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Presidents of the United States: Selected Images

Portrait Gallery: Monroe - Roosevelt

See below for selected portraits of presidents shown in alphabetical order, from Monroe through Roosevelt. For full caption/reproduction information, or to download an uncompressed tiff or higher resolution JPG image, click on the picture or caption. (These will open on a new tab.) Please note that dates listed here may refer to the date a print was made, which may be after the subject's life dates.

James Monroe

Print shows James Monroe, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, holding papers in right hand — James Monroe. By Pendleton, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Circa 1828. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-11882 (digital file from original print)

James Monroe, seated, at White House; view of Capitol in background — James Monroe. By Goodman & Piggot, after a painting by C.B. King. 1817. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03759 (digital file from original print)

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Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front — Richard M. Nixon. Between 1969 and 1974. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13037 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Barack Obama

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Barack Obama, facing front, with flag in background — Barack Obama. By Pete Souza. 2009. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00358 (original digital file)

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Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right, with left hand inside vest — Franklin Pierce. Between 1855 and 1865. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13014 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

Franklin Pierce in uniform, on horseback, in foreground; Mexican War battle scene, showing Chapultapec castle and Popocatépetl volcano, in background — Franklin Pierce. By Waterman Lilly Ormbsy. c1852. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-04006 (digital file from original print)

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James K. Polk

James K. Polk, half-length portrait, seated, facing right — James K. Polk. Between 1845 and 1849. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13011 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

James Polk, full-length portrait, standing, facing front — James K. Polk. By John Sartain, from the original painting by T. Sully. c1845. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-pga-DIG-02631 (digital file from original print)

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front — Ronald Reagan. 1981. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13040 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left — Franklin D. Roosevelt. By Elias Goldensky. c1933. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-85903 (digital file from original)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, seated at desk, with four men standing behind him — Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Germany. 1941. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USW34-017109-B (b&w film neg.)

Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill on portico of Russian Embassy in Teheran, during conference — Franklin D. Roosevelt on portico of Russian Embassy in Tehran. U.S. Signal Corps photo. 1943. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-32833 (b&w film copy neg.)

Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Marshal Joseph Stalin, all seated at the palace in Yalta — Franklin D. Roosevelt at the palace in Yalta. U.S. Signal Corps photo. 1945. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-7449 (b&w film copy neg.)

Roosevelt's funeral procession with horse-drawn casket, Pennsylvania Ave. — Franklin D. Roosevelt, Funeral Procession. 1945. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-67439 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt, three quarter length portrait, facing front — Theodore Roosevelt. By Pach Brothers. c1904. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-35950 (digital file from original item)

Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing beside large globe, facing front — Theodore Roosevelt. By Rockwood Photo Co. c1904. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-36041 (digital file from original item)

Photograph showing full-length portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, seated, in deer skin hunting suit, holding rifle — Theodore Roosevelt. By George Grantham Bain. 1885. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-35995 (digital file from original item)

Theodore Roosevelt, in uniform, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left — Theodore Roosevelt. By George Gardner Rockwood. c1898. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-36046 (digital file from original item)

Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan — Theodore Roosevelt and Rough Riders. By William Dinwiddie. 1898. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-7934 (color film copy transparency)

Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley — Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir. By Underwood & Underwood. 1903, c1906.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-36413 (digital file from original item)

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