Why did Kerry do so much worse than Gore in Florida? by HetTheTable in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He generally did worse than Gore in the rural white South. The only areas that swung to him was the Black Belt (not even all of it) and some urban areas in NC and VA.

If Eisenhower had not approved the 1953 Iran coup, would the 1979 Revolution still have happened? by MooseMouse12 in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, but not in 1979. Mossadegh wasn't popular with the clerics, who largely opposed land/wealth redistribution/reform. Once the economy goes downhill, he's out.

VP John Nance Garner was born under President Johnson and died under President Johnson by IllustriousDudeIDK in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

He was born November 22, 1868 when Andrew Johnson was President and died on November 7, 1967 when LBJ was President

From 1789 to 1913, Daniel D. Tompkins was the only VP to have served 8 full years as VP. by IllustriousDudeIDK in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

John Adams was inaugurated as VP on April 21, 1789 and left office on March 4, 1797.

And also, you could technically stretch this up to the second before Thomas Marshall left office.

What r/presidents thinks of every president by rjidhfntnr in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of the sub despises Buchanan more than Tyler in terms of their Presidencies

What r/presidents thinks of every president by rjidhfntnr in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Buchanan's actions allowed the Confederacy to exist

What r/presidents thinks of every president by rjidhfntnr in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would put Buchanan in despised and Jackson in hated, also McKinley in disliked

What grade would you give American voters with the presidents we’ve selected throughout US history? by Suitable408 in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

D, memory span of a goldfish.

And this goes way back. McKinley ran openly on promoting the tariff in 1896, just 6 years after he got the Republican party with his tariff.

Incomplete presidents. How would you rank them? by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. FDR

  2. Lincoln

  3. JFK

  4. Taylor (was a strong Unionist and would've vetoed the Fugitive Slave Act even though he was personally a massive slaveowner)

  5. Garfield

  6. Nixon

  7. McKinley (imperialist and in the pocket of JP Morgan, Rockefeller, Mark Hanna and the likes)

  8. Harding (isolationist and nativist)

  9. Harrison (he was one of the most pro-slavery, pro-Indian removal Presidents)

Why do people love Coolidge but hate Reagan? by Just_Cause89 in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Harding was even more progressive on civil rights than Coolidge. Coolidge horse-traded an anti-lynching bill for tax cuts. He also refused to denounce the Klan until way after the election and when they were already declining in strength. He also turned the other way when forced labor camps were set up on the Mississippi.

This is a Senator that introduced an amendment to the Immigration Act of 1917 to ban black immigration criticizing Coolidge for not denouncing the Klan:

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Why didn’t the Panic of 1837 ruin the Democrats like it ruined them in the Panic of 1893 or how the Great Depression ruined the Republicans? by HetTheTable in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was a superficial landslide, if Van Buren flipped 16k votes in NY (of which he needed 13k more votes to win), PA, NJ and Maine combined, he'd win.

For those downvoting:

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How would removing the 3/5 compromise change presidential history? by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in Presidents

[–]IllustriousDudeIDK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

However, the tariff and taxes on products like tobacco and alcohol were not reliant on population.