American Presidents: Life Portraits


A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits March-December 1999

Welcome to
American Presidents:
Life Portraits
Viewer Contest

10 Grand Prize Winners - Under 18
&
25 First Place Winners - Under 18

Over 18 Winners

Watch Marge Amey, C-SPAN Viewer Services Supervisor, announce the 22 winners of the American Presidents Viewer Contest. 1/17/00

10 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS - UNDER 18
These entrants, listed alphabetically, receive a trip to Washington, DC for themselves and a parent or legal guardian and a 19" color television set

Name & City	Entry Description
Kaitlin Brockett Almagordo, NM	Original song "Teddy and Quentin in 1918" about Theodore Roosevelt's son who was killed in action in the military. She plays the song on the piano on a videotape. Watch
Eliza Hartrich Boxford, MA	Three-act play "Wilson: Portrait of a President" in which an elderly Wilson chronicles his life to his daughter. To Read
Gulliver Hughes Albuquerque, NM	A poster "A License to Govern" focusing on Polk. He egan the poster of license plates on Polk, but had such fun doing it that he made it large enough to include other Presidents. Each license plate includes the man's place in Presidential order, date of inauguration, years age served, the state he is associated with and his initials. View Poster
Sarah Jane Huskey Winchester, TN	Children's book "Andrew Jackson: 7th President of the United States, 1829-1837" She used a computer to write the book and create the pictures in it. Read
Carol Kresse Tiffin, OH	"Mini-Museum" kit on George Bush including a replica of his Oval Office, a board game, Presidential debates activities, Presidential puppets, and replicas of planes flown by Bush. (She was also Tocqueville winner with hand puppet of British House of Commons characters). View "Mini-Museum"
Laura Kretzing Dillsburg, PA	Wooden teapot painted with references to the Teapot Dome Scandal and other events in the administration of Warren Harding. View Teapot
Dustin Leggans Falling Water, WV	website: HTTP://Teddy-Roosevelt.homepage.com Site contains an introduction with rotating banner with facts about Theodore Roosevelt, a timeline, an interactive quiz, and a bibliography.
Katherine Lenhart Rocky River, OH	Children's book "In a Haze" a historical comic book with fun twists. Tells what life might have been like back then. The book grew out of a family trip to the Hayes home in Spiegel Grove. View Book
Carolyn Schultz Great Neck, NY	A newspaper "Quincy Herald" the issue "published" the day after John Adams' death containing formerly "published" items related to Adams from birth to his obituary. View Newspaper
Pavan Vinjamoori Chesterfield, MO	A poem about Abraham Lincoln from childhood to his death. Read Poem

25 FIRST PLACE WINNERS - UNDER 18
These entrants, listed alphabetically, receive a 19" television set

Name & City	Entry Description
Andrea Albert Dillsburg, PA	Poem on LBJ
Flannery Becker Kansas City, MO	Videotapes oral presentation on Bess Truman's talk about her husband's love of music
Ana Book North Bergen, NJ	"JFK: Contrasts and Camelot" An essay of her personal view of John F. Kennedy
Dorrell Dennis Decatur, GA	Essay/map/photos of Richard Nixon
Gillian DiPietro SeaCliff, NY	(age 14) Recipe for "All American Clinton Pie"
Alex Furlong Hudson, OH	Website on the life and Presidency of Herbert Hoover.
Jennifer Gaddis Hudson, OH	"Recently discovered William Howard Taft Memoirs" A "daily journal" of Taft's life.
Lisa Gayman Dillsburg, PA	"My Autobiography by FDR"
Kensington Hatcher Daleville, VA	Essay: John Adams: The Atlas of Independence
Brian Jordan Tallmadge, OH	Videotape of him impersonating Abraham Lincoln talking and giving speeches
Jenna Katz Williston, VT	"Harry S Truman and the Dismantled Mantles" a children's book about the repair of the White House
Kuljit Kaur Jackson Heights, NY	Poster and essay about Zachary Taylor
Shannon Kelso Dillsburg, PA	Website about the life and Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
Kelly Kesler Dillsburg, PA	"Dallas Dreams" short story written in the first person
Ryan Miller Dillsburg, PA	Essay on Harry S Truman written from the point of view of "Secret Service agent named Joe"
Serena Oldhouser Wellsville, PA	Short story told in the first person -"The Day in Dallas that Forever Changed History"
Michael Palaia Fairfield, CT	Essay "First in the Hearts of His Countrymen - George Washington"
Alexandra Ruthizer Plainview, NY	Children's book about John Tyler
Romy Schinske Wellsville, PA	A short biography of William Howard Taft for children
Kathie-Erin Singer Edison, NJ	Essay addressed to Grant about his Presidency, written after she visited his gravesite
Ellen Stolle Prairie Village, KS	"Would Ike Still Win Today?" - an analysis of whether Dwight Eisenhower could be elected with today's media scrutiny
Jonathan Stone N. Adams, MA	He is "employed" at Monticello as a carpenter and found notes and rough drafts of architectural drawings of Thomas Jefferson
Kathryn Tetreault Hudson, OH	Series of poems on the Grover Cleveland Presidency
Lauren Winey Lewisberry, PA	Slide show on the Calvin Coolidge Presidency
Brad Zwiec Columbus, NE	Ink drawings of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Learned information used by listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin.

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