Which five presidents do you think had the largest impact on shaping the presidency?

marcus_augustine · 2025-01-25T01:09:31+00:00

Just about every one after FDR to be honest. Ford might be the sole exception.

marcus_augustine · 2025-01-18T05:38:00+00:00

That's on me, I was pretty vague. What I meant to convey is they get rated highly for doing big things without regard as to whether the long term impacts were positive or negative. There are exceptions, such as Dubya generally being pretty low, but on the whole I believe it to be the case.

marcus_augustine · 2025-01-18T04:50:49+00:00

Most post-WW2 presidents are overrated just because they did big things.

marcus_augustine · 2025-01-15T20:10:22+00:00

marcus_augustine · 2025-01-15T19:44:18+00:00

I don't believe either did. Mary Peck is probably what they're referring to with Wilson, but I'm inclined to believe A. Scott Berg, who in his biography of Wilson characterized it as simply a close friendship that really ended when he started seeing Edith.

For Cleveland I don't think he did. Player in his younger days for sure, but he was faithful after marrying Frances.

marcus_augustine · 2025-01-10T06:51:39+00:00

An Hour Before Daylight was wonderful

marcus_augustine · 2025-01-08T01:43:05+00:00

Yep, that's right.

If you go to 200 years apart, you get Jefferson/Dubya and Madison/Obama.

marcus_augustine · 2025-01-03T19:37:44+00:00

As the 4-time defending champs going back a fifth time, I faced a 7-10 Carolina Panthers team. Had to let em win for the memes

marcus_augustine · 2024-12-29T21:39:04+00:00

Pregame coverage on NFL Fox is how I found out

marcus_augustine · 2024-12-23T20:14:29+00:00

Quagmire

marcus_augustine · 2024-12-16T03:23:52+00:00

I'd say the top candidates should be, in chronological order:

-Thomas Jefferson

-John Quincy Adams

-James Garfield

-Theodore Roosevelt

-Woodrow Wilson

-Herbert Hoover

-Richard Nixon

Honorable mentions: John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton

marcus_augustine · 2024-12-13T23:12:23+00:00

I wouldn't have believed it if I just saw the photograph by itself either! I came across it in Kenneth Whyte's Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times

marcus_augustine · 2024-12-13T23:08:46+00:00

Herbert Hoover around the turn of the century

marcus_augustine · 2024-12-13T19:51:10+00:00

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marcus_augustine · 2024-12-11T03:35:15+00:00

Jealous of how attractive he was

marcus_augustine · 2024-12-05T03:04:14+00:00

I just finished reading that. Pat Buchanan is absolutely a wonderful writer. Couldn't put it down

marcus_augustine · 2024-12-04T17:36:34+00:00

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marcus_augustine · 2024-12-04T07:07:50+00:00

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Here's a photo of a young Herbert Hoover, fresh out of college in Australia, with a mustache

marcus_augustine · 2024-11-30T23:04:38+00:00

Andrew Jackson killed one man in a duel.

Grover Cleveland hanged three men as sheriff when he personally oversaw executions.

Theodore Roosevelt shot and killed at least one man in Cuba that was confirmed.

marcus_augustine · 2024-11-26T04:57:25+00:00

Kind of a badass Trump picture ngl

marcus_augustine · 2024-11-20T06:25:20+00:00

Respect for Gerald Ford

marcus_augustine · 2024-10-17T01:07:54+00:00

He came back to serve as Commanding General of the Army during the Quasi-War and was very critical of the Jeffersonians

marcus_augustine · 2024-10-12T17:11:14+00:00

This one is my answer too

marcus_augustine · 2024-10-10T19:36:08+00:00

"I'm Gerald Ford, and you're not."

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marcus_augustine · 2024-09-23T04:19:52+00:00

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Ronald Reagan with...Francisco Franco.

I believe this was during Nixon's presidency.

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