by Mike Purdy | Jun 4, 2017 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Books, Chester Arthur, Deaths, George Washington, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Martin Van Buren, Post Presidencies, Presidential Sites, Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding
It’s been 100 years since John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born. It’s been more than a half century since he was assassinated after serving as president for less than three years. High Marks: And yet Kennedy is consistently ranked among our greatest...
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 | May 13, 2015 | Benjamin Harrison, Bill Clinton, Elections, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Grover Cleveland, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Ronald Reagan, Terms of Office, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
In our nation’s history, ten incumbent Presidents have been defeated at the polls when seeking a second term in the White House. Here’s the list of the unfortunate Presidents who were rejected by the voters: Election Year Defeated President ...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 8, 2015 | John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Presidential Greatness, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Transportation
Presidential History Roundup #3 – Interesting news about Presidential history: Top 10 Presidential traits: Click here to read article about speech by Presidential historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin on March 26, 2015 at Virginia Tech. Air Force One: Why...
by Mike Purdy | Dec 17, 2012 | Constitution, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Terms of Office, William Henry Harrison
In 1841, the nation quickly saw three men hold the office of president within a span of just 32 days.Martin Van Buren’s term of office ended on March 4, 1841.William Henry Harrison was sworn in as president on March 4, 1841 at the expiration of Van Buren’s...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 6, 2011 | Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren, our 8th president, was the first president born after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, and thus the first president not born a British subject. He was born on December 5, 1782, more than six years after July 4, 1776 when the Second...
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