by Mike Purdy | Oct 30, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections, Electoral College, George Washington
The presidential campaign of 2016 is certainly a world apart from the nation’s first presidential election that propelled the very popular George Washington into the presidency. First Presidential Election: In the first presidential election, there was only...
by Mike Purdy | Sep 20, 2016 | Books, George Washington
In today’s world, we hear a lot about espionage, with computer hacking being a daily occurrence, electronic surveillance, eavesdropping, and human ground intelligence in our increasingly complex and dangerous world. Spying is big business and governments use it...
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 | 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...
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 4, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Books, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Grover Cleveland, Harry Truman, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Lyndon B. Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson
If you are looking for finding good biographies about the Presidents, the following are some good resources to check out: Best Presidential Biographies: Stephen Floyd maintains a very helpful website in which he posts his reviews of all the presidential biographies...
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