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 6
With President Johnson’s surprise announcement on March 31, 1968 that he would not run for another term, attention immediately turned to Vice President Humphrey,...
Almost President – Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Part 4
After the Democratic nominating convention of 1960, where Humphrey backed losing candidate Adlai Stevenson against John F. Kennedy, Humphrey returned to his duties in...
Henry Clay – The Great Compromiser, Part 3
In 1832, Henry Clay made another try for the White House. He had succeeded John Quincy Adams as leader of the National Republican Party...
Presidential Feuds, Part 3
One of the most fascinating presidential feuds involved two men who had been best of personal and political friends, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard...
Presidential Feuds, Part 2
Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant engaged in a personal and political feud almost unparalleled in both the briefness of its duration and the...
A Tale of Two Tickets
Since the ratification of the 12th Amendment to the Constitution (which said that each party would nominate separate candidates for President and Vice President...
Is There a President in the House? – Part 1
Most of our Presidents gained early political experience while serving in Congress. Of our 42 Presidents (remember, Cleveland served twice), all but 18 served...
Almost President – Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Part 1
Hubert Horatio Humphrey made public service his life, servicing his community and his country from 1940 until his death from cancer in 1978, with...
Presidential Children – California or Bust
With few exceptions (such as Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, and Richard Nixon), Presidents have been born east of the Mississippi River. Others (such as...