First African American President Barack Obama, the first multiracial president, the first non-white president, and the firstborn in Hawaii. Barack Obama’s presidency began on January 20, 2009, with his first inauguration, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, an Illinois Democrat, was elected president after defeating Republican nominee John McCain in the … Read more
Since Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s, George W. Bush was the first Republican president to earn a majority in both houses of Congress. Bush offered a $1.6 trillion tax cut measure in February 2001, using his party’s strength. Despite Democratic protests that unjustly favored the wealthy, Congress passed a $1.35 billion … Read more
Bill Clinton served as the president of the United States for the 42nd time. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1996, making him the first Democratic president to serve two terms since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Clinton entered the White House with a bold domestic policy program focused on economic growth, … Read more
On Friday, January 20, 1989, George H.W. Bush was sworn in as the forty-first President of the United States at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. He served several high-ranking government roles before becoming Vice President under Ronald Reagan. Since Martin Van Buren’s election in 1836, Bush … Read more
Ronald Wilson Reagan was sworn as President of the United States on November 4, 1980. His victory sealed the ascendancy of the Republican Party’s new right/conservative side and signaled the start of a new era of governance. Reagan was likely the first truly conservative president of the United States in more than … Read more
Gerald R. Ford was inaugurated as the 38th President on August 9, 1974. After Spiro Agnew resigned, he became Vice President, and after Richard Nixon resigned, he became President. Ford’s domestic policies are notable for lowering inflation and unemployment rates and reducing reliance on foreign energy. In international policy, he dropped tensions … Read more
From 1969 to 1974, Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. He spearheaded the campaign to achieve energy self-sufficiency in the United States and enact several groundbreaking environmental policies in domestic matters. He strengthened American ties with China and the Soviet Union in international affairs, and he terminated … Read more
Policies of Lyndon Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson was propelled to the presidency as a result of the assassination incident of JFK. Johnson, generally regarded as one of his generation’s most knowledgeable and talented leaders, would quit office five years later as one of America’s least influential presidents. The man who had risen … Read more
Known as Jack or JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, he was elected thirty-fifth President of the United States and served from January 1961 to November 1963, when he was assassinated. He led America out of recession and implemented several significant domestic changes. He was engaged in many important international events, the most notable … Read more
Dwight David Eisenhower, also known as “Ike” or “Duckpin,” served as the United States’ thirty-fourth President from 1953 to 1961. His administration spanned the Cold War Period events, as well as Space and Cold War Arms Races. He was a member of the Republican political party, which influenced his presidency’s domestic and … Read more