White House gossip : $b from Andrew Johnson to Calvin CoolidgeColman, Edna M. (Edna Mary)
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White House gossip : $b from Andrew Johnson to Calvin Coolidge
Colman, Edna M. (Edna Mary)
Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs; White House (Washington, D.C.)
Hopkins, Archibald, recites poem at Admiral Dewey dinner, 259.
Hopkins, Mrs. Archibald, works to eliminate Washington’s slums, 349.
Hooker, Major General Joseph, praises Colonel Benjamin Harrison, 204.
Hooker, Isabelle Beecher, at 1871 woman suffrage convention, 69.
Hoover, Herbert, early experience as food administrator, 368;
Secretary of Commerce, 379.
Hoover, Mrs. Herbert, her war-time activities, 368.
Horax, Dr. Gilbert, at Jessie Woodrow Wilson’s wedding, 346.
Houston, David F., Secretary of Agriculture, 345.
Howard, Major-General Oliver O., in the Grand Review, 20.
Howard, General, at McKinley’s inauguration, 245.
Hoxie, Vinnie Ream, sculptor of Farragut statue, 136;
his history, 136;
decorates Hall of Representatives for bazaar, 162.
Hughes, Charles Evans, is reported elected President, 360;
Secretary of State, 379;
presides at Washington disarmament conference, 399.
Hughes, Charles Evans, Jr., at Jessie Woodrow Wilson’s wedding, 346.
Hunt, William H., Secretary of the Navy, 135;
signs announcement of President Garfield’s death, 148.
Hunter, W., temporary Secretary of State, 3.
Huntington, Daniel, paints Mrs. R. B. Hayes’s portrait, 125;
portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison presented to the White
House, 217.
Hunton, Eppa, member of the Electoral Commission, 110.
Indian chiefs, at Roosevelt’s inauguration, 294.
Ingersoll, Robert, his speech nominating Blaine for the
Presidency, 108.
Ishii, Viscount, at the White House, 370.
Jaffray, Mrs. Jane, White House housekeeper, 331.
Jagger, Bishop, officiates at Emily Platt’s wedding, 121.
James, Thomas L., Postmaster General, 135;
signs announcement of President Garfield’s death, 148.
Jay Cooke & Co., its failure precipitates the panic of 1873, 89.
Jefferson, Joseph, hunts and fishes with Cleveland, 242.
Joffre, Marshal, at the White House, 370.
Johnson, Andrew, plans to follow Lincoln’s policies, 2, 25, 37;
offers reward for arrest of Lincoln’s assassins, 3;
orders certified copy of John Wilkes Booth’s diary, 14;
orders executions of Lincoln assassination conspirators, 16;
completes preparations for the Grand Review, 18;
compared to Lincoln, 25;
his history, 27 _et seq._;
routine as President, 36;
appoints provisional governors for eight southern states, 37, 38;
threatens Maximilian in Mexico, 39;
his steps toward reconstruction repudiated by Congress, 40;
opposes immediate enfranchisement of the Negroes, 41;
makes a three-weeks’ speaking tour, 42;
demands Secretary Stanton’s resignation, 44, 45;
tried by impeachment court, 46;
acquitted, 47;
issues his last Amnesty proclamation, 48;
receives Jefferson Davis’s coffee set, 48;
leaves the White House, 48;
elected Senator, 49;
death, 49.
Johnson, Mrs. Andrew, her marriage, 29;
her illness, 31, 33, 34;
arrives at the White House, 33.
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