The US Presidents

Character in Time: The US Presidents

President George Washington1
Washington

      By R. David Cox

The first American President is captured at his home in Mount Vernon, the day he is to leave for New York to be inaugurated.      ...more

President John Adams2
Adams

          By R. David Cox

The first Vice President and second President is discovered in the Executive Mansion (the White House) while it is under construction.        ...more

President Thomas Jefferson3
Jefferson

          By R. David Cox

Jefferson and some compatriots attempt to manage, manipulate and break the electoral tie between Jefferson and Aaron Burr.        ...more

President James Madison4
Madison

      By R. David Cox

Madison, the primary author of the Constitution of the United States, was an unlikely war-time President, but he comported himself well and became the only President...      ...more

President James Monroe5
Monroe

          By Lorraine Ash

America’s fifth President found himself directing "The Era of Good Feelings," but the appellation would have disturbed the subject of this play...      ...more

President John Quincy Adams6
John Quincy Adams

          By David S. Grogan

In his years after the Presidency, this son of the second President, served in the US House of Representatives with a distinction not often equaled.        ...more

President Andrew Jackson7
Jackson

          By Lorraine Ash

America's first "popular" President, a young Andrew Jackson is dramatized at the moment he defends his and his wife's honor in a duel...        ...more

President Van Buren8
Van Buren

          By V.A. Dixcord

The first President from New York and the first President born under the American flag, Martin Van Buren is dramatized as Secretary of State during the first administration of Andrew Jackson.    ...more

9
Harrison


In planning.

President John Tyler10
Tyler

          By Lorraine Ash

As the first Vice President to assume the Presidency as a result of the death of a President, John Tyler was beset by troubles from the very beginning, yet he persevered.     ...more

11
Polk


In preparation.

12
Taylor

In preparation.

 

 

13
Fillmore


In preparation.

 

14
Pierce

In preparation.

 

15
Buchanan


In preparation.

 

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