Tag Archives: Vice Presidential history

The President and the Apprentice: A Book Review

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The President and the Apprentice by Irvin F. Gellman is a massive and masterful book. It runs nearly 600 pages, not counting another 200 small print notes and citations. A remarkable effort. One could write pages of comments of course … Continue reading →

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William R. King: The VEEP Who Never Was

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The office of Vice President was merely an afterthought to our Constitution’s founders. It was so insignificant that for nearly 39 years(!), the office remained empty. The Early VEEPS For the first twelve years of the USA being the USA, … Continue reading →

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VP John Nance Garner: “Cactus Jack”

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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 →

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VP Hannibal Hamlin, Coast Guard Private

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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 →

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Chester Alan Arthur: A VEEP on Hold

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Vice President Chester Alan Arthur became President following the assassination and death of James A. Garfield. CAA: The Basics Born in Vermont and raised in upstate New York, Chester Alan Arthur (183o-1886) was a preacher’s son who attended Union College, … Continue reading →

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The Vice Presidency, A Peculiar Institution

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The office of the Vice President of the United States, until the mid-twentieth century, could be summed as perfectly respectable with a dose of public ridicule. Vice Presidential Impressions According to the Constitution, the Vice President’s only proscribed duty is … Continue reading →

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