Subject Guide to Political Science
American Presidency
Current Administration and Campaigns
- The White House
- Politics 1: The Presidency
The official site of the current presidential
administration.
Weekly Compilation of
Presidential Documents
Public Papers of the
Presidents of the United States
Democrats, Republicans, 3rd Party Candidates and Independents--If they were running for President in 2008 (or even thinking about it), you can find them here. Also contains information from the 2000 and 2004 campaigns.
Historical Data and Information
- The American Presidency Project
- Miller Center of Public Affairs
- POTUS: Presidents of the United States
- Presidential Libraries
- The Library of Congress, American Memory, Presidential Collections
- Executive Orders Disposition Tables
- The Great Debate and Beyond: The History of Televised Presidential Debates
- Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
A great resource for the study of the American Presidency. The site comes from the University of California-Santa Barbara. Has a searchable database of more than 84,000 records. both current and historical information from 1789-2009.
The focus of this research center is the American presidency. Contains a growing collection of some of the most important speeches of the past 70 years (full audio). Is developing into one of the most comprehensive resource on the history and workings of the American presidency.
Biographical information on all 43 Presidents of the U.S. Includes election results, cabinet members, notable events, inaugural addresses.
Portraits
of the Presidents and First Ladies
Presidential
Inaugurations
Contains images of original documents and
transcriptions of all presidential inaugural addresses.
Disposition Tables contain information about Executive Orders beginning with those signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and are arranged according to Presidential administration and year of signature.
Videos, headlines, and commentary on the presidential debates from 1960-2000. Includes essays, statistics, and interviews of scholars.
Produced by David Leip. Contemporary and historic election results. Includes congressional and gubernatorial results as well.
Additional Comprehensive Indexes
- Online Resources for U.S. Presidents
- U.S. President Resources
- HeinOnline
A collection of links from Larry Romans at Vanderbilt University.
See the U.S. Presidential Library. Includes Kennedy assassination reports, presidential papers, and many more primary source materials.
