Newport has long been a destination for U.S. presidents, past and future. The following is a list of presidents whose visits have been documented by the press and historians. Many past and future presidents have been house guests and dinner guests in private homes without knowledge of the press or public.
There are many items in the NHS collections with presidential connections. One example is this photograph which shows former President Theodore Roosevelt (Colonel Theodore Roosevelt) meeting with Captain Edward H. Campbell, Commandant, which took place at the Naval Training Station in Newport on October 17, 1918.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin VanBuren
John Tyler
James Polk
Millard Fillmore
James Buchanan
Ulysses Grant
Rutherford Hayes
Chester Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
William Clinton
George W. Bush