J.Michael Martinez

This posting discusses a chapter from my work-in-progress, Congressional Lions, involving Hattie Caraway of Arkansas, the first woman...

In this blog posting, I will discuss a chapter from my work-in-progress, Congressional Lions, involving Jeannette Pickering Rankin, the...

In this blog posting, I will discuss a chapter from my work-in-progress, Congressional Lions, involving a trailblazing legislator named...

In this blog, I will interrupt my usual discussion of writing matters to provide an update on my grandson, Ellie Woodson. After almost...

Beginning with this blog posting, I will highlight chapters from my work-in-progress, Congressional Lions: Influential Members of...

When I wrote my first blog back in July 2011, I promised to discuss the writing life from time to time. In this posting, I will return to...

My 2017 book Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence Against American Political Leaders...

The mayor’s bodyguard called in a frantic plea for police assistance at 10:56 a.m. on Monday, November 27, 1978. The first officer on the...

Leo Ryan represented California’s 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 until 1978. In the...

Chapter 23 of my 2017 book Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence Against American...

He arrived in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom early on the afternoon of Sunday, February 21, 1965, scheduled to speak at an Organization of...

Huey P. Long was one of those colorful populist characters that southern history occasionally produces. A poor-boy-made-good, he rose...

William J. Goebel, the recently inaugurated governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky, lay dead, the victim of an unknown assassin’s...

Chapter 19 of my recently released book, Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence Against...

Chapter 18 of my recently released book, Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence Against...

Chapter 17 of my recently released book, Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence Against...

The legendary assault on Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, is recounted in Chapter 16 of my recently released...

Mary Hanson, a domestic, told the tale eloquently. “Early last evening, there was a ring at the doorbell. I went to the door, and found a...

President James A. Garfield served the second shortest tenure as the nation’s chief executive—a mere 199 days—before he died on September...

I am pleased to announce the publication of my 12th book, Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History: The Lasting Effects of Gun...