DNA Proves Harding Affair

by Mike Purdy | Aug 16, 2015 | Scandals, Warren Harding, Wives and Mistresses

President Warren G. Harding has a number of claims to fame (or infamy): He consistently ranks at the very bottom for presidential performance His administration was racked with the infamous Teapot Dome scandal that sent a cabinet secretary to jail He was known for his...

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 #5

by Mike Purdy | Apr 22, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, Harry Truman, James Garfield, James Madison, Lyndon B. Johnson, Post Presidencies, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Warren Harding, White House, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson

Presidential History Roundup #5:  Interesting news about Presidential history: Presidents Who Knew Babe Ruth:  Fascinating article by presidential historian Michael Beschloss on baseball great Babe Ruth’s connections with various presidents and one future...

Presidential History Roundup #4

by Mike Purdy | Apr 15, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Homes, Presidential History Roundup, Richard Nixon, Warren Harding, White House

Presidential History Roundup #4:  Interesting news about Presidential history: 1st President to pay income tax:  On March 14, 1923, President Warren G. Harding became the first President to file an income tax return.  He filed his return for 1922 and paid $17,990 in...

Which Presidents Who Died in Office Had the Potential to be Great?

by Mike Purdy | Mar 30, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Deaths, Franklin Roosevelt, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, Warren Harding, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor

In our nation’s history, close to 20% of our presidents have died in office, either through assassination or death.  Some of their terms were very short, thus making it difficult for historians to assess their performance during their brief tenure.  But two...

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...