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President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, lawmakers, and guests, signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Bill on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in the East Room of the White House. Official White House Photo by Chandler...

The US presidential election of 1800, referred to by Jeffersonians as the Revolution of 1800, was a turning point in the early political history of the United States. It resulted in the victory of Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican...

Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States. An ambitious and cunning man whose political tricks earned him the nickname 'the Little Magician', Van Buren was a...

Antonio López de Santa Anna, lithographic print originally included in Lucas Alamán's Historia de Méjico, 1852. Santa Anna (1794-1876) was a central figure in the political and military course of Mexican history in the first half of the...

The Assassination of President Lincoln, hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1865. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Sam Houston, painting by unknown artist, 1836. Sam Houston (1793-1863), propelled by his victory at the Battle of San Jacinto and defeat of the Mexican army in the Texas Revolution, became the first president of the Republic of Texas, a...

Portrait of John Adams as Vice President, oil on canvas by John Trumbull, c. 1792/93. White House Historical Association (White House Collection), Washington, D.C.

Thomas Roderick Dew (l. 1802-1846), 13th President of William & Mary College and pro-slavery advocate, oil on canvas by William Garl Browne Jr. Muscarelle Museum of Art.

A depiction of the President's House (or White House) in the aftermath of the burning of Washington on 24 August 1814. Watercolor on paper, by George Munger, c. 1814. White House, Washington, D.C.

James Monroe as he looked during his second term as President of the United States, oil on canvas portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1820-22. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.