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The
Elections
Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections offers detailed information on
the results of every presidential election.
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The
Presidents
This is the site of the 1999 C-Span series "American Presidents,"
which also shows the results
of C-Span's survey of historians rating the presidents. It is current through
President George W. Bush
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Where
They're Buried
The Political Graveyard has bare-bones biographies and information on the final
resting places of the presidents, as well as thousands of other American
politicians.
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The
Inaugural Addresses
This site has links to every inaugural address delivered from 1789 to 2005.
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The
Debates
The Commission on Presidential Debates site has transcripts of the presidential
debates from 1960 to 1996, along with historical background on unusual debates
in 1858
(the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, which were for a Senate seat from Illinois,
not the presidency) and 1948
(in which Thomas Dewey and Harold Stassen took part in the first and last
presidential debate that was limited to a single issue: whether to outlaw the
Communist Party).
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Job
Approval Ratings
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research site has a page with job-approval
ratings based on Gallup Poll data for every president dating back until FDR. The
highest rating was for President Bush, at 89% percent approval in the late
winter of 1991, just after the victory in the Persian Gulf War. The lowest was
the 22% that Harry Truman hit in February of 1952.
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The
Electoral College
EC, a web zine devoted to the Electoral College, offers defenses of the unique
way in which America chooses its presidents. Check here for information on the
alleged failures of the college in 1824,
1876 and 1888.
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Presidential
Trivia
This site lists US presidents by such traits as facial hair, left-handedness,
military rank, length of inaugural speech and much more.
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Foreign
Travels
The State Department Historian keeps track of the foreign travels of every
president.
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A
Reading List
Reason magazine offers a list of suggested reading material for the president.
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George Washington
The first president's estate
at Mount Vernon, in Virginia, is the place to visit for a sense of the first
president's genius as a pioneer
farmer. The National Park Service's Washington
Monument site has a brief, straightforward account
of Washington's presidency. And the Claremont Institute offers a selection of quotations
from Washington's contemporaries and successors about the father of our country,
including this assessment by Abraham Lincoln: "Washington is the mightiest
name on earth -- long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still
mightiest in moral reformation. On that name, an eulogy is expected. It cannot
be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike
impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its
naked deathless splendor, leave it shining on."
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Abraham Lincoln
The presidential
library
planned for Lincoln in Springfield, Ill., was scheduled to open in late
2002 but actually was dedicated in April 2005. . In the meantime, Lincoln lovers in Illinois will have to make do with the Lincoln
Log Cabin, the Lincoln
Herndon Law Office, and the Lincoln
Tomb. The Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, D.C., operated by the National Park Service, has a
Web site with an evaluation
and summary of Lincoln's presidency.
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Franklin Roosevelt
The Franklin
D. Roosevelt Presidential Library has 10,000 digitized documents, audio
clips and some summary pages on topics such as the special
relationship between American and Britain that was tested in World War II.
Also, thousands of photos.
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Ronald Reagan
The Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library has a site that includes links to Reagan's public
papers, including his 1981 inaugural
address ("government is not the solution to our problem; government is
the problem"). Also, a selection of photographs
of the Gipper.
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More
Links
Russell D. Renka has compiled an exhaustive list of links of sites about the
American presidency, from which we drew some of our favorites.
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The
U.S. Navy Homepage
Some pretty neat Navy stuff that has many links to other military sites.
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Republican
National Committee Main Street
Find out what them dems have been up to and the press has not been
reporting!
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VP-40's
Homepage
See what is new with the Fighting Marlins of Patrol Squadron FORTY
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VP-47's
Homepage
See what is new with the Golden Swordsmen of Patrol Squadron FORTY SEVEN
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Steward
Observatory
Great astronomical data readily available
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Discovery
Channel
Some really neat information is available through this site.
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Thomas
Jefferson Congressional Research Project
You want to research congress and the Congressional Record?
Here's your resource!
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The
Government Printing Office
If the government prints it, you can download it or order it here.
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Smithsonian
Museum
The title says enough. If you have to ask, you won't enjoy it.
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FOX News
News without the liberal bias.
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CNN
A little liberal but breaking news nonetheless. Beware of old war
stories told by Peter Arnett.
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CIA
Some interesting stuff from the CIA archives.
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Defenselink
Everything military can be referenced through here.
