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81) Andrew Johnson
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
This biography introduces readers to Andrew Johnson including his career as a tailor, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act, the Fourteenth Amendment, and his impeachment by the House of Representatives.
82) James Madison
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
This biography introduces readers to James Madison including his early political career and key events from Madison's administration including the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included.
83) Andrew Jackson
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
This biography introduces readers to Andrew Jackson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Jackson's administration including the Indian Removal Act and his opposition to the Bank of the United States. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included.
84) Barack Obama
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief biography of African-American president Barack Obama.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
©2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and election of Donald Trump, forty-fifth president of the United States. Includes a table of contents, time line, phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and detailed captions and sidebars to aid in comprehension.
88) Calvin Coolidge
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the personal life and the political career of the man who became the thirtieth president of the United States in 1923 upon the death of President Harding.
91) Harry S. Truman
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the senator from Missouri who became the thirty-third president of the United States in 1945.
92) Bill Clinton
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents a simple biography of the Democrat who was elected president to two successive terms, 1992 and 1996.
94) Zachary Taylor
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents a biography of "Old Rough and Ready," hero of the Mexican War, who became the twelfth president of the United States.
95) Chester Arthur
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the personal life and brief political career of the lawyer who became the twenty-first president of the United States in 1881.
96) Millard Fillmore
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life of the president who helped postpone the Civil War with the compromise of 1850 and who was considered to have destroyed his political career in order to preserve the Union.
97) Herbert Hoover
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A biography of Herbert Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, describing his career as mining engineer, businessman, and president during the Great Depression.
99) Richard Nixon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Highlights the life of the thirty-seventh president of the United States, from his childhood in California through his tenure in Congress and his terms as president to his historic resignation in 1974.
100) Franklin Pierce
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the fourteenth president, who served during a period of increasing bitterness between the North and the South.