Real Life at the White House

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Father/daughter author team John and Claire Whitcomb have previously collaborated on Oh Say Can You See: UnexpectedAnecdotes about American History (1987) and GreatAmerican Anecdotes (1994). John Whitcomb has taught American history for 32 years. Claire Whitcomb has written extensively about houses and history while on the staffs of magazines such as House & Garden, HouseBeautiful and Victoria.

DATES INTRODUCTION 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1789-1797: The Foundation Is Laid Creating Washington, D.C., 1790-1800 2. JOHN ADAMS, 1797-1801: The Great Castle 3. THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1801-1809: The Leveling Principles of Democracy 4. JAMES MADISON, 1809-1817: Conflagration The Rebuilding of the White House, 1814-1817 5. JAMES MONROE, 1817-1825: Good Feelings and Gold Spoons 6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 1825-1829: A Dull and Stately Prison 7. ANDREW JACKSON, 1829-1837: The People's Choice 8. MARTIN VAN BUREN, 1837-1841: Felled by a Gold Spoon 9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, March 4-April 4, 1841: Mourning 10. JOHN TYLER, 1841-1845: Courtship 11.JAMES KNOX POLK, 1845-1849: Attention to Detail 12. ZACHARY TAYLOR, 1849-JULY 9, 1850: Tragedy Souvenir Hunters 13. MILLARD FILLMORE, July 1859-March 4, 1853: The Last Whig 14. FRANKLIN PIERCE, 1853-8157: Twice Forgotten 15. JAMES BUCHANAN, 1857-1861: The Eve of Rebellion 16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1861-April 14, 1865: A Whited Sepulcure Civil War Washington 17. ANDREW JOHNSON, 1865-1869: Traitor to Patriot 18.ULYSSES S. GRANT, 1869-1877: A Bright and Beautiful Dream 19.RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES, 1877-1881: Lemonade 20. JAMES GARFIELD, March 4-September 19, 1881: Death Watch 21. CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR, 1881-1885: Tiffany Tastes 22/24. GROVER CLEVLAND, 1885-1889, 1893-1897: Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage Ponies, Snakes, Raccoons, and Other White House Pets 25. WILLIAM McKINLEY, 1897-1901: Better Than a Bishopric 26. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 1901-1909: The Reign of Enthusiasm The 1902 Renovation 27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, 1909-1913: Not Where He Wanted to Be 28. WOODWARD WILSON, 1913-1921: Love and War 29. WARREN G. HARDING, 1921-1929: Playing the Part 30. CALVIN COOLIDGE, 1923-1929: For the Roaring Twenties, a Man of Quiet The 1927 Rooftop Renovation 31. HERBERT HOOVER, 1929-1933: And Then the Crash 32. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, 1933-1945: Full House 33. HARRY S. TRUMAN, 1945-1953: What a Life! 34. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, 1953-1961: TV Dinners 35. JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-1963: Style White House China 36. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-1969: Power 37. RICAHRD M. NIXON, 1969-1974: Caught The Nixon Refurbishment: A Curator's View 38. GERALD R. FORD, 1974-1977: The Unelected President 39. JIMMY CARTER, 1977-1981: Down Home 40. RONALD REAGAN, 1981-1989: Perfectly Cast 41. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, 1989-1993: Stepping Up to the Plate A House and Eighty-Two Acres 42. WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, 1993-2001: Peephole on the Presidency ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX