Presidential Children – Teddy’s “White House Gang”
During the term of Teddy Roosevelt, watching the Roosevelt family became a national pastime. Each day, news of the First Family was eagerly consumed...
Is There a President in the House? – Part 7
John F. Kennedy served in Congress for fourteen years, first in the House of Representatives and then in the Senate. Returning from World War...
Presidential Pasttimes
Like all people, Presidents need relaxation. Over the years, our Presidents have participated in a great variety of sports and hobbies while in the...
Life After the White House, Part 6
Few Presidents have entered the office with more promise or left it with greater disappointment than Lyndon Johnson. Majority Leader of the Senate and...
Presidential Children – The Coolidge Boys
Calvin Coolidge became President in 1923, when Warren Harding died suddenly. Coolidge restored the confidence of the American people in their government, and won...
Is There a President in the House? – Part 3
If experience counts, then the two Presidents right before the Civil War should have been great leaders, and the President during the Civil War...
Presidential Children – The Tafts of Ohio
Most presidential children have worked hard to avoid the glare of public life once their parents left the White House. There have been exceptions,...
Civil War Vets in the White House, Part 3
Chester Alan Arthur (President from 1881-1885) had a very different military career. He got into the military through politics. In 1858, the influential lawyer...
If At First You Don’t Succeed…
Some of our greatest Presidents did not succeed on their first try at national office. Many Presidents were once defeated candidates for the presidency...
John Tyler’s Presidential Precedent
John Tyler (1841-1845) is remembered for several reasons. He had more children (15) than any other President. Tyler was born while Washington was President;...