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… (1935), once referred to Garfield as one of the "lost presidents": Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, and Hayes, time of … Edwin A. Merritt, a reformer, with William H. Robertson, president pro tem of the New York Senate and a strong …

Bill Clinton: The American Franchise

… the country exceeded 280 million people during the Clinton presidency. According to the 2000 census, there were in the … The event became known as the "Million Man March." President Clinton appointed a presidential Commission on Race …

John C. Calhoun (1825-1829)

… himself as one of the "War Hawks" who supported President James Madison's efforts to declare war on Britain … election, Calhoun initially hoped to be considered for the presidency, but recognizing his inability to compete with …

Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009)

… the Idaho Home Builders Association as the executive vice president. In 1985, Kempthorne was elected mayor of the city … forty-ninth secretary of the Department of the Interior. President George W. Bush selected Kempthorne in part as a …

Millard Fillmore: Domestic Affairs

… became ill on July 4, 1850, Millard Fillmore knew that the President was dying. When the President finally passed away, … and everyone in Taylor's cabinet knew it. Days before the President's death, Fillmore had bluntly told Taylor that if …

Alben W. Barkley

… in 1926. While in the House, he was a loyal supporter of President Woodrow Wilson's agenda and established a strong … nomination in 1944 and eventually ascended to the presidency had it not been for a dramatic confrontation with …

Calvin Coolidge: Domestic Affairs

… of excessive leadership, Coolidge was a highly visible president. During his 67 months as President, he held 520 … to issues that crossed his desk. But his view of the presidency, like that of Harding immediately before him, …

Warren G. Harding: Domestic Affairs

… As President, Warren G. Harding often seemed overwhelmed by the … by supporting a few reform measures. Reforms to Regain the Presidency Harding did accept some government reforms to …

Zachary Taylor: Impact and Legacy

… Zachary Taylor's presidency was too short-lived to have substantially impacted … the office or the nation. He is not remembered as a great President. Most historians believe that he was too …

Hershel Gober (2000–2001)

… of Veterans' Affairs, a post he held until he became President Bill Clinton's deputy secretary of veterans affairs … served in that capacity for the last months of the Clinton presidency. …

Albert Gore, Jr.

… to split with their party and support a bill authorizing President George H.W. Bush to pursue military action in the … into that of the White House. Once Clinton assumed the presidency, Gore was consulted on a broad range of issues, …

Aaron Burr (1801-1805)

… into a family of ministers. His father was the second president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton … As vice president, Burr's primary responsibility was to preside over the Senate, which he did with efficiency and …

Bill Clinton: Family Life

… demands on a school charged with educating the child of a President and thus the criticism did not take root. Chelsea … were struggling to weather the early difficulties of the presidency. Bill's mother passed away less than a year later. …

Thomas A. Hendricks (1885)

… by allies and enemies alike—became the 21st vice president of the United States after a lifetime of loyal … with patronage. However, Cleveland was one of the first Presidents to support civil service reform and disagreed with …

Gale Norton (2001–2006)

… When President-elect George W. Bush nominated Gale Norton as … conservative Independence Institute of Golden, Colorado. President George H.W. Bush appointed her to the Western Water …

Edith Wilson

… wife, is sometimes described as America's first woman President because of the role she played after the President's massive stroke in October 1919. Choosing to admit … of Nations to the peace conference, she persuaded the presiding officer, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, …

Edwin M. Stanton (1865–1868)

… on disputed California land grant cases at the request of President James Buchanan. At the end of 1860, with only two … The United States Congress, already hostile to the President’s views on Reconstruction, sought to thwart …

Edwin M. Stanton (1862–1865)

Schuyler Colfax (1869–1873)

… House of Representatives until he resigned to become vice president in 1869, and he was elected Speaker of the House in … was a member of the Radical Republicans who opposed the President's moderate policies for reintegrating the South …

Calvin Coolidge: Impact and Legacy

… some of his stature, at least in conservative circles. President Ronald Reagan returned his portrait to the Oval … Nevertheless, scholarly opinion looks upon the Coolidge presidency with skepticism, ranking him relatively low among … offered no sweeping vision or program of action that the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson had led …