Presidents and God in the White House in the Middle Years
A five part series surveys 19th century presidents and their faiths. It details each leader's church ties, beliefs, and how office altered devotion, from John Quincy Adams to Benjamin Harrison, noting denominations, private prayers, and public piety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
White House
Edmund Fuller
David J. Green
Jackson
Polk
Pierce
Buchanan
Grant
Coolidge
Eisenhower
Jon
Abraham Lincoln
ON THE LOW SIDE Faith and figures of McKinley era news
A collage recalls William McKinley the Sunday school superintendent and Civil War era leader who became president in 1897. It notes his hymn singing in the White House and his dying words as he whispered Nearer to Thee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Hewlett
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Rachel
Bible Daily
Lord Jesus Christ
Martin van Buren
van Buren
Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
John Tyler
James K. Polk
White House
Zachary Taylor
St. John’s
Washington
Millard Fillmore
New York
Taylor
Know-Nothing
Franklin Pierce
Episcopal Church
James Buchanan
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Congress
Ulysses S. Grant
Methodist Church
God
St. Thomas A Kemps
Sunday School Times
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Allan Nevins
Benjamin Harrison
Presbyterian Church
William McKinley
Young Men's Christian Association
Inmates Build Birdhouses for Homeless Birds in RI Prison
Inmates at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Granston Rhode Island are crafting birdhouses in the prison shop to help birds displaced by the construction of a new high security prison. Alfred Bishop says he is dismayed by the birds' homelessness as land clearing begins and inmates offer homes to those who will provide housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granston
Rhode Island
National Prisoners Reform Association
Alfred Bishop
Also Mentioned on This Page
George W. Cornell
Therm
Wilson
Cleveland
Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Harvard
General Electric Appliances
General Electric
Suzuki
Honda
Kawasaki
Jake
Newberry
Grants Pass
Ore
Minneapolis
Metropolitan Transit Commission
Arthur Greenough
Greenough
Beverly Scott
Commission
Transit Commission
Prospect Park Care Center
Nags Head
N.C
James H Straubel
Air Force Association
Air Force Magazine
Straubel
Thibodaux, la
Glen RK. Swetman
Nicholls State University
National Federation of State Poetry Societies
Swetman
Earl Harwell
N. Main
Dial
State Farm
Life Insurance
Too
Cape Tal
Pranee Ian
Ware
Sak
Furina
Ave. A
Purina
Ray Don Williams
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