Category: America’s Presidents (美国总统)

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Rutherford B. Hayes. He took office in 1877 and was president during the end of what Americans call Reconstruction…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Ulysses S. Grant. He took office in 1869. But his presidency is not what made him famous. Grant is…

Today we are talking about Andrew Johnson. Johnson was vice president under Abraham Lincoln, and became president in 1865 after Lincoln was killed. His name sounds like that of an…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we will finish our story about Abraham Lincoln. He led the United States during the Civil War. That conflict lasted from 1861 to…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are continuing our story about Abraham Lincoln. He led the United States during the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865. In that…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, 1860 He was the 16th president of the United States. Many Americans consider him one…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States.Portrait of James Buchanan by George Peter Alexander Healy He was…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States. He took office in 1853 at age 48. At that…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States. Fillmore is also likely the least remembered president. He has…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Zachary Taylor, the 12th president. He took office in 1849.Official White House Portrait of President Zachary Taylor (c.1848) by…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. James Knox Polk moved into the White House as the 11th president of the United States in 1845.1846 portrait of James K. Polk by…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about a vice president. John Tyler was William Henry Harrison’s partner on the ticket in the 1840 election; he was…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about William Henry Harrison. Although he was elected in 1840, many Americans still remember his catchy campaign slogan: “Tippecanoe and…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Martin Van Buren. He was sworn in as the eighth president of the United States in 1837. Van Buren…

VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, was unlike the earlier U.S. presidents. His family was poor, he had little education, and he lived on what…