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… declined a dinner invitation from the White House, so the president-elect dined alone with the departing Clevelands. … illness not only affected her husband's handling of his presidency but also her own conduct as First Lady. Although …

Florence Harding

… one real hobby -- my husband." To this end, she assisted President Warren G. Harding in all his endeavors, from the … business to the United States Senate, and finally to the presidency of the United States. She was her husband's … legislative proposals that would have limited future Presidents to only one six-year term and involved the United …

Richard M. Johnson (1837–1841)

… Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican Party. During the presidency of James Madison, he became known as one of the … and national elections. During his campaign for vice president, some Virginian politicians refused to support …

Ronald Reagan: Foreign Affairs

… In his last debate with President Jimmy Carter in 1980, Ronald Reagan asked the … adopted in 1947 and was subsequently followed by all Presidents of both parties. But Reagan believed that the … come to the bargaining table. In the decades before his presidency, Reagan had read and thought deeply about American …

Henry Cisneros (1993–1997)

… of housing and urban development during the Clinton presidency from 1993 to 1997. Cisneros earned his bachelor's … When he left the Clinton administration, he was president of Univision from 1997 to 2000. …

William H. Taft (1904–1908)

… Howard Taft is the first and only man to have served as president, cabinet member, and supreme court justice. He is also the last cabinet member to rise to the presidency. Born September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio, …

Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945)

… as secretary of agriculture in the administrations of Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge until his death … "court-packing" plan in 1937. When Roosevelt and Vice President Garner acrimoniously split in 1940, Roosevelt … absorbed by international affairs. He was a member of the President's war cabinet and presided over the Bureau of …

Calvin Coolidge: Family Life

… more than any previous family in the White House. The President's typical day followed a set routine: breakfasting … golf, and long walks. The stationary mechanical horse that President Coolidge had installed in the White House amused …

John Quincy Adams: Family Life

… During their years in the White House, President Adams and his wife Louisa seldom spent much time … day from his twenty-ninth birthday until his death. As President, he rose precisely at five A.M. (4:15 in the …

Lewis Strauss (1958–1959)

… Strauss was acting secretary of commerce under President Eisenhower from November 13, 1958, to June 19, … to Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal in May 1944, and President Truman promoted him to rear admiral in November …

Margaret Taylor

… to take on the social duties associated with the role of President's wife, transferring her responsibilities to her …

Franklin D. Roosevelt: Domestic Affairs

… FDR's mandate as a first-term President was clear and challenging: rescue the United States … as a "first class temperament," exemplified by the President's optimism, self-confidence, pragmatism, and … advisers to a degree unprecedented in the history of the presidency. FDR brought many veterans of his governorship to …

Laura Bush

… husband, Texas governor George W. Bush, in his bid for the presidency, giving speeches, granting interviews, and … causes. While the First Lady is a political partner of the President, makes speeches, and has political views -- …

William M. Evarts (1877–1881)

… was first a Whig and then a Republican; he disagreed with President Andrew Johnson over the latter’s Reconstruction policies but nevertheless joined the President’s team of lawyers -- a group which also included …

William Harrison: Campaigns and Elections

… while the public feared for its economic future), made the President unpopular among the electorate. Not surprisingly, … voters a strong contrast with the drab, aristocratic President would win easily. They held their convention in …

Woodrow Wilson: Impact and Legacy

… to shape and mobilize public opinion fashioned the modern presidency. Under his leadership, Congress enacted the most … perhaps the most important transitional figure among the presidents since Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt, while redefining the modern president as a steward of the common good of the nation, …

Millard Fillmore: Life in Brief

… House of Representatives. At that time, Andrew Jackson was President. Jackson's repeated clashes with Congress and his … from the councils of power, relegated to his role as president of the Senate. Slavery and the Compromise of 1850 …

Benjamin Harrison: Domestic Affairs

… more powerful in the Republican Party than the new President in fashioning a domestic legislative agenda. No … was nevertheless a first step of historic importance. Presidents after Harrison (Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow …

Thomas Ewing (1841–1841)

… practice but headed back to Washington, D.C., in 1841 as President William Henry Harrison's secretary of the treasury. … In 1848, however, after supporting General Taylor for the presidency and losing his own bid for the United States …

Thomas Ewing (1850–1850)