We have gathered here to witness the crowning of the “People’s Princess” — “princess” being the man, woman or baby who “brings light to the darkness of political times” and looks the most like John ...
Mirabeau B. Lamar was a man of talent and imagination but also one with a complicated legacy. He was the third president of the Republic of Texas, just a few ...
For a full list of judges nominated by President Taylor, see: Federal judges nominated by Zachary Taylor. During his terms in office, President James Monroe nominated 22 judges to the federal courts.
However unusual their nominations, Buchanan and Fillmore together embodied the nineteenth-century political system as it had been for decades. In this respect they did not suit the temper of the ...