George H.W. Bush by Timothy Naftali

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 [...]

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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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John Adams by John Patrick Diggins

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #2, C-SPAN Historians’ ranking #17 May all your wars be Quasi Wars For most of our lives, John Adams was an historical figure whom people recognized, yet thought little of. We figured he must have been important since he helped write the Declaration of Independence and also became President. But he was no George [...]

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John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

So what can I do for you? President #35, C-SPAN Historians ranking #6 For a man who had a shorter term in office than all but six other presidents (Barack Obama not included), John Kennedy might be studied and written about more than any other 20th Century president. Robert Dallek, who also has written biographies [...]

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John Quincy Adams by Robert V. Remini

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

All Three Names Please! President #6, C-SPAN historians ranking #19 John Quincy Adams had one of the most distinguished careers in service to the United States that any person may have had. However, the four years he was president, from 1825 through 1829, were a series of political missteps compounded by the fact that he [...]

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