by Mike Purdy | Oct 10, 2017 | Books, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman
The have been few times in history when shape of the geopolitical world changed more dramatically than during four world-shaking months in 1945: A fatal stroke ended Franklin Roosevelt’s dozen year presidency. The United Nations was founded. Nazi Germany fell after...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 6, 2017 | Birthdays, Deaths, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford – the only president never elected as president or vice president – holds the record for presidential longevity. He died on December 26, 2006 at 93 years, 165 days. November 25, 2017: But George H.W. Bush is just months away from eclipsing...
by Mike Purdy | Jun 4, 2017 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Books, Chester Arthur, Deaths, George Washington, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Martin Van Buren, Post Presidencies, Presidential Sites, Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding
It’s been 100 years since John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born. It’s been more than a half century since he was assassinated after serving as president for less than three years. High Marks: And yet Kennedy is consistently ranked among our greatest...
by Mike Purdy | Jul 13, 2016 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Assassinations, Campaigns, Chester Arthur, Deaths, Elections, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, James Garfield, John Adams, Millard Fillmore, Richard Nixon, Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-Presidents, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Zachary Taylor
“My country,” a frustrated John Adams once wrote about the vice presidency, “has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” He has not been alone throughout our...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 6, 2016 | Birthdays, Deaths, Elections, James Buchanan, Ronald Reagan, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor
The Wall Street Journal published an article on March 4, 2016 entitled “Age-Old Issue Gets Diminished in Election 2016.” I was interviewed for and quoted in the article. Take a look at the article! Unusual campaign: This election year is different in...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 30, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor
In our nation’s history, close to 20% of our presidents have died in office, either through assassination or death. Some of their terms were very short, thus making it difficult for historians to assess their performance during their brief tenure. But two...
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