Andrew Johnson kept vetoing bills that supported reconstruction and Civil Rights. The Republican Congress kept overriding those vetoes. Johnson still has the record for the most vetoes overridden
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Presidential Vetoes increased in the years leading up to the Civil War.
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Learn about the origin of the Veto and its use by our first Presidents.
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Parks, Presidents, and Parks is two and a half years old and now has 100 published articles! What are the most popular articles on the site?
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2020 has certainly been an ‘interesting’ year. First, there have been reports, including video, of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO’s). Then the country was invaded by murder hornets. And finally the the election included an unprecedented ‘reverse coattail’ effect.
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It’s baseball’s offseason, the ‘hot stove league.’ Teams look to improve themselves through trades and free-agent signings. This post covers some of the worst free-agent signings in MLB history.
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It’s baseball’s offseason, the ‘hot stove league.’ Teams look to improve themselves through trades and free-agent signings. This post covers some of the most unbalanced trades in baseball history. Unbalanced because one team’s disaster is another’s fortune.
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The 2020 election may be close and controversial. But that would not be unprecedented. The third of a multi-part series on controversial presidential elections in the past.
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The 2020 election may be close and controversial. But that would not be unprecedented. The second of a multi-part series on controversial presidential elections in the past.
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The 2020 election may be close and controversial. But that would not be unprecedented. The first of a multi-part series on controversial presidential elections in the past.
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Supreme Court nomination controversies are nothing new. Even George Washington had a nominee rejected.
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What did baseball do during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, and much more virulent outbreak?
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One man organized a series of food relief efforts throughout his life. He helped save tens of millions of lives and is one of the great humanitarians of history.
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150 years ago, the 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted voting rights to African-Americans (men); 100 years ago the 19th amendment gave those rights to women
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Japanese Emperor Hirohito ordered his country to surrender after the dropping of two atomic bombs.
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