Posted on December 26, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #26, C-SPAN historians’ ranking #4 Bullfeathers!!!! There is no person whose has been President who led a life that seems like it came out of a work of fiction more than Theodore Roosevelt. It seemed apropos that a novelist, Louis Auchincloss (The Rector of Justin among many other titles) wrote this biography of a [...]
Filed under: Mount Rushmore Presidents, Progressive Era Presidents | Tagged: Governors, New York, Related to another president, Republicans, Spanish-American War, Vice Presidents | 8 Comments »
Posted on December 6, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #37, C-SPAN Historians Ranking #27 I’m going to count to 10, if you don’t like this post, just stop reading before I get to 10 Richard Milhous Nixon was the first President I ever knew. He became President when I was three years old. He left office when I was all of eight. To [...]
Filed under: Cold War presidents | Tagged: California, New York, Representative, Reublicans, Senator, Vice President, World War II veteran | 8 Comments »
Posted on October 26, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #21, C-SPAN Historians ranking #32 Muttonchops to the Rescue! Chester Alan Arthur, perhaps more than any other person to hold the job, never wanted to be President. He seemed stunned that he was put in that position. Then again, he accepted the job as Vice President, which does make you likely to become President. [...]
Filed under: Gilded Age presidents | Tagged: Had surname that could also have been first name, New York, Republicans, Vermont, Vice Presidents, Widowers | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #34, C-SPAN Historians’ Ranking #8 It’s Been Said That People Liked This Guy When I was a kid in the 1970s, the 1950s were considered a cool time. “Happy Days” and “Laverne & Shirley” dominated television. Coming out of the turbulent 1960s (a decade glamorized in much different way from the 1950s), the 1950s [...]
Filed under: Cold War presidents | Tagged: Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, Republicans, Texas, University President, World War II veteran | 11 Comments »
Posted on September 10, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #13, C-SPAN historians ranking #37 Yes, I Was President For a job that has only had 43 different men in it, it seems to hard to believe that some people to hold the office could be as obscure as Millard Fillmore. America’s 13th President, an amiable politician from Buffalo, somehow managed to work his [...]
Filed under: Antebellum presidents | Tagged: Anti-Masonic Party, Guys Henry Clay Liked, Know Nothing Party, New York, Representative, Vice Presidents, Whig Party | 9 Comments »
