Tag Archives: White House history

Martha Johnson Patterson: First Daughter

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Martha Johnson Patterson served for nearly four years as de facto First Lady to an unpopular president. The Johnson Family of Greeneville Andrew Johnson (1808-75) was seventeen years old when he pushed a cart across the North Carolina border into … Continue reading →

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The Courtship of Bess and Harry Truman

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Bess Wallace and Harry Truman courted (sort of) for nearly thirty years. Little Boy Harry and Little Girl Bess: Writing of his courtship many years after his marriage, Harry Truman said he first fell in love with Bess Wallace when … Continue reading →

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Harding and Taft: Making An Old Man Happy

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Every so often, dreams do come true. Even in politics Ex-President Taft: A Public Career William Howard Taft (1857-1932) spent his entire life in public service: as judge, as Solicitor General, as Governor of the Philippines, as Cabinet member and … Continue reading →

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Edith Roosevelt: Raising Eagles

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Edith Carow Roosevelt was a mother of six when she became First Lady in 1901. The “Other” Mrs. Roosevelt Over the past seventy-five years or more, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt has eclipsed the name of the “other” Mrs Roosevelt, her … Continue reading →

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FLOTUS Ellen Wilson: American Impressionist

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

While many First Ladies displayed some artistic gifts, Ellen Wilson was arguably the most talented. Ellen Axson: Child to Woman Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914) was bookended by war: Born just as the American Civil War was about to start, dying … Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye to FDR

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Death is always private, but the death of a world figure becomes a public event. President Roosevelt’s Health When Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in April, 1945, the world was stunned. He had been US president for twelve years, just recently … Continue reading →

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Lincoln. Mary. Robert. War.

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Of all the decisions Abraham Lincoln was obliged to make during his administration, few were as personally difficult as his son’s participation in the Army. Robert’s Story Robert Todd Lincoln had just entered Harvard when his father was inaugurated in … Continue reading →

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FLOTUS McKinley: White House Invalid

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Many historians claim William McKinley would have been a far greater president had he not been so distracted by his invalid wife. Ida McKinley: Candidate’s Wife Shortly before the 1896 election, William and Ida McKinley celebrated their Silver Anniversary. More … Continue reading →

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Doc Sawyer: President Harding’s Surgeon General

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

It is  unfair to compare medical practice of a hundred or more years ago with the enormous technological changes that have occurred. Nevertheless… Charles Sawyer: Homeopath Charles E. Sawyer (1860-1924) was an Ohio homeopathic doctor of limited formal training, believing … Continue reading →

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Theodore Roosevelt: Sailor and Soldier

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Theodore Roosevelt, man of a zillion interests, always loved the military. TR: The Sailors’ Nephew Theodore Roosevelt was a little child during the tumultuous Civil War years.   His was a well-to-do prominent New York family, but his mother, Martha (Mittie) … Continue reading →

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