American Presidency

The American Presidency Project

This website contains a searchable database of tens of thousands of documents from U.S. presidents from 1789 to the present. Includes inaugural addresses, press briefings, signing statements, and debates.

Also features data on topics such as popularity and number of public appearances, election results back to 1828, and an archive of audio and video clips. A collaboration between John Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

URL: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu

Presidents Web Site

Here is a web resource for information on U.S. Presidents:

American President: An Online Reference Resource Collection of material about U.S. presidents, including "essays about each President and their lives before, during, and after their presidential terms. It additionally provides information about the First Lady and cabinet officials of each administration." From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/

State of the Union Addresses - searchable database

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State of the Union Addresses of the American Presidents
Free Searchable Version
Search and analyze the the full-text of all State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2006. The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country. The address is also used to outline the President's legislative proposals for the upcoming year. The text is extremely useful in a searchable eBook.
This site provides a complete database of all State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2006 plus seperate databases containing the 2005 and 2006 divided by subject.You can browse these databases online or download them to your PC.

http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/StateOfTheUnion/