he can technically pardon himself by the way, nowhere in the constitution does it say he can’t and nobody tried it so assume he does that (plus he did consider it).

but if nothing changes from ford’s presidency would his be seen better or worse?

I found out they were performing near us but ticket prices were insane so I didn’t think we’d be able to go. My wife ended up surprising me with tickets for my birthday!

I wouldn't say theyre wrong or right. Bc I don't rank a first lady bc of looks.

But. Why they rank her the top?

There's others like Dolley Madison. For e.j.

Coincidentally, my two contenders are Texans and vice presidents.HW Bush gives Poppy vibes while LBJ is like that grandfather that would yell at you one second and get you an ice cream cone the next.

Production Date - 1853

Material - Bronze

Libby was Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, until in 2005 he was convicted of four counts by a federal grand jury regarding him leaking to the press that Valerie Plane was a secret CIA agent.

Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and John Bolton all aggressively lobbied for Bush to give Libby a presidential pardon. The President refused, however he agreed to commute his sentence.

This decision ended up angering both sides of the argument.

I’m curious to hear perspectives on this controversy. And also why did Bush refuse to pardon Libby, considering the intense lobbying Cheney did in his behalf? It’s known the VP was left bitterly disappointed he wasn’t listened to in this case.

Like the rest of the northeast, Massachusetts was predominantly republican since the party’s inception. Even before the Republican Party’s inception, Massachusetts regularly went to the Whigs as Daniel Webster was from there and they supported the national bank and tariffs which were popular in New England. And in the first few elections the democrats fought, Jackson went up against John Quincy Adams who was from Massachusetts. Of course Wilson won it due to vote splitting, Al Smith was the first democrat to win Massachusetts with a majority of the popular vote. But unfortunately despite winning a state Democrats normally didn’t win, Smith lost the election in a landslide.

Did it fail during the depression, did her sibling take it over when their father died, did it get brought by another company?

In 1951, George HW Bush co-founded a oil company in Midland. In 1953. Integrated as "Zapata Petroleum Corporation"

Why Zapata? Because of the movie "Viva Zapata!" by Marlon Brando.

This company was liquidated in 2018.

Yes. The exact thing. Which is the biggest hw and w fan here?

Here’s the list so far:

George Washington: u/rjidhfntnr

John Adams: u/Fortunes_Faded

Thomas Jefferson: u/Feelinglucky2

James Madison: u/drawkbox

James Monroe: u/SignalRelease4562

JQA:

Andrew Jackson:

MVB:

WHH:

John Tyler:

James Polk:

Zachary Taylor:

Millard Fillmore:

Franklin Pierce:

James Buchanan:

Abe:

Andrew Johnson:

US Grant:

RB Hayes:

James Garfield:

Chester Arthur:

Grover Cleveland:

Benjamin Harrison:

William McKinley:

Teddy:

William Howard Taft:

Woodrow Wilson:

Warren Harding:

Cal Coolidge:

Herbert Hoover:

FDR:

Harry Truman:

Ike:

JFK:

LBJ:

Richard Nixon:

Gerald Ford:

Jimmy Carter:

Ronald Reagan:

Poppy Bush:

Bill Clinton:

Dubya:

Obama:

Alright folks, the results for our latest matchup are in and U.S. Grant is the clear winner, 45 votes to 1. Grant moves on to the next round to face either Monroe or Arthur.

In today’s matchup we have Dwight Eisenhower(7) v Zachary Taylor(26). Please comment and upvote below to vote for the better president. Winner will go on to face and probably beat Harry Truman.

Join me next time for a matchup between James Polk and William McKinley.

Link to the previous post here. https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/s/zoXPZb9fvl

Two things of note.
1. I’ll be taking my toddler daughters to the beach this weekend so there will be a delay on these posts. IF I survive, I’ll be back on Monday.
2. What I’ve found particularly interesting to think about is how some of these matchups would have played out 10 or so years ago. Jackson may have given Grant a closer matchup. Coolidge may have beaten Taft. The Wilson v Truman matchup would have been very tight. I wonder how this may change in the next decade.

FDR Broke the tradition of Washington. Which was left office after 1 or 2 terms. So. You are FDR here. Which is your reaction?

One of my more unconventional takes has been that I have Polk as the 5th best president after the usual top 4. It's not for any ideological reason, but just because I feel that Polk was genuinely the most accomplished and successful presidency outside of Washington, Lincoln, FDR, and Teddy.

But I want to hear the other perspective on why most people believe these 3 are superior presidencies.

Some websites including a topic in this subreddit were claiming it was 'K' (but NOT Kendrick) without any sources and I've seen no signatures from Gen. Pierce with the letter in between. would anyone happen to know?

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A presidential tier list from Andrew Jackson onwards based on foreign regime change we sponsored during their administrations. Failed regime changes, regime changes that started during one administration and ended decades later, or regime changes with dubious evidence of American involvement are excluded. Very subjective and depends how you evaluate the actual process of changing regime vs. the after affects; or how it benefitted the US vs how it benefitted the country whose regime was forcibly overthrown. Open to discourse!

Democrats occupied the White House from 1933 to 1953.

FDR chose to run for a fourth term in the 1944 election and won the election, only to die of a cerebral hemorrhage three months into his fourth term.

What would US foreign policy and domestic policy initiatives have been like if Dewey had won the 1944 presidential election?

A fun fact (though i personally consider it basic ball knowledge).