HeinOnline continuously expands and enriches its databases with timely, authoritative content. We’re thrilled that the most comprehensive presidential collection available in digital format, the U.S. Presidential Library, just received a major update.
Since the beginning of 2025, we’ve added over 150 new presidential-related books, significantly enhancing the depth and breadth of this powerful research tool. Keep reading to take a look at this major expansion of executive history in HeinOnline.
What is the U.S. Presidential Library?
As the head of state and government, the President of the United States occupies one of the most powerful and scrutinized roles in America. While the Constitution’s original charge to the president has remained constant since 1789, the office itself has grown in power, complexity, and global consequence. Each individual who has stepped into the presidency has shaped the role according to the challenges of their era, leaving behind a legacy that reflects the shifting contours of American society, government, and international standing.
HeinOnline’s U.S. Presidential Library captures this remarkable evolution through an expansive, curated archive that invites researchers to explore the lives, policies, and historical significance of America’s chief executives. This specialized database includes more than 2,500 titles and over 1.2 million pages of primary sources documents and scholarly analysis. Also included in this database are featured subcollections that relate to the U.S. presidency, including the Electoral College, Executive Privilege Library, and U.S. Presidential Impeachment Library.
A Scholarly Foundation for This Expansion
These newly added titles were meticulously identified from a trusted scholarly source: Presidents of the United States—Their Written Measure: A Bibliography, a guide published in 1996 by the Library of Congress. The bibliography spans works by and about U.S. presidents from George Washington through Bill Clinton. Its selection criteria emphasize the use of primary sources, author authority, historical significance, accessibility, and enduring relevance, including classic authors whose works remain influential today.
Beyond presidential biographies, the bibliography features titles that illuminate the presidency itself, covering campaign strategies, political theory, and the institutional evolution of the office. As its subtitle Their Written Measure suggests, the bibliography prioritizes the “written and spoken words of presidents” as a means of understanding both the public and private dimensions of executive leadership. This guiding framework helped us bring this expansion of historically rich titles to HeinOnline users so researchers have new ways to explore how past presidents shaped, and were shaped by, the eras they lived in.
Explore Newly Added Titles by President
George Washington
Entangling Alliance: Politics & Diplomacy under George Washington
1v. Durham: Duke University Press, 1958
DeConde, Alexander
George Washington: Man and Monument
1v. Boston: Little, Brown, 1958
Cunliffe, Marcus
More Precious than Fine Gold: Washington Commonplace Book
1v. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1931 Collectors’ ed.
Merriam, George Ernest, Compiler
John Adams
Letters from a Distinguished American: Twelve Essays by John Adams on American Foreign Policy, 1780
1v. Washington: Library of Congress, 1978
Adams, John; Hutson, James H., Compiler, Editor
Thomas Jefferson
Basic Writings of Thomas Jefferson
1v. New York: Willey Book Co., 1944
Jefferson, Thomas; Foner, Philip S., Editor
James Monroe
Life of James Monroe
1v. Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1921
Morgan, George
People the Sovereigns: Being a Comparison of the Government of the United States with Those of the Republics Which Have Existed before, with the Causes of Their Decadence and Fall
1v. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1867
Monroe, James; Gouverneur, Samuel L., Editor
John Quincy Adams
Dermot Mac Morrogh, or the Conquest of Ireland; an Historical Tale of the Twelfth Century in Four Cantos
1v. Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1832
Adams, John Quincy
John Quincy Adams: His Theory and Ideas
1v. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1950
Lipsky, George A.
Andrew Jackson
Statesmanship of Andrew Jackson as Told in His Writings and Speeches
1v. New York: Tandy-Thomas Co., 1909
Jackson, Andrew; Thorpe, Francis Newton, Editor
John Tyler
Letters and Times of the Tylers
3v. Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1884-1896
Tyler, Lyon G.
Zachary Taylor
Letters of Zachary Taylor from the Battle-Fields of the Mexican War
1v. Rochester: The Genesee Press, 1908
Taylor, Zachary; et al.
Millard Fillmore
Life and Public Services of Millard Fillmore
1v. Buffalo: Wanzer, McKim & Co., 1856
Barre, W. L.
Franklin Pierce
Calendar of the Papers of Franklin Pierce
1v. Washington: G.P.O., 1917
Leech, W. L.
Index to the Franklin Pierce Papers
1v. Washington: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 1962
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life
2v. New York: D. Appleton, 1892
Herndon, William H.; Weik, Jesse W.
Conversations with Lincoln
1v. New York: Putnam, 1961
Segal, Charles M., Compiler, Editor
Ulysses S. Grant
General Grant’s Letters to a Friend, 1861-1880
1v. New York; Boston: T.Y. Crowell & Co., 1897
Grant, Ulysses S.; et al.
James A. Garfield
Our Martyred President…: The Life and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield… Together with the History of His Assassination
1v. Ontario: The World Publishing Company, 1881
McCabe, James D.
Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur: A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics
1v. New York: Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., 1957
Howe, George Frederick
Index to the Chester A. Arthur Papers
1v. Washington: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 1961
Grover Cleveland
Good Citizenship
1v. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1908
Cleveland, Grover
Principles and Purposes of Our Form of Government: As Set Forth in Public Papers of Grover Cleveland
1v. New York: George G. Peck, 1892
Cleveland, Grover; Gottsberger, Francis, Compiler
Public Papers of Grover Cleveland, Governor, 1883
1v. Albany: Argus Company, Printers, 1883
Cleveland, Grover
Public Papers of Grover Cleveland, Governor, 1884
1v. Albany: Argus Company, Printers, 1884
Cleveland, Grover
Benjamin Harrison
Constitution and Administration of the United States of America
1v. London: David Nutt, 1897
Harrison, Benjamin
This Country of Ours
1v. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1897
Harrison, Benjamin
William McKinley
McKinley Memorial Eulogies and Orations
1v. New York: Winthrop Press, 1901
Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley, from March 1, 1897 to May 30, 1900
1v. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900
McKinley, William
Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley: From His Election to Congress to the Present Time
1v. New York: D. Appleton, 1893
McKinley, William
Theodore Roosevelt
Hero Tales from American History
1v. New York: Century Co., 1895
Lodge, Henry Cabot; Roosevelt, Theodore
Letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles, 1870-1918
1v. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1924
Roosevelt, Theodore
Letters to Kermit from Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1908
1v. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, Ltd., 1946
Roosevelt, Theodore; Irwin, Will, Editor
New Nationalism
1v. New York: The Outlook Company, 1910
Roosevelt, Theodore
Selections from the Correspondence of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, 1884-1918
2v. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925
Roosevelt, Theodore; Lodge, Henry Cabot
Stories of the Republic
1v. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912
Roosevelt, Theodore; et al.
Theodore Roosevelt Treasury: A Self-Portrait from His Writings
1v. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1957
Roosevelt, Theodore; Hagedorn, Hermann, Compiler
Theodore Roosevelt’s Diaries of Boyhood and Youth
1v. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1928
Roosevelt, Theodore
Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography
1v. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1931
Pringle, Henry F.
Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography
1v. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1958
William Howard Taft
Recollections of Full Years
1v. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914
Taft, Helen Herron
Woodrow Wilson
Crossroads of Freedom: The 1912 Campaign Speeches of Woodrow Wilson
1v. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956
Wilson, Woodrow; Davidson, John Wells, Editor
Greatness of Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1956
1v. New York: Rinehart, 1956
Eisenhower, Dwight D.; Alsop, Em Bowles, Editor
Political Education of Woodrow Wilson
1v. New York: Century Co., 1926
Kerney, James
Priceless Gift: The Love Letters of Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Axson Wilson
1v. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1962
Wilson, Woodrow; et al.
Story of Woodrow Wilson
1v. New York: Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1955 Centennial ed.
Loth, David
War Addresses of Woodrow Wilson
1v. Boston; New York: Ginn and Company, 1918
Wilson, Woodrow; Leonard, Arthur R.
When a Man Comes to Himself
1v. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901
Wilson, Woodrow
Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson: Extracts from the Public Speeches of the Leader and Interpreter of American Democracy, with Masterpieces of Eloquence
1v. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1916
Wilson, Woodrow; Linthicum, Richard, Compiler
Woodrow Wilson and His Work
1v. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920
Dodd, William E.
Woodrow Wilson and New Jersey Made over
1v. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912
Hosford, Hester E.
Woodrow Wilson and the Lost Peace
1v. New York: Macmillan Co., 1944
Bailey, Thomas Andrew
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton
1v. Narberth: Livingston Pub., 1952
Lewis, McMillan
Woodrow Wilson’s China Policy, 1913-1917
1v. Kansas City: University of Kansas City Press, 1952
Li, Tien-yi
Woodrow Wilson: An Interpretation
1v. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1918
Low, A. Maurice
Woodrow Wilson: An Intimate Memoir
1v. Washington: Potomac Books, Inc., 1960 2nd ed.
Grayson, Cary T.
Warren G. Harding
In Memoriam: Warren G. Harding
1v. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1924
Hughes, Charles Evans
Our Common Country: Mutual Good Will in America
1v. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1921
Harding, Warren G.; Schortemeier, Frederick E., Editor
Rededicating America: Life and Recent Speeches of Warren G. Harding
1v. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920
Harding, Warren G.; Schortemeier, Frederick E.
Speeches and Addresses of Warren G. Harding, President of the United States: Delivered during the Course of His Tour from Washington, D.C., to Alaska and Return to San Francisco, June 20 to August 2, 1923
1v. Washington: James W. Murphy, 1923
Harding, Warren G.; Murphy, James W., Compiler
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge: From a Green Mountain Farm to the White House
1v. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1924
Hennessy, M. E.
Calvin Coolidge: His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed through His Speeches and Writings
1v. Boston: W.A. Wilde Co., 1924
Whiting, Edward Elwell
Calvin Coolidge; His First Biography: From Cornerstone to Capstone to the Accession
1v. Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., 1923
Washburn, R. M.
Legend of Calvin Coolidge
1v. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928
Rogers, Cameron
Puritan in Babylon: The Story of Calvin Coolidge
1v. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938
White, William Allen
Religion of the Presidents, Also Ancestry, Education, Public Service, Religion, etc., of Pres. Calvin Coolidge
1v. Somerville: Unionist-Gazette Association, 1925
Hampton, William Judson
White House Gossip, from Andrew Johnson to Calvin Coolidge
1v. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927
Colman, Edna M.
Herbert Hoover
40 Key Questions about Our Foreign Policy, Answered in Important Addresses and Statements Delivered between 1941 and 1952
1v. Scarsdale: Updegraff Press, 1952
Hoover, Herbert
Addresses Delivered during the Visit of Herbert Hoover, President-Elect of the United States, to Central and South America
1v. Washington: Pan American Union, 1929
Hoover, Herbert
American Ideals versus the New Deal
1v. New York: The Scribner Press, 1936
Hoover, Herbert
American Individualism
1v. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922
Hoover, Herbert
Basis of Lasting Peace
1v. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1945
Hoover, Herbert; Gibson, Hugh
Herbert Hoover Reassessed: Essays Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Inauguration of Our Thirty-First President
1v. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1981
Herbert Hoover and American Individualism: A Modern Interpretation of a National Ideal
1v. New York: Macmillan Co., 1932
Dexter, Walter Friar
Herbert Hoover’s Acceptance Speech: Formally Accepting the Republican Nomination for President of the United States at Palo Alto, California August 11, 1928
1v. Washington: Issued by Republican National Committee, 1928
Hoover, Herbert
Herbert Hoover: The Man and His Work
1v. New York; London: D. Appleton and Company, 1920
Kellogg, Vernon L.
Presidency vs. Hoover
1v. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928
Crowther, Samuel
Proceedings of the Fourth National Radio Conference and Recommendations for Regulation of Radio: Conference Called by Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D.C., November 9-11, 1925
1v. Washington: G.P.O., 1926
Strange Attacks on Herbert Hoover: A Current Example of What We Do to Our Presidents
1v. New York: John Day Co., 1932
Train, Arthur
This Man Hoover
1v. New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1928
Reeves, Earl; Hoover, Herbert, Compiler
Who’s Hoover?
1v. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1928
Hard, William
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Case for Franklin D. Roosevelt
1v. Washington: Democratic National Committee, 1935
Farley, James A.
F.D.R., Columnist: The Uncollected Columns of Franklin D. Roosevelt
1v. Chicago: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1947
Roosevelt, Franklin D.; Carmichael, Donald Scott, Editor
Franklin D. Roosevelt & Conservation, 1911-1945
2v. Hyde Park: General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1957
Nixon, Edgar B., Compiler, Editor
Gay Reformer: Profits before Plenty under Franklin D. Roosevelt
1v. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1935
Hallgren, Mauritz Alfred
Mark Twain and Franklin D. Roosevelt
1v. Webster Groves: International Mark Twain Society, 1949
Clemens, Cyril
Our Leader: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1v. Manasquan: A.B.A. Bieber, “The Coast Star” Printery. 1934
Bieber, Albert A.
Picture Story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1v. New York: Fell, 1950
Schoor, Gene
Promise and Performance: The Administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt Reveals Itself
1v. Washington: Republican National Committee, 1936
Rendezvous with Destiny: Addresses and Opinions of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1v. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1969 photo. reprint
Roosevelt, Franklin D.; Hardman J. B. S., Editor
Roosevelt Reader: Selected Speeches, Messages, Press Conferences, and Letters of Franklin D. Roosevelt
1v. New York: Rinehart, 1957
Roosevelt, Franklin D.; Rauch, Basil, Editor
Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship, 1880-1919
1v. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930
Wister, Owen
Wartime Correspondence between President Roosevelt and Pope Pius XII
1v. New York: Macmillan Co., 1947
Roosevelt, Franklin D.; et al.
When F.D.R. Died
1v. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961
Asbell, Bernard
Harry S. Truman
Addresses and Statements of Harry S. Truman: A Topical Record from January, 1935 to April, 1945
1v. Washington: United States News, 1945
Truman, Harry S.
Man from Missouri: A Biography of Harry S. Truman
1v. Webster Groves: International Mark Twain Society, 1945
Clemens, Cyril
Mark Twain and Harry S. Truman
1v. Webster Groves: International Mark Twain Society, 1950
Clemens, Cyril
New Era in World Affairs: Selected Speeches and Statements of President Truman, January 20 to August 29, 1949
1v. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1949
Truman, Harry S.
Pictorial Biography of Harry S. Truman, Thirty-Second President of the United States
1v. Washington: Curtis Publishing Company, 1948
Crane, John M.
Plan for Reducing Armaments: Address by Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, November 7, 1951
1v. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951
Truman, Harry S.
Preventing a New World War: Address by Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, April 11, 1951
1v. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1951
Truman, Harry S.
Working Together for Peace: Address by Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, June 25, 1951
1v. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1951
Truman, Harry S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower Was My Boss
1v. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1948
Morgan, Kay Summersby; Kearns, Michael, Editor
Eisenhower and the Jews
1v. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1953
Nadich, Judah
Eisenhower as President
1v. New York: Hill and Wang, 1963
Albertson, Dean, Editor
Eisenhower’s Own Story of the War: The Complete Report
1v. New York: Arco Pub. Co., 1946
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Eisenhower’s Six Great Decisions: Europe, 1944-1945
1v. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956
Smith, Walter Bedell
My Friend Ike
1v. New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., 1956
Snyder, Marty; Kittler, Glenn D.
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1917-1963: A Chronological List of References
1v. Washington: General Reference and Bibliography Division, Reference Dept., Library of Congress, 1964
Nation of Immigrants
1v. New York: Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 1959
Kennedy, John F.
Official Program: Inaugural Ceremonies of John F. Kennedy, Thirty-Fifth President of the United States and Lyndon B. Johnson, Thirty-Seventh Vice President of the United States
1v. Washington: Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Committee, 1961
Portrait: The Emergence of John F. Kennedy
1v. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961
Lowe, Jacques
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