US Presidents Challenge (USPC)

Reading about all the former presidents will show what has lead up to the historical events that are being made in 2009.
My sister and I are both members here and have an interest in history. We decided to read about all the previous presidents to see how history was affected by this office of government. We thought we would open the challenge to everyone else and see who else was interested. We didn't want to interfere with all the yearly challenges that are out there, so we thought we would make ours a little more flexible so that some of these books could be used in other challenges. That said, here are the rules of the great US Presidential Challenge:
1.Read a Biography or Autobiography of each of the men who have served as President of the United States of America. Some may be harder to find than others so if you find a good account for a particular president, please let the rest of us know.
2. No fictional accounts can be counted.
3 .The books can be read in any order you want.
4. Previously read bios can be counted provided you remember the name of the book.
5. The 43 books should be finished before the next Presidential election in 2012. (I know that Obama is going to be the 44th President but Grover Cleveland is in there twice.) Should Mr. Obama be re-elected we will extend the deadline.

***It's been decided to extend to 2016. Who ever is President at that time should also be included.

We are going to have a separate thread for each President as well as a thread where we can post our tickers to show how far we have gotten. I have also added a thread for any books that we read related to the First Ladies and books that are great background for a particular President but not a biography.
As we get more interesting suggestions/ideas we can improve our group.

We resolve to avoid displaying a pro or con stand on the actions of specific presidents (especially the recent ones). Let's limit ourselves to learning about the issues each man faced and how he handled them, and gaining an understanding of how those actions affected the nation and the world - and stay away from labeling them right or wrong.

If you come across any interesting insights, be sure to let us all know

THERE ARE ALSO INDIVIDUAL TICKERS ON EACH PRESIDENT'S THREAD TO SHOW HOW THE 97 GROUP MEMBERS ARE PROGRESSING ON EACH PRESIDENT TOWARD ACHIEVING OUR GROUP GOAL.

Happy reading!

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39 - James Carter		4	varielle, Friday 9:07am
27 - William Howard Taft		5	Vic33, Friday 6:47am
1 George Washington		112	Garp83, June 9
Beyond the presidents		15	Garp83, June 2
4- James Madison		71	gmillar, May 19
11- James K. Polk		23	tloeffler, May 10
3 - Thomas Jefferson		100	Garp83, April 21
34 - Dwight D Eisenhower		11	gmillar, April 8
7 - Andrew Jackson		35	Garp83, April 3
16 - Abraham Lincoln		61	scaifea, March 24
37 - Richard M Nixon		24	Garp83, March 23
First Ladies		28	barney67, March 22
40 Ronald Reagan		15	barney67, March 19
35 - John F Kennedy		15	barney67, March 19
31 - Herbert Hoover		20	barney67, March 19
30 - Calvin Coolidge		7	barney67, March 18
33 - Harry S Truman		36	Garp83, March 18
36 - Lyndon B. Johnson		14	Garp83, March 17
2 John Adams		98	barney67, March 16
14 - Franklin Pierce		17	barney67, March 16
26 - Theodore Roosevelt		32	barney67, March 16
32 - Franklin D. Roosevelt		14	barney67, March 16
General		89	tututhefirst, February 7
5 - James Monroe		37	weejane, January 15
Rank the Presidents and compare		41	tloeffler, January 3
Washington Post Picks the "Best" Presidential Bios!		3	jbd1, November 2012
44 - Barack Obama		27	luvamystery65, November 2012
13 - Millard Fillmore		19	tloeffler, October 2012
20 - James A Garfield		16	tloeffler, October 2012
18 - Ulysses S. Grant		14	varielle, October 2012
23 - Benjamin Harrison		7	Hamburgerclan, September 2012
Ticker topic still active?		6	Samantha_kathy, September 2012
Presidential Tickers		47	Samantha_kathy, September 2012
12 - Zachary Taylor		22	tloeffler, September 2012
6 John Quincy Adams		67	tututhefirst, September 2012
21 - Chester A. Arthur		6	Vic33, August 2012
19 - Rutherford B Hayes		10	cyderry, July 2012
10-John Tyler		20	tloeffler, May 2012
22- Grover Cleveland		6	Hamburgerclan, April 2012
17 - Andrew Johnson		9	cyderry, March 2012
Books related at the Presidents - not biographies		47	gmillar, March 2012
9 William Henry Harrison		24	infopump, March 2012
Also Rans		2	TopekaRev, February 2012
8 Martin Van Buren		19	tloeffler, January 2012
29 - Warren G Harding		9	drneutron, December 2011
43 - George W. Bush		17	corgiiman, December 2011
15 - James Buchanan		31	auntmarge64, December 2011
Presidential Dinner Party		11	gmillar, September 2011
Lincoln/Obama as readers		3	morryb, May 2011
28 - Woodrow Wilson		23	gmillar, April 2011
25 - William McKinley		7	gmillar, March 2011
42 - William Clinton		14	varielle, February 2011
World Yellow Pages for Higher studies		4	Garp83, February 2011
Children in the White House		8	varielle, October 2010
Vice Presidents		4	infopump, October 2010
President's Families		1	gmillar, October 2010
C-Span's presidential rankings		11	Garp83, September 2010
41 - George Herbert Walker Bush		3	investory, September 2010
Just joined up and found this group...		4	auntmarge64, July 2010
38- Gerald R Ford		5	Bill_Masom, May 2010
Easton Press Library of the Presidents		2	billiejean, April 2010
American Presidents series		19	corgiiman, April 2010
Presidential Scandals		11	cyderry, November 2009
List of all the Presidents		18	infopump, October 2009
Procedural Question re: The Glory and the Dream		5	tututhefirst, October 2009
reading in order?		26	gmillar, August 2009
Ranking Presidents by Their Lifetime Contributions to the Country		12	Garp83, August 2009
Presidential Buddies		1	bfertig, April 2009
Presidential In-Laws		1	Prop2gether, January 2009
Presidential In-Laws in the White House		1	Prop2gether, January 2009