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Posted on September 20, 2009 by John Carlton | Posted under News and Society
Scandalous U.S. Presidential Behavior - Sex Scandals and Affairs
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Sex Scandals of several U.S. Presidents. 1. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Thomas Jefferson first fell in love when he was 19 with the 16 year old Rebecca Bruwell. They wrote love letters to each other in code (lest they be caught). Jefferson lost her forever when she married someone else. In 1768 Jefferson had an affair with Betty Walker, the wife of his friend and neighbor John Walker. In 1802 the affair became a public scandal and some claim that John Walker had planned to kill Jefferson. Jefferson married Martha Wayles on New Years Day, 1772. Wayles was the wife of a friend who had recently died. After the death of his friend, Jefferson courted Martha for a brief period, and they married soon after. Unfortunately, Martha suffered from poor health. After the birth of their daughter, she died in 1782. Jefferson vowed to never marry again. He was depressed for many years after the death of Wayles. However, in 1786 met Maria Cosway, a 27 year old married artist. Thus began a rich correspondence between Jefferson and Cosway. She left her husband in 1787. For unknown reasons she decided not to pursue a relationship with Jefferson. She wrote him a letter breaking things off. Cosway wrote him several more letters throughout the rest of her life, but the heartbroken Jefferson never wrote to Cosway again. One of the most scandalous aspects of Jefferson's life was that he had a long affair with one of his slaves. The woman's name was Sally Hemings. She was a radiant mulatto daughter of slave Betty Hemings and her master John Wayles. Wayles was his former father in law. Jefferson had originally taken Sally with him to accompany his daughter Polly to France in 1787. Upon their return, Sally lived with him for the next 39 years, until his death. Many black historians maintain that Jefferson was the father of Heming's seven children. 2. Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) It is rumored than early in his career Cleveland was a womanizer and spent many nights pursuing women in saloons. Around 1873, he began dating Maria Crofts-Halprin. She was a 35-year old, mother of two, and single parent. In 1874 she gave birth to a son. Cleveland never denied his was the father. Halprin encouraged him to marry her, but Cleveland refused. Cleveland did place the boy into an orphanage until foster parents could be found. The boy was later adopted by a wealthy family. Halprin later started a business of her own with money given to her by Cleveland. The press used the birth of her son as way to discredit him in the 1884 election. Cleveland did eventually marry. In 1886, he married 22-year old Frances Folsom in a ceremony in the White House. Folsom was the daughter of his former law partner Oscar Folsom. 3. Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) Harding worked as a writer and speaker in his early 20's. Eventually he purchased the newspaper the Marion Daily Star. Harding then caught the attention of Florence Ling DeWolfe. DeWolfe was a divorcee and the mother of one. She was also the daughter of the most wealthy man in their town. DeWolfe pursed Harding until they married in 1891. By all accounts Harding was a womanizer and had affairs with dozens of women. His relationship to Florence was purely a functional relationship. Florence spied on him, had detectives follow him, and constantly confronted Harding about his liaisons. But he never stopped having affairs. Harding had two long-term love affairs. The first affair was with Mrs. Carrie Phillips. Harding and Phillips had a 15 year affair. She was the wife of a department store owner. Historians claim that Phillips was the true love of his life. During this time he wrote her many letters with strong sexual overtones. Phillips saved all of his letters and eventually used them to blackmail Harding. Phillips wanted him to divorce his wife and marry her. Harding refused to divorce his wife. The Republican National Committee finally settled with Phillips in 1920. They gave her $20,000 and $2,000 per month as long as Harding held office in exchange for her silence. Harding's second long term affair was with Nan Britton. She was the daughter of a family friend. While in his mid 40's, Harding began flirting with the 13 year old Britton. After she graduated from college, he found Britton a job near him, so they could begin a clandestine affair. Harding arranged evenings for the two of them in hotel rooms in both New York and Washington. They were rumored to have had sex several times in the White House; once in a closet. Britton became pregnant in 1919 and claimed Harding was the father. He provid-ed her with $500 per month for child support until he died. Britton later wrote about her affair with Harding in her memoirs. 4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) Roosevelt was an only child who attended Harvard and grew up in an aristocratic family. He married his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1905. He had an affair with Lucy Mercer in 1916, Mercer was originally hired to be Eleanor's secretary. Their affair lasted a few years. In 1918 Roosevelt became ill with pneumonia. While he was sick Eleanor acted as his secretary and eventually found his love letters from Mercer. After much debate Franklin and Eleanor decided to stay together under the condition that he never see Mercer again. Many speculate that Franklin and Eleanor stopped having sexual relations around 1917. However, Franklin continued on the extramarital path. In 1923, he hired Missy LeHand, who was 23 at the time. Though there is no conclusive evidence, many believe she became his mistress. They traveled together and she was frequently seen sitting on his lap. The other interesting twist to this story is that many believe that Eleanor was a lesbian. In 1923 she met Lorena Hickok. Over the next 30 years Eleanor wrote Hickok over 2,300 letters; several were quite passionate. 5. Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) Eisenhower was a tough kid who grew up on a dairy farm in Kansas. He graduated from West Point in 1915 and was then stationed in San Antonio, Texas. While in Texas he met and married Mamie Geneva Doud. Mamie was on vacation when "Ike" met her. She came from a wealthy family in Denver who made their fortune in the meat packing industry. Eisenhower courted Mamie and they wed in 1916. It was rumored that Eisenhower was a woman-hater. He was known for being unkind to women and uncompassionate. Eisenhower always placed his marriage behind his duty to the military. During W.W. II, he became a military hero. Just after W.W. II, he met Kay Summersby, a young woman who acted as his staff driver. In Summersby's memoirs she claimed that "Ike"was impotent. According to Harry Truman, "Ike"had written a letter to General Marshall requesting a relief of duty so that he could divorce Mamie and marry Summersby. Marshall refused. 6. Alexander Hamilton It is rumored that Alexander Hamilton had an extramarital affair with a Mrs. Reynolds. Hamilton had affair with Reynolds when her husband was in jail. She later blackmailed him in exchange for her silence. 7. Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson was a pretty boring guy in bed. All rumors claim that he and Lady Bird Johnson were close until the end. The significant sex scandal during the Johnson administration took place on October 7, 1964. Johnson's aide and most trusted advisor Walter Jenkins was arrested. This 46 year old political insider was arrested for having sex with another man at a YMCA near the White House. Jenkins was so upset that he threatened suicide. He resigned soon after being arrested. The scandal had no impact on the Johnson administration's popularity-a few weeks later he beat Barry Goldwater with a landslide in the presidential election. 8. George W. Bush Sr. George Bush allegedly had had a long-running affair with Jennifer Fitzgerald. She was a State Department employee who worked for him at most of his posts over the years. About The Author: Ron Louis is a dating coach and author of the best- selling "How to Succeed with Women" (Prentice Hall Press, 1998), "How to Succeed With Men" (Prentice-Hall Press, 2000), and "Sex Lover's Book of Lists" (Prentice Hall Press, 2001), and is the creator of "The Mastery Program: Your Step-by-Step Course in Meeting, Flirting With, Dating and Seducing the Women of Your Dreams." You can learn more about his techniques for flirting, overcoming the 'Nice Guy' syndrome and 'The Rules for Getting Laid' at How To Succeed With Women. |
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