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 | 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 | Feb 21, 2016 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Birthdays, Franklin Roosevelt, George W. Bush, George Washington, Inaugurations, James Buchanan, John F. Kennedy, Martin Van Buren, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor
As the Founding Fathers labored over the negotiation and drafting of the Constitution in the sweltering heat and humidity of Philadelphia in 1787, they came to the important question of eligibility requirements for the president. In an era when the average...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 2, 2013 | Birthdays, James Polk, Warren Harding
November 2 marks the birthday of two U.S. Presidents: James Polk, born in 1795, and Warren Harding, born in 1865. 70 years separate the births of the 11th and 29th Presidents of the United States. Both born after significant events: Both were born shortly...
by Mike Purdy | Dec 30, 2012 | Birthdays, Woodrow Wilson
Someone’s birthday – especially for someone as famous as our 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, who was born in the waning days of 1856 in Staunton, Virginia, should be an elementary fact, not subject to any dispute. December 28 or 29? And yet most...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 24, 2012 | Birthdays, Deaths, Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor – 1850Taylor’s birth: Zachary Taylor, the general who rode into the White House in the 1848 election based on his victories in Mexican-American War, was born on November 24, 1784, making him the third president born after the...
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