President's Report for Volume 58

Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Death: Closing the Constitution's Succession Gap

Underwriting the presidents.

The United States has had 43 presidents. We examined whether they survive significantly longer or shorter than their contemporaries. We found that survival was better for presidents elected in the 1789-1841 and 1933-2001 periods (SMRs of 0.7 and 0.6, respectively), but worse for those elected in 1845-1929 (SMR = 2.9). We also found increased mortality during the years lived in office (SMR = 1.4...

MDH volume 58 Issue 4 Cover and Front matter

MDH volume 58 Issue 2 Cover and Front matter

Reconstructing Harry: A Genealogical Study of a Colonial Family ‘Inside’ and ‘Outside’ the Grahamstown Asylum, 1888–1918 Lindy Wilbraham 166 ‘The Hospital was just like a Home’: Self, Service and the ‘McCord Hospital Family’ Vanessa Noble and Julie Parle 188 ‘The Trial the World is Watching’: The 1972 Prosecution of Derk Crichton and James Watts, Abortion, and the Regulation of the Medical Prof...

MDH volume 58 Issue 4 Cover and Back matter

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