How Has Presidential Campaigning Changed? 15 Campaign Ads From the Past

by Mike Purdy | May 3, 2015 | Benjamin Harrison, Campaigns, George Washington, James Garfield, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding, William McKinley

Washington Didn’t Campaign for President:  George Washington set the standard that held for years of not campaigning for President.  Of course, he was the only president who won with unanimous support of the Electoral College. Front Porch Campaigns:  As the...

Presidential History Roundup #6

by Mike Purdy | Apr 29, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Chester Arthur, Constitution, Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Impeachments, James Buchanan, John F. Kennedy, Presidential History Roundup, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt

Presidential History Roundup #6:  Assassins, Sports, Performance, Impeachment, Nomination Process, JFK Quiz.  Interesting news about Presidential history: How Much Do You Know About JFK?  Take this short, multiple choice quiz with just 10 questions plus one bonus...

Which Untimely Presidential Transition Affected the County the Most?

by Mike Purdy | Mar 16, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Assassinations, Calvin Coolidge, Chester Arthur, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, John Tyler, Lyndon B. Johnson, Millard Fillmore, Richard Nixon, Terms of Office, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor

Lincoln by a landslide: The weary nation breathed a sigh of relief as the hostilities of the long and wrenching War Between the States closed that frightful chapter of history. But before the wounds began to heal, the bloodshed that had taken a generation of young...

Could Theodore or Franklin Roosevelt Have Been Elected President Today?

by Mike Purdy | Aug 13, 2014 | Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Wives and Mistresses

The news media of the 21st century is very different from that experienced by Theodore Roosevelt at the turn of the 20th century or Franklin Roosevelt in the Depression and World War II era. One scholar’s opinion:  Longtime FDR scholar and author, Geoffrey...

Presidents Pointing and Staring

by Mike Purdy | Aug 4, 2014 | Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt

Here’s a collage of Presidents pointing and staring at their audience.  Who do you think does it best? Top left to right: Carter, Obama, JohnsonMiddle left to right: Reagan, Uncle Sam, Theodore RooseveltBottom left to right: George W. Bush, Kennedy,...

Mike Purdy Speaks on the Presidents at Whitworth University

by Mike Purdy | Sep 30, 2013 | Events, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft

I had the privilege of speaking to a political science class on “The American Presidency” at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington on September 26, 2013.History Changing Relationship:  My topic was the historical significance of the relationship...