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Tag Archives: President Rutherford B. Hayes
General Grant’s Last Escort
Serving as a pallbearer is the most unselfish “good deed” someone can do for another. The deceased can never return the favor. The Great General Ulysses S. Grant was not born to anything even remotely connected with fame or renown … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Admiral David Porter, American history, Col. Frederick D. Grant, CSA General Joseph E. Johnston, CSA General Simon B. Buckner, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Julia Dent, Gen. John A. Logan, General Grant and cancer, General Philip Sheridan, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, George S. Childs, Grant's funeral procession, history, Julia Grant, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grover Cleeland, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, Treasury Secretary George S. Boutwell, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Lucy Hayes and the WCTU Portrait
First Lady Lucy Hayes was considered the embodiment of the “New Woman.” But was she? Lucy Hayes: The Old Fashioned Girl Lucy Ware Webb (1831-79) was Ohio born, and half-orphaned by the time she was two. Her mother, Maria Webb, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Artist Daniel Huntington, Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Lucy Hayes, history, Lucy Hayes, Lucy Webb Hayes, Mary Clemmer Ames, Portrait artist Daniel Huntington, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, The First Ladies, The WCTU, US history, Washington Journalist Mary Clemmer Ames, White House history, Women's Christian Temperance Union
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Will and Nellie Taft: A Modern Marriage, Part 1
William Howard Taft and Helen (from-birth Nellie) Herron were born and raised Victorians – but they had a very modern marriage. The Early Years Both William Howard Taft (1857-1930) and Helen Herron (1861-1943) were pedigreed Cincinnatians. He was the son … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, First Lady History, First Lady Nellie Taft, Helen Herron Taft, Helen Taft and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, history, Judge William Howard Taft, Neillie Taft, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Benjamin Harrison, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, The Taft farmily of Cincinnati, US history, White House history, William Howard Tft
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Chester Alan Arthur in Hiding
When Chester Alan Arthur was named as Republican VP candidate in 1880, no one was more surprised than he was. CAA: A Brief Run-up. Very brief, in fact. Chet Arthur had never been elected to anything before. The New York … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur, James Garfield, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Charles Guiteau, Charles J. Guiteau, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chester Alan Arthur, Chester Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, James A. Garfield, NY senator Roscoe Conkling, President Chester Alan Arthur, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, the assassination of Garfield, The Presidential campaign of 1880, trial of Charles Guiteau, US history, Vice President Chester Alan Arthur, Vice Presidential history, White House history
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Nellie Taft Writes Her Memoirs
This is a sad story with a delayed happier ending. Nellie: Discovering the Ambition Helen (Nellie) Herron (1861-1943) was smart as a whip, and as ambitious as Caesar. She had the ambition to want things, and the ambition to work … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, First Lady History, First Lady Nellie Taft, Helen Herron Taft, history, Nellie Taft, Nellie Taft's stroke, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, William Howard Taft
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Chester Alan Arthur: The Dandy President
Nothing but the very best would satisfy Chester Alan Arthur. An Insignificant Upbringing Nothing in his background remotely suggested that Chester Alan Arthur (1829-86) would ever be president. Of course that could be said about many of our chief executives. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur
Tagged American history, Chester Alan Arthur, Chet Arthur, Ellen Herndon Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Louis Comfort TIffany, Mary McElroy, President Andrew Johnson, President Arthur redecorates the White House, President Chester Alan Arthur, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Roscoe Conkling, Senator Roscoe Conkling, The Tiffany Screen at the White House, US history, White House history
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Rutherford Hayes’ Secret Oath
The election of 1876 was one of the most rancorous, divisive and probably corrupt in American history. Oddly Enough… Both Governor Rutherford Hayes (R-OH) and Governor Samuel Tilden (D-NY) were honest, decent men, albeit … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Boss Tweed, Chief Justice Morrison Waite, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ulysses S. Grant, Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, Governor Samuel TIlden, history, Horace Greeley, President Andrew Johnson, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, The election of 1876, The Grant presidency, The inauguration of Hayes, US history, 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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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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
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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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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