Heads of State

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President Jimmy Carter: A Short Biography

By: Doug West

A peanut farmer from Georgia running as a maverick outsider narrowly won the presidential election of 1976 against the sitting president Gerald Ford to become the 39th president of the

James K. Polk: A Short Biography: Eleventh President of the United States

By: Doug West

James K. Polk, or “Young Hickory” as he was known, was the eleventh president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. During his four short years, he was the

Herbert Hoover: A Short Biography: Thirty-First President of the United States

By: Doug West

With an iron will and unwavering determination Herbert Hoover worked his way through Stanford University’s inaugural class to become a world-renowned mining engineer and humanitarian. A multi-millionaire by age forty,

President George H. W. Bush: A Short Biography

By: Doug West

George H. W. Bush is an American politician who was the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and the 43rd Vice President of the United States

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Short Biography: Thirty-Second President of the United States

By: Doug West

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, or FDR, as he was known, was the 32-nd president of the United States. Though afflicted with polio, he led the nation through the Great Depression and

Bill Clinton: A Short Biography: 42nd President of the United States

By: Doug West

Bill Clinton is a man of great contrasts and contradictions, a man whose presidency was disgraced by impeachment, but who remains one of the most popular presidents of the modern