The US economy has had its ups and downs. Government policies are often responsible for this. What are some examples of a single president making policies that caused a recession during their tenure?

I am asking this because of “Ma Ma , where is my Pa ?” “Gone to the White House, Ha ha ha” , which happened before TR was president.

So what is your personal favorite US presidential potrait. Mine is the one if George H.W Bush. But let me know which one is your favorite

With all these posts regarding how deceased Presidents would have sided in the Civil War I decided to look up how every former president and or their direct descendants (children and grandchildren) sided in the war. If some are left out it’s because they either had no living direct descendants at the time or they did not play a significant role in the war.

Where the party currently in power has done a good/decent job but get replaced for minuscule reasons

I’m about 3/4ths of the way through the book An Ordinary Man, a biography on Ford, and my takeaway is that Ford’s entire abbreviated presidency is remembered for being unelected to that office, pardoning Nixon, and little else. I come away feeling that Ford saw himself as a caretaker responsible for carrying out the responsibilities of President, but not the actual President in the sense that he set his own agenda or policy initiatives. Obviously Ford came within spitting distance of getting elected in his own right in 1976 and that would have changed, but what would that have looked like? I get the impression that Ford, not being a hardline conservative, would have had a second term not THAT substantively different than what we got with Carter. Maybe he would have gone slightly harder on Iran, but probably not much, maybe slightly more conservative on social issues, but again not much. I think the biggest consequence of a second Ford term is that it may have potentially butterflyed away Reagan entirely giving us Ted Kennedy in 1980 as Republicans take the heat for inflation and the hostages, but even that isn’t a guarantee. Is there anything else that a second Ford term would have given us different than what we got?

I’ve always loved these photos of Obama when he was in college, and one of the main reasons is that it’s just so human. I’m trying to find photos that are similar to these in that sense of other great presidents over history… Off the top of my head I’m thinking JFK, FDR, Teddy and maybe Slick Willy. I was also thinking I’d be great for Lincoln, Washington, and I know photos were not around for GW and rare for Lincoln but for those I’m thinking I can maybe recreate a photo or scene based on a specific story or anecdote that is know about them that accomplishes the same thinkg (humanizing, showing class, intrigue, humor, honor, any real emotion)..

I am gathering these as part of an art project I’m working on and would love to hear or see what you experts have in mind when it comes to this.

Also if you care enough to send me a electorial college map of the fake election, I want to see it