George Washington by James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #1, C-SPAN historians ranking #2 You Never Forget Your First Time The face of George Washington is well known to Americans. He stares at us on dollar bills. His profile is on the quarter. His portrait used to be a fixture in school classrooms. The capital city of the nation is named for him. [...]

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Zachary Taylor by John S. D. Eisenhower

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #12, C-SPAN Historians ranking #29 He’s Tanned, Rough, and Ready What can be said about a man who was President for just 16 months? What can be said about a President who never held any other political office in his life? What can be said about a man who likely never voted in his [...]

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Calvin Coolidge by David Greenberg

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #30, C-SPAN Historians Ranking #26 The chief business of this blog is business Calvin Coolidge assumed the Presidency in 1923 as something of a cipher. But, by the time he left office in 1929, he was one of the most popular men in America. And, very quickly, that popularity vanished with the onset of [...]

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Grover Cleveland by Henry F. Graff

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #22 and #24, C-SPAN Historians Ranking #21 I’m only telling you this once! Often just regarded as a numerical oddity, Grover Cleveland served eight years as President during one of the most turbulent times in American history. America was still recovering from the Civil War. The nation was beset with violent labor strife. The [...]

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Thomas Jefferson by Joyce Appleby

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #3, C-SPAN Historians ranking #7 Embargo! O grab me! In this biography of the Third President, UCLA professor Joyce Appleby begins the seventh chapter of the book with this sentence: “Americans’ most pressing history assignment is coming to terms with Thomas Jefferson.” And speaking as someone who was taught by Professor Appleby at UCLA, [...]

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