by Mike Purdy | Jan 6, 2013 | Deaths, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding
Theodore Roosevelt’s death came quickly and suddenly in the early morning hours of January 6, 1919 at his beloved Sagamore Hill estate on Long Island. He was just 60 years old, but his health had never been the same after his almost fatal trip to South...
by Mike Purdy | Dec 30, 2012 | Birthdays, Woodrow Wilson
Someone’s birthday – especially for someone as famous as our 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, who was born in the waning days of 1856 in Staunton, Virginia, should be an elementary fact, not subject to any dispute. December 28 or 29? And yet most... by Mike Purdy | Dec 27, 2012 | Elections, Electoral College, James Monroe
James MonroeIn the presidential election of 1820, James Monroe found himself riding a wave of popularity, what was known as the “era of good feeling.” He was so popular, in fact, that he almost unanimously swept the Electoral... by Mike Purdy | Dec 27, 2012 | Deaths, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman
Harry S Truman and Gerald R. Ford both died on December 26th, but 34 years apart. Harry Truman and Gerald FordTruman passed away on December 26, 1972 in Independence, Missouri at the age of 88. Ford, who lived to be the oldest ex-president, passed... by Mike Purdy | Dec 21, 2012 | Barack Obama, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Herbert Hoover
Time Magazine began its Man of the Year (now Person of the Year) in 1927. Since that time all U.S. Presidents except for three, have been named Man/Person of the Year at least once.Not Men of the Year – Coolidge, Hoover, FordCalvin Coolidge, Herbert...
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