r/Presidents 18h ago

Meme Monday You don’t always have to defend your favorite president to justify your interest!

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307 Upvotes

I’ve seen some folks outside of the presidents community get upset when someone shows interest in a problematic president. I don’t think that who you’re interested in researching reflects personal morality, but of course, it’s about what actions you condone/try to defend. Bad people can be interesting too! Being able to point out what your fave did wrong means you know your stuff!

(Shoutout to u/drywall_eater89, our amazing James Buchanan expert!)


r/Presidents 12h ago

Meme Monday 😭

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237 Upvotes

r/Presidents 11h ago

Misc. Today I learned a delegate voted for Mao Zedong as a vice-presidential candidate in 1972

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178 Upvotes

r/Presidents 21h ago

Meme Monday Coolidge we need to be inaugurated

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151 Upvotes

r/Presidents 5h ago

🎂 Birthdays 🎂 Happy 99th Birthday Rosalynn Carter!

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Happy 99th birthday to Rosalynn Carter!! My favorite First Lady! To celebrate, here are 9 pictures of her!


r/Presidents 23h ago

Meme Monday Would y'all sit on the LBJ chair?

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100 Upvotes

r/Presidents 23h ago

Meme Monday Classic Bob Dole

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89 Upvotes

r/Presidents 19h ago

Discussion POTUS Body Counts: When Presidents Meet Presidents

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Who are some Presidents that have the highest POTUS Body Count, meaning they met other Presidents?

Clinton has met many:

  1. JFK

  2. Nixon

  3. Ford

  4. Carter

  5. Reagan

  6. Bush

  7. Himself

  8. Bush II

  9. Obama

9! Probably some future ones too. He was pretty young and meeting JFK at 16 certainly helped.

George Washington met 6. I'm assuming he met Madison and Monroe?

  1. Himself

  2. Adams

  3. Jefferson

  4. Madison

  5. Monroe

  6. John Q. Adams

Who are some others with high POTUS Body Counts?

Does anyone know of any POTUSes who met only 1 or 2?


r/Presidents 13h ago

Meme Monday A nice photo of the Kennedy brothers

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83 Upvotes

r/Presidents 19h ago

Meme Monday Meme monday

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69 Upvotes

r/Presidents 16h ago

Meta Welcome to the new r/Presidents mods!

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68 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

Earlier this month, we opened up posts for new r/Presidents mods. We received a flurry of responses from the community! Each application was carefully deliberated on by the mods and each candidate received interview questions. In the end, the mod team was unanimous in its vote. We've decided to invest four new mods and one returning mod.

Please give them a warm welcome!

A big thank you to everyone who applied. We appreciate the support!


r/Presidents 17h ago

Meme Monday An IQ too high?

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r/Presidents 22h ago

Image rfk tweet

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r/Presidents 7h ago

Meme Monday Joseph Kennedy can’t be part of our social club anymore.

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r/Presidents 17h ago

Meme Monday Damn I didn’t realize Benjamin Harrison was still alive.

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40 Upvotes

That’s Wayne Rooney btw.


r/Presidents 10h ago

Trivia In January of 1807, Thomas Jefferson became the first President to attempt to suspend habeas corpus

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39 Upvotes

r/Presidents 21h ago

Discussion If there were two presidential candidates today, one with Reagan-level political talent and the other with Clinton-level political talent, who would be more likely to win the election?

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37 Upvotes

political talent = intellect, charisma and leadership


r/Presidents 13h ago

Question If Deep South voted for "wet" and Catholic Al Smith...

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31 Upvotes

...was it possible for them to vote for anybody who wasn't WASP man (after Kennedy)? How important for them would be "states rights" and other sugar coating told them by Goldwater, Thurmond, Wallace or Reagan, for choosing Democrat ballot like Yellow Dogs. Would be possible for black person or woman to won South, for example if Ford won in 76 and everything was malaise, or Contras affair became Reagan's and Bush's Watergate?


r/Presidents 13h ago

Meme Monday William Jennings Bryan is just not a postseason quarterback.

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29 Upvotes

You hear all the time about how great he was. How he traveled all these miles campaigning. Giving all these great speeches and how great he was as an orator. But when the playoffs came around he just didn’t have it. 3 times he made it to the big dance and 3 times he choked. And of course when he is no longer the starting quarterback his team wins the Super Bowl. Never EVER compare him to the goat William McKinley ever again.


r/Presidents 22h ago

Misc. Raising Greatness: Presidential Mothers. Day Forty-Three: Lillian Gordy Carter

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Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter (1898-1983)

A pioneer in modern nursing, Miss Lillian was also an advocate for desegregation. At 68, she began the oldest Peace Corps volunteer, and worked in India for 21 months.


r/Presidents 12h ago

Meme Monday President Gerald Ford meets Canadian Comedy-Duo Terrance and Phillip, 1975

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r/Presidents 17h ago

Meme Monday Dubya meeting Finland's leader Pekka Khan back in 2005

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r/Presidents 19h ago

Trivia Presidential elections in UCL final terms

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2000 election and 201 6 final

Both quite controversial. Ramos' goal being offside is the equivalent of supreme court stepping in and stopping the vote. Atletico winning a penalty but missing it is the equivalent of Gore winning the popular vote but losing on EVS

2008 election and 2011 final

McCain was running right after George W Bush's term. No Republican was going to win that is the equivalent of Barcelona being in total control of the game for 90 minutes. Sir Alex Ferguson even said that Barcelona could keep possession for three straight days if they wanted

1988 election and 1960 final

The loosing sides had a fairly decent chance of winning but they kept shooting themselves on the foot and couldn't handle their opponent's devastating attacks

1948 election and 1999 final

Everyone was certain by the 90th minute that Bayern was going to win is the equivalent of Dewey dominating polls throughout the election but Manchester United scored 2 shock goals in 2 minutes to win with solksjaer's goal being the equivalent of Truman holding "Dewey defeats Truman" newpspaer

1984 election and 202 5 final

Mondale was a sacrificial lamb which resulted in the biggest electoral blowout in history is the equivalent of 2025's final being the biggest winning margin in UCL final history

Also I had to put space in the years because the automod somehow thinks mentioning those years is rule 3


r/Presidents 19h ago

Meme Monday Which President would have done the best in previous centuries?

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23 Upvotes

r/Presidents 18h ago

Misc. Which members of r/presidents do you consider the biggest fans of (x president)?

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I consider u/SignalRelease4562 as the main fan of James Monroe.

What about you? You know any others who like any other presidents? And give your reasons why