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First Lady Nellie Taft and the CSO
Helen Herron Taft had two passions in her life. First and foremost was politics. Then came music. Nellie Taft: Musician and Politician Piano lessons was practically a given in most nineteenth century middle-class families. Of course, then as now, not … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Annie Taft, Charles Phelps Taft, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Feather Schwartz Foster, Federation of Woman's Clubs, First Ladies, First Ladies history, Founding the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Helen Herron Taft, history, Lucy Hayes, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Nellie Taft, President Benjamin Harrison, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Rutherford B. Hayes, Solicitor General Taft, the "CSO", The Taft family, US history, White House history, William Howard Taft, Woman's Clubs
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Abraham Lincoln and His Father-in-Law
Abraham Lincoln never had a chance to spend serious time with Robert Smith Todd, his father-in-law, but there was a solid bond nevertheless. Miss Mary Todd, Bride When Abraham Lincoln married Miss Mary Todd, he was nearly thirty-three. She was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Elizabeth Todd Edwards, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Mary Todd, Illinois history, Lincoln history, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's father Robert S. Todd, Mary Lincoln's parents, Mary Todd Lincoln, Ninian Edwards Jr, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert Smith Todd, Robert Todd Lincoln, the birth of Robert TOdd Lincoln, the courtship of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, The wedding of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, US history
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Martha Washington: The White House Portrait
The huge portrait of Martha Washington that balances the famous Gilbert Stuart painting of her husband, was painted more than seventy five years after her death. White House Portraits Before photography had advanced sufficiently to achieve artistic popularity, a portrait … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American artist Eliphalet Andrews, American history, Daniel Huntington, Dolley Madison, Eliphalet Frazier Andrews, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Ladies portraits in the White House, First Lady Lou Hoover, First Lady Lucy Hayes, First Lady Martha Washington, George Washington, GIlbert Stuart, Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington, history, MArtha Washington, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Presidential portraits in the White House, Rutherford B. Hayes, the East Room of the White House, US history, White House history, Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Ida McKinley: Congressional Invalid
Ida McKinley had suffered through one of the worst years anyone could imagine. The trauma would be permanent. The McKinleys Move to Washington Losing both their small children, and having his young wife’s health permanently impaired by phlebitis and “unnameable” … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Canton Ohio history, Congressman William McKinley, diagnosing Ida McKinley, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, history, Ida McKinley, Ida McKinley's epilepsy, Ida McKinley's health, Ida Saxton McKinley, McKinley's family life, Presidential history, US history, William McKinley, William McKinley's family life
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Alice Hathaway Lee: The First Mrs. TR
Few people know it, but Theodore Roosevelt was married twice. He was married at twenty-two. Three years later, his wife died in childbirth. Theodore Roosevelt: Suitor Theodore Roosevelt was home-schooled or privately tutored for most of his youth, partly because … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Alice Hathaway Lee, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, American history, Anna Bamie Roosevelt, Edith Carow, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Martha Bullock Roosevelt, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The death of Theodore Roosevelt's first wife, The Second Mrs. TR, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's family, Theodore Roosevelt's first wife, TR's first wife Alice Lee, US history, White House history, young Theodore Roosevelt
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Grace Coolidge in the Kitchen
When Calvin Coolidge wanted to marry Miss Grace Goodhue, her parents were not happy. The Coolidge Proposal Some time after Calvin Coolidge began seeing the pretty Miss Goodhue, he took her to meet his family. They liked her. Everybody did. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Calvin Coolidge
Tagged American history, Amherst Colldge history, Calvin Coolidge, Calvin Coolidge quotations, Calvin Coolidge wit, Clarke School for the Deaf, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Grace Coolidge, First Lady History, Grace Coolidge's parents, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, history, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Northampton MA history, President Calvin Coolidge, Presidential history, University of Vermont history, US history, White House history
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William Howard Taft and the Bathtub(s)
William Howard Taft was a big baby who became a big boy who became a very big man. WHT: The Big Guy William Howard Taft (1857-1930) came from a very prominent Cincinnati, Ohio family. His father had served in Grant’s … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Benjamin Harrison, Elihu Root, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Helen Taft, First Lady History, First Lady Nellie Taft, Governor-General of the Philippines, Helen Herron Taft, history, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Taft, President Theodore Roosevelt, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Secretary of State Elihu Root, US history, White House history, William H Taft i the Philippines, William H. Taft
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VP Charlie Curtis and His Data Base
Charles Curtis is one of our most obscure Vice Presidents, known only for being part Indian, as they used to call it, and he was proud of it. Charlie the Kaw Charles Curtis (1860-1936) was a Kansan, born as the … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged "Of Thee I Sing", American history, Charles Curtis, Congressman Charles Curtis, Feather Schwartz Foster, George and Ira Gershwin, Herbert Hoover's runnig mate, history, Kansas history, Kaw Indian history, President Calvin Coolidge, President Herbert Hoover, Republican history, Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis, US history, Vice President Charles Curtis, Vice Presidential history, William Allen White, William Jennings Bryan
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Jefferson Davis at Twilight
For a man with lifelong poor health, Jefferson Davis managed to live till eighty-one. The Three Careers of Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was a quintessential Southerner of the early nineteenth century: one who easily and capably gravitated into three … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "The Lost Cause", American history, Civil War history, Confederate First Lady Varina Davis, Confederate history, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Confederate States of America, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fortress Monroe, General Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis Unionist, John C. Calhoun, President of the Confederacy, Stonewall Jackson, Symbol of "The Lost Cause", the career of Jefferson Davis, The character of Jefferson Davis, The Confederacy, US history, Varina Davis
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Mary Lincoln’s Big Sister: Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth Todd Edwards was the oldest of Mary Lincoln’s siblings. The Todd Family Robert and Eliza Todd of Lexington, KY had six children who lived to adulthood. Mary was the fourth. Eliza died when Mary was only seven; eighteen months … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Elizabedth Todd Edwards, Elizabeth and Ninian Edwards, Elizabeth Todd, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln returns to Springfield, Mary Todd in Springfield, Mary Todd Lincoln, Ninian Edwards, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, US history, White House history, Willie Lincoln
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