The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914/Volume IV

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The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914 (1914)
James Grant Wilson (editor)
Volume IV
759285The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914 — Volume IV1914James Grant Wilson (editor)


Copyright by Harris & Ewing, Washington




CONTENTS

PAGE
Benjamin Harrison
By William P. Fishback 1
William McKinley
By Joseph P. Smith 29
Theodore Roosevelt
By Owen Wister 87
William H. Taft
By Francis E. Leupp 151
Woodrow Wilson
By Josephus Daniels 195
Appendices 245
Index  271




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
 Photograph by Harris & Ewing, Washington

Frontispiece
Facing Page
BENJAMIN HARRISON 4
FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM BENJAMIN HARRISON TO GEN. JAMES GRANT WILSON 14
THE HOME OF BENJAMIN HARRISON, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 26

WILLIAM McKINLEY
 Photograph by Pach Bros.

32
THE HOME OF WILLIAM McKINLEY, CANTON, OHIO 52
FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM WILLIAM McKINLEY TO SENATOR E. O. WOLCOTT 56

MEMORIAL TO WILLIAM McKINLEY, CANTON, OHIO, DEDICATED SEPT. 30, 1907
 Charles Henry Niehaus, Sculptor

84

THEODORE ROOSEVELT
 Photograph by Harris & Ewing, Washington

90
FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM THEODORE ROOSEVELT TO GEN. JAMES GRANT WILSON 98
SAGAMORE HILL, OYSTER BAY, LONG ISLAND, THE HOME OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT 100

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
 Photograph by Harris & Ewing, Washington

154
THE BIRTHPLACE OF WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, CINCINNATI, OHIO  158

|- |THE HOME OF PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON, PRINCETON, N. J., DURING HIS PROFESSORSHIP. BUILT BY MR. AND MRS. WILSON |align="right" valign="bottom"| 208 |- |FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON TO GEN. JAMES GRANT WILSON |align="right" valign="bottom"|238 |- |colspan="2"|

PORTRAITS OF THE LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE FROM 1889 TO 1913 End of Volume

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THE PRESIDENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES

1789-1914


BY

JOHN FISKE, CARL SCHURZ, ROBERT C. WINTHROP, GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS, GEORGE BANCROFT, JOHN HAY, AND MANY OTHERS


EDITED BY

JAMES GRANT WILSON


ILLUSTRATED


Volume IV




NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1914