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Hear live recordings of 11 US Presidents including Benjamin Harrison 23rd William McKinley 25th Theodore Roosevelt 26th William H Taft 27th Woodrow Wilson 28th Warren G Harding 29th Calvin Coolidge 30th Herbert Hoover 31st Franklin D Roosevelt 32nd Harry S Truman 34th Dwight D Eisenhower 34th Benjamin Harrison August 20 1833 March 13 1901 was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893 He was a grandson of the ninth president William Henry Harrison and a greatgrandson of Benjamin Harrison V a founding father who signed the United States Declaration of Independence William McKinley January 29 1843 September 14 1901 was the 25th president of the United States serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901 He was president during the SpanishAmerican War of 1898 raised protective tariffs to boost American industry and rejected the expansionary monetary policy of free silver keeping the nation on the gold standard Theodore Roosevelt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 was an American politician statesman conservationist naturalist historian and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909 He previously served as the 25th vice president under William McKinley from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900 William H Taft September 15 1857 March 8 1930 was the 27th president of the United States 19091913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States 19211930 the only person to have held both offices Taft was elected president in 1908 the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt but was defeated for reelection by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a thirdparty candidate In 1921 President Warren G Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice a position he held until a month before his death Woodrow Wilson December 28 1856 February 3 1924 was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 A member of the Democratic Party Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election As President Wilson changed the nations economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917 He was the leading architect of the League of Nations and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism Warren G Harding November 2 1865 August 2 1923 was the 29th president of the United States serving from 1921 until his death in 1923 A member of the Republican Party he was one of the most popular US presidents to that point Calvin Coolidge July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929 A Republican lawyer from New England born in Vermont Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts politics eventually becoming governor of Massachusetts His response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action The next year he was elected the 29th vice president of the United States and he succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G Harding in 1923 Herbert Hoover August 10 1874 October 20 1964 was an American politician businessman and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party holding office during the onset of the Great Depression Before serving as president Hoover served as the director of the US Food Administration and served as the third US secretary of commerce Franklin D Roosevelt January 30 1882 April 12 1945 was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945 A member of the Democratic Party he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in US history As a dominant leader of his party he built the New Deal Coalition which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century His third and fourth terms were dominated by the Second World War which ended shortly after he died in office Harry S Truman May 8 1884 December 26 1972 was the 33rd president of the United States serving from 1945 to 1953 A lifetime member of the Democratic Party he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin Roosevelt and as a United States Senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945 Having assumed the presidency after Roosevelts death Truman implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of communism Dwight D Eisenhower October 14 1890 March 28 1969 was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 During World War II he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the rare fivestar rank of General of the Army He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 19421943 and the successful invasion of Normandy in 19441945 from the Western Front