Everything you should know about US presidents is broken down into 50 bite-sized chunks. Every president is covered, from the first person to take office, George Washington, to the current US president, Barack Obama. Fascinating facts are included on each page, for example, did you know that Franklin D Roosevelt is the longest serving president? Details are included on the US political system, clearly indicating the changes that have occurred from the beginnings in the 18th century to its current state.
This collection includes Lerner’s thoughts on Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman’s efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower’s belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy’s ...
... Mrs. Virginia P. Corbin , wife of Abel R. Corbin , who served as go - between for Fisk and Gould in the gold conspiracy ( see “ Administration : Scandals ” ) ; Orvil L. Grant , who helped operate his father's leather goods store in ...
Timberlake. Eaton, infatuated with Peggy, had Timberlake sent to sea, and sought out the young bride to console her. The plan apparently worked, and Washington society watched in horror as the affair became notorious.
This is a study of the role the presidents of the United States have played in the formulation of a American policies toward the Middle East, a region of key...
... Harry 142, 144–145, 149 Davis, Dr. Loyal 220 Davis, Jefferson 61–62, 77, 86 Davis, Patti (Reagan) 220 Dawes Plan 149 Dawes, Charles G. 149 Dawes, Mary Beman Gates 149 Dawes, Rufus 149 Declaration of Independence 8, 14–15, 17–21, 25, ...
3: Adams 191. He attended on May 7 and 9, 1815. 28. Charles Francis Adams vol. 3: Adams 276. He attended on Dec. ... 1, 128–29; Hughes 119–22, Douglas Wilson 61; Rosser H. Taylor, Ante-Bellum South Carolina: A Social and Cultural ...
... ( Socialist ) William Z. Foster ( Communist ) William D. Upshaw ( Prohibition ) William H. Harvey ( Liberty ) Verne L. Reynolds ... 25,602,505 22,006,278 80,518 74,758 45,336 ELECTORAL VOTE 442 89 1952 ELECTION Dwight D. Eisenhower ( 288.
Examines the life and presidency of Martin Van Buren, describing his failed efforts to control such issues as slavery and the great banking panic of 1837.
Presents facts and anecdotes about the personal lives, families, duties, and more of American presidents from George Washington through Bill Clinton.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office Andrew Johnson never expected to be president.