The Pulitzer Prize for History is for "a distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States." --https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/220
1917 Winner
With Americans of Past and Present Days by 1918 Winner
History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 by 1919 Winner
No award presented this year
1920 Winner
The War with Mexico: The Classic History of the Mexican-American War by 1921 Winner
The Victory at Sea by 1922 Winner
The Founding of New England by 1923 Winner
The Supreme Court in United States History, Vol. 2 : 1821-1855 by 1924 Winner
The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation by 1925 Winner
History of the American Frontier, 1763-1893 by 1926 Winner
A History of the United States, Vol. VI: The War for Southern Independence, 1849-1865 by 1927 Winner
Pinckney's Treaty by 1928 Winner
Main Currents in American Thought by 1929 Winner
The Organization and Administration of the Union Army 1861-1865 by 1930 Winner
The Founding of the American Republic, Vol. 2: The War of Independence, American Phase by 1931 Winner
The Coming of the War, Vol. 1 by 1932 Winner
My Experiences in the First World War by 1933 Winner
The Significance of Sections in American History by 1934 Winner
The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in Democracy by 1935 Winner
The Colonial Period of American History by 1936 Winner
A Constitutional History of the United States by 1937 Winner
The Flowering of New England 1815 1865 by 1938 Winner
The Road to Reunion 1865 1900 by 1939 Winner
A History of American Magazines, 1741-1850 by 1940 Winner
Abraham Lincoln: The Prarie Years and the War Years by 1941 Winner
The Atlantic Migration, 1607-1860 by 1942 Winner
Reveille in Washington: 1860-1865 by 1943 Winner
Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by 1944 Winner
The Growth of American Thought by 1945 Winner
Unfinished Business by 1946 Winner
The Age of Jackson by 1947 Winner
Scientists Against Time by 1948 Winner
Across the Wide Missouri by 1949 Winner
The Disruption of American Democracy, 1856-61 by 1950 Winner
Art and Life in America by 1951 Winner
The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period, 1815-1840 by 1952 Winner
The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American People by 1953 Winner
The Era of Good Feelings by 1954 Winner
A Stillness at Appomattox by 1955 Winner
Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History by 1956 Winner
The Age of Reform by 1957 Winner
Russia Leaves the War by 1958 Winner
Banks and Politics in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War by 1959 Winner
The Republican Era, A Study in Administrative History, 1869-1901 by 1960 Winner
In the Days of McKinley by 1961 Winner
Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference by 1962 Winner
The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West 1763-1766 by 1963 Winner
Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878 by 1964 Winner
Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town by 1965 Winner
The Greenback Era: A Social and Political History of American Finance, 1865-1879 by 1966 Winner
The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War by 1967 Winner
Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West by 1968 Winner
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by 1969 Winner
Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination by 1970 Winner
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department by 1971 Winner
Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox, 1883-1940 by 1972 Winner
Neither Black nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States by 1973 Winner
People of Paradox by 1974 Winner
The Americans: The Democratic Experience by 1975 Winner
Jefferson and His Time: The Virginian, Vol. 1 of 6 by 1976 Winner
Lamy of Santa Fe, His Life and Times by 1977 Winner
Impending Crises, 1848-1861 by 1978 Winner
The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business by 1979 Winner
The Dred Scott Case by 1980 Winner
Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery by 1981 Winner
American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876 by 1982 Winner
Mary Chestnut's Civil War by 1983 Winner
The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 by 1984 Winner
No award presented
1985 Winner
Prophets of Regulation by 1986 Winner
The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age by 1987 Winner
Voyagers to the West : A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution by 1988 Winner
The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876 by 1989 Winner
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by 1990 Winner
In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines by 1991 Winner
A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by 1992 Winner
The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties by 1993 Winner
The Radicalism of the American Revolution by 1994 Winner
No award presented
1995 Winner
No Ordinary Time : Franklin and Elanor Roosevelt - The Home Front in World War II by 1996 Winner
William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic by 1997 Winner
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution by 1998 Winner
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion by 1999 Winner
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by 2000 Winner
Freedom from Fear by 2001 Winner
Founding Brothers by 2002 Winner
The Metaphysical Club by 2003 Winner
An Army at Dawn by 2004 Winner
A Nation under Our Feet by 2005 Winner
Washington's Crossing by 2006 Winner
Polio by 2007 Winner
The Race Beat by 2008 Winner
What Hath God Wrought by 2009 Winner
The Hemingses of Monticello by 2010 Winner
Lords of Finance by 2011 Winner
The Fiery Trial by 2012 Winner
Malcolm X by 2013 Winner
Embers of War by 2014 Winner
The Internal Enemy by 2015 Winner
Encounters at the Heart of the World by 2016 Winner
Custer's Trials by 2017 Winner
Blood in the Water by 2018 Winner
The Gulf by 2019 Winner
Frederick Douglass by 2020 Winner
Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America by 2021 Winner
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by 2022 Winners