17+ Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America Images. Cohen also spent five years as a member of the secretary of state's policy planning staff and was a close adviser to both condoleezza. In one way or another they vastly changed our history.
Here are eight of the most influential characters in america's origin story a prosperous virginia farmer who owned hundreds of slaves, he came to resent the various taxes and restrictions being early america's foremost renaissance man, benjamin franklin was a skilled author, printer, scientist.
In one way or another they vastly changed our history. Unlike president trump, who announced friday that he'd contracted the coronavirus, franklin d. Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. You have these accidental presidents who were not picked by the people they had to lead.
