Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson … March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845
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FIFTH MAYOR OF PORTLAND ON THIS DATE IN 1854
William Sargent Ladd (October 10, 1826 – January 6, 1893) was a politician and
businessman in Oregon. He twice served as Mayor of Portland from March 15, 1854
to April 1,1855 and a second term beginning in 1857. He was a prominent figure in the early development of Portland, and co-founded the first bank in Oregon in 1859. Ladd also built the first brick building in the city of Portland. A portion of his former estate, the Ladd Carriage House, was on the National Register of Historic Places until 2008. Ladd arrived in Portland from his native Vermont on April 8, 1851. Originally a Democrat, he became a Republican in 1864 when he supported Abraham Lincoln’s re-election.
The Ladd Carriage House in 1953
FIRST RADIO BROADCAST OF INAUGURATION ON THIS DATE IN 1925
Calvin Coolidge (right), the 30th President taking the oath of office administered by Chief Justice William Howard Taft ( in robe standing left). The presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the first time.
Calvin Coolidge delivering his inauguration speech
NINTH U.S. PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1773
William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States and
the first president to die in office. The oldest president elected until Ronald
Reagan in 1980, Harrison died on his 32nd day in office of complications
from pneumonia-the shortest tenure in U.S.presidential history.
RONALD REAGAN WOULD HAVE BEEN 100 TODAY
Ronald Wilson Reagan , known as the “The Great Communicator”, was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) and prior to politics, a Hollywood actor.
Many conservative and liberal scholars agree that Ronald Reagan has been the most
most influential president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, leaving his imprint on American politics,
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