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 | Aug 9, 2011 | Bill Clinton, Name Changes
Bill Clinton In my blog entry of August 7, 2011, I identified six U.S. presidents who were born with different names. But I forgot to mention a seventh: Bill Clinton.Bill Clinton began life on August 19, 1946 as William Jefferson Blythe 4th. His...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 8, 2011 | Name Changes
The following half dozen U.S. presidents changed their names from their given name. Five of them took their middle name and made it their first name. One, Gerald Ford, changed first, middle, and last names. One, Bill Clinton, changed his last name. Mike...