political career. McKinley started his political career in Ohio in 1869 and rose to the rank of a…
George Armstrong Custer, although a very successful military leader in the days of the Cival War, is probably best known for his biggest failure. “The battle, also known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’, was part of the Black Hills War against a confederation of Plains Indians, including the Cheyenne and Dakota Sioux” (Foner http://www.history.com). This controversial battle is in line with the courageous, yet reckless, personality of Custer as a commander. Although his bold actions made him a distinguished cavalry commander, they were also his undoing (Foner http://www.history.com). Born in New Rumley, Ohio in 1839, George Custer was accepted into West Point Acadamy while he was only 17 years old.…
William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February, 8, 1820, in Lancaster, PA, to an illustrious family, to ten other children. Charles Sherman, William’s father, was a great lawyer and a Supreme Court Justice of the state. When he was nine, William’s father died abruptly, leaving the family with little to no money. After his father’s death, William was raised by Thomas Ewing. Thomas Ewing was a successful and well known Ohioan Senator, who was also prominent in the Whig party. Although there have been different opinions about the origin and choice of William’s middle name, it is believed that he was named after a Shawnee chief who his father praised. In 1836, Thomas Ewing gave William an opportunity to go to Army West Point, which William accepted. While at West Point, William shined in the classroom,…
William Howard Taft was chosen the 27th president of the United States and later turned into the tenth boss equity of the United States. He was a recognized legal scholar, successful head, yet poor lawmaker.…
had brother named Vivian and a sister Mary Jane. to Independence a country-seat town which was ten miles east of Kansas city. Harry's childhood and young adulthood were at times…
It was soon to be a presidential election and he accepted to be a candidate. He got the role as vice-president, but in 1901 the president got killed and thus his presidential time…
As a lawyer in Buffalo, he became notable for his single-minded concentration upon whatever task faced him. At 44, he emerged into a political prominence that carried him to the White House in three years. Running as a reformer, he was elected Mayor of Buffalo in 1881, and later, Governor of New York. Cleveland won the…
One of the most significant presidents of the United States was Theodore Roosevelt; born on October 27th, 1858 a day filled with great joy for his two parents Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. “Teddy” (as his family called him in part to distinguish him from his father) was the second of four children; he had two sisters and a brother. From a very young age, Theodore was sick with asthma so most of his childhood he spent on a bed propped up or slouched in a chair. Due to his many illnesses, he was tutored as he needed special attention. While studying German and French under Anna Minkwitz, she predicted: “He will surely one day be a great professor; He may become president of the United States.”…
Yes, Theodore Roosevelt is the guy on that horse in “Night at the Museum” you got that part right, but do you actually know his legacy, and what he did to make himself a leader? Roosevelt was not only an environmentalist president, but was the world’s first modern president. Theodore was a world leader who helped solve many world political issues. Roosevelt’s presidency was famous for his enthusiasm towards ending monopolies under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Part of his legacy was being an author of many books. Theodore Roosevelt was born October 27, 1858, and was the 26th president of the United States.…
Cleveland, at forty-four, ran as a reformer for the presidency in 1884, strongly supported by Democrats and reform Republicans, and won the presidency. During his first term he married his long time sweetheart, twenty-one year old Frances Folsom, becoming the first president to be married in the White House. Grover authored and passed the Presidential Succession Act of 1886. This made it clear in what succession the cabinet would follow if the President and the Vice-President died in office speaker of the house being the first in line. He also authored and passed the Interstate…
William Howard Taft By: Joshua Cheru, Mick Linton, Sean Martin, and Jordan Mullens Facts about William Howard Taft Taft was the 27th President of the United States. He served as President after Theodore Roosevelt. Taft only served one term from 1908-1912 He was born in 1857 and died in 1930. Taft went to Yale like his father, and graduated second of his class.…
Born on September 15, 1857 to a prominent political family, William Howard Taft aspired to have a job of sitting on the United States Supreme Court from a very young age. Taft’s father, Alphonso Taft, was very politically involved. He was a well known Republican attorney and a distinguished judge in the Cincinnati area. Alphonso Taft held many high positions such as Secretary of War and Attorney General under President Grant, and an ambassador to Austria-Hungary and Russia under President Chester Arthur. Trailing in the legacy left behind by Taft’s father and his…
William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati on Sept. 15, 1857. A Yale graduate, he entered Ohio Republican politics in the 1880s. In 1886 he married Helen Herron. From 1887 to 1890, he served on the Ohio Superior Court; 1890–92, as solicitor general of the United States; 1892–1900, on the federal circuit court. In 1900 McKinley appointed him president of the Philippine Commission and in 1901 governor general. Taft had great success in pacifying the Filipinos, solving the problem of the church lands, improving economic conditions, and establishing limited self-government. His period as secretary of war (1904–08) further demonstrated his capacity as administrator and conciliator, and he was Roosevelt's hand-picked successor in 1908. In the election, he polled 321 electoral votes to 162 for William Jennings Bryan, who was running for the presidency for the third time.…
The name of the website is American Experience Woodrow Wilson. The URL address is: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/. This web page gives extensive information about the film Woodrow Wilson, which tells the tale of Woodrow Wilson and his accomplishments before, after, and while he was President of the United States. It gives a great amount of detail that gives the audience a chance to learn more about Woodrow Wilson’s personal life all the way from when he was a youth, which may give clues to the kinds of decisions he made as president and influenced his policies.…
Harry S Truman was short and resembled an owl with his thick round glasses. He spoke in the Midwesterner 's flat, nasal tone. But he was definitely real, and established a reputation for speaking the truth. Born in Lamar, MO, on May 8, 1884, Truman was the oldest of three children of John Anderson and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman. His birthplace was just south of the area where his grandparents had moved from Kentucky four decades earlier. The letter "S" in his name was not an abbreviation. It because of the family 's lack of the ability to decide which of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young, names to use.…