Being President is a lonely job, and America's Chief Executives have often been glad for the bon of true friendship. Looking back at some of these connections, Gary Ginsberg surveys Abraham Lincoln's long friendship with business partner Joshua Speed; Harry Truman, whose decision on whether to recognize the state of Israel in 1948 was influenced by Eddie Jacobson; Daisy Suckley, Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted confidant; and Franklin Pierce, who formed a lasting connection to his college peer, Nathaniel Hawthorne.