In the movie Forrest Gump, Gump meets JFK, LBJ and Nixon and notifies the police of the watergate break in. If the movie were set earlier or later which presidents and events concerning the president would you include2mo ⋅ Mediocre_Scott ⋅ r/Presidents
Former President Harry S. Truman decries interracial marriage as sinful (1963)4mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
Tell me you don’t understand presidential history without telling me you don’t understand presidential history.9mo ⋅ 450LBbenchpress ⋅ r/Presidents
Happy Halloween! Here is a tier list of how long each President would last if they were a character in a slasher movie, based on the classic stereotypes5mo ⋅ RickMonsters ⋅ r/Presidents
If Trump won the 2024 election and ran for reelection in 2028 how far could he go before he'd get stopped by the 22nd amendment?9mo ⋅ Sad-Cauliflower3762 ⋅ r/Presidents
It’s really sad when it’s more and more apparent the end is coming for our 39th president if this is the difference in his appearance in a little less than a year. Happy 99th Birthday, President Carter.6mo ⋅ LaurenceLaurentz ⋅ r/Presidents
What's your opinion on non-natural born citizens not being barred from being president?6mo ⋅ SpicyGoodnesss ⋅ r/Presidents
Presidential Tier list based on Epic Rap battles of History Appearances10mo ⋅ Aardvarkmk4 ⋅ r/Presidents
When Bill Clinton first stepped foot in the Oval Office, he found this beautiful letter from George H. W. Bush waiting for him9mo ⋅ thewoodlayer ⋅ r/Presidents
So uh I don’t know if this counts as future/modern politics and it’s going to be deleted but what they hey, what do you all think her presidency would have been like if she won?3wk ⋅ Turbo950 ⋅ r/Presidents
Eisenhower welcomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and his family to the White House, 1954. This was only the second time in history that an African leader had ever been hosted by a U.S. President for a state visit.10mo ⋅ HawkeyeTen ⋅ r/Presidents
The best thing each president ever did, day 15, Abraham Lincoln, what is the best thing Abraham Lincoln ever did1wk ⋅ Turbo950 ⋅ r/Presidents
The icebath of an election in 1964. Defined the future for a generation of Americans and was the last time the majority of white people voted Democratic.10mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
Jackie Kennedy (seen here during JFK's days in the Senate) is possibly the only First Lady to have ever broken her ankle playing football (touch football, that is).2mo ⋅ HawkeyeTen ⋅ r/Presidents
Did John McCain help or hurt his election chances by selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008?10mo ⋅ Term_Best ⋅ r/Presidents
How do you guys think Teddy Roosevelt would’ve dealt with the war in Ukraine?9mo ⋅ RealJimyCarter ⋅ r/Presidents
A young Ike during the 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy, in Boone, Iowa1mo ⋅ HelloSlowly ⋅ r/Presidents
Was the Bush administration negligent for ignoring the warnings about an impending terrorist attack?1wk ⋅ c_sulla ⋅ r/Presidents
What do you think is the most impressive individual state electoral victory in modern times?4mo ⋅ AssumptionNo5436 ⋅ r/Presidents
Pres. Lincoln, if he had been persuaded by Grace Bedell to grow a mustache instead of a beard.5mo ⋅ Far-Assistance-2505 ⋅ r/Presidents
Imagine If Bernie Sanders won in 2020, how would the US be different today?5mo ⋅ Sukithearsonist ⋅ r/Presidents
US President FDR at his birthday party, dressed as Julius Caesar (1934)4mo ⋅ gentlegiant80 ⋅ r/Presidents
If there were no term limits, how many times would you accept the same person as president?1mo ⋅ Ceaser_Corporation ⋅ r/Presidents
What President was most likely to run for a third term if not for the 22nd Amendment?4d ⋅ FishMan695 ⋅ r/Presidents
As of today (June 20th, 2023), Joe Biden has served 881 days as President. This means he has now been in office for the same amount of time that Warren G. Harding served10mo ⋅ Mooooooof7 ⋅ r/Presidents
President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law (September 9, 1957)11mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
Screen Actor's Guild President Ronald Reagan discusses the 1960 strike with Nancy Reagan and James Cagney6mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
Who’s getting one? I just got this email so I’m sure a lot of other people did! I am not.7mo ⋅ InThisEconomE ⋅ r/Presidents
How should he have answered the infamous death penalty question?9mo ⋅ captainjohn_redbeard ⋅ r/Presidents
It's crazy to think than Gerald Ford was nearly an NFL player and George W. Bush was nearly the MLB commissioner. On the flip side, what seemingly unlikely people do you think would have been president in an alternate universe not too different from ours?1wk ⋅ ifightpossums ⋅ r/Presidents
Jimmy Carter was the first president to openly support LGBTQ rights. He was the first to meet with gay rights activists and opposed the homophobic California Briggs Initiative. He also endorsed a gay rights plank in the democratic party's platform in 1980 when running for reelection.11mo ⋅ NPRNilk ⋅ r/Presidents
President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets his Republican challenger Alf Landon just months before the 1936 election6mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
22nd Amendment isn’t ratified. Clinton decides to make a comeback in 2004 and goes up against Bush...does he win?9mo ⋅ Ill-Blacksmith-9545 ⋅ r/Presidents
Were there any presidents who were elected not due to their own merit, but because their opposition was so unpopular?1mo ⋅ ifightpossums ⋅ r/Presidents
Franklin D. Roosevelt won South Carolina with 98.6 percent of the vote, the largest margin of victory for any presidential candidate against another in any state in American history. 2 counties were unanimous.2wk ⋅ obama69420duck ⋅ r/Presidents
Which non-political government official do you believe would have been a good President?1mo ⋅ Mesyush ⋅ r/Presidents
How bad did No Child Left Behind really screw up American education?6mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
Day 17: Ranking US presidents. Ronald Reagan has been eliminated. Comment which president should be eliminated next. The comment with the most upvotes will decide who goes next. 3wk ⋅ Forsaken_Wedding_604 ⋅ r/Presidents
You're building a football team of presidents in their physical primes. Who is your top draft pick? Bonus points for a convincing argument for someone other than Ford.5mo ⋅ L0st_in_the_Stars ⋅ r/Presidents
Fun fact: President Bonzo used to be an actor, and even starred in a movie with Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan3d ⋅ False_Resource_6998 ⋅ r/Presidents
Which Democrat could have given the best showing in 1984? (personally I think Jesse Jackson could have)4mo ⋅ OkToe2051 ⋅ r/Presidents
What is Jeb Bush up to these days? Haven't heard from him in years.4mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
In 1971, Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia lit a cigar in the Oval Office right next to Richard Nixon - making him the only head of state to defy the White House's no smoking rule. To add to this, the cigar had been gifted to Tito from Fidel Castro himself.6mo ⋅ Sensei_of_Knowledge ⋅ r/Presidents
Do you believe that if Bush had never invaded Iraq and spent so much blood and treasure on it, would Afghanistan not have ended in defeat for the U.S and its allies?6mo ⋅ Roy_Atticus_Lee ⋅ r/Presidents
Calvin Coolidge with a headdress after being officially adopted by the Lakota Nation in 1924. He was adopted in gratitude for signing the Indian Citizenship Act into law that year - giving full U.S. citizenship to all natives on American soil. He was given the name Wanbli Tokahe, or Leading Eagle.1yr ⋅ Sensei_of_Knowledge ⋅ r/Presidents
If a Newborn baby met George Washington on his deathbed, a ten year old Ronald Reagan could've met someone who met George Washington.6d ⋅ obama69420duck ⋅ r/Presidents
Presidents that were a lot different than they were portrayed? Bush Sr. was seen as “wimpy” even though he was a WW2 Combat Vet and won the Gulf War6mo ⋅ TXNOGG ⋅ r/Presidents
If there’s one president you could choose to represent America to an alien life force, who would it be?5mo ⋅ 450LBbenchpress ⋅ r/Presidents
What were some presidential scandals that deserved impeachment, that didn’t get it.1mo ⋅ The-LeftWingedNeoCon ⋅ r/Presidents
If the world were more accepting, which first lady do you think would have made a better president than her husband?7mo ⋅ Hydra_Kitt ⋅ r/Presidents
“I have carefully searched the military records of both ancient and modern history, and have never found Grant's superior as a general. I doubt if his superior can be found in all history” - Lee on Grant4mo ⋅ Salem1690s ⋅ r/Presidents
My great grandfather was born in 1921 and died in 2021, who was your favorite president from his life?8mo ⋅ Nave2099 ⋅ r/Presidents
Day 29: Ranking US presidents. John Adams has been eliminated. Comment which president should be eliminated next. The comment with the most upvotes will decide who goes next. 2wk ⋅ Forsaken_Wedding_604 ⋅ r/Presidents
Which elections in American history are the most interesting to learn about in your opinion?5mo ⋅ Alternative-Bus8875 ⋅ r/Presidents
Outgoing VP Richard Nixon congratulates President John F. Kennedy at the 1961 swearing in ceremony6mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
Biden wins the 2008 nomination, wins both 2008 & 2012 elections, and has Obama as his Vice President. What happens? Also, what are Obama's chances in 2016?4mo ⋅ CaptainNinjaClassic ⋅ r/Presidents
As president of the Massachusetts Senate Calvin Coolidge cast the deciding vote to ban The Birth of a Nation which was a film that glorified the KKK and caused a large amount of racism. He also stopped an attempt to undo the banning of the awful film. Coolidge was great!9mo ⋅ cowishiking ⋅ r/Presidents
What are your thoughts on this post from r/conspiracy, and would you rank the Presidents in this order too?4mo ⋅ Ceaser_Corporation ⋅ r/Presidents
If the 2008 recesion never happened does obama still win the presidency6mo ⋅ No-Garbage-9567 ⋅ r/Presidents
Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice today. They do everything together4mo ⋅ Zachhcazzach ⋅ r/Presidents
Richard Nixon's letter to Jackie Kennedy about JFK's assassination11mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
Joe Biden runs for President successfully in 1988. How does his Presidency go? (1989-1993)8mo ⋅ A_RandomTwin21 ⋅ r/Presidents
Does anyone find it ironic that a Palestinian militant killed RFK which led to Nixon who was probably much worse for Palestine in the long run?2wk ⋅ BuryatMadman ⋅ r/Presidents
Being open to changing one’s opinions is necessary in critical thinking. What is the most recent change in opinion about a president(s) you’ve had?6mo ⋅ mrprez180 ⋅ r/Presidents
Besides Bobby, Teddy and Jebby, which siblings of presidents could have made for good presidents themselves?9mo ⋅ Sukeruton_Key ⋅ r/Presidents
Reagan gives a televised address from the Oval Office, outlining his plan for tax reductions in July 198110mo ⋅ Loud_Industry_2044 ⋅ r/Presidents
What is worse, a presidency that's bad in the short term or a presidency that's bad for the long term?1wk ⋅ jodlad04 ⋅ r/Presidents
What are some strange and lesser-known close calls that could've ended a president's life?8mo ⋅ MauriceIsNotMyName ⋅ r/Presidents
Which president(s) do you think are the root cause for most modern day American problems as a result of that president(s) administration(s)?7mo ⋅ world_of_kings ⋅ r/Presidents
Should it be required that presidents drop at least a couple hard or amusing one-liners if shot?5mo ⋅ Electronic-Serve-174 ⋅ r/Presidents
A WWII veteran is rescued at sea by the USS Finback after being shot down in the Pacific. That man is George H.W. Bush.9mo ⋅ HWIsBetterThanReagan ⋅ r/Presidents
'The bombing begins in five minutes' — Reagan as Satan at an anti-war demonstration in Washington DC, April 1985.1mo ⋅ Wordy_Rappinghood06 ⋅ r/Presidents
In a May 2012 interview, Joe Biden endorsed same-sex marriage, forcing Obama to adopt it as the administration's official stance. Nearly 10 years later, Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, officially repealing DOMA and codifying Obergefell v. Hodges & Loving v. Virginia (interracial marriage)1yr ⋅ Mooooooof7 ⋅ r/Presidents
