Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Lou Henry Hoover – Unsung Heroine

Lou Henry Hoover served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933. There is much about her that never made it into the public view...

The Natick Cobbler – Henry Wilson, Part 2

In the Senate, Wilson was compared somewhat unfavorably to the other Massachusetts Republican Senator, Charles Sumner. Sumner was a powerful, eloquent orator with great...

The Vice President – More Important Than We think?

The common wisdom is that the vice presidential candidate does not make much difference in the election. Newsweek ended its recent article about Senator...

The Great Commoner – William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan was the youngest man ever to be nominated for president by a major party. He was also the only man to...

Almost President – Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Part 5

After the Democratic nominating convention of 1960, where Humphrey backed losing candidate Adlai Stevenson against John F. Kennedy, Humphrey returned to his duties in...

Almost President – Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Part 2

In 1948, Humphrey became his party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate. He was running against incumbent Senator Joseph Ball, a strongly anti-labor politician who...

Is There a President in the House? – Part 4

The period after the Civil War saw Presidents ranging from one of the most politically experienced to possibly the least politically experienced. The Reconstruction...

Julia Dent Grant – Fair, Fat, and Forty

Julia Dent Grant, wife of President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877), changed the role of the First Lady. She took an active leadership role in...

For the Record – Presidents in Uniform – Part 3

Andrew Johnson’s military career was, like the rest of his career, political. He had attracted national attention as the only southern member of Congress...

Teddy Roosevelt – More Fun Than a Goat

Most of us can name three of the four people depicted on Mount Rushmore, especially if they count their pocket change, (the penny, nickel...