Iconic Political Moments

Historic photographs of prominent U.S. presidents and vice presidents during significant events, showcasing their formal attire and public presence.

Photograph of President John F Kennedy (1917-1963) American politician and President of the United States until his assassination. Dated 1962

President Jimmy Carter, and Vice President Walter Mondale, at the White House, Washington DC, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, December 4, 1979.

President Ronald Reagan speaks at the recommissioining ceremony for the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photograph of President John F Kennedy (1917-1963) American politician and President of the United States until his assassination. Dated 1962

Vice President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt is bid farewell on his departure from the United States after his visit. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister John Major delivering press statements, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Bob McNeely, White House Photographer, February 24, 1993

George W. Bush addressing the New Hampshire Presidential Candidates Youth Forum, January 2000

U.S. President Ronald Reagan saluting during Armed Forces Salute to U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Frist Lady Nancy Reagan, Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 12, 1989

Jimmy Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance circa 7 March 1977.

A view of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, as he delivers his Inaugural address from a specially built platform in front of the Capitol during the Inauguration Day celebration. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

United States, State of Missouri, St. Louis. Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore at the third debate, October 18, 2000.

10/24/2001. Madrid....25...10..01....Clinton and Gorbachev at the dinner offered to them by Alberto Ruiz Gallardon on the occasion of the conference on the Democratic Transition..Photo Ernesto Agudo...Archdc.

President Ronald Reagan stands as the National Anthem is played, during the recommissioning ceremony for the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Vice President/U.S. President-elect George H.W. Bush with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, Governors Island, New York City, New York, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, December 7, 1988

Former Congressman Joseph Kennedy addresses crowd at the 1992 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden, New York

Vice President Bush and VP candidate Dan Quayle at a rally in Indiana the day after the end of the Republican Convention in 1988

Jimmy Carter with Senator Jennings Randolph circa 8 February 1978.

Governor Bill Clinton and Senator Al Gore at the Louis Stokes Day Care Center during the 1992 Buscapade campaign tour in East Cleveland, Ohio

Senator Charles Robb of Virginia speaks at the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Ben Bernanke as Fed Chairman

President Reagan in Oval Office 1986.

U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.S. Vice President Al Gore and U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher in Oval Office of the White House before Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visit, Washington, D.C., USA, Bob McNeely, White House Photographer, April 6, 1993

President Reagan and Nancy Reagan Hug.

MARTIN SHEEN in THE WEST WING (1999).

Senator John Kerry speaking from stage at outdoor Kerry Campaign rally, Kingman, AZ

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former astronaut Frederick (Rick) Hauck acknowledges the warm response to his introduction as a previous inductee into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. He and other Hall of Fame members were present for the induction of five new space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame: Richard O. Covey, commander of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission; Norman E. Thagard, the first American to occupy Russias Mir space station; the late Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission; Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space; and Frederick D. Gregory, the first African-American to command a space mission and the current NASA deputy administrator. Hauck flew on three Space Shuttle missions, including command of the redesigned spaceship on its critical first flight after the explosion of Challenger. The induction ceremony was held at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at KSC. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of F

U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Diplomatic Reception Room, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, October 17, 1985

Senator Al Gore's speech at the 1992 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden

Governor Bruce Babbitt arrives for a press conference at the Iowa State Capitol during the Iowa Caucus Season.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with U.S. senators Joseph Biden and William Cohen to discuss arms control and the results of their trip to the Soviet Union, White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, March 6, 1984

Bob Dole gives his acceptance speech as the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States at the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, California

Confetti falls on an exuberant Senator John Kerry at a rally at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

Office of the Secretary - Labor Leaders Management with President Bush and Secretary Elaine Chao

President Jimmy Carter speaks at a rally in 1979

U.S. President Ronald Reagan with Arnold Schwarzenegger at The Republican National Convention, Dallas, Texas, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, August 23, 1984

KEVIN KLINE in DAVE (1993), directed by IVAN REITMAN.

Dan Rather, CBS News Anchor, U.S. Presidential Election Night, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, November 6, 1984

U.S. President Jimmy Carter, full-length seated Portrait, United Nations, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, October 4, 1977

Governor Bill Clinton speaks at a reception at Little Rock State House Convention Center in 1992, Little Rock, Arkansas

U.S. President Ronald Reagan greeting John Roberts during a photo opportunity with members of the White House Counsel's Office in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 6, 1983

President Bush delivers speech at F.B.I. Academy

U.S. President Bill Clinton looking on as American evangelist Billy Graham is speaking at annual National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C., USA, Ralph Alswang, White House Photographer, February 4, 1993

U.S. President Ronald Reagan saluting the crowd during 1988 Republican National Convention, Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, August 15, 1988

Sen. Chuck Robb of Virginia speaks at the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Senator Al Gore on the Clinton/Gore 1992 Buscapade campaign tour in Toledo, Ohio

Republican Presidential Nominee Richard Nixon and family on Election Night, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, November 6, 1968

RONALD REAGAN. 1911-2004. POLITICO EE.UU. PRESIDENTE AÑOS 1980 A 1989. FOTO EN SU VISITA A ESPAÑA AÑO 1985.

President William Jefferson Clinton is greeted by onlookers. Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Senator Joe Lieberman campaigns for vice president during a rally at California State University at Fresno

Senator Orrin Hatch addressing the New Hampshire Presidential Candidates Youth Forum, January 2000

Steve Forbes addressing the New Hampshire Presidential Candidates Youth Forum, January 2000

Walter Heller, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller, stands on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Mr. Heller holds a copy of the Economic Report of the President, transmitted to Congress in January of 1962.

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley addresses a rally of supporters at the Bradley campaign headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire September 21, 2000

President George Bush, right, with Secretary Gale Norton at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

RAY LIOTTA in HANNIBAL (2001), directed by RIDLEY SCOTT.

An enthusiastic Senator John Kerry addresses audience at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

ROBIN WILLIAMS and JOHNNY CARSON in THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW (1955). 1986.

Vice President Al Gore at a Presidential rally for Gore/Lieberman on October 31st of 2000 in Westwood Village, Los Angeles, California

Jimmy Carter at the podium during a press conference circa 10 October 1978.

10/23/1977. Adolso Suárez, Martín Villa and Tarradellas.

Office of the Secretary - CANDID PHOTOS OF SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

The hands of Gerald Ford and a giant television monitor as he speaks at the 1984 Republican National Convention.

FRANK SINATRA.

Governor Bill Clinton and wife Hillary meet the town's people at Dee's Restaurant on the 1992 Buscapade campaign tour in Corsicana, Texas

Senator Orrin Hatch R-UT photographed for FORTUNE in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in June 1982.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan attending a Knights of Columbus Annual Dinner, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 13, 1989

United States. Senator John Glenn on the campaign trail, February, 1984.

U.S. President Gerald R. Ford chatting with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld and Rumsfelds Assistant Richard Cheney in the White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, April 28, 1974

George Wallace acknowledges the cheers of supporters at Madison Square Garden. His 1968 right wing campaign found some supporters in traditionally Democratic and liberal New York City area. Oct. 24, 1968.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- John F. Kennedy Jr., editor-in-chief of George Magazine, greets invited guests at the Home Box Office (HBO) and Imagine Entertainment premiere of the 12-part miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The series was filmed in part on location at KSC and dramatizes the human aspects of NASA's efforts to launch Americans to the Moon. The miniseries highlights NASA's Apollo program and the events leading up to and including the six successful missions to the Moon. A special 500-seat theater was constructed next to the Apollo/Saturn V Center for the KSC premiere showing. Speakers at the event included KSC Director Roy Bridges (at right); Jeff Bewkes, chairman and CEO for HBO; and John F. Kennedy Jr. Also attending the event, which featured the episode entitled "1968," were Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, and Al Worden, Apollo 15 astronaut. The original miniseries event, created for HBO by actor Tom Hanks and Imagine Entertainment,

Donald Trump, half-length Portrait, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, 1985

Senator John Kerry addresses audience of supporters at a southern Ohio high school gymnasium in 2004

Colin Powell and Dick Cheney at a Bush/Cheney campaign rally in Costa Mesa, CA, 2000

Walter Mondale and Senator Edward Kennedy at rally in Boston, MA in October 1982

President George W. Bush waves to the World Series crowd at Yankee Stadium. With him are Yankees manager Joe Torre (left) and Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly. Oct. 30, 2001. (BSLOC_2015_2_182)

Madrid 03-21-2012 report on the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc in the image the portrait of Federico Trillo.

Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore speaks at a Jewish Town Hall Meeting at Temple Beth Jacob in Concord, New Hampshire, before the 2000 primary

WILLIAM HURT in BROADCAST NEWS (1987), directed by JAMES L. BROOKS.

Various views of STS-6 MOCR activities during Day-5 with Vice-Pres. George Bush, Cap Communicator Bridges, JSC Director Gerald Griffin, Eugene F. Kranz, NASA Admin. James M. Beggs, Cap Com Astronaut O'Connor, Flight Directors Jay H. Greene, Gary E. Coen, and Harold Draughon. 1. BUSH, GEORGE, VICE-PRES. - STS-6 MOCR 2. DIR. GRIFFIN, GERALD D. - STS-6 MOCR 3. ADMIN. BEGGS, JAMES M. - STS-6 MOCR 4. FLT. DIRECTORS - STS-6 JSC, HOUSTON, TX Also available in 35 CN

President George Bush, left, with actor John Travolta at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Vujadin boskov, 1988

CLINT EASTWOOD in A PERFECT WORLD (1993), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

Campaign rally in Ohio attended by Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney, 2004

USA, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Grammy award winning jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis performing.

1970s MAN NEWS REPORTER MICROPHONE BLACK HAIR SPORT JACKET REPORTING IN FRONT OF CAPITOL DOME WASHINGTON DC USA

Senator Bob Dole presidential campaign in Iowa in 1996

Campaign rally in Ohio attended by Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney, 2004

JON VOIGHT in 24: REDEMPTION (2008), directed by JON CASSAR.

President of Egypt Anwar Sadat and Jimmy Carter meet at the beginning of the Camp David Summit. circa 09/06/1978.

Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter at the arrival ceremony for the Vice Premier of China 1979. Deng Xiaoping (1904 - 1997), was a Chinese politician who was the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1992. After Chairman Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng led China through far-reaching market-economy reforms and has been called the "Architect of Modern China."

ZKH Prince Willem-Alexander during the Celebration of the Statuties on Aruba.

Senator John Kerry addresses audience of supporters at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

LESLIE NIELSEN in THE NAKED GUN (1988), directed by DAVID ZUCKER.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan wearing FBI baseball cap in White house Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, October 26, 1988

Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne and aides to New York City, New York, where they toured Ellis Island and environs with Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island Superintendent Cynthia Garrett and other National Park Service personnel

Ken Salazar

President Bush greets NFL Champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers

MARTIN SHEEN in THE WEST WING (1999) -Original title: WEST WING, THE-TV-.

May 12, 2003 - New York, New York, U.S. - K30588RM SD0512.NBC UPFRONT 2003-2004 .LINCOLN CENTER , NEW YORK New York. / 2003.DONALD TRUMP AND MARK BURNETT(Credit Image: © Rick Mackler/Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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