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- Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations of US PresidentsMuch is written about both Lincoln's and Kennedy's assassinations, but the two that are lesser-known are James Garfield and William McKinley.Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, by one Charles J. Guiteau, who was caught, tried, and hanged....
- George W. Bush now more popular than ObamaAfter over six years of President Barack Obama, the American public is final missing Republican and former President George W. Bush. A new CNN/ORC poll published on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 determines that Bush now is viewed more favorable than his...
- JFK's legacyEvery president obsesses over their legacy. No one wants to be remembered as a Herbert Hoover or forgotten like Millard Fillmore. Very few can actually claim they saved the world. John F. Kennedy is one of a couple presidentsthat can claim just...
- Obama nearly falls stumbles out of Air Force One experiences Gerald Ford momentPresident Barack Obama now has something in common with a Republican president, like Gerald Ford before Obama has now been caught stumbling out of Air Force One. On Sunday evening, March 29, 2015, President Obama slipped and nearly fell as he...
- U.S. Presidents loved their ScotchAmerican Presidents loved their Scotch whisky (whiskey to us in U.S.), according to a new exhibit at the National Archives, and a new book. So let's toast to:"Spirited Republic: Alcohol in American History", now being served up at...
- 2015 presidential rankingsOnce again, it is time for the annual presidential rankings. The A.P. reported recently that most recent scholarly poll occurred in 2010. Since then, there have been a couple of general public polls, most notably by Gallup. The Gallup survey...
- 15 Things You Might Not Have Known About U.S. PresidentsLittle known information is more than just winning at trivia nights --- it is also fun. A wonderful way to be a lifelong learner.There are facts and then there are FUN facts. We all know that President Lincoln was assassinated while in office. But...
- Abraham Lincoln memorabilia brings in nearly a million at Texas auctionA Dallas, Texas auction of President Abraham Lincoln memorabilia held on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 at Heritage Auction House in Dallas has brought in over $803,000 including $25,000 just for a lock of the assassinated president's hair. The David...
- The Jacksonian PresidentsAndrew Jackson dominated presidential politics between 1824 and 1849. He came to personify the democratization of Antebellum America. Jackson's emergence changed the institution and vastly increased executive power. The road to the imperial...
- The Revolutionary generation presidentsFounding Fathers served as America's first five presidents. Each man left his own imprint on the office. George Washington basically invented the presidency, strengthened the government, and protected the country. John Adams worked against...
- 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' or an American president as action hero“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is an odd movie that has the premise that along with being the Great Emancipator, Lincoln also hunted down fangers (as they call them on “True Blood”) with a silver bladed ax.While the...
- President Warren Harding's steamy love letters revealing blackmail go publicPresident Warren Harding, the 29th president of the United States, is remembered for many things including the notion that he was one of the worst presidents in America’s history. On July 29, letters that he wrote to Carrie Fulton Phillips...
- Remembering New Hampshire Primaries Past, Thinking of Primary to ComeAre you READY FOR HILLARY? I'm a Democrat, and the 2016 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary promises to be a monumental bore unless the pusillanimous progressives can actual get off their posteriors and get a genuine populist like...
- President Obama named worst president since World War II in Quinnipiac pollA new Quinnipiac poll released on Wednesday names the worst president since World War II and the best president since World War II according to those surveyed on the question. The results indicate that President Barack Obama comes in first as the...
- Jefferson and NapoleonDespite popular perception, presidents are at the mercy of events. Historical factors can interfere, impede, advance, or help a presidential administration. Vietnam destroyed Lyndon Johnson, Lincoln transformed the Civil War into a moral crusade...