Presidential History Roundup #5

by | Apr 22, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, Harry Truman, James Garfield, James Madison, Lyndon B. Johnson, Post Presidencies, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Warren Harding, White House, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson

Presidential History Roundup #5:  Interesting news about Presidential history: Presidents Who Knew Babe Ruth:  Fascinating article by presidential historian Michael Beschloss on baseball great Babe Ruth’s connections with various presidents and one future...

Which Presidents Who Died in Office Had the Potential to be Great?

by | 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...

Which Untimely Presidential Transition Affected the County the Most?

by | Mar 16, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Assassinations, Calvin Coolidge, Chester Arthur, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, John Tyler, Lyndon B. Johnson, Millard Fillmore, Richard Nixon, Terms of Office, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor

Lincoln by a landslide: The weary nation breathed a sigh of relief as the hostilities of the long and wrenching War Between the States closed that frightful chapter of history. But before the wounds began to heal, the bloodshed that had taken a generation of young...