June 15, 2022
Following a dinner where William Howard Taft feasted on opossum, his supporters made stuffed animals called Billy Possums to rival Theodore Roosevelt’s Teddy Bears. They did not catch on.
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The Surprisingly Disorderly History of the U.S. Presidential Succession Order
In 1981 U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan was shot during an assassination attempt. While he was incapacitated in the hospital, Secretary of State Alexander Haig famously declared, “I am in control here.” He also told reporters, “Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president, and
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