"I sincerely feel that the country is on the verge of ruin, and unless the policy which governs our national affairs can be changed, we must soon end in national bankruptcy and a military despotism. Perhaps the former cannot be arrested, but the latter may; but in my opinion the policy can only be changed by a change of administration. Hence I am for a change, and I looked upon the election of General [George B.] McClellan as the last hope for the restoration of the Union and honorable peace and the security of personal liberty; and this you may publish to the world as my views on the pending crisis. I shall, with great pleasure, cast my vote for Gen. McClellan and [Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Representative George H.] Pendleton."
-- Former President Millard Fillmore, criticizing the Administration of Abraham Lincoln and endorsing Democratic Presidential nominee George B. McClellan in the 1864 election, in a letter to a Mr. Douglas of Brooklyn, New York, November 1864.
was going to say that 19th century US presidents were all named either something like James Johnson or Dingleford T. Scuttlebutt but then realized that’s also how 19th century Mormon leaders were named so maybe that’s just all 19th century men
Happy Presidents’ Day to those who celebrate. On this day, it’s important to remember those who truly fought to hold their nation together, like me, who signed the Compromise of 1850, and uh. Uhmmmmm uhhhhh. Did other positive things for the nation. Uhmmmmmm uhhhh
After seeing the storyboard I sought this episode out, not sure then if it was actually real... I'm so glad it is.
Btw for context, people wanna elect the potato chip because it kinda looks like George Washington. And Millard Fillmore and James Madison are also in this.
JOHN TYLER
•President Without a Party: The Life of John Tyler by Christopher J. Leahy (BOOK | KINDLE)
•John Tyler: The Accidental President by Edward P. Crapol (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)
•And Tyler Too: A Biography of John & Julia Gardiner Tyler by Robert Seager II (BOOK)
JAMES K. POLK
•Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)
•A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent by Robert W. Merry (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)
•James K. Polk and His Time: Essays at the Conclusion of the Polk Project edited by Michael David Cohen (BOOK)
ZACHARY TAYLOR
•Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest by K. Jack Bauer (BOOK)
•Zachary Taylor: Soldier of the Republic by Holman Hamilton (BOOK | KINDLE)
•Zachary Taylor: Soldier in the White House by Holman Hamilton (BOOK | KINDLE)
MILLARD FILLMORE
•Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President by Robert J. Rayback (BOOK | KINDLE)
•Millard Fillmore by Robert J. Scarry (BOOK | KINDLE)
FRANKLIN PIERCE
•Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son by Peter A. Wallner (BOOK)
•Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union by Peter A. Wallner (BOOK)
•Franklin Pierce: Young History of the Granite Hills by Roy Franklin Nichols (BOOK)
JAMES BUCHANAN
•Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents by Robert Strauss (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)
•Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King by Thomas J. Balcerski (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)
•The Worst President: The Story of James Buchanan by Garry Boulard (BOOK | KINDLE)