by Mike Purdy | May 6, 2015 | Benjamin Harrison, Bill Clinton, Books, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Electoral College, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, George Washington, Gerald Ford, Grover Cleveland, James Madison, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, John Quincy Adams, Name Changes, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Speeches, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, Woodrow Wilson, Zachary Taylor
Presidential History Roundup #7: An Unlikely Presidential Friendship, Top 10 Presidential Dogs, Dynasties, New Reagan Biography, No Money to Attend Inauguration. Interesting news about Presidential history from PresidentialHistory.com. Washington Borrowed Money to...
by Mike Purdy | May 3, 2015 | Benjamin Harrison, Campaigns, George Washington, James Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding, William McKinley
Washington Didn’t Campaign for President: George Washington set the standard that held for years of not campaigning for President. Of course, he was the only president who won with unanimous support of the Electoral College. Front Porch Campaigns: As the...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 20, 2011 | Benjamin Harrison, William Henry Harrison
178 years ago, Benjamin Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio. He served just one term as president, book-ended by Grover Cleveland’s two non-consecutive terms. Harrison’s grandfather was William Henry Harrison, the nation’s 9th...