Presidential Books I Read in 2014

by Mike Purdy | Jan 27, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Books, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson

The following is the list of nine books about the Presidents that I read in 2014: Thomas Jefferson – From Boy to Man, by Jayne D’Alessandro-Cox, 342 pages.  This book is more a personal account of Jefferson’s early years than it is a description of...

Did Eisenhower’s Wife Tilt the 1960 Election to JFK?

by Mike Purdy | Nov 3, 2014 | Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Wives and Mistresses

After an almost fatal heart attack and stroke during his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower was not in the best of health as his two terms came to a close in 1960. Ike’s wife, Mamie, was justifiably concerned about the President’s health. Oldest man in the...

What Presidents Took the Oath of Office the Most Number of Times?

by Mike Purdy | Feb 26, 2013 | Barack Obama, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, Inaugurations, Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson

FDR’s 4th oath of officeWhen we think about which presidents took the oath of office the most number of times, obviously Franklin D. Roosevelt immediately comes to mind.  FDR was elected to an unprecedented four terms as president and took the oath of...

New Book – Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage

by Mike Purdy | Feb 19, 2013 | Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon

A newly published book examines the relationship between Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.  Entitled “Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage,” author Jeffrey Frank examines the often troubled political and private relationship...

When Inauguration Day Falls on a Sunday

by Mike Purdy | Nov 28, 2012 | Barack Obama, Dwight Eisenhower, Inaugurations, James Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Rutherford Hayes, Woodrow Wilson, Zachary Taylor

When Barack Obama’s second term as president begins on January 20, 2013, it will mark only the seventh time in our nation’s history that Inauguration Day has fallen on a Sunday.  Traditionally, official inaugural ceremonies have not been held on...

New Books on Presidential History

by Mike Purdy | Nov 15, 2012 | Abraham Lincoln, Books, Dwight Eisenhower, Elections, Homes, Scandals, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant

Here’s a quick list of some just some of the new books on U.S. Presidential history, published in 2012:Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power: by Jon Meacham, published November 13, 2012 Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the...