| Buckeye Presidents: Ohioans in the White House Contributor(s): Weeks, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873387279 ISBN-13: 9780873387279 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: This is an examination of the important role of Ohio in U.S. presidential history. In the six decades following the end of the Civil War, seven of the nation's twelve leaders were Ohioans, and during their presidencies the country was transformed from a rural, agrarian, diplomatically isolated society into a wealthy and powerful commercial nation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002003879 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.38" W x 8.96" (0.90 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An examination of the important role of Ohio in U.S. presidential history Only two states can claim the title "the Mother of U.S. Presidents"--Ohio and Virginia. Fifteen presidents have hailed from either Ohio or Virginia, though one of those men, William Henry Harrison, is attributed to both states. The other seven men from Ohio who have piloted the United States from the White House are Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren G. Harding. Drawing on recent scholarship, the essays place each president squarely in the context of his time. |