Almanac of American presidents : from 1789 to the present : an original compendium of facts and anecdotes about politics and the presidency in the United States of America / edited by Thomas L. Connelly and Michael D. Senecal.

"A Manly book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-459) and index.

Where they lived : homes of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century presidents / Katherine H. Richardson -- Educating the presidents / Edward D.C. Campbell, Jr. -- Family ties : facts about the first families / Thomas L. Connelly -- Odd jobs : occupations of the presidents before they were president / Thomas J. Connelly -- Military careers of the presidents / Phillip Cockrell -- Presidents in Congress ; The camp meetings of American politics : presidential nominating conventions / Miles S. Richards -- Selling the president and his party : presidential campaign iconography / Scott Derks -- The politics of religion / Richard Gamble -- Critical presidential elections / Thomas L. Connelly -- The official residences / Robert B. Bennett, Jr.

What happened during the terms of the presidents / Thomas L. Connelly -- Fear in national politics / James A. Dunlap III -- Secession movements in American history / William Piston -- Presidents and the Civil War / Stephen R. Wise -- Scandals in the highest office / Philip Cockrell - - Who was president when what was invented / Thomas L. Connelly --Memorable first ladies / Suzanne Linder -- Forgotten leaders : careers of the vice-presidents who never served as president / Thomas L. Connelly --After the presidency : what happened in the lives of the former presidents / Michael D. Senecal.