My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
After two weeks, two biographies and about seven hundred pages, Rutherford Hayes reminds me of a better-intentioned, more savvy and far more intellectually gifted version of Franklin Pierce.
Neither Hayes nor Pierce come to mind when choosing the most memorable (or successful) chief executives in the nation&#;s history. And sadly, neither has a particularly deep field of biographies from which to choose.
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* The first Hayes biography I read was “Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior & President” by Ari Hoogenboom. Published in , this was the first comprehensive biography of Hayes written in four decades. It proves detailed, well-researched, thoughtful and thorough.
Written by an author sympathetic to Hayes, at both its beginning and end it attempts to convince the reader that Hayes was a far more decent and progressive chief executive than history recalls. During most of the book, however, Hoogenboom follows a facts-only style which wis balanced but rarely engrossing.
By its end, this biography has provided a comprehensive look at Hayes on both a personal and professional level and seems likely to remain the &#;go to&#
Ari Hoogenboom ()
Historian of the Gilded Age and AHA Year Member
Ari Hoogenboom, Broeklundian Professor of History emeritus at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, died on October 25, , of complications of mesothelioma. His death closed a distinguished career spanning more than half a century.
Hoogenboom was born in in Richmond Hill, Queens, the son of a carpenter. In , he received his BA from Atlantic Union College, where he met Olive Youngberg, whom he married two months after their graduation. Olive soon became his indispensable partner in history.
Hoogenboom earned a master’s degree at Columbia in In , he accepted a position as instructor (later assistant professor) at the University of Texas at El Paso. Two years later he completed his doctoral work at Columbia under the supervision of David Donald. In , the University of Illinois Press published his revised dissertation, Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, – Examining the Liberal Reformers through the lens of their favorite project, Hoogenboom argued persuasively that their fight for reform partook largely of an assault of the “outs” against the “ins.
ARI HOOGENBOOM Obituary
HOOGENBOOM--Ari, historian, died October 25 of complications from mesothelioma. He was He was born in Richmond Hill, Queens, on November 28, He attended public schools, graduated from John Adams High School in , then attended Atlantic Union College, graduating in There, he met Olive Youngberg, and they married August 28, Ari received his MA () and his PhD () from Columbia University. He was an instructor and assistant professor at the University of Texas at El Paso (), an instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and full professor at Penn State (), and a full professor at Brooklyn College (), where he was chairman of the history department from He was also a Guggenheim fellow () and the visiting George Bancroft professor of American history at the University of Gottingen, Germany (). Ari had a distinguished publishing career. He made a splash in with a tongue-in-cheek article in the Wisconsin Magazine of History positing that scholars had overlooked the true cause of the Civil War: the burgeoning popularity of beards, which had made Northerners and Southerners alike more aggressive. His first book was "Outlawing the Spoils: A History of
Ari Arthur Hoogenboom Edit Profile
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Ari Arthur Hoogenboom, American Historian, educator. Guggenheim fellow, President Central Pennsylvania chapter American Association United Nations, Member American History Association, Pennsylvania History Association (past secretary), New York History Society, Bklyn History Society, Organisation American Historians, Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (member county ), The History Society.
Background
Hoogenboom, Ari Arthur was born on November 28, in Richmond Hill, New York, United States. Son of Ari and Clara (Behn) Hoogenboom.
Education
Bachelor, Atlantic Union College, Master of Arts, Columbia University, Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University,
Career
He was a scholar of the Gilded Age, particularly in the life and Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. He later earned a bachelor&#;s degree from Atlantic Union College. He went to graduate school at Columbia University, where he earned his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, and was a student of David Herbert Donald.
He taught history from at the University of Texas at El Pas
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