“All history is gossip.”
                       --President John F. Kennedy

CAST OF CHARACTERS

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(note: Presidents with chapter titles have longer chapters)

(1)   GEORGE WASHINGTON: SMOTHERED IN HONEY
(two terms: 1789-1797)

(2)   JOHN ADAMS: “OBNOXIOUS AND UNPOPULAR”
(1797-1801)

(3)   THOMAS JEFFERSON: A NEIGHBORHOOD ALL HIS OWN
(two terms: 1801-1809)

(4) JAMES MADISON: A SECRET WEAPON
(two terms: 1809-1817)

(5) JAMES MONROE
(two terms: 1817-1825)

(6) JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
(1825-1829)

(7) ANDREW JACKSON: FULL OF BULLETS
(two terms: 1829-1837)

(8) MARTIN VAN BUREN
(1837-1841)

(9) WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
(1841)

(10) JOHN TYLER
(1841-1845)

(11) JAMES K. POLK
(1845-1849)

(12) ZACHARY TAYLOR
(1849-1850)

(13) MILLARD FILLMORE
(1850-1853)

14) FRANKLIN PIERCE
(1853-1857)

(15) JAMES BUCHANAN
(1857-1861)

(16) ABRAHAM LINCOLN: “THAT REMINDS ME OF A STORY”
(two terms: 1861-1865)

(17) ANDREW JOHNSON
(1865-1869)

(18) ULYSSES S. GRANT: THE SQUEAMISH SOLDIER
(two terms: 1869-1877)

(19) RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
(1877-1881)

(20) JAMES A. GARFIELD
(1881)

(21) CHESTER A. ARTHUR
(1881-1885)

(22) and (24) GROVER CLEVELAND
(two terms: 1885-1889 and 1893-1897)

(23) BENJAMIN HARRISON
(1889-1893)

(25) WILLIAM MCKINLEY
(two terms 1897-1901)

(26) THEODORE ROOSEVELT: A HUNDRED LAUGHS A DAY
(two terms: 1901-1909)

(27) WILLIAM H. TAFT
(1909-1913)

(28) WOODROW WILSON: THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT?
(two terms: 1913-1921)

(29) WARREN G. HARDING
(1921-1923)

(30) CALVIN COOLIDGE
(two terms: 1923-1929)

(31) HERBERT HOOVER
(1929-1933)

(32) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: THE ELEANOR BASKET
(four terms: 1933-1945)

(33) HARRY S. TRUMAN: AN IVORY TICKLER
(two terms: 1945-1953)

(34) DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: PATTING HIS HEAD
(two terms: 1953-1961)

(35) JOHN F. KENNEDY: GLAMOUR IN A ROCKING CHAIR
(1961-1963)

(36) LYNDON B. JOHNSON: SIX POUNDS OF CHOCOLATE
(two terms: 1963-1969)

(37) RICHARD M. NIXON: “THE NUTTIEST OF THE NUTTY”
(two terms: 1969-1974)

(38) GERALD R. FORD: NO ENEMIES?
(1974-1977)

(39) JIMMY CARTER: NOT AN OLD PRUNE
(1977-1981)

(40) RONALD REAGAN: WITH THE STARS
(two terms: 1981-1989)

(41) GEORGE BUSH: BEST AT BASEBALL
(1989-1993)

(42) BILL CLINTON: AN ELEVATED HEAD
(two terms: 1993-2000)

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