George Washington And The Smallpox Vaccine
John Tyler, The Traitor
White House Weddings: A Brief History
The Fascinating History of Black History Month
FDR’s First 100 Days
When Gerald Ford Pardoned Richard Nixon
The First Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
What Did The World Look Like In 1921?
Grover Cleveland: The Only President to Serve Non-Consecutive Terms
Awkward Presidential Transitions
When Presidents Hide Health Scares
Calvin Coolidge Goes to Cuba
8 of the Most Iconic Campaign Ads
The First History First Crossword!
4 Memorable Moments from US Political Conventions
From Villain to Vice President
First Lady Feature: Lou Henry Hoover
Woodrow Wilson and the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Mudslinging in the South: The 2000 Smear Campaign
Heartbreak and Triumph in New Hampshire
A History of the First Iowa Caucus (and why winning in Iowa may not matter)
What Did the World Look Like in 1920?
America’s Oldest Third Party: The Prohibitionists
Just a Number: Kennedy, Reagan, and the “Age Question” in 2020
The President and the Radio: FDR’s First Fireside Chat
From the Sidelines: The Role of Former Political Stars in New Campaigns
Bachelors, Boos, and Cory Booker
“The Question”: Ted Kennedy & the Pitfalls of Running for President
Origin Stories: Where do Presidents Come From?
VEEP TO PREZ: The Path from the White House, to the White House
Predictability of the Unpredictable: Dark Horse Candidates & 2020
“From Time to Time”: Pelosi, Trump, and the State of the Union
To Biden or Not to Biden
Trump, Polk, and Political Posturing at the Border
From the Front Porch to Instagram Live
Why Mitt Romney’s Op-Ed Matters
Happy New Year from History First!
“The High Road of Humility”: Modesty in American Presidents
New Kids in Town: Kennedy, Nixon & the 116th Congress
Waiting In the Wings: LBJ, the Vice Presidency, and Odds
“Seeking Monsters to Destroy”: Isolationism in America after WWI
Shifting Tides: The Midterms of 1966
Ghosts of the White House
Impeachment from the Bench: Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Chase, and Brett Kavanaugh
Thomas Jefferson, Time, and the Supreme Court
Garfield, Guiteau & the Unrealized Presidency
Ulysses S. Grant, Reconstruction, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Donald Trump, Andrew Johnson, and Impeachment
Eisenhower & the 50th State
“Right Hand Man”: The People Around the President
After the Storm: Ford’s First Week as President
Happy Birthday Mr. President: The Herbert Hoover Edition
Preparing America for World War II: Franklin Roosevelt, Isolationism, and America First
The Case of the Missing Monument: John Adams and Historical Memory
Julia Grant at the Corner of History
Happy Summer from History First!
Harry Truman & the Creation of NATO: A Brief History
Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor, and American Conspiracies
William Howard Taft & the Supreme Court
Anthony Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Reshaping the Supreme Court
James Madison: Last Words and Lessons Learned
“Ich Bin Ein Berliner”: Kennedy in Berlin, 1963
“A Mistake”: Roosevelt, Reagan, and the American Apology
The Executive and the Press: John Adams and the Alien & Sedition Acts
Truman, Eisenhower, and the Roots of the Korean War
The Man After the Wall: George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War
Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Two Notes
The Ambassador Hotel: June 5th, 1968
A Momentous Day, a Crowded Stage: The Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial
Happy Birthday Mr. President: The John F. Kennedy Edition
K1C2: Lessons for Political Messaging from 1952
American Presidents & Royal Weddings
Theodore Roosevelt & the American Museum of Natural History
Play Ball! George H.W. Bush, Baseball, and the Queen of England
William McKinley & the Red Carnation
Happy Birthday Mr. President: The Harry Truman Edition
Reagan & the Radio; Trump & Twitter: Provocative Statements & the Path to Peace
America Needs a John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson & Emmanuel Macron: Foreign Dignitaries, Then & Now
The Final Voyage: Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train
Of War and Poets: Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln
April 14th, 1865: On the Sidelines of Lincoln’s Assassination
Truman, Roosevelt, and the Day that Changed History
James Madison, the Theory of Expansion, and Purity Tests in Politics Today
Will, We Hardly Knew Ye: the Legacy of William Henry Harrison
George H.W. Bush, Donald Trump, and the National Rifle Association
First Lady Feature: Lucy Webb Hayes
First Lady Feature: Edith Wilson
First Lady Feature: Mary Todd Lincoln
First Lady Feature: Dolley Madison
First Lady Feature: Abigail Adams
First Lady Feature: Barbara Bush
First Lady Feature: Nellie Herron Taft
First Lady Feature: Pat Nixon
Part III: A Ship in the Storm–Lincoln’s Steady Hand in the Tumultuous Final Years of War
President Jimmy Carter and the Olympics Boycott of 1980
Washington and the Myth of Wooden Teeth
Political Second Acts: Mitt Romney, John Quincy Adams, Hubert Humphrey, and Life after Defeat
Theodore Roosevelt and Valentine’s Day 1884
Please Pose, Mr. President: A Brief History of Presidential Portraits

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