Historic U.S. Presidents

Images of influential U.S. Presidents from the mid-20th century, presenting various formal settings, including speeches and public addresses.

John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States

United States. President Reagan reacts to a reporter's question in July 1983.

President Kennedy with John F. Kennedy, Jr. (JFK, Jr.). President John F. Kennedy stands on the steps of the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

Radio and Television Address to the Nation on the Berlin Crisis, 10:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation on the Berlin Crisis. The President spoke from the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States

U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivering radio and television address to the nation regarding the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Robert Knudsen, White House Photographs, November 2, 1962

Radio Television remarks to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis, 5:30PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

Address to the White House Conference on Conservation at the State Department, 11:35AM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at the White House Conference on Conservation. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy standing on steps of Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Robert Knudsen, White House Photographs, October 10, 1963

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks from lectern at Press Conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Remarks upon the departure of the US Delegation to the Alliance for Progress Conference in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, 10:41AM. President John F. Kennedy speaks about Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillons mission to the Punta del Este Conference of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council. Members of the mission visited the President a day before departing Washington for Montevideo, Uruguay to participate in the conference as part of the Alliance for Progress. Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C.

Official Portrait of President Ronald Reagan, 1981. Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (19811989) and the 33rd Governor of California (19671975).

Press Conference, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks from the lectern during a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks during a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:30PM. Press Conference. Close-up of President John F. Kennedy speaking from lectern. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress, 5:00PM. Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Medium close-up of President John F. Kennedy addressing the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.rnrn

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks during a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President Ronald Reagan at Durenberger Republican convention Rally, 1982

Presentation of the 1960 Presidents Cup Regatta Trophy, 12:06PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a trophy presentation ceremony for the winner of the 1960 Presidents Cup Regatta in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. Among those standing behind President Kennedy is Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks during a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks from the lectern during a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President Clinton delivers in first State of the Union address in January 1994.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy listens to a question at a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004) American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.

President Ronald W. Reagan addresses military personnel gathered in his honor as Rear Admiral E.A. McVadon, commander, Iceland Defense Force/island commander, Iceland, looks on. Reagan is in Keflavik preparing for his summit meeting with Mikhail S. Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks during a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President John Kennedy during an interview with Walter Cronkite. The interview was broadcast on CBS Television on September 2, 1963.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:30PM. Press Conference. Close-up of President John F. Kennedy speaking from lectern. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President Ronal Reagan 1946. 40th President of the United States of America.

Introduction ceremony, Workmens Compensation Commemorative Stamp, 12:05PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first state Workmens Compensation Law, enacted in Wisconsin in 1911, on the South Lawn driveway at the White House, Washington, D.C. President Kennedy stands beside an image of the commemorative stamp created for the occasion; Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Ivan A. Nestingen is seated behind the President.

1960s JOHN F. KENNEDY 35TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT

Arrival ceremonies for Ramon Villeda Morales, President of Honduras, 10:40AM. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers welcoming remarks during arrival ceremonies in honor of President of the Republic of Honduras, Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales (left); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (in back) looks on. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. Scratches and white spots on image are original to the negative.

President Reagan presents an introduction for the Horatio Alger Association

Remarks to the press following the 1st US Manned Orbital Flight, 3:27PM. President John F. Kennedy (standing at microphones) delivers a statement to the press following astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.s successful orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Unidentified reporters look on. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

President William J. Clinton gives his Inaugural Address after his 1997 Presidential Inaugural Swearing-in Ceremony at the West Front of the Capitol. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Ronald Reagan

Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress, 5:00PM. Reception for Latin American Diplomats, Officials, and Members of Congress. Medium close-up of President John F. Kennedy addressing the audience from lectern; the President proposed the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), designed to promote economic cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.rnrn

John F. Kennedy, (1917-1963), 35th President of the United States

Labor Day weekend at Hyannis Port: Interview with Walter Cronkite, CBS News, to inaugurate the first national network half-hour nightly news broadcast. President John F. Kennedy sits on the lawn outside Brambletyde house during his interview with Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Evening News anchor, Walter Cronkite, to inaugurate the first half-hour nightly news broadcast. Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter at a press conference, taking a question, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, June 30, 1977

United States, Washington, D.C. President Reagan giving an address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks from the lectern at a press conference. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Labor Day weekend at Hyannis Port: Interview with Walter Cronkite, CBS News, to inaugurate the first national network half-hour nightly news broadcast. President John F. Kennedy sits on the lawn outside Brambletyde house during his interview with Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Evening News anchor, Walter Cronkite, to inaugurate the first half-hour nightly news broadcast. Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedys first press conference. A reporter asks the President a question at the first press conference by a United States President to be televised live. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Bill Clinton

U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Vice President Al Gore standing at podium after swearing-in the first members of his cabinet, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Barbara Kinney, White House Photographer, January 22, 1993

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan delivering remarks during arrival ceremonies in his honor, Left to right behind MacMillan: Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State; Sir Norman Brook, Secretary of the Prime Ministers Cabinet; U.S. President John F. Kennedy; David K. E. Bruce, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain; Andrews Air Force Base, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, April 27, 1962

March 01, 1985. Washington, D.C. President Ronald Reagan portrait

Radio and Television Report on the trip to Europe, 7:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation on his European trip, from the Oval Office in the White House, Washington, D.C.

California Governor Ronald Reagan during Press Conference at White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, 1971

The Presidential Seal at his shoulder for the last time, President Richard Nixon exits Washington. August 9, 1974.

President Kennedy tapes a message on mental health, Fish Room, 12:42PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks regarding his Special Message to Congress on mental illness and mental retardation in the Fish Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. A portrait of former first lady and daughter-in-law of President Andrew Jackson, Sarah Yorke Jackson (painted by Mayna Treanor Avant, c. 1921), hangs on wall at left.

Gerald Ford, (1913 ñ December 26, 2006) 38th President of the United States, from 1974 to 1977, seen taking the oath as Vice President in 1973 while Richard Nixon looks on

Trip to Western States: Honolulu, Hawaii, address to U.S. Conference of Mayors at Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, 4:33PM. President John F. Kennedy addresses attendees of the United States Conference of Mayors regarding civil rights in American cities. Long House, Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 6:00PM. President John F. Kennedys first press conference. Reporter asks the President a question at the first press conference by a United States President to be televised live. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger sits on stage at right. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Vice President George Bush and his wife wave to the public as they ride in one of the presidential cars during the parade on Inauguration Day. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Labor Day weekend at Hyannis Port: Interview with Walter Cronkite, CBS News, to inaugurate the first national network half-hour nightly news broadcast. President John F. Kennedy sits on the lawn outside Brambletyde house during his interview with Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Evening News anchor, Walter Cronkite, to inaugurate the first half-hour nightly news broadcast. Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

Radio and Television Report on the trip to Europe, 7:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation on his European trip, from the Oval Office in the White House, Washington, D.C.

President Bill Clinton makes a statement on the South Lawn of the White House

Address to the White House Conference on Conservation at the State Department, 11:35AM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at the White House Conference on Conservation. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall sits left of the President on stage. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Campaign Trip to Pennsylvania. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during a Democratic fund-raising dinner at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; President Kennedy traveled to Harrisburg as part of a congressional campaign trip. Seated onstage (L-R): unidentified; Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice, Earl S. Keim; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia, Richardson Dilworth; Internal Affairs Secretary of Pennsylvania, Genevieve Blatt (right of lectern); Governor of Pennsylvania, David L. Lawrence; Pennsylvania State Representative, Stephen McCann (in back); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania).

U.S. President Gerald R. Ford signing proclamation granting pardon to former U.S. President Richard Nixon, White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, September 8, 1974

U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, and Vice President Candidate Bob Dole, U.S. President Gerald Ford, First Lady Betty Ford, celebrate winning nomination at Republican National Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, John T. Bledsoe, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, August 18, 1976

President Gerald Ford, as the Republican nominee, shakes hands with nomination foe Ronald Reagan on the closing night of the 1976 Republican National Convention. Vice-Presidential Candidate Bob Dole is on the far left, then Nancy Reagan, Governor Ronald Reagan is at the center shaking hands with President Gerald Ford, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller is just to the right of Ford, followed by Susan Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. August 19, 1976

Sen. John Kennedy after making a foreign policy speech in the Senate. He prompted the Eisenhower administration go tell Americans the 'blunt truth' about the situation in Indo-China, as Vietnam was call in the early 1950's.

Gerald Ford, 38th President of The United States, (b.1913)

United States, State of Georgia, Atlanta. Ronald Reagan attends the dedication of The Carter Presidential Library in October of 1986.

Presidents Reagan, FOrd, Carter and Nixon.

VP George Bush, Secretary James Baker, and Chief of Staff Don Regan walk out of the White House before the signing of the Tax Reform Bill in October 1986.

Trip to Bermuda: arrival at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda, 12:55PM. Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan addresses crowd upon President John F. Kennedy's arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida; President Kennedy listens at right. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David's Island, Bermuda.

President Jimmy Carter holds a press conference in the East Room in March 1980

Bill Clinton, standing between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, taking the oath of office of president of the United States, Washington, D.C., USA, Official White House Photograph, January 20, 1993

Campaign Trip to Pennsylvania. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during a Democratic fund-raising dinner at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; President Kennedy traveled to Harrisburg as part of a congressional campaign trip. Seated onstage (L-R): Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice, Earl S. Keim; unidentified (in back); candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia, Richardson Dilworth; Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania (right of lectern). Top of negative contains bottom portion of KN-C24220.

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, (1917-1963)

USA: John Fitzgerald 'Jack' Kennedy (1917 - 1963) was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Official White House photographic portrait, February 20, 1961

William Jefferson Clinton 42nd President of the United States (b.1946)

Attorney General Ed Meese points to a reporter at a press conference in the press briefing room in December 1986

Richard Nixon in Oval Office 1972.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter giving Inaugural Speech, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, January 20, 1977

Vector portrait of John F. Kennedy.

S62-05628 (November 1962) --- President John F. Kennedy speaks to a gathering of media and employees at Site 3 during a 1962 visit. Others seen are Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson; Dr. Robert R. Gilruth; and James E. Webb, NASA Administrator.

Remarks to the press following the 1st US Manned Orbital Flight, 3:27PM. President John F. Kennedy (standing at microphones) delivers a statement to the press following astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.s successful orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Unidentified reporters look on. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan with former U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon prior to their departure for the funeral of President Anwar Sadat of The Arab Republic of Egypt, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, October 8, 1981

U.S. President Ronald Reagan shaking hands with Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton after signing the Family Support Act in the White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, October 13, 1988

Senator John F. Kennedy, Democrat-Massachusetts, is one of the Democratic hopefuls for nomination of President of the United States. Washington, DC, 1960.

President Bill Clinton waves to supporters

President George W. Bush reviews notes with Karen Hughes before speaking from the Oval Office. He spoke 12 hours after the 9-11 Terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Sept. 11, 2001. (BSLOC_2015_2_139)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy

Photograph taken during George H. W. Bush's inauguration. George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) former President of the United States of America

GENE HACKMAN in ABSOLUTE POWER (1997), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

Close-up of a poster of John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dr. von Braun was noted for his public speeches and presentations. In this photograph, Dr. von Braun gave a speech during a series of events to honor him prior to his relocation to Washington where he was assigned to his new duty as NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Plarning at NASA Headquarters.

President Reagan listening to questions during a press conference.

William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton (born 1946) American politician and between 1993 to 2001 President of the United States

Photograph shows singer Marian Anderson performing at the Eisenhower Inauguration, as President Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon stand behind her. 1957

Governor Bill Clinton on the Clinton/Gore 1992 Buscapade campaign tour in Tyler, Texas

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao "Welcome" Dinner at Willard Hotel

Introduction ceremony, Workmens Compensation Commemorative Stamp, 12:05PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first state Workmens Compensation Law, enacted in Wisconsin in 1911, on the South Lawn driveway at the White House, Washington, D.C. Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon is seated behind President Kennedy.

U.S. President Gerald Ford talks with reporters, including Helen Thomas, as White House Chief of Staff Richard Cheney looks on, during a press conference, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, September 30, 1976

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