I’m working my way through biographies of each U.S. President, currently on number 21, Chester A. Arthur. Click on the title to find the book on Amazon.com. If you have recommendations, leave them in the comments below.
| No. | President (Years) | Title Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington (1789-1797) | Washington: The Indispensable Man James Thomas Flexner |
| 2 | John Adams (1797-1801) | John Adams David McCullogh |
| 3 | Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) | Thomas Jefferson: A Life Willard Sterne Randall |
| 4 | James Madison (1809-1817) | James Madison: A Biography Ralph Ketcham |
| 5 | James Monroe (1817-1825) | James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity Harry Ammon |
| 6 | John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) | John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life Paul C. Nagel |
| 7 | Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) | The Life of Andrew Jackson Robert V. Remini |
| 8 | Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) | Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics John Niven |
| 9 | William Henry Harrison (1841) | Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time Freeman Cleaves |
| 10 | John Tyler (1841-1845) | John Tyler: Champion of the Old South Oliver Perry Chitwood |
| 11 | James K. Polk (1845-1849) | James K. Polk John Seigenthaler Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America Walter R. Borneman |
| 12 | Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) | Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest K. Jack Bauer |
| 13 | Millard Filmore (1850-1853) | Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President Robert J. Rayback |
| 14 | Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) | Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire’s Favorite Son Peter A. Wallner Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union Peter A. Wallner |
| 15 | James Buchanan (1857-1861) | President James Buchanan: A Biography Philip S. Klein |
| 16 | Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) | Lincoln David Herbert Donald The Real Lincoln Thomas J. DiLorenzo The Last Best Hope of Earth Mark E. Neely, Jr. |
| 17 | Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) | Andrew Johnson: A Biography Hans L. Trefousse |
| 18 | Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) | Grant Jean Edward Smith |
| 19 | Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) | Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior & President Ari Hoogenboom |
| 20 | James A. Garfield (1881) | Garfield Allan Peskin Destiny of a Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President Candice Millard |
| 21 | Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) | The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur Scott S. Greenberger |
| 22 24 | Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) (1893-1897) | |
| 23 | Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) | |
| 25 | William McKinley (1897-1901) | |
| 26 | Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) | |
| 27 | William H. Taft (1909-1913) | |
| 28 | Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) | |
| 29 | William G. Harding (1921-1923) | |
| 30 | Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) | |
| 31 | Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) | |
| 32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) | |
| 33 | Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) | |
| 34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) | |
| 35 | John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) | |
| 36 | Lyndon B. Johnsen (1963-1969) | |
| 37 | Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974) | |
| 38 | Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977) | |
| 39 | James E. Carter (1977-1981) | |
| 40 | Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989) | |
| 41 | George H. W. Bush (1989-1993) | |
| 42 | William J. Clinton (1993-2001) | |
| 43 | George W. Bush (2001-2009) | |
| 44 | Barack H. Obama (2009-2017) | |
| 45 | Donald J. Trump (2017-2021) | |
| 46 | Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (2021- |