Category: James G. Blaine

The sordid history of Grover Cleveland and the Baby Ruth candy bar.

TruxtunBealeBook Grover Cleveland, James G. Blaine, Truxtun Beale

Grover Cleveland’s name has popped up on these pages, so I thought I would share some interesting stories about him. From New York State, Cleveland was the first Democrat and first man who had not served in the military to get elected president since the Civil War. He was also the first president to serve …

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Bar Harbor, Maine, 1889

TruxtunBealeBook Benjamin Harrison, Harriet Blaine Beale, Harriet Stanwood Blaine, Henry Cabot Lodge, James G. Blaine, Truxtun Beale, Walker Blaine

A purpose of this blog is to give me a space to write about topics that are not in my book (still in the works) but are related to it. There are many interesting stories about the families involved in late 19th-century American politics. I previously posted a copy of this photo from the Maine …

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