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Category Archives: Nifty History People
Al Smith: The “3-P” Loss of 1928
Al: A Brief Run-Up Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) was born to Catholic immigrants in a rough neighborhood on NY’s lower East Side. He identified with his Irish forebears, but in fact, he was a mixed breed. His father was working … Continue reading
Posted in Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Nifty History People
Tagged Al Smith and Prohibition, Al Smith and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Alfred E. Smith, American history, Anti-Catholic feeling in the 1920s, Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover, Election of 1924, Election of 1928, FDR Nominates Al Smith as the Democratic Candidate in 1924, Feather Schwartz Foster, Governor Al Smith, Herbert Hoover, history, NY Gov. Al Smith, Presidential history, Republican Candidate Hoover in 1928, The Democratic Convention of 1924, The prosperity of the 1920s, The rise of Al Smith, US history
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Robert Todd Lincoln: The Legacy
Robert Todd Lincoln was just 21 when his father was assassinated. The Responsibility of Robert Only hours before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the President spent a little time with his oldest son, on leave from the Army following Lee’s surrender at … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln II, American history, David Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, Herbert Putnam LOC Librarian, history, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Justice David Davis, Library of Congress, Licoln Collection at the Library of Congress, Lincoln Memorial dedication, Lincoln's private correspondence, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's Secretaries, Mary Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Robert Lincoln's accomplishments, Robert T. Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, the Lincoln Papers, US history, White House history
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Woodrow Wilson 1919: Savior of Europe
When the Great War ended in 1918, US President Wilson was a hero to the Allies. WW: Writer of Rules and Righter of Wrongs Many historians over the past century have alluded to Woodrow Wilson’s messianic streak. He was a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, David Lloyd George, Feather Schwartz Foster, Georges Clemenceau, history, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, THe example of George Washington, The Great War, The League of NAtions, US history, White House history, Wilson's Fourteen POints, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson goes to Paris Peace talks, World War 1
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Herbert and Lou Hoover: Flexible Planning
Most people’s weddings are a big deal. Bert and Lou: The Non-Courtship Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) and Lou Henry (1874-1941) met at Stanford University shortly after its doors were open. They were both studying geology, he for an engineering career, and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Father Ramon Mestres, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Herbert Hoover, history, Journalist Frederick Palmer, Lou Henry Hoover, Presidential history, Prof. John Branner, Stanford Prof. Dr. William Thoburn, The early life of Herbert Hoover, The early life of Lou Henry Hoover, The Hoover Wedding, The Hoovers at Stanford, The priest who married Herbert and Lou Hoover, US history, White House history
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The Sagamore Hill-Hyde Park Relations: Part 1
Family Ties. The Common Bond Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt came to New Amsterdam around 1640, about the time Peter Stuyvesant was its governor. He was not a wealthy man. He did not come for religious freedom. He did not come … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Anna "Bamie" Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, FDR's father James Roosevelt, FDR's mother Sara Delano Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, history, Hyde Park Roosevelts, James Roosevelt, Johannes and Jacobus Roosevelt, Oyster Bay LI Roosevelts, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, Sagamore Hill Roosevelts, Sara Delano Roosevelt, The Roosevelt lineage, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Senior, US history, White House history
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Ellen Herndon: Mrs. Chester Alan Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur was a recent widower when he was elected VP in 1880. The Private Arthurs No one was more surprised than Chester Alan Arthur when he was nominated for (and elected) Vice President in 1880. Had she lived, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Chester Alan Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur NY Quartermaster, Ellen Herndon Arthur, Ellen Lewis Herndon, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, history, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Nell Arthur, President Chester Alan Arthur, Presidential history, Tiffany stained glass window in St. John's Church, US history, White House history
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Lincoln, Brady and the Cooper Union Photograph
Lincoln of Illinois In February 1860, Abraham Lincoln, a country lawyer from Illinois was little known outside of his home state. He was fifty-one years old and a former Whig. Despite having served in the state legislature while he was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Brady photograph of candidate Lincoln, Brady photograph of Jenny Lind, Cooper Union, Feather Schwartz Foster, Harper's Magazine, history, Lincoln's Cooper Union speech, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Mathew Brady, Mathew Brady photograph of Jenny Lind, Photographer Mathew Brady, Photographs by Mathew Brady, Photographs of Lincoln, Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, Presidential history, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, The Young Men's Central Republican Union, US history, White House history, winslow Homer
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The Unexpected Death of Zachary Taylor
During the past few decades, a couple of mild kerfluffles were posed by eminent scholars who suspected that POTUS Rough and Ready may have been done in! Ol’ Zach Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was Virginia born to a middle class family … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Zachary Taylor
Tagged "Old Rough and Ready", American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Margaret Taylor, General Zachary Taylor, Henry Clay, history, Mrs. Zachary Taylor, President James K. Polk, President William Henry Harrison, President Zachary Taylor, Presidential history, The Compromise of 1850, the Mexican War, The Whig Party in the 1840s, US history, VP John Tyler, VP Millard Fillmore, White House history, Zachary Taylor
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Bess Truman: Waiting for Harry
The Old Soldier Harry Truman was 33, well past the age for a man to be a volunteer soldier, unless, of course, the country is in severe danger. In 1917, when the US entered the Great War, as it was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Harry S Truman, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Bess Truman's father David Wallace, Bess Wallace, Bess Wallace Truman, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, Harry Truman enlists in WWI, Harry Truman's mother-in-law, history, Madge Gates Wallace, Madge Wallace, Presidential history, US history
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Abraham Lincoln: Quibbling Thanksgiving
In 1863 Thanksgiving Day had been a local or regional holiday for more than two centuries. Quibbling The Day Massachusetts has long maintained that a day of Thanksgiving was celebrated a year after the devout Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Berkeley Thanksgiving, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington proclaims Thanksgiving, history, John Nicolay, Lincoln and Thanksgiving, Lincoln signs Thanksgiving Proclamation, Lincoln's Secretary John Nicolay, Norman Rockwell, Pilgrim Thanksgiving, Presidential history, Sarah Josepha Hale, Sarah Josepha Hale sparks federal Thanksgiving, Secretary of State Seward, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Seward drafts Thanksgiving Proclamation, Thanksgiving Day Tradition, White House history, William H. Seward
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