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American Presidents: Life Portraits is a 41-episode, Peabody Award-winning series produced by C-SPAN in 1999. Each episode was aired live, and was a two- to three-hour look at the life and times of one particular President of the United States. Episodes were broadcast from locations of importance to the profiled president, featured interviews with historians and other experts, and incorporated calls from viewers. The series served as a commemoration of C-SPAN's 20th anniversary. The first program aired on March 15, 1999, and profiled George Washington. Subsequent programs featured each president in succession, concluding with Bill Clinton on December 20, 1999.
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Season 1
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| Ep | Title | Rating | Votes | Runtime | |
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| ▶ | 1 | Life Portrait of George Washington | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 2 | Life Portrait of John Adams | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 3 | Life Portrait of Thomas Jefferson | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 4 | Life Portrait of James Madison | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 5 | Life Portrait of James Monroe | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 6 | Life Portrait of John Quincy Adams | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 7 | Life Portrait of Andrew Jackson | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 8 | Life Portrait of Martin Van Buren | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 9 | Life Portrait of William Henry Harrison | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 10 | Life Portrait of John Tyler | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 11 | Life Portrait of James K. Polk | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 12 | Life Portrait of Zachary Taylor | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 13 | Life Portrait of Millard Fillmore | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 14 | Life Portrait of Franklin Pierce | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 15 | Life Portrait of James Buchanan | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 16 | Life Portrait of Abraham Lincoln | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 17 | Life Portrait of Andrew Johnson | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 18 | Life Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 19 | Life Portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 20 | Life Portrait of James Garfield | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 21 | Life Portrait of Chester A. Arthur | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 22 | Life Portrait of Grover Cleveland | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 23 | Life Portrait of Benjamin Harrison | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 24 | Life Portrait of William McKinley | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 25 | Life Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 26 | Life Portrait of William Howard Taft | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 27 | Life Portrait of Woodrow Wilson | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 28 | Life Portrait of Warren G. Harding | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 29 | Life Portrait of Calvin Coolidge | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 30 | Life Portrait of Herbert Hoover | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 31 | Life Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 32 | Life Portrait of Harry S. Truman | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 33 | Life Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 34 | Life Portrait of John F. Kennedy | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 35 | Life Portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 36 | Life Portrait of Richard M. Nixon | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 37 | Life Portrait of Gerald R. Ford | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 38 | Life Portrait of Jimmy Carter | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 39 | Life Portrait of Ronald Reagan | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 40 | Life Portrait of George H.W. Bush | — | — | — |
| ▶ | 41 | Life Portrait of Bill Clinton | — | — | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Brian Lamb Self - Host
David McCullough Self - Historian
Austen Blakesly Self - Student
Richard Norton Smith Self - Director
James Rees Self - Executive Director
Gladys Tancil Self - Historical Intrepreter
John Stanwich Self - Park Ranger
Abigail Brown Self - Relative
Amy Lasater Self - Student
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