The Bull Moose Running Mate – Hiram Johnson
Hiram Johnson, California governor for over six years and U.S. Senator from California for twenty-eight years, was a progressive reformer with enough political influence...
Third Parties – The Free Soil Party
There have been a large number of “third parties” in our political history. A third party is any party other than one of the...
The President’s Lady – Edith Roosevelt, A Modern First Lady
Columnist Emily Edson Briggs called Julia Dent Grant "the first lady of the land." Lucy Webb Hayes was the first to be officially called...
Presidential Children – The Monroe Daughters
James and Elizabeth Monroe had three children, two of whom lived to maturity. (Readers might want to read the two-part article "James Monroe: Last...
Is there a President in the House? – Part 10
George Herbert Walker Bush, the son of a Senator and the father of our President, succeeded Ronald Reagan in 1989. During World War II,...
Presidential Children – The Hayes Kids
Elected in the closest election in our history, Rutherford and Lucy Hayes moved into the White House in 1877 with three of their five...
The Washington Administration – It’s the Economy, Stupid
George Washington had one of the most eventful administrations of any president, largely due to the fact that he was the first. Washington had...
Life After the White House, Part 2
After attending the inauguration of his handpicked successor, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson retired to his plantation home, The Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee. Ill...
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...
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;...