4. Ask Questions

4.1. Send Question and Comments by E-mail

4.2  Announcements

4.3  Some Questions We Don't Answer

4.1. Send Question and Comments by E-mail

If you are looking for an answer to a question of fact concerning a United States President you may find it on this site.  Please search the site carefully for the answer.  A search engine is provided for that purpose.  Also please check the Frequently Asked Questions before you send an e-mail.

If you cannot find the answer, please send it to the following e-mail address:

It is written this way so that spammer's scanning programs will not recognize it as an e-mail address. Another way to write it is "prez58@antispaml.com," just change the "antispam" to "hotmail".

Corrections, answers to unanswered questions and comments are invited.  Please use the same address.

4.2  Announcements

I am happy to announce an addition to the WebPresidentsUSA team.  He goes by the code name "prez58" and will be fielding questions from site visitors.  He has answered a number of the questions that were listed in the section titled "The Answer is 'I Don't Know'" and hopefully will be able to do more research than I have had time for recently.  Welcome aboard "prez58"!

Mike Day

4.3  Some Questions We Don't Answer
 

E-mail:  I would like to know how you would rank the U.S. presidents starting with the ones from the 20th century. Rank them from most liked to least liked. [ranking]

Reply: Sorry, I don't rank presidents. -MD

E-mail: How many of the 46 vice presidents have run for the presidency [vice-president]?

Reply: Thanks for the question, but it would take more research than I have time for. Get a good presidents anthology (such as The American Presidents by Whitney). I think all the data is there.  There are also books on just the vice presidents at the library. -MD

E-mail:  If the birth of the USA is 1776, who ran the country prior to our 1st  president, George Washington?

Reply: The Congress established under the articles of Confederation and before that the Continental Congress.

E-mail: Do you know who the particular persons were and how did they acquire the position?

Reply:  No, sorry, I don't know a lot of details.  I suggest you go to the library and look for books on the American Revolution, The Constitution (hopefully containing background information) the Articles of Confederation and the Continental Congress.

E-mail: I need to know, how has the presidents role changed over time and what made their roles change. Thanks

Reply: Sorry, I don't answer that type of question.

E-mail:  I'm doing a report on William Howard Taft and I can't find a picture of his chair that he had specially made for him while he was in office. It's on display at the Mission Inn of Riverside.  If I could receive a picture of the chair I'd really appreciate it.

Reply: Sorry, I don't have pictures.

E-mail:  I have a research report to do on The Other America written by Michael Harrington in 1962.  This book influenced President LBJ and his fight against poverty.  What did he do, if anything, to help end poverty?  And also if anything is available, how did this book influence him?

Reply:  I know that LBJ's "War on Poverty" was part of his "Great Society" domestic programs.  This included a job training program among others.

E-mail: Can you send me some similarities between General Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant?

Reply:  They both graduated from West Point. Of course they were both generals in the Civil War and both wore beards.

E-mail: I am currently in a Poly Sci course in which a question arose on whether it was easier to reach the Presidency through his death or to be elected to the office (after being the VP) It's my understanding that there have been more VP's to reach the Presidency after their death (or resignation) than there have been one's who have been elected. The twist here seems to be whether or not these VP's who became Presidents we re-elected to that office after succeeding the President. I am also arguing the point that a Presidents popularity does not necessarily decline throughout his Presidency. Any and all help to advance my point (or to accurately put this in to perspective would be helpful.

Reply: Thanks for the questions. We try to answer questions I get concerning facts about the presidents lives. We do not have time to formulate arguments concerning questions such as the ones you propose.

E-mail: I'd be grateful to know where I might find the blood type of the presidents as it might be known.   Also, general physical characteristics such as height, weight, hair color, known illnesses, cause of death, etc. And if you can just cite a source for blood type, I'd be very happy to know
that alone.

Reply: Sorry I do not have any information about blood types.  The book I use most for health information is The Health of the Presidents by John R. Bumgarner, M.D., published in 1994 by McFarland & Company. It has a lot of information about illnesses and causes of death. Please search the web site for height and weight information which I have gleaned from a couple of other sources. - MD

E-mail: Do you would know the size of the White House? Could you plaease send it to me and maybe some pictures of the front back and the sides of it. I am doing a project for my goverment class and am going to build the White House out of suger cubes and ice cream sticks.

Reply: Sorry, all I have on the White House is on the web site. -MD