Ernest Rutherford was born on August 31, 1871. He was born in Spring Grove, New Zealand, also known as Brightwater. He died on October 19, 1937. Ernest died in Cambridge, United Kingdom. On his birth certificate his name was misspelled Earnest when it’s originally supposed to be spelled Ernest. He had died at the age sixty-six from the complications of a strangulated hernia which…
Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. His parents were John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman. He also grew up in a poor family. He only had one brother and one sister. Since he was young, he liked history, government and reading.…
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He and his family moved to Indiana when he was only seven years old. He did not have much formal education, but he read a lot when he was not working on his father’s farm. Two years after moving to Indiana from Kentucky, his family moved to Illinois because of finance and to try and avoid health problems.…
During the 1800s it would have been difficult to serve as the president of the United States due to all the political challenges that accrued during this time period. Two of the presidents that dealt with the most difficult problems were Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson. They were different because during their presidential terms Abraham Lincoln dealt with slavery while Andrew Jackson removed Indians. However, these two presidents both were commanding officers.…
Andrew Johnson was born on December 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina to his father, Jacob Johnson, and mother, Mary McDonough. His parents were of Irish and English ancestry. He had a brother and an older sister Elizabeth, who unfortunately died in childhood. The Johnsons grew up in poverty and was sent to a tailor shop as a boy but ran away. He later opened up his own tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, married his sweetheart, Eliza McCardle, and participated in debates at the Greenville College.…
President Hayes was a reformer who began the achievements that led to service reform and tried to bring together the divisions that led to the previous American Civil War. When he was president, he managed to end the Reconstruction. Hayes practiced law in Fremont, Ohio and then when the Civil War began he ended his political career and joined the Union Army. After the war, he then served in the United States Congress as a Republican. Rutherford B. Hayes left Congress to run for Governor of Ohio and served three terms as a governor. Hayes was elected President in 1876 in one of the most belligerent elections in American history. He won the election by electoral votes with the Compromise of 1877. This compromised consisted of Hayes promising the Democrats to end military occupation of the South. President Rutherford B. Hayes had many strong view points and he pushed his views throughout his administration.…
Allen was born on January 21,1738 in Litchfield, Connecticut. His parents were Mary and Joseph Baker Allen and was oldest of eight children. In 1769, he moved to a place known as New Hampshire Grants, which is now Vermont. He hoped to go to Yale, a university in Connecticut, but his father died so he cared for his family instead.…
Ernest Rutherford was born at Spring Grove in rural Nelson on August 30th 1871, the second son and fourth child of twelve born to James and Martha Rutherford. Scottish James had arrived in New Zealand in 1843 as a four-year old. James became a wheelwright and engineer, and later a flax-miller. As a boy Ernest was surrounded by hard-working people with technical skills.…
Hayes was elected as president. He immediately ended federal support for Southern Republicans, and decided to pull the troops out of South. The South was responsible because they resisted reconstruction. The North stopped trying to fight for the Reconstruction Acts, and DC did not pass laws to help reconstruction. Additionally, Hayes withdrew the last of the federal troops protecting Blacks and…
There is a lot to be said about Woodrow Wilson and what he has and has not accomplished. For example, Wilson is most known for leading America to involvement with World War I, although he was reluctant at first, but eventually was all the way involved with this war that took a toll on all participating countries. His proposed idea of the League of Nations never really came to fruition, but other forms of his idea have taken place such as NATO which is an international union of leaders from every nation. Another black eye on Wilson’s career is the fact that he did not fully support African American civil rights or women’s suffrage.…
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States, from 1889-1893. He was 56 when he was elected president. Benjamin Harrison was born to a Presbyterian family on Aug. 20, 1833, on his grandfather's farm in North Bend, Ohio. He was named for his great-grandfather, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His grandfather was William Henry Harrison, the 9th president. Ben was the second of the 10 children of John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin Harrison. Harrison attended Farmers' College in a Cincinnati suburb for three years. While a freshman, he met his future wife, Caroline Lavinia Scott. Harrison and "Carrie" Scott were married in 1853. They had two children, Russell Benjamin and Mary. One year before their marriage, he graduated with distinction from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In 1854, Harrison passed the bar exam and moved to Indianapolis. In Indianapolis, he practiced law and campaigned for the Republican Party. In 1860, he was elected reporter of the Indiana Supreme Court. A deeply religious man, Harrison taught Sunday school. He became a deacon of the Presbyterian Church in 1857, and was elected the elder of the church in 1861.…
He demonstrated many character traits which allowed him to succeed as a President and General in Chief. He was empathetic and sympathetic to all people. Even though he had a rough life, he moved forward and used humor to make people laugh. He abolished slavery and passed the 13th amendment which was important because he freed the slaves. He was humble and compassionate. Everything he did, he did with purpose and vision. He knew with complete clarity that he wanted the United States to change, his vision and passion enabled him to see beyon difficult circumstances and press on. Having a vision is one thing but believing that it's possible and will happen is what separates a successful leader from others. Lincoln was truly a great leader and one of the greatest presidents of the United…
Lincoln was a strong, confident president who remained steadfast in his principles. At a time of crisis he led the nation into an unpopular civil war. He could have gone the easy route, and ignored the Confederate States of America, ergo avoiding conflict. However, he felt that the union was something exceptional, and was worth preserving. Lincoln was less concerned about his own personal life and what people thought of him. He remained strong and he fought for our country and his principles. President Lincoln gave his life and sacrificed the lives of his fellow American so the union would be preserved.…
Nearly 150 years after the Anti-Federalist papers, Franklin Roosevelt’s (FDR) presidency saw a different era in American History. Our country had evolved to include an economy that involved a stock market, new modes of transportation, and modern aspects to foreign policy. FDR is widely regarded as the most successful president of the 20th century and as one of the top three most successful presidents in U.S. history.…
Abraham Lincoln, one of America’s greatest presidents, earned this reputation because of the man that he was. He had many goals and visions for the country. He had outstanding leadership skills during the Civil War and was known as “Honest Abe.” But the main reason is because he maintained the Union.…