List of autobiographies by presidents of the United States

Ulysses S. Grant, working on his memoirs in 1885. His Personal Memoirs is considered by historians to be among the best by a U.S. President.

Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office. Some 19th-century U.S. presidents who wrote autobiographies are James Buchanan and Ulysses S. Grant, though Grant's autobiography is about his time as General during the U.S. Civil War and not about his presidency. Some of the more recent U.S. presidential autobiographies, such as Bill Clinton's, George W. Bush's, and Barack Obama's (written and published before he was elected president) sold well enough to earn them millions of dollars.[1][2]

Autobiographies covering the period of their presidency

Note: Only publication information for the first edition is given.
Title President Publisher Date ISBN
The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren Van Buren, MartinMartin Van Buren U.S. Government Printing Office 1920
Posthumously compiled and edited from Van Buren's manuscript materials by John C. Fitzpatrick.
Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of Rebellion Buchanan, JamesJames Buchanan D. Appleton and Company 1866
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography Roosevelt, TheodoreTheodore Roosevelt Macmillan 1913
The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, CalvinCalvin Coolidge Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1929
Previously published serially in the periodical Cosmopolitan.
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover Hoover, HerbertHerbert Hoover Macmillan 1951
Published in three volumes: Volume 1: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; Volume 2: The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; Volume 3: The Great Depression 1929-1941.
Memoirs: Year of Decisions Truman, Harry S.Harry S. Truman Doubleday 1955
Memoirs: Years of Trial and Hope Truman, Harry S.Harry S. Truman Doubleday 1956
The Autobiography of Harry S Truman Truman, Harry S.Harry S. Truman Colorado Associated University Press 1980 ISBN 978-0-870-81090-9
Posthumously compiled and edited from Truman's manuscript materials by historian Robert Ferrell.
At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends Eisenhower, Dwight D.Dwight D. Eisenhower Doubleday 1969 ISBN 978-0-915-99204-1
The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969 Johnson, Lyndon B.Lyndon B. Johnson Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1971 ISBN 978-0-030-84492-8
RN - The Memoirs of Richard Nixon Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon Grosset & Dunlap 1978 ISBN 978-0-448-14374-3
In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon Simon & Schuster 1990 ISBN 978-0-671-70096-6
A Time To Heal Ford, GeraldGerald Ford Harper & Row 1979 ISBN 978-0-060-11297-4
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter Bantam Books 1982 ISBN 978-0-553-05023-3
A Full Life: Reflections at 90 Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter Simon & Schuster 2015 ISBN 978-1-501-11563-9
An American Life Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan Simon & Schuster 1990 ISBN 978-1-451-62839-5
A World Transformed Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush Knopf Publishing Group 1998 ISBN 978-0-679-43248-7
My Life Clinton, BillBill Clinton Knopf Publishing Group 2004 ISBN 978-0-375-41457-2
Decision Points Bush, George W.George W. Bush Crown Publishers 2010 ISBN 978-0-307-59061-9

Autobiographies not covering the period of their presidency

Title President Publisher Date ISBN
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant Charles L. Webster & Company 1885–86
The Rough Riders Roosevelt, TheodoreTheodore Roosevelt Charles Scribner's Sons 1899
Crusade in Europe Eisenhower, Dwight D.Dwight D. Eisenhower Doubleday 1948 ISBN 978-0-8018-5668-6
Six Crises Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon Doubleday 1962 ISBN 978-0-385-00125-0
Where's the Rest of Me? Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1965 ISBN 978-0-918294-16-6
Why Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter Broadman Press 1975 ISBN 978-0-8054-5582-3
Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter Three Rivers Press 1993 ISBN 978-0-8129-2299-8
An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter Simon & Schuster 2001 ISBN 978-0-7432-1199-4
Looking Forward Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush Doubleday 1987 ISBN 978-0-385-14181-9
A Charge to Keep Bush, George W.George W. Bush William Morrow & Company 1999 ISBN 978-0-688-17441-5
Dreams from My Father Obama, BarackBarack Obama Times Books 1995 ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3
The Audacity of Hope Obama, BarackBarack Obama Crown/Three Rivers Press 2006 ISBN 978-0-307-23769-9
Trump: The Art of the Deal Trump, DonaldDonald Trump Random House 1987 ISBN 978-0-446-35325-0
Trump: Surviving at the Top Trump, DonaldDonald Trump Random House 1990 ISBN 978-0-394-57597-1

Published diaries and papers

Title President Editor Publisher Date ISBN
The Eisenhower Diaries Eisenhower, Dwight D.Dwight D. Eisenhower Ferrell, RobertRobert Ferrell W W Norton & Co Inc 1976 ISBN 978-0-393-33180-6
Prelude to Leadership: The European Diary of John F. Kennedy: Summer 1945 Kennedy, John F.John F. Kennedy Regnery Publishing 1995 ISBN 978-0-89526-459-6
The Letters of John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John F.John F. Kennedy Sandler, Martin W.Martin W. Sandler Bloomsbury Press 2013 ISBN 978-1-60819-271-7
Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon Perlstein, RickRick Perlstein Princeton University Press 2010 ISBN 978-1-4008-3568-3
White House Diary Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010 ISBN 978-0-374-28099-4
The Reagan Diaries Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan Brinkley, DouglasDouglas Brinkley Harper Collins 2007 ISBN 978-0-06-087600-5
All the Best Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush Scribner 1999 ISBN 978-0-684-83958-5

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Americas | Clintons' earnings exceed $100m". BBC News. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  2. ↑ Simon Mann, Washington. "'Man of Steel' barely rates a mention in Bush memoirs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2013-04-08.

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