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 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 [...]
Filed under: Roaring 20s Presidents | Tagged: Governors, Massachusetts, Republicans, Vermont, Vice Presidents | 9 Comments »
