This book is a companion to my two previous works in this series on American leaders: "Presidential Profiles" (2008) and "Vice Presidential Profiles" (2013). It provides short biographies of the seventeen men who have served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. As such, they have had the unchecked power to invalidate laws of Congress and State governments as well as acts of Presidents. Because these men have always been largely removed from public view, and yet so important to the development of our country, I have called them our "hidden" leaders. In each biographical...

This book is a companion to my "Presidential Profiles," published in 2008. It provides short biographies on each of the thirty-three vice presidents who never became president. Most readers are familiar with those like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson who did rise to the presidency and so I have decided to write about those less well known.

Because most of these vice-presidents are virtually forgotten today and yet were very prominent and important figures in their time, I have subtitled the book: "Our Forgotten Leaders." In each biographical sketch, the reader will learn about the...