Here, the lives of notable Americans are illuminated through an in-depth study of primary source texts they produced during their lifetimes. From presidents, jurists, and legislators to influential private citizens both past and present, American Leaders features important full-text sources written by the people who shaped the nation-and crucial scholarly analysis to help the documents come alive.

Table of Contents

• Editor's Introduction
• Publisher's Note
• Teachers’ Activity Guides
• VOLUME 1: ABIGAIL ADAMS TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS
• ABIGAIL ADAMS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN ADAMS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• SAMUEL ADAMS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JANE ADDAMS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• SUSAN B. ANTHONY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BENEDICT ARNOLD: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN JAMES AUDUBON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ELLA BAKER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BENJAMIN BANNEKER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• CATHARINE BEECHER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HUGO BLACK: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HARRY BLACKMUN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• LOUIS D. BRANDEIS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR.: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JAMES BUCHANAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WARREN E. BURGER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• AARON BURR: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• GEORGE W. BUSH: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ROBERT C. BYRD: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN C. CALHOUN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ANDREW CARNEGIE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• SALMON P. CHASE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• CéSAR CHáVEZ: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• SHIRLEY CHISHOLM: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HENRY CLAY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• GROVER CLEVELAND: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• DAVY CROCKETT: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BILL CLINTON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JELLERSON DAVIS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• EUGENE V. DEBS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• EVERETT DIRKSEN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• FREDERICK DOUGLASS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• VOLUME 2: W.E.B. DU BOIS TO JOHN JAY
• W. E. B. DU BOIS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ALLEN DULLES: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN FOSTER DULLES: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• STEPHEN J. FIELD: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• FELIX FRANKLURTER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• MARGARET FULLER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ELBRIDGE GERRY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• RUTH BADER GINSBURG: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• EMMA GOLDMAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BARRY GOLDWATER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• SAMUEL GOMPERS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• AL GORE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BILLY GRAHAM: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ULYSSES S. GRANT: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ALEXANDER HAMILTON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN HANCOCK: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• PATRICK HENRY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HERBERT HOOVER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• J. EDGAR HOOVER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• SAM HOUSTON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ANDREW JACKSON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JESSE JACKSON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ROBERT H. JACKSON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN JAY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• VOLUME 3: THOMAS JEFFERSON TO JAMES POLK
• THOMAS JEFFERSON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ANDREW JOHNSON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BARBARA JORDAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• GEORGE F. KENNAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN F. KENNEDY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ROBERT F. KENNEDY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ROBERT LA FOLLETTE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ROBERT E. LEE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ALAIN LOCKE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HENRY CABOT LODGE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HUEY LONG: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JAMES MADISON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• MALCOLM X: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HORACE MANN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• GEORGE MARSHALL: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN MARSHALL: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• THURGOOD MARSHALL: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• GEORGE MASON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOSEPH MCCARTHY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WILLIAM MCKINLEY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JAMES MONROE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• SAMUEL F. B. MORSE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN MUIR: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• RICHARD M. NIXON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BARACK OBAMA: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• THOMAS PAINE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ELY PARKER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ALICE PAUL: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• FRANCES PERKINS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WENDELL PHILLIPS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• James Polk: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• VOLUME 4: ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., TO BRIGHAM YOUNG
• ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR.: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• COLIN POWELL: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• RONALD REAGAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WILLIAM REHNQUIST: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WALTER REUTHER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• CONDOLEEZZA RICE: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• THEODORE ROOSEVELT: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN ROSS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• MARGARET SANGER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ROGER SHERMAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• AL SMITH: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ELIZABETH CADY STANTON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOSEPH STORY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ROBERT A. TALT: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• ROGER B. TANEY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• TECUMSEH: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• STROM THURMOND: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• HARRY S. TRUMAN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• DONALD TRUMP: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• EARL WARREN: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• GEORGE WASHINGTON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• DANIEL WEBSTER: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• IDA B. WELLS: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• JOHN WESLEY: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• WOODROW WILSON: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• VICTORIA WOODHULL: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• BRIGHAM YOUNG: ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
• LIST OF DOCUMENTS BY CATEGORY
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS