presidential history

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• 7/14/19
  

  5 Times Presidents Lost Big in the Midterms But Won (or nearly won) Reelection

  by Donne Levy

  While presidents have previously overcome midterm election losses, Trump isn’t following any of the previously established paths to rebound and win reelection. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/9/19
  

  The President Didn't Always Have Power Over Trade Deals

  by William Hauk

  Until the 1930s, it was Congress that set the terms of U.S. trade negotiations with other countries and raised and lowered tariffs as it saw fit, while the president did little but sign his name.

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• 7/9/19
  

  The 2020 Election Presents a Unique Opportunity to Elect a “New Generation of Leadership”

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Promoting change and uniqueness in political leadership could result in higher voter turnout and potentially would enhance efforts to address the challenges of the 21st century.

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• SOURCE: Chris Riback's Conversations
  6/28/2019
  

  Accidental Presidents: A Conversation with Historian Jared Cohen

  On his podcast, Chris Riback's Conversations, Riback and Cohen discuss Cohen's new book, “Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America,” which looks at the “eight men [who] succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they vastly changed our history.”

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6/30/19
  

  How Lincoln's disdain for demagogues pricks Trump's Fourth of July pomposity

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  If nothing else, the president’s speech on the Mall on Thursday will show how far we have fallen since Lincoln.

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• 7/2/19
  

  The 2020 Election and Presidential Age

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  We could have the oldest President in American history at inauguration with Sanders, Biden or Warren, or the youngest President in American history with Buttigieg, Gabbard, Swalwell or Moulton.

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• SOURCE: Bustle
  6/30/2019
  

  7 Presidential Campaign Logos That Went Down In History, For Better Or Worse

  Some unforgettable presidential campaign logos from over the years show politics and design are more intertwined than you'd think.

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• 6/30/19
  

  How the Specter of Andrew Johnson Haunts Donald Trump

  by Mike Purdy

  When the history books are written, impeachment may define Trump’s presidency in a similar way that “impeachment” and “Andrew Johnson” are solidly and forever linked together.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  6/23/2019
  

  Enough With Hamilton, Say Fans of Other Founding Fathers

  Success of Broadway show steals limelight from Jefferson, Franklin and others; ‘not a lot of demand for James Madison’

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  6/22/19
  

  Would Buttigieg be the first gay president? Maybe not.

  “I would imagine we’ve probably had excellent presidents who were gay, we just didn’t know which ones,” Pete Buttigieg told Axios. Historians weigh in.

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• 6/23/19
  

  How Estes and Ike Transformed the New Hampshire Primary – And How JFK Defined It

  by Patrick Lacroix

  The New Hampshire primary isn't just important because it's the first presidential primary. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/19/19
  

  A New Lincoln Bible, From a Mantel to a Presidential Library

  More than 150 years later, historians have discovered the Bible for the first time, a unique artifact of the 16th president’s life that they did not even know existed.

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• SOURCE: PR Newswire
  6/13/2019
  

  Truman Library Announces $25 Million Transformation

  Over $23 million has been raised to date in support of new exhibits, programs, and education.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/12/2019
  

  ‘Not above the law’: Executive privilege’s contentious history from Washington to Trump

  Trump is just the latest president to try to shield White House documents and discussions from Congress

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• SOURCE: National Review
  6/6/19
  

  Warren Harding Was a Better President Than We Think

  by David Harsanyi

  An analysis of presidential rankings and a defense of Warren G. Harding. 

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• 6/9/19
  

  What the Feud and Reconciliation between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Teaches Us About Civility

  by Mike Purdy

  The history of presidential insults cause us to reflect how we should treat one another – not only in the public square, but around the family dinner table, in our marriages, and in the workplace. 

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• 6/4/19
  

  Why 2019 Marks the Beginning of the Next Cycle of American History

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  America has had four major crisis turning points, each 74 years apart, from the time of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to today.

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• 6/2/19
  

  A Brief History of the Theory Trump and Barr Use to Resist Congressional Oversight

  by Donald J. Fraser

  Unitary executive theory from Alexander Hamilton to Donald J. Trump. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/24/2019
  

  Brenda Wineapple's new book illuminates the national debate over politics, principles and impeachment — in 1868

  by John Fabian Witt

  Brenda Wineapple’s timely story suggests, almost despite itself, that impeaching presidents and dreaming of justice are no substitutes for the work of doing justice and winning elections.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/23/19
  

  A tale of two Mount Vernons: How Washington’s estate separates his story from his slaves’

  Mount Vernon is also a Southern plantation where hundreds of people lived in servitude and abject poverty, and their stories deserve to be heard, too.