A Professor’s Perspective

A Professor's Perspective: Essays on the 45, not 46, Presidents of the United States

Dr. Herbert Barry, III, Professor of Psychology and author of over forty academic articles and three books, has always had a keen interest in people and politics, and in particular the individuals that become President of the United States.

In a series of fifty-four essays written between 1986 and 2023, Dr. Barry provides a unique analysis of each President.

Using his training from Harvard and Yale, and his experience from over fifty years of teaching at the University of Pittsburgh, the Professor Emeritus weaves the impact of names, birth order and historical events into a perspective of each President and, through the collection, ends up telling the tale of the United States of America.

A Professor's Perspective: Essays on the 45, not 46, Presidents of the United States

The Presidents

1. George Washington: Getting What you Really Want

2. John Adams: The First President Adams

3. Thomas Jefferson: Inclinations Consistent with Ideals

4. James Madison: Father of the Federalist Papers

5. James Monroe: Last of the Revolutionary War Presidents

6. John Quincy Adams: A Disillusioned Federalist

7. Andrew Jackson: The Ides of March

8. Martin Van Buren: It's the Economy

9. William Henry Harrison: Short Survival

10. John Tyler: The President Who Renounced His Party

11. James K. Polk: The Setter of Boundaries

12. Zachary Taylor: Presidency of an Army Commander

13. Millard Fillmore: The Last Whig President

14. Franklin Pierce: Personable President Pierce

15. James Buchanan: Pennsylvanian President

16. Abraham Lincoln: An Eloquent Speaker

17. Andrew Johnson: Impeached and Acquitted

18. Ulysses S. Grant: Complex Character

19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Early Retirement

20. James Abram Garfield: A Dangerous Profession

21. Chester Alan Arthur: Unexpected Success

22. Grover Cleveland: Righteous Reformer

23. Benjamin Harrison: An Electoral Winner

22. Grover Cleveland: Re-Elected

24. William McKinley: Magnifying Markets

25. Theodore Roosevelt: The First President Roosevelt

26. William Howard Taft: The Greatest President

27. Woodrow Wilson: A Democratic Progressive

28. Warren G. Harding: The Importance of Talent

29. Calvin Coolidge: Independence Day

30. Herbert Hoover: Ambivalent About Ambiguity

31. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Dutiful Deceiver

32. Harry S. Truman: Suprise Winner

33. Dwight Eisenhower: Why We Liked Ike

34. John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Brothers Kennedy

35. Lyndon Johnson: Tormented Texan

36. Richard Nixon: Anguish About Anger

37. Gerald Ford: Bastille Bash Bicentennial

38. Jimmy Carter: Son of James Earl, Senior

39. Ronald Regan: Peculiar Past President

40. George HW Bush: The Names of President Bush

41. William Jefferson Clinton: Lost Legacy

42. George W. Bush: Questionable Decision

43. Barack Hussein Obama: A Strong Team

44. Donald John Trump: The Worst President

45. Joe R. Biden: Age and Experience

About the Author

Selected Books by Herbert Barry III

Published Articles

Presidential Parallels

Causation of Coincidences

Posthumous Paternal Power

Variations in Paternal Affiliation

PrePresidential Name Changes

Minority President

Contrasting Characteristics

Framework for Freedom

Vice Presidents in Presidential Elections