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On page THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT 20260908_161132
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THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (CC)
aired 4/9/2000 [2000-04-09]
Debut: All 41 Presidents are profiled in this 10-hour series from the producer of the Emmy-winning 1988 documentary JFK: In His Own Words. Longtime Time White House correspondent Hugh Sidey hosts the series, which also draws on the commentary of Harvard historian Richard E. Neustadt. The format is thematic, and Part I focuses on four men whose "Family Ties" help land them in the Oval Office: John Quincy Adams (voice of George Will), Benjamin Harrison (former Secretary of State Alexander Haig), John Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt, who "saw the Presidency as almost family property," says Neustadt, "and thought of the country as his patrimony." (1:00)
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: His Father's Son. (1825-1829) 4/9/2000
- BENJAMIN HARRISON: Nobody's Grandson. (1889-93)
- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: Possession By Right. (1933-45)
- JOHN F. KENNEDY: Vindicating the Irish. (1961-63)
- EPISODE 2, HAPPENSTANCE 4/10/2000
- JOHN TYLER: Establishing the Precedent. (1841-45)
- MILLARD FILLMORE: Called by Bereavement. (1850-53)
- ANDREW JOHNSON: Elect of An Assassin. (1865-69)
- CHESTER A. ARTHUR: Gentleman Boss. (1881-85)
- HARRY S. TRUMAN: An Optimist. (1945-53)
- EPISODE 3, AN INDEPENDANT CAST OF LINE
- JOHN ADAMS: Going it Alone.! (1797-1801)
- ZACHARY TAYLOR: Old Rough and Ready. (1849-50)
- RUTHERFORD B. HAYES: No Fondness for Political Life. (1877-81)
- JIMMY CARTER: The Outsider. (1977-81)
- EPISODE 4, THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN
- MARTIN VAN BUREN: The Little Magician. (1837-41)
- JAMES BUCHANAN: Avoiding Conflict. (1857-61)
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Politics With a Purpose. (1861-65)
- LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON: The Art of Political Bluster. (1963-69)
- EPISODE 5, THE AMERICAN WAY
- THOMAS JEFFERSON: His Empire of Liberty. (1801-09)
- CALVIN COOLIDGE: Silent Cal. (1923-29)
- HERBERT C. HOOVER: American Individualist. (1929-33)
- RONALD REAGAN: An American Dreamer. (1981-89)
- EPISODE 6, THE WORLD STAGE
- JAMES MONROE: A Vision for the New Hemisphere. (1817-25)
- WILLIAM McKINLEY: Reluctant Apostle. (1897-1901)
- WOODROW WILSON: An Idealist. (1913-21)
- GEORGE W. BUSH: Personal Contact. (1989-93)
- EPISODE 7, THE HEROIC POSTURE
- GEORGE WASHINGTON: America's First Hero. (1789-97)
- WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON: A Manufactured Hero. (1841)
- ULYSSES S. GRANT: In Over His Head. (1869-77)
- DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER:The Heroic Image. (1953)61)