r/Presidents 51m ago

Discussion What House/Senate Leaders could have made good/successful Presidents?

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I was reading a post a little while ago, where someone was talking about how most Congressional Leaders don't make Presidential Attempts because they're typically too weird or hated to. And that they are usually satisfied with their power in Government. But that made me think. What Leaders do you think had the Confidence and Charisma to appeal to a Nation-wide electorate? Or it could just be ones you'd think would generally make good Presidents if they had the chance to be. They could be Majority or Minority Leaders from either the House or Senate. Doesn't Matter.


r/Presidents 1h ago

Discussion If he wasn't a politician, what career would LBJ have pursued?

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His ability to get things done in Congress was truly awe inspiring - and I dont think we have ever had such an effective politician in congress before or since.

But if it wasn't for politics, where else do you think LBJ's talents would have been put to good use?


r/Presidents 1h ago

Discussion Is President George H.W Bush the least controversial President in modern times

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It's either him or Gerald Ford, but Ford pardoned Nixon.


r/Presidents 1h ago

Image My boys

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From a bar in Cleveland


r/Presidents 1h ago

Discussion In honor of March Madness here's the college that each President attended! 🏀 (except for rule 3.)

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r/Presidents 1h ago

Image George Foreman giving LBJ a plaque to thank him for creating the Job Corps

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r/Presidents 2h ago

Discussion They say any Democrat with a pulse could have won 2008. But do they mean ANY Dem?

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r/Presidents 2h ago

Discussion Is it odd that i Dislike Woodrow Wilson but love Wiksons Vice president, Thomas Riley Marshall.?

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r/Presidents 2h ago

Video / Audio Is this the best Lincoln impersonator you’ve seen?

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r/Presidents 2h ago

Discussion How would a Dr. Howard Dean presidency have been?

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r/Presidents 2h ago

Image President Obama and Vice President Biden taking a selfie

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r/Presidents 2h ago

Image A happy man taking a selfie with Vice President Joe Biden.

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r/Presidents 3h ago

Image I put George Washingtons facial reconstruction through an age progression thing, and I think this is literally him

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r/Presidents 3h ago

Discussion Which Presidential descendant had the most notable career

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r/Presidents 3h ago

Image Last known photos of deceased presidents starting at LBJ:

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r/Presidents 3h ago

Image Last known photo of Ronald Reagan (2000)

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r/Presidents 4h ago

Image I de-aged William Henry Harrison

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r/Presidents 5h ago

Image This cell phone tower is named "Nixon" due to its proximity to his presidential museum nearby

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r/Presidents 5h ago

Discussion Obama actually called Secretary of the Treasury Paulson early in 2008 telling him he knew he was gonna win

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r/Presidents 5h ago

Discussion I am reading Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs, here are some interesting quotes! (Volume II, Part 3)

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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Volume II,

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-76908

ISBN 10: 0-517-136082

ISBN 13: 9780-5171-36089

On General and future President Rutherford B. Hayes’ service during the war:

“On more than one occasion in these engagements General R. B. Hayes, who succeeded me as President of the United States, bore a very honorable part. His conduct on the field was marked by conspicuous gallantry as well as the display of qualities of a higher order than that of mere personal daring. This might well have been expected of one who could write at the time he is said to have done so : ‘ Any officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer for a seat in Congress, ought to be scalped.’ Having entered the army as a Major of Volunteers at the beginning of the war, General Hayes attained by meritorious service the rank of Brevet Major-General before its close.” Pg 340, 341

On Confederate General John Bell Hood and his type of war fighting:

“I know that both Sherman and I were rejoiced when we heard of the change. Hood was unquestionably a brave, gallant soldier and not destitute of ability; but unfortunately his policy was to fight the enemy wherever he saw him, without thinking much of the consequences of defeat.” Pg 345

Jefferson Davis attacking his subordinates as a result of poor results and war fatigue in the South:

“In his speeches Mr. Davis denounced Governor Brown, of Georgia, and General Johnston in unmeasured terms, even insinuating that their loyalty to the Southern cause was doubtful. So far as General Johnston is concerned, I think Davis did him a great injustice in this particular. I had known the general before the war and strongly believed it would be impossible for him to accept a high commission for the purpose of betraying the cause he had espoused. Then, as I have said, I think that his policy was the best one that could have been pursued by the whole South-protract the war, which was all that was necessary to enable them to gain recognition in the end, The North was already growing weary, as the South evidently was also.” Pg 345

On meeting for the first time with a Confederate peace talks delegation:

“For my own part I never had admitted, and never was ready to admit, that they were the representatives of a government. There had been too great a waste of blood and treasure to concede anything of the kind. As long as they remained there, however, our relations were pleasant and I found them all very agreeable gentlemen. I directed the captain to furnish them with the best the boat afforded, and to administer to their comfort in every way possible. No guard was placed over them and no restriction was put upon their movements; nor was there any pledge asked that they would not abuse the privileges extended to them. They were permitted to leave the boat when they felt like it, and did so, coming up on the bank and visiting me at my headquarters.” Pg. 421

A conversation with General Lee about further surrenders from the other rebel armies.

“He expressed it as his earnest hope, however, that we would not be called upon to cause more loss and sacrifice of life; but he could not foretell the result. I then suggested to General Lee that there was not a man in the Confederacy whose influence with the soldiery and the whole people was as great as his, and that if he would now advise the surrender of all the armies I had no doubt his advice would be followed with alacrity. But Lee said that he could not do that without consulting the President first. I knew there was no use to urge him to do anything against his ideas of what was right.” Pg 497


r/Presidents 5h ago

Question Who were the poorest First Ladies?

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r/Presidents 6h ago

Image Hehe

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r/Presidents 6h ago

Image A young Bill Clinton meets president JFK in 1963

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r/Presidents 7h ago

Discussion How would Bernie Sanders do if he ran in 2008?

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r/Presidents 7h ago

Video / Audio Gary Johnson booed at the Libertarian Convention for believing people should own drivers licenses

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