by Mike Purdy | Aug 9, 2011 | Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon Thirty-seven years ago today, on August 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon became the first President of the United States to resign from office. Faced with the Watergate scandal and the increasing likelihood that he would be impeached by the House of... by Mike Purdy | Aug 9, 2011 | Theodore Roosevelt
I just finished reading Colonel Roosevelt, the third and final volume of Edmund Morris’ masterful story of Theodore Roosevelt’s life. Trilogy: Beginning with The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, which takes readers up to Roosevelt’s... by Mike Purdy | Aug 9, 2011 | Bill Clinton, Name Changes
Bill Clinton In my blog entry of August 7, 2011, I identified six U.S. presidents who were born with different names. But I forgot to mention a seventh: Bill Clinton.Bill Clinton began life on August 19, 1946 as William Jefferson Blythe 4th. His... by Mike Purdy | Aug 8, 2011 | Name Changes
The following half dozen U.S. presidents changed their names from their given name. Five of them took their middle name and made it their first name. One, Gerald Ford, changed first, middle, and last names. One, Bill Clinton, changed his last name. Mike... by Mike Purdy | Aug 6, 2011 | Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren, our 8th president, was the first president born after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, and thus the first president not born a British subject. He was born on December 5, 1782, more than six years after July 4, 1776 when the Second...
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