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Zachary Taylor: Surprisingly Electable
ZT: A Brief Background Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was born to a fine old Virginia family, but the rugged individual type. They moved to the western part of Kentucky when Zachary was still a boy. Independence and ruggedness was a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James K. Polk, Nifty History People, Zachary Taylor
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Santa Ana, General William Henry Harrison, General Winfield Scott, General Zachary Taylor, Henry Clay, history, James Knox Polk, Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor, Mexican General Santa Ana, President James K. Polk, President Zachary Taylor, Presidential history, The Battle of Buena Vista, The Battle of Monterrey, the Mexican War, The mexican-American War, The War with Mexico, US history, White House history, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor
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Richard M. Johnson: Scandalized Vice President
Richard Mentor Johnson was our first VP Johnson. Andrew (2) and Lyndon (3) came later. RMJ: Kentuckian Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850), was born/raised near what is now Louisville, KY when the area was still part of Virginia. His was a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Martin Van Buren, Nifty History People, William Henry Harrison
Tagged Adaline Johnson, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General William Henry Harrison, history, Imogene Johnson, John Tyler, Julia Chinn, Kentucky history, Martin Van Buren, President Andrew Jackson, President Martin Van Buren, President William Henry Harrison, Presidential history, Richard Johnson and Julia Chinn, Richard Johnson’s common law wife, Richard Mentor Johnson, Tecumseh, The War Hawks of 1812, US history, Vice Presidential history, VP Richard M. Johnson
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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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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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William Henry Harrison: The Big Lie
The “log cabin and hard cider” persona associated with William Henry Harrison was not only a myth, it was an out and out fabrication. Berkeley’s FFV: William Henry Harrison (1772-1841) was born at Berkeley Plantation, one of Virginia’s oldest estates … Continue reading
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Tagged "Grouseland", American history, Benjamin Harrison VI, Berkeley Plantation, Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison, Feather Schwartz Foster, FFVs, First Families of Virginia, General William Henry Harrison, George Washington, Henry Clay, history, John Adams, Log cabin and hard cider, Martin Van Buren, political campaign of 1840, President Andrew Jackson, The Battle of the Thames, The Battle of Tippecanoe, The War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson, US history, William Henry Harrison, William Henry Harrison and log cabin campaign, william Henry Harrison as Governor of Indiana, William Henry Harrison Governor of Ohio Territory
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