Robert Remini | Political biographer, 91

Robert Remini, 91, an award-winning historian who was considered a pre-eminent biographer of President Andrew Jackson, died Thursday, March 28, at a hospital in Evanston, Ill., from complications after a stroke, said a son-in-law.

Mr. Remini was regarded as one of the finest political biographers of his era. His subjects included Presidents John Quincy Adams and Martin Van Buren, House Speaker Henry Clay, senator and statesman Daniel Webster, and Mormon leader Joseph Smith. Remini also wrote a sprawling history of the House of Representatives, where he served as historian from 2005 to 2010.

Survivors include three children, Elizabeth Nielson, Joan Costello, and Robert Remini, and three grandchildren. His wife of 63 years, the former Ruth Kuhner, died last year. - Washington Post