Political Figures Events

Historic moments featuring politicians and dignitaries at significant events, highlighting political campaigns and ceremonies in vibrant crowds.

October 02, 1996. Washington, D.C. President William Clinton at the Middle East Peace Conference in East Room of the White House. Left to right: Yasir Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and King Hussein, Jordan.

Governor Bill Clinton and Senator Al Gore on the 1992 Buscapade campaign tour in Cleveland, Ohio

Trip to Europe: Germany, Bonn: Villa Hammerschmidt, Peace Corps Ceremony, 11:40AM. President John F. Kennedy attends a ceremony establishing the German Development Service (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst), or German Peace Corps, at Villa Hammerschmidt. Left to right: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in background); President Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; President of West Germany, Dr. Heinrich Lübke; interpreter for the German Foreign Ministry, Heinz Weber; Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Walter Scheel. Bonn, West Germany (Federal Republic). Scratches throughout image original to the negative.

Bill Clinton, 42nd President, waves to the crowd on Inauguration Day January 20, 1993 in Washington, DC

October 02, 1996. Washington, D.C. President William Clinton at the Middle East Peace Conference in East Room of the White House. Left to right: Yasir Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and King Hussein, Jordan.

President-elect Clinton takes the oath of office as the nations 42nd President one minute before noon on the West side of the Capitol. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photograph taken during the inauguration speech of President Bill Clinton (1946-) an American politician and former President of the United States. Dated 20th Century

President George W. Bush giving his Inaugural Address. Jan. 20, 2001, Washington, DC.

US president Bill Clinton, taking the oath of office, 1993

President Clinton waves to the crowd as he walks down Pennsylvania Ave., prior to the start of the inaugural parade. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Speech at Rice Stadium, President Kennedy standing at lectern. HOUSTON, TX CN

President William Jefferson Clinton delivers his Inaugural address after being sworn-in as the 42nd President of the United States of America. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vice President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, wave to the public as they ride in one of the presidential cars during the Inauguration Day parade. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Governor Bill Clinton and Governor Ann Richards at a Texas campaign rally in 1992 on his final day of campaigning, Fort Worth, Texas

Inaugural parade, President Clinton arrives at the reviewing stand and greets his guests. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, talk to several naval offers aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61).The ship is here for the100th anniversary celebration of the Statue of Liberty and to participate in the International Naval Review. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford celebrate winning nomination at Republican National Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, John T. Bledsoe, August 18, 1976

Jimmy Carter Inauguration circa 20 January 1977.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, December 16, 1977

President William J. Clinton waves to the crowd after the 1997 Presidential Inaugural Swearing-in Ceremony at the West Front of the Capitol. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Ronald Reagan with Mikhail Gorbachev.

President Bill Clinton with VP Albert Gore and Attorney General Janet Reno. Reno was the first woman Attorney General and served for 8 years. (BSLOC_2015_2_188)

Bill Clinton. Colin Powell

Campaign Trip to Pennsylvania. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during a Democratic fund-raising dinner at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; President Kennedy traveled to Harrisburg as part of a congressional campaign trip. Seated onstage (L-R): Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice, Earl S. Keim; unidentified (in back); candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia, Richardson Dilworth; Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania (right of lectern). Top of negative contains bottom portion of KN-C24217.

Presentation of the National Teacher of the Year Award to Marjorie L. French of Topeka, Kansas, 11:55AM. Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas, speaks after receiving the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine) from President John F. Kennedy. Left to right (foreground): Vice President and Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Mrs. French; Mrs. French's husband, Freeman G. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

US President Ronald Reagan with Vice-President George Bush and Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev, New York 1985

Close up of Rosalynn Carter Jimmy Carter and Amy Carter circa 24 July 1977.

Bill Clinton, 42nd President, on Inauguration Day 1993, Washington, DC

Bill Clinton

President Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan Barbara Bush George Bush Trip to Texas Celebration After Acceptance Speech at 1984 Republican National Convention at Dallas Convention.

Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933 - 2020) American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton

George Herbert Walker Bush on vacation at Islamorada, Florida in May 1990.

President William Jefferson Clinton waves to the crowd as he walks down Pennsylvania Ave. after his inauguration. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter welcome Menachem Begin and Mrs. Begin during an arrival ceremony for a state visit of the Prime Minister of Israel. circa 19 July 1977.

Jimmy Carter presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Arthur Goldberg. circa 26 July 1978.

U.S. President Gerald R. Ford talking on telephone with Apollo-Soyuz crew members during docked portion of Apollo-Soyuz space flight, White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, July 17, 1975

Trip to Maine Massachusetts: Boston, fund raising dinner at Commonwealth Armory, 8:13PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks during the All New England Salute Dinner in his honor at the Commonwealth Armory in Boston, Massachusetts. Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts), stands in center; co-chairman of the dinner, Thomas J. White, stands at far left.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00 AM. Press Conference. President John F. Kennedy addresses the audience from the lectern. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President George Bush speaks during the 50th anniversary of the dedication of Mount Rushmore. The immense sculpture features the likenesses of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Gutzon Borglum created the granite carving.. State: South Dakota(SD) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Ann Richards speaks at Arneson River during the Clinton/Gore 1992 Buscapade campaign tour in San Antonio, Texas

U.S. President-Elect Bill Clinton being sworn-in by Chief Justice of the U.S. William Rehnquist, as Hillary Clinton, daughter Chelsea Clinton and others look on during inauguration ceremony, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., USA, Barbara Ellison, White House Photographer, January 20, 1993

Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon after nomination for President and Vice President, July 1952. Their wives stood by their sides at the Republican National Convention in Chicago (BSLOC_2016_7_34)

RICHARD NIXON waves with both arms as he bids an emotional farewell to members of his staff after his resignation for the Presidency of the United States. Washington, D.C. 8/8/74.

Prime Minister Menachem Begin from Israel is welcomed upon his arrival for a visit to the United States. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Inspection tour of NASA installations: Houston, Texas, NASA Rich Building, departure, 11:10AM. President John F. Kennedy sits in the back seat of the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), following a tour of the facilities at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel (holding hat), sits right of President Kennedy. Seated in jump seat of car: Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, and Representative Albert Thomas (Texas). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Dave Grant. Photographers and spectators observe. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Blemishes on image are original to the negative.

U.S. President Bill Clinton embracing his daughter, Chelsea, and kissing his wife, Hillary, after Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies on west front of U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., USA, Architect of the Capitol Collection, January 20, 1997

U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton walking along the Inaugural Parade route and waving to the crowd, Washington, D.C., USA, Barbara Kinney, White House Photographer, January 20, 1993

Former President Bill Clinton speaks at a Presidential rally for Gore/Lieberman on November 2nd of 2000 in Baldwin Hills, California

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

Bill Clinton with voiceless notes attached to his lapel at victory celebration in Little Rock on Nov. 5, 1992, Little Rock, Arkansas

Introduction ceremony, Workmens Compensation Commemorative Stamp, 12:05PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first state Workmens Compensation Law, enacted in Wisconsin in 1911, on the South Lawn driveway at the White House, Washington, D.C. Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon is seated behind President Kennedy.

Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States delivers his inaugural address from the specially built platform in front of the Capitol Building during the Inauguration Day ceremony. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Former President Richard Nixon waves as he boards a helicopter after resigning in August 1974

Campaign Trip to Pennsylvania. President John F. Kennedy attends a Democratic fund-raising dinner at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; President Kennedy traveled to Harrisburg as part of a congressional campaign trip. Also pictured onstage (L-R): candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia, Richardson Dilworth (far left); Internal Affairs Secretary of Pennsylvania, Genevieve Blatt.

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir with US president Richard Nixon, Washington DC 1974.

Emperor haile selassi 1892-1975, of Ethiopia with President John Kennedy in Washington 1963

Former Vice President Al Gore delivers acceptance speech at the 2000 Democratic Convention at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

President Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao

Presidential candidate Bob Dole speaks at a rally in Santa Barbara after the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, California.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan Being sworn in for a second term by U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger as Nancy Reagan observes in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 21, 1985

Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo addresses crowd at the 1992 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden, New York

Arrival ceremonies for Habib Bourguiba, Sr., President of Tunisia, and wife Moufida Bourguiba, 12:00PM. Arrival ceremonies for Habib Bourguiba, Sr., President of Tunisia. President Bourguiba (at left, with back to camera) speaks with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy while First Lady of Tunisia, Moufida Bourguiba (formerly Mathilde Lorrain), speaks with President John F. Kennedy. Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, stands behind Mrs. Kennedy; Interpreter Charles Sedgwick stands to right of President Kennedy; White House Secret Service Agent, Stewart Stu Stout, stands at far right. Outside of Blair House, Washington, D.C.

Visit of Newton N. Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), family. President John F. Kennedy visits with outgoing Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton N. Minow, and his family. Left to right: Martha Minow, Nell Minow, President Kennedy, Mary Minow, Mr. Minow, and Josephine Baskin Minow. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Blemishes on image are original to the negative.

U.S.S.R. Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko and Cyrus Vance circa 09/30/1978.

Governor Bill Clinton speaks at the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center in 1992 in So. Central, LA

President Clinton delivers his Inaugural address on the West side of the Capitol building after being sworn-in as the 42nd president of the United States. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

United States. A candid photo of Barbara Bush.

Former President Bill Clinton meets the crowd at a Santa Barbara City College campaign rally in 1996, Santa Barbara, California

Marian Anderson performing at during Inauguration of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon, Washington, D.C., USA, photographer Warren K. Leffler, January 21, 1957

Marlene Dietrich with her Edison at the Grand Gala du Disque Popular in Kurhaus in Scheveningen. Date October 13, 1963 / Location The Hague, Kurhaus, Scheveningen, South Holland.

Menachem Begin (1913-1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel. 1978

Gianni Ravera.

Trip to West Virginia: Address at the West Virginia Centennial celebration, State Capitol Building, Charleston, 11:30AM. President John F. Kennedy (left) attends a celebration commemorating the centennial of West Virginia on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia. Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron, stands left of lectern. Also pictured: Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia (behind Governor Barron); Representative Harley O. Staggers of West Virginia (behind lectern, in background); White House Secret Service agents, Ken Giannoules and Ron Pontius.

1982 - Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., and Maid of Honor Judith Kemp sit on the speakers platform during the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BUFFALO (SSN-715)..

Rosalynn Carter addresses the National Press Club circa 20 June 1978.

Governor Bill Clinton shakes hands at an unscheduled bus stop on the Clinton/Gore 1992 Buscapade campaign tour in Texas

President and Mrs. Anwar Sadat of Egypt, escorted by Vice President Walter Mondale, arrive at the air terminal prior to their departure from the United States after their visit. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Richard Nixon campaigns for president in the final days before his election in 1968.

Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Greeting People in a Large Crowd at a 'Get Out the Vote' Rally in Los Angeles, California, 11/02/2000 - 11/02/2000.

Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy (left) sits in a convertible with astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. during their motorcade along Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prior to the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn. Brevard County, Florida.

Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, and his wife Nancy, wave to the public from the presidential car during the Inauguration Day parade. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Former President Bill Clinton waving goodbye to crowd at a Santa Barbara City College campaign rally in 1996, Santa Barbara, California

Governor Bill Clinton shakes hands at an unscheduled bus stop on the Clinton/Gore 1992 Buscapade campaign tour in Texas

U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with President Corazon Aquino of The Philippines in the White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, September 17, 1986

Senator Robert Dole meeting supporters at a campaign rally in 1996, CA

AL PACINO in THE GODFATHER PART III (1990), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

Welcoming ceremony upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) from the Far East, 11:15AM. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson return from Southeast Asia, after visiting Vietnam, Laos, India, Formosa (Taiwan), and the Philippines. Standing by United States Marines helicopter, L-R: Presidential Assistant, Dave Powers; Naval Aide to the President, Commander Tazewell Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; President John F. Kennedy's brother-in-law, Stephen Smith; Lady Bird Johnson; President Kennedy's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson; others unidentified. The Washington Monument is visible in the background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Governor Bill Clinton greets a supporter during the Clinton/Gore 1992 Buscapade Great Lakes campaign tour

Raisa Gorbachev signs the guest book at the National Gallery of Art during the days of the Reagan Gorbachev Summit in December 1987

President Ronald Reagan speaks to a crowd of more than 45,000 people at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center following the landing of STS-4 on July 4, 1982.To the right of the President are Mrs. Reagan and NASA Administrator James M. Beggs. To the left are STS-4 Columbia astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly and Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. Prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise is in the background.

Washington, DC. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan leaving the White House for Camp David.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan saluting Air Force cadet at United States Air Force Academy commencement, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, May 30, 1984

Nancy Reagan prepares to board an aircraft as she and President-elect Ronald W. Reagan, not visible, depart for a trip. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signing Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, September 29, 1977

Jimmy Carter with Nigeria President Lt. Gen. Olesugun Obasanjo circa 11 October 1977.

1980 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt is bid farewell on his depature from the United States after his visit..

President Reagan Nancy Reagan and Michael Jackson on the South Lawn of the White House in May 1984 BS B14

Bob Hope meets with sailors after a 30-minute show with actress Ann Jillian on board the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59). Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

S98-05014 (14 April 1998) --- President Bill Clinton greets several NASA astronauts upon his arrival at the systems integration facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The astronauts, from the left, are Soichi Noguchi, Kenneth D. Cockrell, Stephanie Wilson, Chris Hadfield and Julie Payette. Payette and Hadfield are with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)and Noguchi is with the National Space Development Agency (NSADA) of Japan. Looking on is NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin.

Billy Graham at the funeral of President Johnson in March 1973

U.S. President Jimmy Carter waving goodbye as he departs the White House, Washington, D.C., for Camp David, Maryland aboard Marine One, photograph by Warren K. Leffler, January 16, 1981

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