American Presidents: Life Portraits


A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits March-December 1999

Welcome to American Presidents: Life Portraits

Read
Vice Presidential Haunts, in Chicago Tribune, 9/22/02

Visit
American Presidents: Life Portraits
in Elizabeth City, North Carolina

About This Web Site
The American Presidents web site, created for the television series, contains a complete video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, plus these additional resources:

• Biographical facts
• Key events of each presidency
• Presidential places
• Reference material

Pick a president from the pull-down menu above and explore.

Resources
Listed below are other resources available to you on this site:

Tour Presidential and Vice Presidential gravesites

Watch program video at the American Presidents Archive

Use lesson plans designed by C-SPAN in the Classroom

View American Presidents Portrait Exhibit

Buy American President Products in the C-SPAN Store

Read Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?

Review C-SPAN's Survey of Presidential Leadership

Read press releases about American Presidents events

Watch Library of Congress Special, 12/16/99

Watch American Presidents contest winners, 02/20/00

About the series, Winner of the 59th Annual Peabody Award

"This extraordinary commitment to explore the life stories of every American president represents the best elements of our democratic system and free media."
—Peabody website

From March to December 1999,
C-SPAN profiled the 41 men who have served as chief executive of the United States. The network's 20th Anniversary television series covered 41 weeks and provided an indepth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations. The series was included among the 59th Annual Peabody Award winners in 2000.

Twenty Years of Public Affairs Programming. Created by America's Cable Companies.