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Gallery: A Century of Presidents

: Photo: Bain News Service/Courtesy Library of CongressRepublican William Howard Taft (the portly gentleman at center) receives his ballot in November 1908. Taft won that election but lost his re-election bid in 1912. He is widely remembered (or remembered widely) today as the heaviest president (peaking near 350 pounds ? girth of a nation, some have called it). He was also the first president to throw out the ceremonial first ball of the baseball season, in 1910. From 1921 to 1930, Taft served as chief justice of the United States, the only president ever to do so. For that reason alone, he must be counted among the nation's most successful ex-presidents. : Photo: Courtesy Library of CongressDemocrat Thomas Woodrow Wilson (yes, that was his name) poses in the seat of power in the Oval Office in 1913, the year he was sworn in. Wilson had been president of Princeton University before moving on (but not necessarily up) to governor of New Jersey. Although he had two full terms as president of the United States, he really didn't serve the end of the second term, having suffered a debilitating stroke in 1919. The 25th Amendment to the Constitution (covering presidential disability) wasn't ratified until 1967, so Wilson's wife and doctors effectively ran the White House for many months. : Photo: National Photo Company/Courtesy Library of CongressPresident Wilson (left) rides with the incoming Republican president, Warren G. Harding, in the back seat at Harding's inauguration, March 4, 1921. Sen. Philander Knox (now, there's a name) and Rep. Joseph Cannon, both Republicans, ride in front. Harding was the first sitting U.S. senator elected to the presidency. He has a reputation as a White House philanderer. His death in San Francisco in 1923, supposedly by accidental food poisoning, is now thought by some to be no accident at all. : Photo: National Photo Company/Courtesy Library of CongressRepublican John Calvin Coolidge (yep, his name) tips a ceremonial Smoki Indian hat on the grounds of the White House, Oct. 22, 1924. When Harding died, Coolidge succeeded to the presidency and was sworn in by his father, a notary public, in the middle of the night at their family home in Vermont. Coolidge was elected in his own right to a second term in November 1924. Notoriously taciturn, he earned the nickname "Silent Cal." It's said that he once learned that a guest at a banquet had bet a friend that the president wouldn't say three words all night. Coolidge learned of the bet and kept his mouth zipped until he was leaving the dinner. He then walked up to the gent who'd scoffed at tales of the president's laconic habits, leaned over and said, "You lose." : Photo: National Photo Company/Courtesy Library of CongressRepublican Herbert Hoover (center, just to the right of first lady Lou Henry Hoover) and the presidential party stand for the national anthem on baseball's opening day, April 17, 1929. It was a few weeks after Hoover's inauguration and six months before the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression. Hoover, like Taft, had an extraordinary career following his presidency. He organized post-World War II food relief in Europe (as he had done after World War I), and heading the "Hoover Commission" on the reorganization of the executive branch. Hoover was the last Republican president elected on a ticket that did not include a Nixon or a Bush. : Photo: Courtesy Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and MuseumDemocrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, a distant cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt, campaigns for vice president of the United States, in his hometown of Hyde Park, New York, Aug. 9, 1920. FDR lost that race and was stricken by polio the following year, but recovered sufficiently to win election to the governorship of New York in 1928. Roosevelt is the only person elected to the presidency more than twice, winning the elections of 1932, '36, '40 and '44. He died in office April 12, 1945, just before the successful conclusion of World War II. : Photo: Sammie FeebackFormer President Harry S. Truman comes out of the voting booth after casting his ballot in Independence, Missouri, April 10, 1956. Democratic Vice President Truman had succeeded FDR in 1945. He was elected in his own right in 1948, overcoming defections by both the left (Progressive) and right (Dixiecrat) wings of his own party and defying expectations of victory by Republican Thomas E. Dewey.: Photo: U.S. Army/Courtesy ?Library of CongressSupreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower talks to American paratroopers in England just before D-Day in 1944. Republican Eisenhower was a popular war hero who swept into office in the GOP landslide of 1952, and he was re-elected in 1956. Ike followed Generals Washington, Jackson, W.H. Harrison, Taylor, Pierce, A. Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and B. Harrison in the presidency. Nonetheless, he warned in a farewell address to the nation in 1961: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." : Photograph: Cecil Stoughton, White House/Courtesy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumA young girl is lifted above the crowd to shake hands with Democratic President John F. Kennedy, Sept. 25, 1963, in Billings, Montana, during the president's "conservation tour" of Western states. JFK would be shot and killed two months later while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Kennedy thus became the eighth U.S. president to die in office, the seventh consecutive president who'd been elected in a year ending in zero to die in office, and the fourth U.S. president to be assassinated. Kennedy was the last sitting U.S. senator to be elected president. With Sen. John McCain running against Sen. Barack Obama, that 48-year losing streak is likely to end today. : Photograph: Cecil Stoughton, White House/Courtesy Library of CongressU.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes administers the oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963. Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, widowed just two hours before, stands at the new president's side. Johnson won election in his own right in 1964, but was forced out of the Democratic nomination race in 1968 by challengers to his conduct of the unpopular war in Southeast Asia. : Photo: Courtesy Architect of the Capitol and Library of CongressRepublican Richard M. Nixon delivers his inaugural address on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 20, 1969. Nixon served as Eisenhower's vice president from 1953 to 1961. He was defeated for president in 1960 and for governor of California in 1962, but rose from the political ashes to be elected president in 1968 and re-elected in 1972. His conduct in the Watergate scandal forced him to resign in disgrace and under threat of impeachment in August 1974. He is the only president of the United States to resign. Ashes to ashes. : Photo: David Hume Kennerly/White House/Courtesy Gerald R. Ford LibraryMusicians Billy Preston and George Harrison pose with President Gerald Ford in the Oval Office, Dec. 13, 1974. Republican Ford reached the presidency through an extraordinary double fault. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in October 1973 in a bribery and tax scandal. Ford became the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1967. When Nixon resigned the presidency less than a year later, Ford became the first U.S. president who had not been elected to the presidency or vice presidency. He ran for election to a second term in 1976 and lost. : Photo: Courtesy the Carter CenterEgyptian President Anwar Sadat (left), U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin make a three-way handshake during the White House signing of the Middle East peace accord in March 1979. Democrat Carter was elected in 1976, but his re-election bid in 1980 was derailed by an energy crisis, the Iranian hostage crisis and the campaigning ability of Ronald Reagan. Nonetheless, he followed in the footsteps of Presidents Taft and Hoover ? and John Quincy Adams before them ? in remaining a major political force after leaving the White House. : Photo: Courtesy Ronald Reagan Presidential FoundationProfessional golfer Raymond Floyd gives President Ronald Reagan putting lessons in the Oval Office, June 24, 1986. Republican Reagan was a Hollywood actor of some repute who was elected governor of California in 1966 and 1970. He won the presidency in 1980 and 1984. His acting skills, which were considerable for a politician, and his ability to sell an idea, led his admirers to dub him, "The Great Communicator." : Photo: Courtesy Architect of the Capitol and Library of CongressChief Justice William Rehnquist (back to camera) administers the oath of office to George Herbert Walker Bush on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 20, 1989. First lady Barbara Bush is holding the Bible, and Vice President Dan Quayle stands just behind her. Republican Bush, Reagan's vice president for two terms, was elected in 1988 but defeated for re-election in 1992. : Photo: White HousePresident Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton dance at the inaugural ball, Jan. 20, 1993. Democrat Clinton was elected in 1992 and 1996, but impeached by the House of Representatives in 1998 over his testimony regarding a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The Senate acquitted Clinton, and he completed his term in office, only the second president in U.S. history to be impeached. : Photo: White HousePresident George W. Bush stands on the ashes of the destroyed World Trade Center towers, Sept. 14, 2001. Republican Bush was elected in narrow, disputed contests in both 2000 and 2004. Bush is the son of George H.W. Bush. Presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison were related, as were Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt. But not since John Adams and John Quincy Adams, near the dawn of the republic, had a father and son both occupied the highest office in the land. Bush is slated to complete his second term Jan. 20. With President Clinton before him, it will be the first time since 1825 that two consecutive presidents (James Madison and James Monroe) have served two complete terms in office.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about comparing George W. Bush with John Quincy Adams, whether either party really manages the economy better, and the promotion of nuclear power.

Fall Leaves at the Love Shack (Quincy) $150 1bd

Stay at the love shack and have your own private swimming hole the size of an Olympic pool, complete with sand beach. The cabin is clean and cozy with a full kitchen, nice full size bed, loft and futon. Bathroom with shower even has hot water and such. Linens included. Cabin is on a dead-end road with beautiful trail hiking and a great place to start a big bike ride or just putt down to the creek. See More: http://www.vrbo.com/178355

Quincy "punk episode"

Laughing Squid treats us to this funny clip from an episode of Quincy. Jack Klugman is trying to save a young girl lured into the violent world of the punk underground. He visits to a punk rock club, bravely goes on stage, and pleads passionately for information about the girl's whereabouts. The punks, in preposterously clownish make-up, respond with sarcasm, socio-political rhetoric, and snot-nosed apathy. I enjoyed this almost as much as the Ironside clip with Tiny Tim at a beatnik club. The Quincy Punk Episode vs The 90210 Rave Episode...

Exquisite Eichler nestled in the Oakland Hills (oakland hills / mills) $4100 4bd

From renowned architects, Quincy and Jones, this 1965 Eichler is simply stunning. It has been remodeled from head to toe, while retaining its distinctive Eichler bones and mid-century modern style. This 4+ bedroom, 2 bath masterpiece has over 2200 square feet of living space, and sits on a substantial lot. It contains an interior courtyard, surrounded by walls of glass, allowing the house to blur the lines between the interior and exterior. The rear of the house is also lined with walls of glass that allow one to enjoy the full panoramic views of the bay, stretching from the Golden Gate bridge to the San Mateo bridge. Near Skyline Blvd., a short walk takes you right into Chabot Regional Park, a beautiful open space preserve with a pristine lake and many meandering trails. The kitchen, baths, and floor have all been remodeled with beautiful cabinets and tile, professional built-in appliances, and a superb all glass shower enclosure. There is a pool and hot-tub in the backyard, run by solar panels on the roof. The floors have radiant heat throughout. A family room/entertainment room adjoins the kitchen allowing the family to cook, dine, and play all together. This house has been featured in several catalogs, including Williams-Sonoma. It is simply gorgeous and must be seen. Leticia 510.725.2267

Adjacent to Harbor/Free Parking, HBO, Wi-fi, phone (Boston (east)) $100 1bd

$100.00 per night for a seven night stay. $125.00 per day/three day minimum. 10 minute walk or 5 minute bus to Maverick Subway Station (Blue Line) then one stop to central Boston: i.e.; next stop is Aquarium/Fanuell Hall/Quincy Market!! Private apartment is located in a mostly residential area which is close to airport, public transportation, Boston Harborwalk and Piers Park. One bedroom with queen bed, full bath, fully equipped kitchen and TV/Reading room. Deck with views of local parks, Jeffries Point Boat Club and airport and Boston Harbor beyond. Apartment has been recently remodeled, is clean, attractively furnished. Can be combined with adjacent two bedroom, two bath apartment for an additional $200 per night or $1200 per week. We use this property on weekends when it is not rented to tenants. No smoking, no pets, security deposit required. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Use us when visiting Boston, send us your family and friends when they visit Boston. Save this listing! 978-877-7405. fmamvang@verizon.net

Harbor View/Free parking, HBO, Wi-fi, domestic phone (Boston (East)) $171 2bd

$171.00 per night/seven night stay or $200 per night/3 night minimum.10 minute walk or 5 minute bus to Maverick Subway Station (Blue Line) then one stop to central Boston: i.e.; next stop is Aquarium/Fanuell Hall/Quincy Market!! This two level apartment is located in a residential area which is close to airport, public transportation, Boston Harborwalk and Piers Park. One bedroom with queen bed adjacent full bath. Second bedroom with king bed and adjacent full bath. Room with king bed is loft style—a screen separates this bedroom from hallway—plenty of privacy—other bedroom is on another floor. Fully equipped eat in kitchen and living room with TV and dining or table game area. Two decks with views of local parks, Jeffries Point Boat Club, airport and Boston Harbor beyond. Can be combined with adjacent one bedroom, one bath apartment for an additional $125.00 per night. Free parking, No smoking, no pets, security deposit required. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Use us when visiting Boston. Send us your family and friends when they visit Boston. Call us at 978-877-7405 save this listing!

Love Shack Shimmy (Quincy) $150 1bd

Stay at the love shack and have your own private swimming hole the size of an Olympic pool, complete with sand beach and beach chairs. This rustic cabin is clean and cozy with a full kitchen, nice full size bed, loft and futon. Bathroom with shower even has hot water and such. Linens included. Cabin is on a dead-end road with beautiful trail hiking and a great place to start a big bike ride or just putt down to the creek. Come enjoy the dog-daze of Summer! See me at www.vrbo.com/178355

Gustav updates: DIY data, RNC recycled, energy infrastructure, rehabbing wetlands

Image: a work created by Banksy in New Orleans last week, photographed by Jonno. (1) Jim Graham wipes the playa dust off his keyboard and types, John Graham (no relation) has created .kml and .kmz files integrating satellite imagery of Gustaz, updating every 15 minutes. Files are available at: (one) (two) (2) Jeff Masters at Weather Underground blogs: The main concern from Gustav is the storm surge. NHC is still predicting a 10-14 foot storm surge along the east side of New Orleans (Figure 2). This storm surge is characteristic of a Category 3 hurricane, providing a significant test of New Orleans' rebuilt levee system. Recent tide gauge readings from the east side of New Orleans show that a storm surge in excess of 7 feet has already occurred in Lake Borgne (Figure 1). (3) BB reader Quincy Webster points us to an infographic modeling estimated Gustav damage to energy infrastructure in the Gulf. "Graphic below is damage models based on LBAR hurricane forecast track, key is below. Numerical damage estimates are below the fold for oil and natural gas shut-in and damage." (4) DHunter says, This pachube url has a little google map showing the current reported location of the hurricane and its wind speed and pressure (and, if you're prone to making things electronic, via Pachube also the data that can be used with Arduinos to make a remote monitor, device, whatever; or embed the 24hour windspeed graph in webpages). (5) Video: John McCain pops a lulz on FEMA, Katrina, and Arabian Horses, back in 2005. (via Siege) (6) In the New York Times, a profile of Mark Schleifstein, the 24-year veteran of NOLA's Times-Picayune , known as "the man who predicted the flood." He believes restoring natural wetlands and indigenous ecosystems in the Gulf region is the only way to prevent recurring catastrophic damage. ?If the federal government ever awakens to the disastrous consequences of inaction on that front ? the importance of coastal restoration and the rebuilding of barrier islands ? Mark will deserve much of the credit,? [Times-Picayune editor Jim] Amoss said. In the aftermath of Katrina, Mr. Schleifstein and a team of reporters investigated the failure of the levees surrounding New Orleans. He also reported on the rebuilding of the levee system and the efforts to replenish the area?s wetlands and coastlines. His most recent series, ?Last Chance,? published in March 2007, outlined why scientists believe the next decade is crucial to the wetlands restoration process. Here is Shleifstein's blog at the Times-Picayune -- he's been posting items daily over the last few days. (7) Here are two frequently-updated Twitter feeds from folks on the ground on NOLA: @raynola = Ray Shea, and @gustavreporter, Chicago Tribune reporters who are there to cover the storm and its aftermath. (thanks @unapologetic) (8) The New Orleans metbloggers are at it again today, with posts about "staying in town, CNN panic and levees getting topped." Previously on Boing Boing: Gustav: Online resources are up, Blackwater gears up, Twitter blows up. New Orleans mayor: "We really don't have the resources to rescue you after this."...

These Are Our Favorite Car Designers. Tell Us Yours

Car designers are a lot like musicians. Some are lame, some are one-hit wonders and some are truly gifted. The best of them evolve over time, their work reflecting the times even as it breaks new ground. And like great music, great cars stir the soul. Musicians often are rewarded with fame and fortune, but even the best car designers tend to be relatively anonymous, known only by their peers and hard-core car nuts. Just about everyone can recognize a 1965 Ford Mustang, but how many people know David Ash and John Oros designed it? Autopia is giving credit where credit is due and saluting five great designers who elevated their craft and whose work has stood, or will stand, the test of time. It's a short list, but that's the point. We want you to tell us who else should be on it. Photo: BMWGiorgetto Giugiaro's accessible-but-elegant Italian designs range from the plebeian first-generation slab-sided VW Rabbit to the iconic but still affordable Fiat 850 Spider. They?re sleek enough to look good but practical enough for mass consumption, kind of like Quincy Jones? radio-friendly funk. From Thriller to The Dude, it?s obvious when Q worked on a record, just as Giugiaro?s timeless works are instantly recognizable no matter the badge on the hood. Giugiaro?s ItalDesign is so good, even the lowly Daewoo Leganza still manages to catch our attention. But our favorite is the BMW M1 (pictured). Thirty years old and it still looks hot. Photo: General Motors Harley Earl is the Sinatra of car design. Ground-breaking and distinctively American, Earl didn't just create the clay mold, the tail fin, and the idea of a concept car during his career at General Motors. He pretty much pioneered the entire career field of automotive design. Like the contrast between Sinatra?s smooth Columbia years and swing-a-lingin? Capitol era, Earl?s designs ranged from the sleek Art Deco Buick Y-Job (pictured) to space-age tail fins and the first Corvette. Earl left General Motors in 1958, and we wish his influence at GM had extended beyond those ridiculous Buick ?fedora? ads. If it had, perhaps we would have been spared the Pontiac Aztek. Photo: BMW No list would be complete without Chris Bangle, chief of design for BMW. Like Eminem, he burst onto the scene in the '90s and brought controversy with him. People love him or hate him -- he's appeared at TED and been the subject of an online petition for BMW to fire him. He's credited with bringing new attention to automotive design, and it seems everyone's copied the "Bangle butt" that's all but become his trademark. The silliness of the X6 of is redeemed by the sexiness of the M3, the Z4 Coupe and even that weird shape-shifting car made out of cloth. Photo: JoJo Cence/Flicker The Carozzeria Pininfarina badge on a fender signifies design that is sensual, intelligent and sophisticated, kind of like the cerebral art rock of Steely Dan. From the gorgeous Alfa Romeo 8C to the Volvo C70 and a slew of Ferraris, Pininfarina's designs endure. Yes, the company's produced some Top 40 hits that don't stand up well (the Ferrari Testarossa comes to mind), but it's had more hits than Motown. Picking a favorite Pininfarina design is like picking a favorite Beatles song, but ours is the Dino 246 (pictured). Photo: Audi Walter de'Silva would have earned a place on the list solely because of his tour-de-force performance on the Audi R8, much like Kanye West could've retired after The College Dropout. But like West, de'Silva outdid himself with several follow-ups, most recently the S5, a car he unabashedly calls ?the most beautiful car I have ever designed.? It is, and Audi's design language just might be the most gorgeous to carry NHTSA certification in 2008. We agree it's a short list that omits some pretty big names. Ticked off that Shiro Nakamura didn't make the list? Are you the one guy in the world who thinks the Pontiac Aztek is hot? Utterly convinced that the Jaguar XKE is the sexiest thing to ever burn gas? Use the Reddit widget below to tell us what you think and post pics of your own suggestions. Main photo: Christer Johnansson/Wikimedia Commons Show photos that are: hot | new | top-rated or submit your own photo     Submit you favorite designer and a pic of the car. While you can submit as many photos as you want, you can only submit one every 30 minutes. No HTML allowed. Back to top