February 18, 2019

Which American Presidents Visited Lafayette?

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This story was originally published on February 18, 2019. It was updated on February 9, 2021.

Rutherford B. Hayes attends the rededication of Pardee Hall in 1880 after it was destroyed by fire the previous year.
Rutherford B. Hayes attended the rededication of Pardee Hall in 1880 after it was destroyed by fire the previous year.
Dwight D. Eisenhower in a group photo on Founder's Day 1946
Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) received an honorary doctorate of laws on Founder's Day 1946 soon after serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in WWII. Also pictured are Lafayette President Ralph Cooper Hutchison (to Eisenhower's left) and Thomas J. Watson (to his right), then vice chairman of Lafayette's Board of Trustees.
Richard Nixon delivers the 1956 commencement address
Richard Nixon delivered the 1956 commencement address while serving as vice president.
Gerald Ford takes notes before giving a talk at Colton Chapel in 1968 while serving as a U.S. Congressman.
Gerald Ford gave a talk at Colton Chapel in 1968 while serving as a U.S. Congressman.
George H. W. Bush gives the commencement address at Lafayette College in 1998
George H. W. Bush was commencement speaker in 1998.
Joe Biden speaks from a podium. A crowd of people can be seen behind him.
While serving as vice president in 2012, Joe Biden delivered the 2011-12 Lives of Liberty lecture, ''Charting Our Economic Destiny: The Pursuit of American Innovation.''
Jimmy Carter in Markle Hall on the day he gave the Pastor Lecture at Lafayette College in 2013
Jimmy Carter gave the inaugural Pastor Lecture in International Affairs in 2013.

Not pictured: Benjamin Harrison, who visited in 1877 to see his son Russell graduate from the College.

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