Does the President’s Age Matter?

Does the President’s Age Matter?

by | 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...
Review of New Book on the White House and the Presidency

Review of New Book on the White House and the Presidency

by | Sep 21, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, Books, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, John Tyler, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant, Warren Harding, White House, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson

“Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency” is a delightful, well-written, and well-researched collection of stories about the White House and our Presidents. The book is highly readable and I strongly recommend it.  White House and American...
Presidential History Roundup #10

Presidential History Roundup #10

by | Jun 28, 2015 | Bill Clinton, Books, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, George Washington, Presidential History Roundup, Resources, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Wives and Mistresses

Presidential History Roundup #10: Interesting news about Presidential history from PresidentialHistory.com. What Happened to Washington’s Love Letters: Only three George Washington love letters to his wife, Martha, survive.  Martha destroyed correspondence after...
Find a Chair for the President!

Find a Chair for the President!

by | Jun 23, 2015 | Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s travel arrangements and event logistics as president could be quite complicated.  Stricken with polio at age 39 in 1921, he was by-and-large confined to a wheelchair to get around, although he perfected the art of “walking” to...