Served under future president Rutherford B. Hayes during the Civil War
Hayes said he was “exceedingly bright… and gentlemanly… he promises to be one of the best."
“A tantalizing enigma,” according to a historian
After he was shot, he asked that no one hurt Leon Czolgosz (his assassin) and that his wife, Ida, be told gently
Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.
