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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Herbert Hoover and the First Hoover Dam
In 1921, Herbert Hoover was a household word, and a newly appointed Secretary of Commerce in the Harding Administration. Herbert Hoover: A Quick Background Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was a self-made man in the truest sense of the word. Born … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover
Tagged American history, Belgiam Relief in World War I, Feather Schwartz Foster, Herbert C. Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, Herbert Hoover, history, Hoover Dam, Journalist Edward G. Lowry, President Harry Truman, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, The Great Engineer, U.S. history
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Nellie Taft’s Lonely Dinner
Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) did not have a long time to enjoy wearing her stylish Edwardian gowns on the magnificent occasions she had been planning for decades. Only three months into William Howard Taft’s presidency, she collapsed from a stroke. Mrs. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, Helen Herron Taft, Helen Herron Taft's stroke, history, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Nellie Taft, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, William Howard Taft
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First Ladies of Indisposition
Between 1849 and 1857, the three First Ladies of the United States were, in their individual ways, indisposed in the true meaning of the word: they did not have the disposition to perform the highly visible social duties that were … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor
Tagged Abigail Fillmore, American history, Bennie Pierce, Bennie Pierce death, Betty Blair, creating White House Library, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, Franklin Pierce, history, Jane Pierce, Jane Pierce tragedy, Margaret Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, White House library, Zachary Taylor
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Chester Alan Arthur: “Nobody’s Damn Business”
Chester Alan Arthur, known only by his distinctive and imposing whiskers, is one of the least known and least studied of our Presidents. Chester Alan Arthur: The Basic Facts Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886) was a clergyman’s son, born in Vermont … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur
Tagged American history, Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, Collector of the Port of NY, Election of 1880, Ellen Herndon Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Political Boss Roscoe Conkling, President Chester A. Arthur, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Roscoe Conkling, The "Gentleman Boss", The Port of New York, US Presidents, US Vice Presidents, White House history
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