's Final Annual Address to Congress 247
Abraham Lincoln 250
Mary Todd Lincoln 265
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation 268
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 270
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address 270
Andrew Johnson 272
Eliza Johnson 282
Johnson's Final Annual Address to Congress 284
Ulysses S. Grant 286
Julia Grant 302
Grant's Recollection of the Confederate Surrender 305
Rutherford B. Hayes 307
Lucy Hayes 317
Hayes's Speech an the End of Reconstruction 320
James A. Garfield 322
Lucreria Garfield 331
Garfield's "Revolution Against the Constitution" Speech 334
Chester A. Arthur 337
Ellen Arthur 346
Arthur's First Annual Address to Congress 348
Grover Cleveland 350
Frances Cleveland 361
Cleveland's Message to Congress Opposing the Annexation of Hawaii 364
Benjamin Harrison 366
Caroline Harrison 374
Harrison's Message to the Senate Supporting the Annexation of Hawaii 375
William McKinley 377
Ida McKinley 391
McKinley's First Inaugural Address 393
Theodore Roosevelt 396
Edith Roosevelt 411
Roosevelt's First Annual Address to Congress 413
Roosevelt's "The Man with the Muck Rake" Speech 416
William Howard Toft 419
Helen Toft 428
Taft's Final Annual Address to Congress 431
Woodrow Wilson 434
Ellen Wilson 449
Edith Wilson 451
Wilson's War Message to Congress 453
Wilson's Fourteen Points 455
Warren G. Harding 458
Florence Harding 468
Harding's Speech to a Special Session of Congress 470
Calvin Coolidge 473
Grace Coolidge 485
Coolidge's Speech on Government and Business 489
Herbert Hoover 491
Louise Hoover 502
Hoover's "Rugged Individualism" Campaign Speech 505
Franklin D. Roosevelt 507
Eleanor Roosevelt 525
Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address 528
Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat 530
Roosevelt's War Message to the American People 531
Harry S. Truman 533
Bess Truman 548
Truman's Address to the Nation about the Bombing of Japan 551
Truman's Executive Order Banning Segregation in the Military 553
Dwight D. Eisenhower 554
Mamie Eisenhower 568
Eisenhower's Farewell Address to the Nation 570
John F. Kennedy 573
Jacqueline Kennedy 587
Kennedy's Inaugural Address 592
Lyndon B. Johnson 595
Johnson's Speech about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 604
Lady Bird Johnson 610
Johnson's "Great Society" Speech 613
Richard M. Nixon 616
Pat Nixon 630
Nixon's "Silent Majority" Speech 633
Gerald R. Ford 636
Betty Ford 649
Ford's Comments Regarding the Pardon of Richard Nixon 652
Jimmy Carter 654
Rosalynn Carter 667
Carter's "Human Rights and Foreign Policy" Speech 669
Ronald Reagan 672
Nancy Reagan 685
Reagan's First Inaugural Address 689
George H. W. Bush 692
Barbara Bush 705
Bush's Address to Congress on the Crisis in Kuwait 707
Bill Clinton 710
Hillary Rodham Clinton 731
Clinton's Final State of the Union Address 735
George W. Bush 737
Laura Bush 759
Bush's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech 762
Barack Obama 764
Michelle Obama 782
Obama's "A More Perfect Union" Speech 785
Donald Trump 787
Melania Trump 800
Ivanka Trump 801
Trump's Presidential Victory Speech 802
Joe Biden 803
Index 815