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Tag Archives: Andrew Johnson
Martha Johnson Patterson: First Daughter
Martha Johnson Patterson served for nearly four years as de facto First Lady to an unpopular president. The Johnson Family of Greeneville Andrew Johnson (1808-75) was seventeen years old when he pushed a cart across the North Carolina border into … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Johnson, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Johnson's daughters, Eliza Johnson, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Eliza Johnson, history, Lincoln's Assassination, Martha Johnson Patterson, Mary Johnson Stover, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, Presidential hostess Martha Patterson, Presidential wives, Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson, Tennessee Senator David Patterson, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson, White House history
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Julia Grant’s Eyes: A Love Story
Julia Dent Grant was born with an eye condition medically called strabismus. People called it “cross-eyed.” JDG: A Plain Child Strabismus is a common anomaly, and today, it is quickly and successfully corrected in very early childhood. But in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged 19th centurn eye surgery, American history, Andrew Johnson, eye condition called strabismus, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, General Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Julia Grant's eye problem, Mrs. Ulysses S Grant, President and Mrs. Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, strabismus, The Civil War, the Gilded Age, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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VP John Nance Garner: “Cactus Jack”
The longest lived Vice President was FDR’s first VEEP, John Nance Garner. He lived to be just shy of his 99th birthday. JNG: Rural Texan John Nance Garner (1867-1965) lived between Johnsons: born during VP-turned-POTUS Andrew Johnson’s administration, and died … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Andrew Johnson, Cactus Jack, Cactus Jack Garner, FDR, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, John F. Kennedy, John N. Garner, John Nance Garner, Lyndon B. Johnson, President Franklin D Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn, speaker of the House, TX, US history, Uvalde, Vice Presidential history, VP John Nance Garner
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VP Hannibal Hamlin, Coast Guard Private
Hannibal Hamlin was Vice President during Abraham Lincoln’s first term. He was a decent man, lost to history. Vice President Hamlin, The Background Hannibal Hamlin, from Maine, was a likeable and respected attorney, a pleasant but far from stellar United … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison during Divil War, Feather Schwartz Foster, Hannibal Hamlin, history, James Garfield during Civil War, Lincoln's Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Maine Coast Guard during the Civil War, President Benjamin Harrison, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Hayes during Civil War, The Republican Convention of 1860, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson, Vice President Hamlin, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Vice Presidential history, VP Hannibal Hamlin
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The Common Touch: Presidential Style
The Common Touch, like Common Sense, is anything but Common. The Elusive Quality of the Common Touch The Common Touch is one of those rare qualities that must be inborn, natural and absolutely sincere. It can sometimes be affected, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Roosevelt, George W. Bush, George Washington, Harry Truman, Herbert Hoover, history, J.A. Adams, Jimmy Carter, John Quincy Adams, presidential common touch, Presidential history, Richard Nixon, The Common Touch, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, US Presidents, White House history, Woodrow Wilson
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