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Through Five Administrations
Reminiscences of Colonel William H. Crook, Body-Guard to President Lincoln
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Through Five Administrations
Reminiscences of Colonel William H. Crook, Body-Guard to President Lincoln
About this book
A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of life at the White House in the second half of the nineteenth century
Hired in January 1865 as one of four White House bodyguards assigned to protect the president, Colonel William H. Crookāa Union army veteran and member of the Washington Police Forceādeveloped a close, mutually respectful relationship with Abraham Lincoln. To his profound regret, Crook was not on duty the night that the Great Emancipator was assassinatedāif he had been, one of the grimmest chapters in American history might have been rewritten.
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For the next fifty years, Crook dedicated himself to the White House and to the office of the presidency. In a variety of positions, from bodyguard to clerk to disburser, he served twelve different presidentsāfrom Andrew Johnson to Woodrow Wilsonāand played a key role in the inner workings of the executive mansion. Published posthumously, Through Five Administrations is Crook's report on the first half of his tenure, and includes the deeply affecting story of his brief time with Lincoln, his memories of the divisive period surrounding Johnson's impeachment, revealing portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes and their families, and a fascinating look at the turmoil caused by James A. Garfield's assassination and the unexpected presidency of Chester A. Arthur.
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This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Hired in January 1865 as one of four White House bodyguards assigned to protect the president, Colonel William H. Crookāa Union army veteran and member of the Washington Police Forceādeveloped a close, mutually respectful relationship with Abraham Lincoln. To his profound regret, Crook was not on duty the night that the Great Emancipator was assassinatedāif he had been, one of the grimmest chapters in American history might have been rewritten.
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For the next fifty years, Crook dedicated himself to the White House and to the office of the presidency. In a variety of positions, from bodyguard to clerk to disburser, he served twelve different presidentsāfrom Andrew Johnson to Woodrow Wilsonāand played a key role in the inner workings of the executive mansion. Published posthumously, Through Five Administrations is Crook's report on the first half of his tenure, and includes the deeply affecting story of his brief time with Lincoln, his memories of the divisive period surrounding Johnson's impeachment, revealing portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes and their families, and a fascinating look at the turmoil caused by James A. Garfield's assassination and the unexpected presidency of Chester A. Arthur.
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This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- I Lincoln as I Knew Him
- II The White House Family and Other People
- III The Entrance into Richmond
- IV A New Phase of the Assassination
- V Andrew Johnson in the White House
- VI Dissension with the Radicals
- VII The Impeachment
- VIII After the Impeachment
- IX White House under U. S. Grant
- X Family Life of the Grants
- XI Political Dissension
- XII Rutherford B. Hayes in the White House
- XIII Social Life in the Hayes Administration
- XIV Garfield and Arthur
- Copyright Page