US Presidents' Lives
Barack Obama - 2009-
Born: 4 August, 1961 Party: Democratic.
Religion: United Church of Christ.
Age upon taking office: 47.
Height: 6ft 11/2in.
Married to: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson.
Children: Two daughters.
Nickname: "The One".
Vice-President: Joe Biden.
Ran against: John McCain.
" width="226" height="226"/>Simon Schama: The great hope - Barack Obama
44th president - 2009-
Inside US Presidents' Lives
Born: 6 July, 1946
Party: Republican.
Religion: United Methodist.
Age upon taking office: 54.
Height: 5ft 11in.
Married to: Laura Lane Welch.
Children: Two daughters (twins).
Nickname: "Dubya".
Vice-President: Dick Cheney.
Ran against: Albert Gore Jr; John Kerry.
" width="66" height="66"/>George W Bush 2001-2009
Friday, 23 January 2009
43rd president - 2001-2009
Leaders' wives: First Ladies by numbers
Friday, 23 January 2009
The president's residence
Friday, 23 January 2009
The president's official residence in Washington – 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – has a history scarcely less colourful than that of the presidency.
Born: August 19, 1946.
Party: Democratic.
Religion: Baptist.
Age upon taking office: 47.
Height: 6ft 2in.
Married to: Hillary Diane Rodham.
Children: One daughter.
Nickname: "Bill", "Bubba", "The Comeback Kid", "Teflon Bill", "Slick Willie".
Vice-President: Albert Gore Jr.
Ran against: George HW Bush; Robert J Dole.
" width="66" height="66"/>Bill Clinton: The great seducer
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Inconveniently, historical eras do not exactly follow the calendar. In reality, the 20th century ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, while the 21st century did not truly begin until two hijacked planes smashed into the World Trade Center on 11 September, 2001. In the intervening years, still mostly untroubled by the "war on terror", America moved from superpower victorious in the Cold War to unchallenged hyper-puissance, in the phrase of a French Foreign Minister.
Born: 1 October, 1924.
Party: Democratic.
Religion: Baptist.
Age upon taking office: 52.
Height: 5ft 9in.
Married to: Rosalynn Smith.
Children: Three sons, one daughter.
Nickname: "Jimmy".
Vice-President: Walter F Mondale.
Ran against: Gerald R Ford.
" width="66" height="66"/>Jimmy Carter
Thursday, 22 January 2009
39th president - 1977-1981
Born: 6 February, 1911.
Died: 5 June, 2004.
Party: Republican.
Religion: Disciples of Christ; Presbyterian.
Age upon taking office: 69.
Height: 6ft 1in.
Married to: Jane Wyman (m diss 1949); Nancy Davis Reagan (m 1952).
Children: One daughter and one adopted son from his first marriage; one daughter and one son from his second.
Nickname: "The Great Communicator".
Vice-President: George H W Bush.
Ran against: Jimmy Carter; Walter F Mondale.
" width="66" height="66"/>Ronald Reagan
Thursday, 22 January 2009
40th president - 1981-1989
Born: 12 June, 1924.
Party: Republican.
Religion: Episcopalian.
Age upon taking office: 64.
Height: 6ft 2in.
Married to: Barbara Pierce Bush.
Children: Four sons, two daughters.
Nickname: "41", "Poppy".
Vice-President: J Danforth Quayle.
Ran against: Michael S Dukakis.
" width="66" height="66"/>George H W Bush
Thursday, 22 January 2009
41st president - 1989-1993
Died: 22 January, 1973.
Party: Democratic.
Religion: Disciples of Christ.
Age upon taking office: 55.
Height: 6ft 3in.
Married to: Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor.
Children: Two daughters.
Nickname: "LBJ", "Landslide Lyndon".
Vice-president: none; Hubert H Humphrey.
Ran against: Barry Goldwater.
" width="66" height="66"/>Lyndon B Johnson: The uncivil rights reformer
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
36th president - 1963-1969
Died: 22 April, 1994.
Party: Republican.
Religion: Quaker.
Age upon taking office: 56.
Height: 5ft 11in.
Married to: Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan.
Children: Two daughters.
Nickname: "Tricky Dicky".
Vice-Presidents: Spiro T Agnew;
Gerald R Ford.
Ran against: Hubert H Humphrey; George S McGovern.
" width="66" height="66"/>Richard M Nixon
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
37th president - 1969-1974
|
|
Most read in this section
Read
Emailed
Commented
EDITOR'S CHOICE
-
David Walliams on guns, girls and gloom -
Unforgiven? The rehabilitation of Mrs T -
Meet the Oscars' unsung heroes -
Melvyn Bragg on his wife's suicide -
Dealer: Contemporary art is a fraud -
Diddit - new website for online boasting -
Show that will attract rave reviews -
Edwin van der Sar: Safe keeping -
Philanthropy: £500,000 cashback please -
Rainforest trips for the conservation-minded -
Cockfosters boy to Hollywood hotshot -
Jennifer Lynch: Out on a limb -
The new heroes of world music -
The 50 Best Boxsets -
Fairy tales from a time of evil -
Klu Klux Klan: Alive and kicking in 2009? -
Mark Hix's pancake feast -
Move abroad to beat the recession
LATEST NEWS
- Blast in crowded Cairo tourist area wounds 14 new
- 'Tears and laughter' as Jade weds Jack
- Notorious prisoner escapes by helicopter - again new
- Europe backs hedge fund crackdown
- Oscars set to shake up their act
- 73 die in China mine blast
- Clinton ends China visit with church trip
- Mandelson clashes with union over ‘moral right’ to aid
- Nato allies split over US’s call for more troops
- Inquiry into donations to Tories from Lord Ashcroft
- Last reunion for war heroes who fought fascists
- China prepares to clamp down on workers’ protests
- IoS wins two international awards for design
- Golden Guus gets off to a flier
- Zamora takes Fulham past woeful West Brom new
- Bellamy thwarts Liverpool new
- Nolan sees red as Newcastle and Everton draw new