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… With mounting outrage he watched the inept efforts of Presidents Jefferson and Madison to win redress from Great … but at the urging of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, President James Monroe stood firm. Whether anticipated by the … Andrew Jackson: Life Before the Presidency …
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… of the South and a lover of slavery. Finally, the former President decided to write a book telling his side of the … James Buchanan: Life After the Presidency …
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… to his Virginia plantation home, Monticello. The former President was happy to be free from executive duties and … and invention. He continued in his post as the elected president of the American Philosophical Society until 1815. … Thomas Jefferson: Life After the Presidency …
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… skills to take the offensive against the outgunned Rebels. President Lincoln grew frustrated with his ineffective, … Southern morale. "Grant is my man, and I am his" declared President Lincoln after hearing of Vicksburg's fall. Not long … Ulysses S. Grant: Life Before the Presidency …
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… a speedy trial by a jury of one's peers. Service under President Washington Jefferson reluctantly agreed to serve as … Washington's complete confidence, Jefferson found that the President was increasingly influenced by Alexander Hamilton, … Thomas Jefferson: Life Before the Presidency …
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… to diversify his economic investments. During his presidency, Washington improved the technology at his grist … George Washington: Life After the Presidency …
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… Even so, when Jimmy was born in 1924, the first American president to be born in a hospital, he was taken back to a … Jimmy Carter: Life Before the Presidency …
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… This evolution would continue over the course of his presidency and his retirement. Washington also showed … reached on May 25, and the delegates elected Washington as president of the Constitutional Convention. As president, … George Washington: Life Before the Presidency …
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… Benjamin Harrison, the last Civil War general to serve as President, died from pneumonia on March 13, 1901, at his home in Indianapolis. He had spent the years following his presidency as an "elder statesman." Harrison delivered a … Benjamin Harrison: Life After the Presidency …
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… to engage with public life. Almost immediately after his presidency, he was elected president of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle. In that … James Madison: Life After the Presidency …
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… the College of New Jersey, Madison studied under its new president, John Witherspoon, the second Scottish immigrant … life. After backing Jefferson’s unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 1796, Madison retired from Congress as John … James Madison: Life Before the Presidency …
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… he told classmates, "You know, someday I'm going to be president of the United States." Later in life, Johnson would … would. He turned his sights on the prize of prizes: the presidency. A Heartbeat from the Presidency Being from the … Lyndon B. Johnson: Life Before the Presidency …
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… The memoirs, called The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969, were completed in 1971. The University … Lyndon B. Johnson: Life After the Presidency …
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… for the Massachusetts Senate in 1912, serving as Senate President in 1914. Moving up the ladder of state politics, … profile as President of the Senate—in those days the vice president's chief duty--and mainly devoted himself to making … Calvin Coolidge: Life Before the Presidency …
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… Virginia, the Confederate capital. Only hours before, President Jefferson Davis had fled. As Lincoln walked through … in the shoot-out. The wound to Lincoln's head took the President's life early the next morning. For the citizens of … Abraham Lincoln: Death of the President …
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… served on the staff of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, future President of the United States. His relationship with Hayes, … William McKinley: Life Before the Presidency …
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… as FDR prepared in 1944 for both a fourth run at the presidency and the aftermath of World War II. A March 1944 … high blood pressure, and bronchitis. Those close to the President—and even those who saw him speak in public—noted … Franklin D. Roosevelt: Death of the President …
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… Baltimore and Potomac train station. The proud President was preparing to leave for Williams College—he … were unable to remove the bullet, which was lodged in the President's pancreas. On September 19, 1881, the President … James A. Garfield: Death of the President …
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… William McKinley traveled more than any American President up to that time, and he was on the road again on … a concealed .32 Iver Johnson revolver point blank into the President's chest. McKinley doubled over and fell backward … William McKinley: Death of the President …
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… large quantities of cherries and other fruits. The President suffered severe stomach pains for the next five … followed by Washington dignitaries, military units, the President's beloved horse "Old Whitey," and the President's … Zachary Taylor: Death of the President …