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Young Herbert Hoover’s Best Career Move
The story of Herbert Hoover is a true Horatio Alger story. Poor boy makes good through his own pluck and hard work. And a little bit of help along the way. The Making of an Engineer Herbert Hoover was an … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, early career of Herbert Hoover, Education of Herbert Hoove, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Herbert Hoover, history, Lou Henry, Lou Henry Hoover, Mining engineer Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, President Herbert Hoover, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Stanford University, US history, White House history
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Chasing Grover Cleveland in 1886
History would come to regard Grover Cleveland as one of our most tight-lipped Presidents. The secrecy surrounding his nuptials would rank high on that list. President Cleveland: Affianced for a Year When Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was inaugurated in 1885, he … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland
Tagged American history, Deer Park Lodge, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Cleveland, First Lady Frances Cleveland, Frances Folsom, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, history, President Cleveland marries, President Cleveland's Honeymoon cottage, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, US history, Wells College, White House history, White House weddings
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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
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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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Mrs. Madison: The Widow Dolley
The widowed Dolley Madison spent the last decade of her life in poor finances, but rich in friendships. The Legacy of James Madison James Madison was eighty-five years old when he died, frail, nearly blind from cataracts, but mentally alert. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison
Tagged American history, Dolley Madison, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, history, James Madison, James Madison's Constitutional Congress diaries, Madison stepson Payne Todd, Montpelier, Payne Todd, President James Madison, Presidential history, White House history
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Washington and Lincoln: The Weems Connection
George Washington died in 1799, ten years before Abraham Lincoln was born. GW: A Symbol for his Age When George Washington died a few weeks before his sixty-eighth birthday, he was a towering figure, arguably the most important and respected … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Nifty History People
Tagged "The Life of George Washington", Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, George Washington, history, itinerant preachers, Lincoln's damaged book story, Mason Weem, Parson Weems, Presidential history, US history, washington's cherry tree story, young Abraham Lincoln, Young George Washington
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The Dying General: Grant’s Final Campaign
Ulysses S. Grant was unquestionably a great and able general, but he was no businessman. The General’s Last Hurrah When Ulysses S. Grant retired from two terms as President of the United States in early 1877, he was the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged "Around the World with General Grant", American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferdinand Ward, General Grant, General Grant's family, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's trip around the world, history, Julia Grant, Mark Twain, Mark Twain publisher, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, the death of General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Grover Cleveland’s Scandal: “Where’s My Pa?”
Presidential candidate Grover Cleveland was accused of fathering an illegitimate child. It was true. Maybe. Grover Cleveland: The Bachelor Candidate Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was a forty-seven year old bachelor when the Democrats chose him as their presidential candidate in 1884. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Buffalo Mayor Grover Cleveland, Credit Mobilier scandal, election of 1884, Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin, Grover Cleveland scandal, Grover Cleveland's illegitimate child, history, Maine Senator James Blaine, Maria Halpin, NY Governor Grover Cleveland, President Grover Cleveland, presidential campaign of 1884, Presidential history, Senator James G. Blaine, US history, White House 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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The Presidential Stepping Stone
More than half our Presidents have been lawyers, at least by discipline. Whether they liked it or not, and even whether they actively “practiced law” is something else. POTUSes Reading Law In the “olden days,” one did not need a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Jackson, Calvin Coolidge, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Roosevelt, George Wythe, history, James Garfield, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, President Harding, Presidential history, Presidential lawyers, Presidents who were lawyers, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. history, Warren Harding, White House history, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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Florence Harding and The Veterans
After World War I, thousands of wounded soldiers were crowding into Washington hospitals. Florence Harding would be a regular visitor. Florence Kling Harding: Lonely Wife Florence Harding never had a strong maternal instinct. An early and disastrous elopement left her … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Warren G. Harding
Tagged "The Duchess" Harding, American history, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Florence Harding, Florence Harding, FLorence Kling Harding, history, President Warren Harding, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Marion Star, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, White House history
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