The religious beliefs and church preferences of America's presidents have always been a topic of great interest and, indeed, have in recent history played a critical role in their electability to the nation's highest office. It is assumed that all the presidents have been practising religionists. But is this true? In this exhaustively researched history of the religious beliefs of America's first thirty-two presidents, from George Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Steiner organises his chapters not chronologically but by religious affiliation. Thus we learn that Washington was not a regular church attendant, that Jefferson and Lincoln were freethinkers, and that another half dozen presidents were of 'doubtful' religious belief. Appendices include 'Washington's Last Sickness and Death' and 'Religious Opinions and Habits of Washington'.
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United States, New York, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Bishop White, General Grant, White House, Thomas Paine, Life of Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Jesus Christ, Methodist Church, New England, James Madison, Colonel Lamon, President Hayes, Valley Forge, Bishop Simpson, Cupid's Yokes, General Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Parker, Vice President New!
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United States, New York, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Bishop White, General Grant, White House, Thomas Paine, Life of Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Jesus Christ, Methodist Church, New England, James Madison, Colonel Lamon, President Hayes, Valley Forge, Bishop Simpson, Cupid's Yokes, General Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Parker, Vice President New!
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- Abraham Lincoln (People Who Shape Our World) by Margaret Holland on 11 pages
- Gouverneur Morris by Theodore Roosevelt on 4 pages
- The True George Washington: Tenth Edition by Paul Leicester Ford on 4 pages
- The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine on 4 pages
- The Life of Washington (Belknap Press) by Mason L. Weems on 4 pages
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- America's First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House (Lisa Drew Books) by Carl Sferrazza Anthony in Back Matter
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