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.)
Sumner, Charles, his State Suicide theory, 40;
objects to A. T. Stewart’s nomination for the Treasury, 53;
is removed as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, 68.
Sunderland, Rev. Byron, calls on Rose Cleveland, 182;
officiates at President Cleveland’s wedding, 189.
Surratt, John, evades capture for two years, 18;
released after civil court trial, 18;
his case dismissed, 48.
Surratt, Mrs. Mary E., executed, 16;
unsuccessful efforts in her behalf, 16.
Swaim, Adjutant General, prepares Garfield Memorial Fair, 161.
Taft, Helen, at Bryn Mawr, 335.
Taft, William H., president of Philippine commission, 257;
takes oath of office, 319;
at inaugural ball, 322;
Governor General of the Philippines, 326 _et seq._;
at Wilson’s inauguration, 342;
administers oath to Coolidge, 419.
Taft, Mrs. William H., at inauguration, 319;
at inaugural ball, 322;
believes in higher education for women, 323;
her history, 324;
favors suffrage but not office-holding for women, 329;
as White House hostess, 332 _et seq._;
institutes informal White House supper, 334;
accepts cherry trees for Potomac Park, 338;
writes autobiography, 339.
Takamine, Dr. Jakichi, obtains cherry trees for Potomac Park, 338.
Tammany Hall, uses “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion,” 177;
is antagonized by President Cleveland’s independence, 206.
Tariff, is the vital issue, in the 1888 election, 205.
Taylor, Lieutenant, at Mrs. Harding’s reception, 388.
Taylor, Rev. James H., officiates at Woodrow Wilson’s second
wedding, 355.
“Tea Table Cabinet,” its members, 106.
Tenterden, Lord, banquet in his honour, 67.
Thomas, General B. Lorenzo, Secretary of War _ad interim_, 45.
Thompson, Jacob, reward offered for his arrest, 3.
Thompson, Richard W., Secretary of the Navy, 106.
Thornton, Sir Edward, member of Joint High Commission, 66.
Thurman, Senator Allen G., member of the Electoral Commission, 110;
is nominated for vice presidency, 205.
Tiffany, Dr. O. H., officiates at Nellie Grant’s wedding, 92.
Tilden, Samuel J., attorney for Union Pacific Railway, 85;
quickly nominated, 108.
Titus, Calvin P., at Roosevelt’s inauguration, 293.
Tokugawa, Prince, at Washington disarmament conference, 399.
Townsend, George Alfred, account of capture and death of John Wilkes
Booth, 4 _et seq._
Townsend, Rachel Moore, at 1871 woman suffrage convention, 69.
Tracy, Benjamin F., Secretary of the Navy, 201.
Tracy, Mrs. Benjamin F., her death, 213.
Tucker, Beverly, reward offered for his arrest, 3.
Tumulty, Josephy P., at Jessie Woodrow Wilson’s wedding, 347;
at Harding’s inauguration, 378.
Udine, Prince, at the White House, 370.
Underwood, G. Pearce, at Washington disarmament conference, 399.
Vanderbilt, William H., restores General Grant’s swords to
Mrs. Grant, 167.
Vesnitch, M., at the White House, 370.
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