President #40, C-SPAN Historians ranking #10 40 is the new -30- Of the nine Presidents who have been in office in my lifetime, none had the impact that Ronald Reagan has had. Ronald Reagan succeeded in transforming not just the office of the Presidency, but also the nature of how politics and government is viewed [...]
Filed under: Cold War presidents | Tagged: Actor, California, Governors, Illinois, Republicans, World War II veteran | 6 Comments »
President #11, C-SPAN Historians’ ranking #12 Looks Like My Work Here is Done Between the time of Andrew Jackson and before the time of Abraham Lincoln, American Presidents were an undistinguished lot, to put it kindly. No one served more than one term. Most are forgotten. However, one man in the job managed to stand [...]
Filed under: Antebellum presidents | Tagged: Childless presidents, Democrats, Governors, Guys Henry Clay Didn't Like, Mexican War, North Carolina, Representative, Speaker of the House, Tennessee | 19 Comments »
President #25, C-SPAN Historians’ Ranking #16 The War With Spain Starts Mainly With the Maine While many kids grew up with toy soldiers, my childhood featured a set of plastic toy Presidents. (And much to my glee, a complete set is on display at the Smithsonian now. It includes an intact Lyndon Johnson. Our LBJ [...]
Filed under: Gilded Age presidents, Progressive Era Presidents | Tagged: Assassinated, Civil War veteran, Died in office, Governors, Ohio, Representative, Republicans, Spanish-American War | 5 Comments »
