Chester A. Arthur, the twenty-first president of the United States, was the fifth child of a Baptist minister. He was born on October 5, 1829, in Fairfield, Vermont. His Baptist minister father, William Arthur, hailed from Ireland, and his mother, Malvina Stone Arthur, was from Vermont. During Chester Arthur’s childhood, his family moved around Vermont […]
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James A. Garfield – 20th President
The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. Synopsis James Garfield was not the first president to die while in office, and he was the second of four presidents to be assassinated.* It was […]
Rutherford B. Hayes – 19th President
October 1, 2019 (Tuesday) A bit of trivia: A telephone was installed in the White House during the Hayes administration. It was virtually useless because hardly anyone else had one. Rutherford B. Hayes was born October 4, 1822, in Delaware, Ohio. He died January 17, 1893, in Fremont, Ohio. He was the 19th president of […]
Ulysses S. Grant – 18th President
October 1, 2019 (Tuesday) The material in today’s blog came from the web site, “America’s Story.” The blog is about Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States of America, who served two terms, 1869-1873 and 1873-1877. One of the most honored and respected military leaders in U.S. history never even wanted a […]
James Buchanan – 15th President
October 1, 2019 (Tuesday) The material in this blog has come from the web site, “Biography.” Much of it is copied “word for word.” Synopsis James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, was born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, in 1791. Serving as president during the run-up to the Civil War, Buchanan’s inability to halt […]