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Tag Archives: Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren: The Irony of 1840
8th POTUS Martin Van Buren is vaguely remembered today, but…. …he holds a few interesting distinctions. Born in 1782, he was the first President who was not born a British subject. He was the only President who learned another language … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, General William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay, history, Jacksonian Democrats, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, President Martin Van Buren, Presidential history, Secretary of State Martin Van Buren, The 4-way race for President in 1824, The Albany Regency, The election of 1840, The Little Magician, The Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign of 1840, The Sly Fox of Kinderhook, The Whig Party, US history, Vice President Martin Van Buren, White House history, William Crawford, William Henry Harrison
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Thank You, John Tyler
The Whig party wasn’t really a political party per se, in 1840. It was more a conglomeration of frictional, factional and sectional needs and angsts, and would remain so for the rest of its short 12-year-run. The frictional part centered … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler, William Henry Harrison
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, Henry Clay, history, John Tyler, President John Tyler, President William Henry Harrison, Presidential history, Secretary of State Daniel Webster, The election of 1840, The Whig Party, US history, Vice President John Tyler, VP Andrew Johnson, VP Calvin Coolidge, VP Chester Alan Arthur, VP Gerald Ford, VP Harry Truman, VP Lyndon B. Johnson, VP Millard Fillmore, VP Theodore Roosevelt, White House history, William Henry Harrison
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William Henry Harrison: The Windy Inaugural
William Henry Harrison was a well-known “dark horse” President – if such a thing is possible. WHH: Virginia Patrician Contrary to the myth, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was as well-born as any First Family of Virginia could be. His family … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William Henry Harrison
Tagged "Old Tippecanoe", American history, Andrew Jackson, Battle of The Thames, Battle of Tippecanoe, Benjamin Harrison V, Daniel Webster, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Families of Virginia, General William Henry Harrison, history, Martin Van Buren, President William Henry Harrison, Presidential history, Secretary of State Daniel Webster, Senator Daniel Webster, The election of 1840, The Whig Party, US history, White House history, William Henry Harrison
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The Assassination Attempt on Andrew Jackson
Political assassination has been around since Biblical times, if not longer. Andrew Jackson: Public Figure Andrew Jackson had been in the public eye since he was in his early twenties. As a Tennessee lawyer, planter, speculator, horseracer, duelist and legislator, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, Nifty History People
Tagged "Old Hickory", American history, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson as assassination target, Assassination attempt by Richard Lawrence, Attorney Francis Scott Key, Feather Schwartz Foster, Francis Scott Key, General Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, history, Jackson and the Bank of the United States, Jackson foe Henry Clay, Jackson foe John C. Calhoun, Jackson's attempted assassination, John C. Calhoun, President Andrew Jackson, Presidential history, Richard Lawrence assassin, US history, Whig Senator George Poindexter, White House history
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The Jackson-Hayes-Clinton Connection
Losing a father as a boy is not unusual. Losing a father before you are born is VERY unusual. Posthumous Children Posthumous children, those whose fathers die before the child is born is rare – even in an age when … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Bill Clinton, Feather Schwartz Foster, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, GHW Bush, Hayes Uncle Sardis Birchard, history, Posthumous Presidents, President Andrew Jackson, President Bill Clinton, President Clinton, President George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush, President Hayes, President Jackson, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Hayes, Sardis Birchard, US history, William Clinton, William J. Clinton
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John Quincy Adams: When The People Cheered
John Quincy Adams was a brilliant man of many substantive accomplishments. Popularity was not one of them. JQA: A Spectacular Upbringing By the time John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was twenty-one, he was arguably the most cosmopolitan man of his generation … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Quincy Adams
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams, Henry Clay, history, John Adams, John Q. Adams, John Quincy Adams, JQA, Louisa Catherine Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, President James Monroe, President John Quincy Adams, Presidential history, Secretary of State JQ Adams, The character of John Quincy Adams, The Presidential Campaign of 1824, US history, White House history, William Crawford
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William R. King: The VEEP Who Never Was
The office of Vice President was merely an afterthought to our Constitution’s founders. It was so insignificant that for nearly 39 years(!), the office remained empty. The Early VEEPS For the first twelve years of the USA being the USA, … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged Aaron Burr, American history, American Vice Presidents, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, James Buchanan, John Adams, John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, The election of 1852, Thomas Jefferson, US history, US Vice Presidents, Vice President William R> King, Vice Presidential history, Vice Presidents, VP William R. King, William Henry Harrison, William rufus DeVane King, Zachary Taylor
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Andrew Jackson Introduces the Polks
James Knox Polk and his wife, Sarah Childress, had a match made by none other than General Andrew Jackson himself. James K. Polk: Young Attorney James Knox Polk (1795-1849) was North Carolina born, but Tennessee raised and matured. An unimposing … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Sarah Polk, General Andrew Jackson, history, James and Sarah Polk, James K. Polk, James Knox Polk, James Polk, Presidential history, Sarah Childress Polk, Sarah Polk, Speaker of the House James K. Polk, US history
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Louisa Adams and the Jackson Ball
In 1824, James Monroe, our last Founding Father(ish) was retiring. His Cabinet was a virtual nursery for a new generation poised to take over. The Players and the Playing Field: 1824 Leading the field for the election of 1824, was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Quincy Adams
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Elizabeth Monroe, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Elizabeth Monroe, First Lady Louisa Adams, General Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, history, James Monroe, John C. Calhoun, John Q. Adams, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, President John Quincy Adams, Presidential history, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, The Battle of New Orleans, The Jackson Ball, White House history, William Crawford
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