Posted on June 27, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
President #5, C-SPAN Historians Ranking #14 What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? James Monroe was the last of a series of three Virginia presidents, following Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. And, since he didn’t write the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution, Monroe is remembered mainly for his eponymous foreign policy doctrine. And, some people [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
Somebody had to be the worst President. And Jean H. Baker doesn’t spare the feelings of anyone who is a James Buchanan fan.
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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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Posted on March 10, 2009 by Bob Timmermann
Don’t Panic! President #8, C-SPAN Historians Ranking #31 Martin Van Buren is not a president who inspires people in this day and age. He exists mainly as a name to remember when you’re trying to remember the names of all the presidents. Fortunately, Ted Widmer, a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton, penned a biography of [...]
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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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