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July 11, 2016

This year is shaping up to be a historic one for American elections. For Presbyterians, 2016 has already proven memorable.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) recently elected its first African American Stated Clerk, J. Herbert Nelson. In the contest for the nation’s presidency, the first woman to be nominated by a major political party faces an opponent who grew up attending a Presbyterian congregation, though some...

November 22, 2013
ST-C277-1-63. President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson Meet with Organizers of "March on Washington." via the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

In commemoration of the 50th year since President John F. Kennedy's death, we'd like to share images and two audio recordings from PHS's collections: Eugene Carson Blake's statement on the assassination, and the memorial service for the president...

January 16, 2013

From the Executive Director...

In 1913, Presbyterian elder Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated President of the United States.  The former president of Princeton University and governor of the State of New Jersey came from a long line of Presbyterian ministers and elders.

Presbyterians Grover Cleveland (left) and Benjamin Harrison (right) ran against one
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