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Tag Archives: President Grover Cleveland
Frances Cleveland: Saturday
Frances Folsom Cleveland was only 21 when she became First Lady. The Young FLOTUS-To-Be Frances Folsom (1864-1947) was the total antithesis of her husband, sitting President Grover Cleveland. She was young (he was 49), slim and trim (he weighed in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Dolley Madison's Wednesday evenings, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Frances Cleveland, First Lady History, First Lady receptions, Frances Folsom, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, history, Martha Washington's levees, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, US history, White House history, White House receptions
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Grover Cleveland and the Abscessed Tooth Decision
Grover Cleveland always resented media intrusion. The Return of Cleveland Just about all historians rate Cleveland’s second go-round (1893-7) as far less successful than his first. Mr. and Mrs. C. returned to the White House with a baby and another … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Frances Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland friend E.C. Benedict, Grover Cleveland jaw cancer, Grover Cleveland's distrust of the media, history, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, The second term of Grover Cleveland, The secret surgery of Grover Cleveland, The yacht "Oneida", US history, VP Adlai E Stevenson, White House history
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The Presidents of New York
Virginia and Ohio claim to be Mother of Presidents – but NY claims 7 unique sons! Three Who Re-Upped the Third Party Way #8, Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was a New Yorker from the border of the Catskill and Adirondack … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Chester Arthur, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Chester Alan Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, history, James Garfield, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President Grover Cleveland, President Martin Van Buren, President Millard Fillmore, President Theodore Roosevelt, Presidential history, The American Party, the Bull Moose Party, The Democratic Party, The Democratic-Republicans, The Free Soil Party, The Know-Nothing party, The Progressive Party, The Republican Party, The Whig Party, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, White House history, William McKinley, Zachary Taylor
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The Death of FLOTUS Caroline Harrison
The election of 1892 was another Presidential rematch. The Rematch Election Sitting Republican President Benjamin Harrison was poised to seek a second term – against Democratic ex-President Grover Cleveland, who held the position from 1885-9. Grover Cleveland was generally well … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Benjamin Harrison, Caroline Harrison, Caroline Harrison and the DAR, Caroline Scott Harrison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Caroline Harrison, First Lady History, Grover Cleveland, history, President Benjamin Harrison, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, The election of 1888, The election of 1892, The health of Caroline Harrison, US history, White House history
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Frances Cleveland: The Wedding Gown
Grover Cleveland came to the White House with a secret. Grover Cleveland’s Secret At 49 years old, Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was a lifelong bachelor. Nearly 300-pounds on his 5’9” frame, he was the heaviest President up to that time … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, Frances Folsom, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland's secret engagement, history, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, US history, White House history, White House wedding
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Grover Cleveland: The Media Loathe-Affair
The press never disliked Grover Cleveland…but The Beginning of Loathe …Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), prior to, during, and after his presidency, positively loathed the “ghouls of the press” as he called them. A very conservative Democrat, Cleveland was urged by citizens … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Cleveland's White House wedding, Feather Schwartz Foster, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland's illegitimate child, history, Maria Halpin, President Chester A. Arthur, President Cleveland's cancer surgery, President Cleveland's honeymoon, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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General Ike and Mrs. Preston
This could be considered a “Truman” story – since he provided the setting. The Truman Part In 1947, Harry S Truman was a generally unpopular President. He had assumed the office upon the death of very popular Franklin D. Roosevelt, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Grover Cleveland, Harry S Truman, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Bess Wallace Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, Frances Clevelands' Second husband, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, General Eisenhower, General Ike, Harry Truman's family, history, Mrs. Frances Preston, President Grover Cleveland, President Harry S Truman, President Truman, Presidential history, THomas Jex Preston, US history, White House history
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Maxwell House Connection
Theodore Roosevelt was a mega coffee drinker from earliest childhood. TR: For “Medicinal Purposes” Coffee is non-alcoholic, but still perceived as an adult drink. It is common today for children to abstain from coffee drinking until way past puberty. Parents … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged "Good to the last drop" slogan, American history, Coffee broker Roger Nolley Smith, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Foods and Maxwell House Coffee, history, Maxwell House Coffee, Nashville resident Joel Cheek, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, The Maxwell House Hotel, the Maxwell House hotel in Nashville TN, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt coffee drinker, Theodore Roosevelt stays at the Maxwell House Hotel, THeodore Roosevelt visits the Hermitage in Nashville, US history, White House history, young Theodore Roosevelt
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Calvin Coolidge: A Fish Story
Calvin Coolidge was a man of limited interests. The Private Mr. Coolidge There is a story that at some point, Calvin Coolidge was asked what his hobbies were. He replied, “I run for office.” Throughout his youth, there is no … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, James K. Polk, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Calvin Coolidge, Col. Edmund Starling, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, President Calvin Coolidge, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grover Cleveland, President Harry Truman, President Herbert Hoover, President James Knox Polk, President Warren Harding, Presidential fishermen, Presidential history, Secret Serviceman Edmund Starling, Senator James Reed, Senator William Borah, US history, White House history
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The White House Conservatory: The Lost Treasure
Arguably the largest of all lost White House treasures, is the Conservatory. The Greenhouse Concept Some three hundred years ago, the first greenhouse was built in Colonial America. The concept had been known in Europe for some time: to provide … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Presidential Sites, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Caroline Harrison, First Lady Ida McKinley, First Lady Lucy Hayes, First Lady Mary Lincoln, flowers in the White House, Harriet Lane, Lucy Hayes' avant garde dinner service, Nellie Grant's White House Wedding, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin Pierce, President Grover Cleveland, President James Buchanan, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, The Crystal Palace, The White House Conservatory, US history, White House history
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