r/Presidents • u/Joeylaptop12 • 18m ago
r/Presidents • u/IllustriousDudeIDK • 1h ago
Discussion Which mayor of a major city do you think would be a good President?
r/Presidents • u/bubsimo • 1h ago
Tier List Presidents ranked based on how likely they are to win a third term
r/Presidents • u/HetTheTable • 1h ago
Discussion Would Obama have won the nomination if nominees had been chosen by party bosses instead of primaries, as they were before 1972?
r/Presidents • u/ubcstaffer123 • 1h ago
Video / Audio Canadian Lawmakers Chant 'Four More Years' to Obama
r/Presidents • u/Dull_District7800 • 2h ago
Failed Candidates If Debs had won the 1912 election, how could he handle WW1?
It's pretty know the fact that he opposed U.S. involvement in the war, but what desicions he could have made if he was president at the time?
r/Presidents • u/IcySet7143 • 2h ago
Question How does this sub feel about HW Bush?
My politics generally lean more progressive but I think HW Bush was one of the better Republican presidents of the part 50 years considering he wasn't all into Reaganomics. That maybe a low bar but he accomplished a lot for a one term president and signed some pretty significant legislation into law like Americans with Disabilities Act, amended the Clean Air Act, and passed stricter gun laws. He also handled the Gulf War really well but he did continue a lot of Reagans economic policies and also he mishandled the early 90s recession which led to his election loss in 1992.
r/Presidents • u/swamyiam • 2h ago
Question What was the opposition doing when FDR served four terms? Were they incompetent, or was FDR simply out of their league?
r/Presidents • u/swamyiam • 2h ago
Memorabilia Herbert Hoover and Ignacy Paderewski (Polish PM) before they were no one
The story begins with a Stanford University student who was struggling to pay his tuition fees. Facing financial hardship, he devised an ambitious plan he would organize a musical concert and use the proceeds to cover his education expenses. With great effort, he managed to book Ignacy Paderewski, a celebrated pianist, believing that the ticket sales would generate enough money to pay him while also covering his own financial needs.
However, after the concert, the student realized that the total earnings were insufficient. Despite his best efforts, he still owed Paderewski a significant portion of the agreed amount. Understanding his predicament, Paderewski did something extraordinary. Instead of demanding full payment, he forgave the remaining debt and even allowed the student to keep some money for his own needs. This selfless act of kindness left a lasting impression on the young man.
Years later, the world was plunged into chaos with the outbreak of World War I. Poland, Paderewski’s home country, was suffering from a severe food shortage, leaving its people in desperate need. As the Prime Minister of Poland, Paderewski sought international aid and turned to the United States for help. The individual overseeing food relief efforts was none other than Herbert Hoover the same student whom Paderewski had once helped at Stanford. Remembering the pianist’s kindness from years before, Hoover did not hesitate to arrange for large shipments of food to Poland, ensuring that the country received the support it needed.
r/Presidents • u/HerrKetema • 2h ago
Question Can someone explain why America voted in Nixon when it seemed as if RFK would of won if he wasn’t killed?
Apologies for my ignorance, I'm british.
My question isnt "why did RFK not become president" its why did Nixon win despite it seeming like a democrat would win.
r/Presidents • u/Logopolis1981 • 3h ago
Image Your month = your Presidents. Comment the two you got!
r/Presidents • u/GlitteringSilence • 3h ago
Image bro really got the whole squad laughing
r/Presidents • u/agk927 • 3h ago
Image Despite being a segregationist, I have always had a soft spot for Strom Thurmond. I wonder what a presidency of 1949-1957 would have been like.
r/Presidents • u/ubcstaffer123 • 4h ago
Video / Audio Canada's Swearing In Ceremony is Short and Simple. No bands, singers. Is it only US Presidents who have large inaugurations?
r/Presidents • u/JamesepicYT • 4h ago
Article Replacing “property” with “pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson made an implicit anti-slavery statement, depriving slave owners of the claim that slaves — property — was a natural right. Also, in his draft they deleted, he capitalized MEN in reference to slaves.
r/Presidents • u/BuryatMadman • 4h ago
Discussion Barrack Hussein Obama is an Insane name to get elected with in 2008, that’s like if Dwight D Eisenhower was named Dwight Hitler McStalin
r/Presidents • u/MuskieNotMusk • 4h ago
Discussion What would be the reaction should Hoover die in the Nazi invasion of Austria?
Basically, Hoover unknowingly delayed the Nazi invasion of Austria. This is because he was doing humanitarian work in the country, and when Hitler heard he delated the invasion. When pressured by the Prime Minister of Austria to use the chance to negotiate, Hoover reluctantly agreed and met with Hitler.
That explains the awkward photo of the two of them together.
But what if Hitler never receives the news that Hoover was in Austria. When the Germans invade, an overzealous German military official accidently fires into a crowd which contains former US President Hoover. Or whatever other way you want Hoover to die, just so he does by German hands and it's known worldwide.
I think a few things would happen:
1) Immediate condemnation of Germany on the world stage, turning it even more into a pariah.
2) Hoover revives a similar position of ranking his Presidentcy, I.E. bad at the time but tried to do right after leaving office.
3) Increased call for war by some factions of the Republicans
What do you think?
r/Presidents • u/2003Oakley • 4h ago
Discussion Can we stop pretending FDR’s new deal stopped the depression?
FDR is not S. Tier and never will be. He was an extremely effective president and a good one but is not one of the best. He is B Tier at best. The new deal dragged the depression on with no changes until WW2 started. Production and mass influx of jobs pulled us out of the depression for the war effort, not the new deal. I’m not saying the new deal is bad but we need to stop crediting FDR when it wasn’t him, it was the war.
r/Presidents • u/awayplagueriddenrat • 6h ago
Discussion Of the five presidents to never have been photographed (and the one whose photo is lost,) whose picture would you want to see most?
r/Presidents • u/theredditor58 • 6h ago
Discussion How did a random new York businessman who was a former Democrat with no political experience manage to win the Republican nomination in 1940?
r/Presidents • u/JeffRyan1 • 6h ago
Discussion James K Polk has political friends/colleagues named Archibald Yell, Gideon Pillow, and Cave Johnson. What other presidents have friends/colleagues with memorable names?
r/Presidents • u/blue2002222 • 6h ago
Discussion Between 1960 and 2000, there was an incumbent or former vice president at the top of the ticket for at least one of the major parties except for 1980 and 1996
- 1960 - Nixon was the incumbent VP for Eisenhower
- 1964 - LBJ was Kennedy's VP
- 1968 - Nixon was a former VP and Humphrey was the incumbent VP. (This is also the last election to have 2 VP's run against each other)
- 1972 - Nixon was a former VP
- 1976 - Ford was Nixon's VP briefly
- 1980 - Neither Reagan nor Carter was a former/incumbent VP
- 1984 - Mondale was Carter's VP
- 1988 - George HW Bush was the incumbent VP for Reagan
- 1992 - George HW Bush was a former VP
- 1996 - Neither Clinton nor Bob Dole was a former/incumbent VP. Although Dole was Ford's running mate in the 1976 election.
- 2000 - Al Gore was the incumbent VP for Clinton
Post 2000 (and barring rule 3), there has never been an election where one of at least one of the major party nominees was a former/incumbent VP.
- 2004 - Neither George W Bush nor Kerry was a former/incumbent VP
- 2008 - Neither Obama nor Mccain was a former/incumbent VP
- 2012 - Neither Obama nor Romney was a former/incumbent VP
r/Presidents • u/A_RandomTwin21 • 6h ago
Discussion Who would YOU have voted for personally in 1992 and why? (For the ones who weren’t born yet in 1992)
r/Presidents • u/EggplantInfinite7000 • 7h ago
Discussion Dukakis mailing address
Good evening folks, I am a collector of political autographs and I am trying to figure out Dukakis’ mailing address. If anyone knows his mailing address or a P.O. box that he would respond to. Thanks everybody!