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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

Category Archives: Best Biographies Posts

The Best Biographies of Warren Harding

October 29, 2015

Biographically, it seems Warren Harding comes in just two flavors: depressingly dull…or positively fascinating. And the right choice of Harding …

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The Best Biographies of Woodrow Wilson

September 8, 2015

Woodrow Wilson is a surprisingly difficult person to get to know. Even after navigating six biographies of Wilson totaling nearly …

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The Best Biographies of William H. Taft

July 11, 2015

William H. Taft is often remembered as the president who may have gotten himself stuck in the White House bathtub. …

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The Best Biographies of Theodore Roosevelt

June 19, 2015

After reading 121 biographies of the first 26 presidents, Theodore Roosevelt easily stands out as one of the most fascinating …

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The Best Biographies of William McKinley

February 11, 2015

History resurrects the memory of William McKinley when pondering what makes a president admirable…and yet extraordinarily average. His pre-presidency, however, hardly …

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The Best Biographies of Benjamin Harrison

January 16, 2015

Of the forty-three (and counting) presidents whose biographies I’m reading on this journey, none have caused me quite as much …

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The Best Biographies of Grover Cleveland

December 29, 2014

When I first reached Grover Cleveland on this journey about three weeks ago I only had two biographies of this …

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The Best Biographies of Chester Arthur

December 3, 2014

For an obscure and mostly forgotten former president, Chester Arthur’s story is remarkably interesting. Don’t get me wrong – PBS is …

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The Best Biographies of James A. Garfield

November 20, 2014

Who would have guessed that a president of so little fame and so brief a tenure in the White House …

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The Best Biographies of Rutherford B. Hayes

October 26, 2014

After two weeks, two biographies and about seven hundred pages, Rutherford Hayes reminds me of a better-intentioned, more savvy and …

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The Best Biographies of Ulysses S. Grant

September 30, 2014

[Updated] Despite the pivotal role he played in the Civil War and the importance of his administration to Reconstruction, I …

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The Best Biographies of Andrew Johnson

August 12, 2014

Of the six presidents to lead the nation after James Polk, only Abraham Lincoln left a legacy that escaped the …

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The Best Biographies of Abraham Lincoln

June 28, 2014

[Updated] Of the sixteen presidents whose biographies I’ve read so far, none have offered the variety of choices of Abraham …

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The Best Biographies of James Buchanan

February 27, 2014

The more I learned about James Buchanan, the more he seemed a mix of equal parts of John Quincy Adams, …

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The Best Biographies of Franklin Pierce

February 20, 2014

Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher once remarked that “nice guys finish last.” Although he was referring to the dating scene …

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Jan 2013 – Feb 2019:
— 240 presidential bios
— 123,546 pages

Mar 2019 –
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— 26 “other” biographies
— 24,828 pages

Categories

  • Best Biographies Posts
  • Not The End!
  • President #01 – G Washington
  • President #02 – J Adams
  • President #03 – T Jefferson
  • President #04 – J Madison
  • President #05 – J Monroe
  • President #06 – J Q Adams
  • President #07 – A Jackson
  • President #08 – M Van Buren
  • President #09 – W H Harrison
  • President #10 – J Tyler
  • President #11 – J Polk
  • President #12 – Z Taylor
  • President #13 – M Fillmore
  • President #14 – F Pierce
  • President #15 – J Buchanan
  • President #16 – A Lincoln
  • President #17 – A Johnson
  • President #18 – U S Grant
  • President #19 – R Hayes
  • President #20 – J Garfield
  • President #21 – C Arthur
  • President #22 – G Cleveland
  • President #23 – B Harrison
  • President #24 – G Cleveland
  • President #25 – W McKinley
  • President #26 – T Roosevelt
  • President #27 – W H Taft
  • President #28 – W Wilson
  • President #29 – W Harding
  • President #30 – C Coolidge
  • President #31 – H Hoover
  • President #32 – F Roosevelt
  • President #33 – H Truman
  • President #34 – D Eisenhower
  • President #35 – J Kennedy
  • President #36 – L Johnson
  • President #37 – R Nixon
  • President #38 – G Ford
  • President #39 – J Carter
  • President #40 – R Reagan
  • President #41 – GHW Bush
  • President #42 – W Clinton
  • President #43 – GW Bush
  • President #44 – B Obama
  • President #45 – D Trump
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