Remembering Barbara Bush

by Mike Purdy | Apr 22, 2018 | George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Mothers, Wives and Mistresses

There is no job description for First Lady, nor is there a job description for being a political spouse. Nevertheless, Barbara Bush navigated being in the public eye for more than 50 years as the wife of prominent politician and one-term president, George H.W. Bush...

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...

Presidential History Roundup #10

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...

Did Eisenhower’s Wife Tilt the 1960 Election to JFK?

by Mike Purdy | Nov 3, 2014 | Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Wives and Mistresses

After an almost fatal heart attack and stroke during his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower was not in the best of health as his two terms came to a close in 1960. Ike’s wife, Mamie, was justifiably concerned about the President’s health. Oldest man in the...

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...

Drawing for 3 Free Copies of New Book About Richard Nixon and His Marriage

by Mike Purdy | Apr 13, 2014 | Richard Nixon, Wives and Mistresses

In the newly published and highly readable book Pat and Dick – The Nixons, an Intimate Portrait of a Marriage, historian and psychologist Will Swift has written a riveting tale that recounts the career and crises of Richard Nixon as filtered through the lens of...