Presidential Health Resources

Major Websites

Books on the Health of US Presidents

  • Wold, K. C. (1948). Mr. President, how is your health? Bruce. 
  • Marx, R. (1961). The Health of the Presidents. Putnam. 
  • Harding, W. G., 2nd, & Stewart, J. M. (1992). Mere Mortals: The Lives and Health Histories of American Presidents. Renaissance Publications. 
  • Bumgarner, J. R. (1994). The health of the presidents: the 41 United States Presidents through 1993 from a physician’s point of view. McFarland & Co. 

Internet sites

The internet: the best site on this subject is John Sotos’ Doctor Zebra > Presidential Health, but there are many others.

Primary Sources

There are many primary sources but I found these most helpful:

  • Adams, A., Cranch, M. S., & Mitchell, S. (1947). New letters of Abigail Adams, 1788-1801. Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • Adams, J. (1961). Diary and Autobiography of John Adams. Harvard University Press.
  • Adams, J. Q. The Diary of John Quincy Adams. Massachusetts Historical Society. https://www.masshist.org/jqadiaries/php/
  • Diary and letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, nineteenth president of the United States. Freemont, OH: The Ohio State Archaeological and Historic Society.
  • The Papers of James Monroe, 7 volumes (D. Preston & C. Good, Eds. Vol. 1). Greenwood Press.

Other Presidential Libraries and Foundations

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