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Author Archives: Feather Foster
John Quincy Adams and Mary Frazier
At eighteen, John Quincy Adams returned to Massachusetts after eight years in Europe. Young Man JQ: His Harvard education suited him well. Classes were small and elite. Only the best and brightest. John Quincy Adams, who had hobnobbed with the … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War
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New York: Mother of VEEPS
New York can boast being home to ELEVEN Vice Presidents! The Old Guys… In the early days of our country, a geopolitical balance between the President and Vice President was considered important – at least in vote-getting accommodation. With only … Continue reading
Posted in Chester Arthur, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Aaron Burr, American history, Chester Alan Arthur, Daniel Tompkins, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Clinton, history, James Sherman, Levi P. Morton, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, Vice Presidential history, VP Aaron Burr, VP Chester Alan Arthur, VP Daniel Tompkins, VP George Clinton, VP James Sherman, VP Levi P Morton, VP Martin Van Buren, VP Millard Fillmore, VP Nelson A. Rockefeller, VP Theodore Roosevelt, VP William Wheeler, William Wheeler
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The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant
Unknown until the 1970s, Julia Grant wrote her memoirs. The Iconic General Grant By the time Julia Dent Grant decided to put pen to paper, she was an old lady – at least by 1890 standards. She was in her … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Julia Dent Grant, First Lady Julia Grant, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant's autobiography, Mark Twain and General Grant, Mrs. Ulysses S Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Ulysses Grant's Memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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President Theodore Roosevelt and “The Sargent”
It is a long standing tradition for Presidents to have an official portrait painted. Theodore Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was a prism of a man, many sided depending on his mood or current interests. He had arguably dozens … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Singer Sargent, Portrait artist John Singer Sargent, President Theodore Roosevelt, President TR, Presidential history, The many-faceted Theodore Roosevelt, the successful John Singer Sargent, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history
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Andrew Jackson’s Magnificent Truxton
Andrew Jackson loved horses since early boyhood AJ: Rider and Racer The story of 12-year-old Andrew Jackson serving as messenger in the Continental Army and later captured and imprisoned is true, told in every history book. Besides his daring and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson
Tagged "Old Hickory", American history, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson in Tennessee, Andrew Jackson purchases Truxton, Andrew Jackson's horses, Andrew Jackson's racehorse Greyhound, Andrew Jackson's racehorse Truxton, Clover Bottom Racetrack, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Horseracing in early Tennessee, John Verrell's horse Truxton, Nashville TN history, President Andrew Hackson, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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Blaine, Burchard and Belshazzar: 1884
James G. Blaine was one of the more charismatic Republicans of the 19th Century. Blaine: A Brief Bio James Gillespie Blaine (1830-93) was Pennsylvania born and raised, but once married, moved to Maine. A sometime journalist, he purchased a newspaper … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, James Garfield, Nifty History People
Tagged "The Plumed Knight", American history, Belshazzar's Feast, Chester Alan Arthur, Credit Mobilier scandal, Democrat Grover Cleveland, Feather Schwartz Foster, Grover Cleveland, history, James G. Blaine, James Garfield, NY Governor Grover Cleveland, Presidential campaign history, Republican Candidate Blaine, Rev. Samuel Burchard, rum romanism and rebellion, Samuel Burchard, Senator James Gillespie Blaine, Speaker of the House James G. Blaine, the Gilded Age, The Presidential campaign of 1884, US history
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Mrs. Hoover Builds Her Dream House
Lou Henry Hoover was a talented and interesting woman. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover: The First Twenty Years Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) and Lou Henry Hoover (1874-1944) were an unusual couple, and well suited to each other. Both were born in Iowa, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Hoover and World War I, history, Hoover and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Lou Henry Hoover, Lou Hoover and the Girl Scouts, Lou Hoover's house in Palo Alto, President Hoover and Prohibition, Presidential history, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, Stanford University, The Food Administration, The Hoover house in Palo Alto, the Hoover House willed to Stanford University, the travels of Herbert Hoover, US history, White House history
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The Presidents of New York
Virginia and Ohio claim to be Mother of Presidents – but NY claims 7 unique sons! Three Who Re-Upped the Third Party Way #8, Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was a New Yorker from the border of the Catskill and Adirondack … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Chester Arthur, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Chester Alan Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, history, James Garfield, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, President Martin Van Buren, President Millard Fillmore, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, The American Party, the Bull Moose Party, The Democratic Party, The Democratic-Republicans, The Free Soil Party, The Know-Nothing party, The Progressive Party, The Republican Party, The Whig Party, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor
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Lincoln Cousin: Dennis Hanks
It was a complicated and sometimes confusing kinship. Dennis Hanks: A Flotsam-Jetsam Childhood Dennis Friend Hanks (1799-1892) was the illegitimate son of Nancy Hanks – an aunt of another Nancy Hanks, Lincoln’s mother. Born in Hardin County, KY, a decade … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Betsey Johnston Hanks, Civil War history, Dennis Friend Hanks, Dennis Hanks, Dennis Hanks visits White House, Dennis Hanks' pocket watch, Elizabeth and Thomas Sparrow, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Lincoln cousin Dennis Hanks, Lincoln father Thomas Lincoln, Lincoln stepsister Betsey Johnston, Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks, Lincoln's stepmother Sarah Bush Johnston, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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