Us President Collection (#5)

Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio, the residence of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States, circa 1880. An engraving by Harley after G. Gibson. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Calvin J Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933), the 30th President of the United States of America (1923 - 1929). When Governor of Massachusetts in 1919 he crushed the Boston police strike

Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), 31st President of the United States from 1928 to 1932. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Portrait of James Madison
James Madison (1751 - 1836), the 4th President of the United States. Known as the Father of the Constitution, he also co-wrote the Federalist Papers, 1783

Woodrow Wilson Inauguration
Crowds in front of the Capitol building during the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), the 28th President of the United States of America, in Washington D.C on March 04, 1913

Woodrow Wilson Inauguration
West Point cadets in front of the Capitol building during the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), the 28th President of the United States of America, in Washington D.C on March 04, 1913

Woodrow Wilson Inauguration
West Point cadets in front of the Capitol building during the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), the 28th President of the United States of America, in Washington D.C on March 04, 1913

Harding And Coolidge
President Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923) (R) the 29th President of the United States seen here with Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933), his Vice-President and successor

Police Escort
Police motorcycles escort President Calvin Coolidges car en route to Washington. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aladdin
July 1923: US President Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923) in a Shriners Parade. Shriners (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America)

President Taft
circa 1912: 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Welcome To Wilson
December 1918: Soldiers line the street and the star and stripes hang overhead as President Wilsons (28th president of the USA)

Wilson In London
December 1918: American President Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) parades through Trafalgar Square, cheered by crowds of Londoners. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hoover Tunes In
circa 1928: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), Republican Party candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America, listening to a one valve radio set

Two Presidents
March 1921: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923), the 29th President of the United States of America, riding in a carriage with the former President Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)

Taft
circa 1915: William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930), the former President of the United States of America. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

President Taft
circa 1920: William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930), the 27th President of the United States of America, in office 1909 - 13. He later served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Capitol Crowds
4th March 1913: Crowds gathered outside The Capitol building in Washington D.C for the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States of America

President Harding
July 1923: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923), the 29th American President, smiling. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Herbert Hoover
circa 1920: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), later the 31st President of the United States, seated at a desk writing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Thomas Jefferson
American statesman Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), the 3rd President of the United States of America. Jefferson was also responsible of the writing of the Declaration of Independence

President Lincoln
1860: American statesman Abraham Lincoln, (1809 - 1865), the 16th President of the United States of America. Original Artwork: Engraved by D J Pound from a photograph by Brady of New York

George Washington
circa 1800: George Washington ( 1732 - 1799 ), the 1st President of the United States of America. Original Artwork: Painting by American artist Rembrandt Peale ( 1778 - 1860)

Kennedy and Macmillan outside Birch Grove, Chelwood Gate, Sussex - Macmillans home. 29 June 1963

President And Mayor
circa 1944: American statesman Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), the 32nd President of the United States of America, and Mayor of New York City

Franklin Roosevelt
circa 1940: American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945). (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Roosevelt
circa 1940: American statesman Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), the 32nd President of the United States of America. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bernard Baruch
American financier and unofficial advisor to President Roosevelt, Bernard Baruch ( 1870 - 1965 ). Original Publication: People Disc - HA0262 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Roosevelt
circa 1912: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), American politician and later the 32nd President of the United States of America. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Franklin Roosevelt
circa 1943: The American statesman and 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) addresses the nation. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Franklin Roosevelt
circa 1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), the 32nd American President. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Presidential V-Sign
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), the 32nd President of the United States, at his estate in Hyde Park, New York. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Franklin D Roosevelt
July 1918: US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( 1882 - 1945). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Franklin D Roosevelt
1913: US president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945 ) as assistant secretary of the Navy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Franklin Roosevelt
circa 1920: American Statesman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), later the 32nd President of the United States. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) during his time as Assistant Secretary of the US Navy, circa 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

FDR
circa 1932: The American statesman and 32nd American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

FDR Speaking
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), the Democratic politician and 32nd President of the United States of America. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

President Roosevelt
circa 1940: American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) at his desk. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Feelings Neutral
circa 1936: President Franklin D Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) takes part in a neutrality discussion. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

32nd President
1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), 32nd President of the USA. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Governor To Be
1st June 1928: American statesman Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) smiling when he heard that he was leading the contest for Governor of New York State

Coolidge In Kansas
circa 1925: American President Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933) with his wife Grace in Kansas City for an Armistice Day speech. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Former President
November 1923: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), the former President of the United States on Armistice Day. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Paris Peace Conference 1919
Paris Peace Conference which led to Treaty of Versailles (1919) after end of World War l. Meeting between Prime Ministers, Orlando (Italy), Lloyd George (GB)

Presidential candidate Zachary Taylor, 1846

President Abraham Lincoln

The Great Footrace for Presidential Purse, 1852

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