Posted on November 20, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #41, C-SPAN Historians Ranking #18 In the name of the father … George Herbert Walker Bush (not that anybody called him that when he was President except when he was sworn in) did not have an easy act to follow, succeeding one of America’s most popular Chief Executives in Ronald Reagan. He came into [...]
Filed under: Post Cold War Presidents | Tagged: Ambassador, Connecticut, Lefthanded, Massachusetts, Related to another president, Republicans, Texas, Vice Presidents, World War II veteran | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 27, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #31, C-SPAN Historians ranking #34 The Pac-10 goes to the White House and is not Invited Back Herbert Hoover seemingly had everything you would want from a President. He was well-educated, with a degree in geology from Stanford. He had traveled the world. He was a successful businessman. He showed he could organize people [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #42, C-SPAN Historians ranking #15 It is what it is if you ask me I wasn’t overly excited about reading a book about Bill Clinton for many reasons. First, people who read this blog already know Bill Clinton. It’s not like I can find anything new or interesting to say that hasn’t already been [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
You should put some Bactine on that President #20, C-SPAN Historians ranking #28 James Garfield served as President from March 4 through September 19, 1881, the second shortest tenure of any person to hold the office. Garfield’s assassination was tragic, although the most tragic part was not the violence perpetrated by Charles Guiteau, but rather [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #38, C-SPAN ranking 22 Pardon me! Gerald Ford had a unique presidency. He was not elected to be vice president. He was not elected to be president. His vice president was not elected either. He was the first president to born with an entirely different first and last name than what he used while [...]
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