History of Democrat Party Presidents
(not taught in public schools)
Andrew
Jackson ran for president in 1824, winning a plurality of the popular
and electoral vote. As no candidate won an electoral majority, the
House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams in a contingent
election. In reaction to the alleged "corrupt bargain" between Adams
and Henry Clay and the ambitious agenda of President Adams, Jackson's
supporters founded the Democratic Party.
Andrew Jackson presidency: 1829-1837
- Mob destroyed White House during his first inauguration.
- Was a slave owner who opposed the abolitionist movement.
- Spoils system of political patronage began under his administration.
- Authorized the removal of native Americans from the southern states.
- Veto of national bank charter led to the Financial Panics of 1837 and 1839.
Martin Van Buren presidency: 1837-1841
- Decentralized banking led to the Panic of 1837 and empowerment of the Bank of England.
- Became known as Martin Van Ruin due to the Finanical Panics of 1837 and 1839.
- Forcibly removed Cherokees that became known as the “Trail of Tears” in 1838.
- Panic
of 1839 occurred when the Bank of England raised interest rates to stem
the tide of money outflows to America for speculative land deals and
state projects. The resulting deflationary depression lasted 4 to 5
years with 9 states and numerous state chartered banks declaring
bankruptcy.
James Polk presidency: 1845-1849
- Slave owner who campaigned on being a good master.
- Purchased slaves while President for his Mississippi plantation.
- Micro managed government preferring not to trust subordinates.
- Directed the Mexican war himself from war strategy to the procurement of mules.
- Acquisition of the American southwest led to sectional divisions and the Civil War.
Franklin Pierce presidency: 1853-1857
- Northerner who viewed the abolitionist movement as a threat.
- Appeased Democrats through civil service patronage.
- Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act that promoted slavery expansion.
- Criticized Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
- Generally ranked as a bad president.
James Buchanan presidency: 1857-1861
- Supported the Fugitive Slave Law that returned escaped slaves.
- Declared the Republican Party as dangerous.
- Wanted Kansas to be admitted as a slave state.
- Supported the Dred Scott case that expanded slave owner’s rights.
- Tariff of 1857 led to the Panic of 1857 that adversely effected Northerners.
- Awarded no-bid contracts, used government money for campaigns, and bribed judges.
- Split the Democrat Party through his support of pro-slavery agenda over Douglas northerners.
Civil War Democrats
- Southern Democrats seceded from the Union upon the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln.
- General George McClellan was reluctant to fight and lost opportunities to win the Civil War in 1862.
- Peace Democrats or “Copperheads” wanted to immediately stop the Civil War.
- General George McClellan ran against Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and lost in a landslide.
Andrew Johnson presidency: 1865-1869
- Succeeded to the Presidency with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
- Sought a speedy reconciliation of southern Democrats back to the Union.
- Vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 that would give equal rights to everyone under the law.
- Opposed the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution that was ratified by the states.
- Went on speaking tour where he compared himself to Jesus Christ and debated hecklers.
- Impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act passed by the Republicans.
Interlude Period: 1869-1885
- Southern Democrats formed the Ku Klux Klan that used violence against blacks and Republicans.
- Southern Democrats passed Black Codes locally that countered the Fourteenth Amendment.
- The Compromise of 1877 pulled the remaining Union troops out of the south concluding Reconstruction.
- This began the period of Jim Crow laws that disenfranchised blacks in every southern state.
Grover Cleveland presidency: 1885-1889
- Refused to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution that gave voting rights to blacks.
- He was the executor of the Oscar Folsom estate and married the daughter who was 21 years old.
- Used the veto extensively that blocked aid to Texas drought victims and disabled veterans.
- Benefited from Tammany Hall support in New York during election triumphs.
Grover Cleveland presidency: 1893-1897
- Panic of 1893 was acute due to the lack of gold and excess silver coinage.
- Depression brought nation-wide labor strikes that he broke with federal troops.
- Introduced the first income tax on individuals.
- Ushered in the repeal of the Enforcement Act of 1871 that eliminated federal oversight of elections.
- Voting rights were diminished and local voter fraud increased.
Woodrow Wilson presidency: 1913-1921
- Pushed for the Revenue Act of 1913 that reintroduced individual income taxes.
- Signed into law various new government agencies to oversee everyday life.
- Promoted segregated policies for all government agencies.
- KKK film “Birth of a Nation” was shown at the White House.
- Led America into World War I with a draft and increased income taxes.
- Did not prevent the requirements of the Treaty of Versailles that led to WWII.
- The flu pandemic of 1918 was never acknowledged by the Wilson administration.
- Suffered a stroke that was kept from the public for the last year and a half of his presidency.
Franklin Roosevelt presidency: 1933-1945
- His polio was hidden from public view with secret service purposely interfering with photographers.
- His polio was not publicly revealed until his speech to Congress in March 1945.
- Continued exporting Mexican Americans to Mexico through 1939 showing his racism.
- Numerous agencies were established for a variety of perceived general problems.
- Supported the formation of unions that led to their close relationship with organized crime.
- In 1936 refused to meet with African American Olympian Jesse Owens showing his racism.
- 1937-1938 recession had industrial production decrease 30% and unemployment climb to 19%.
- In 1939, M.S. St Louis filled with Jews escaping Nazi Germany was denied entry to U.S.
- He accused the private sector of a “capital strike” had the FBI investigate with no finding.
- The economy did not recover until World War II in industrial production and employment.
- Ran for president and elected four times despite George Washington’s precedence of twice.
- Many believe Roosevelt wanted Japan to attack for America to come to the aid of England.
- Roosevelt ordered the internment of Japanese Americans showing his racism.
- Roosevelt wanted 100% income taxes on income over $100,000 but settled for 94%.
- Elected in 1944 despite having high blood pressure, coronary disease, and congestive heart failure.
Harry Truman presidency: 1945-1953
- Became President after only 82 days as Vice-President having only met with Roosevelt twice.
- Appointed friends to high positions who would give White House access for expensive gifts.
- Truman loved playing poker, telling stories, and sipping bourbon.
- Stalin knew about the atomic bomb before Truman due to espionage.
- Truman authorized the use of atom bombs to end WWII when Japan refused to surrender.
- Price controls were lifted leading to a market rebalancing and hyper-inflation.
- Due to hyper-inflation numerous strikes occurred as workers wanted higher wages.
- Republicans overrode Truman’s veto to lower income tax rates.
- Approved of the Berlin airlift to combat the Soviet Union blockade in 1948.
- Recognized the new state of Israel over the objection of George Marshall.
- Truman wanted to limit the Korean War and fired General MacArthur that led to a stalemate.
- Called General MacArthur’s speech to a joint session of Congress “a bunch of damn bullshit.”
- Republicans overrode Truman’s veto of the McCarran Internal Security Act that rooted out communists.
- Republican Senate investigation uncovered widespread financial corruption with 166 employees resigning.
- Truman issued several Executive Orders outlawing discrimination in the armed services and civil service.
John Kennedy presidency: 1961-1963
- Changed Eisenhower’s organizational structure to where all agencies had access to the White House.
- Had a bad first meeting with USSR Premier Khrushchev in 1961 where he was bullied.
- Approved an invasion of Cuba with no air support that failed after two days.
- Avoided nuclear war with the USSR by removing missiles from Turkey for missiles removed from Cuba.
- Kennedy increased U.S. involvement in South Vietnam by increasing U.S. military advisors to 16,000.
- Kennedy supported the coup against the South Vietnam government led by the military.
- Southern Democrats bitterly opposed Kennedy in his effort to provide civil rights to all Americans.
- Kennedy had numerous affairs including Marilyn Monroe that came to the attention of the FBI.
- Kennedy was a drug user receiving regular injections from his personal physician Max Jacobson.
Lyndon Johnson presidency: 1963-1969
- Johnson continued Kennedy’s surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr. via FBI wire-taps.
- Used a procedural technique to get the Civil Rights Acts passed over southern Democrats objections.
- Johnson’s socialistic “Great Society” agenda never achieved economic prosperity for everyone.
- The “Great Society” welfare recipients rioted in urban areas for four years from 1964 through 1968.
- Johnson authorized military buildup in South Vietnam from 16,000 to 553,000 by 1969.
- In 1967, anti-war protests began in Los Angeles with a Johnson fund raiser and continued non-stop.
- Johnson refused to run in 1968 due to low approval ratings for the last several years of his presidency.
- Johnson bullied the Democratic party bosses to give the 1968 nomination to Hubert Humphrey.
- Johnson bullied people by invading their personal spaces with his physical presence.
James “Jimmy” Carter presidency: 1977-1981
- Declared war on the energy crisis by forming the Department of Energy.
- Declared gas rationing and energy conservation measures instead of innovation.
- Energy crisis was compounded by OPEC doubling of prices and fuel shortages.
- Inflation skyrocketed to double digits during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
- “Malaise” speech blamed Americans for the problems due to a “crisis of confidence.”
- Iran took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held hostages until Reagan was President.
- Trusting Carter was surprised at the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union.
- Carter boycotted the 1980 Olympics due to the Afghanistan invasion by the USSR.
- Bad news everywhere doomed Jimmy Carter’s reelection and he lost by a landslide.
William “Bill” Clinton presidency: 1993-2001
- Clinton won the 1992 election against President Bush due to 3rd party candidate Ross Perot.
- Clinton expanded abortion services nationally and internationally with federal funding.
- Investigation into the Whitewater land deal resulted in convictions of Clinton’s business partners.
- In 1993, Clinton fired members of the White House Travel Office and hired friends.
- In 1993, Clinton introduced universal health care a trademark of communism but failed.
- In 1993, Clinton’s numerous affairs as Governor aided by Arkansas state troopers became public.
- In 1993, Clinton ordered military services not to ask about a person’s sexual orientation.
- In 1993, Clinton allowed American troops to be disasterly led by foreign general in Somalia.
- In 1994, Clinton did nothing to prevent the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda.
- In 1994, Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement into law.
- The trade agreement resulted in American job losses as manufacturing moved to Mexico.
- In 1994, the Democrat Party loss control of Congress for the first time in 40 years.
- In 1995, Clinton began an affair with Monica Lewinsky that lasted 2 years.
- In 1996, Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act as an election political move.
- In 1996, Clinton became aware of al-Qaeda due to several Philippine assassination attempts.
- In 1998, U.S. embassies in east African were bombed by al-Qaeda with 224 casualties.
- In 1998, Clinton proclaimed that Iraq was stockpiling chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
- In 1998, Clinton was impeached by House for perjury and obstruction of justice.
- In 1999, Clinton was acquitted by Senate of perjury and obstruction of justice and not removed.
- In 1999, the U.S. intervened in Kosovo stating genocide though investigations found none.
- In 2000, U.S. destroyer Cole was bombed by al-Qaeda resulting in 17 deaths and 39 injuries.
- Throughout his presidency, Clinton was accused by numerous women of sexual misconduct.
Barack Hussein Obama presidency: 2009-2017
- In 2009, Obama lifted the statute of limitations for equal-pay lawsuits that allowed unequal justice.
- In 2009, reversed the Bush era limitation on stem cell research that resulted in more abortions.
- In 2009, Obama expanded hate crimes to include sexual orientation.
- In 2009, Obama introduced regulations on power plants, factories, and oil refiners.
- In 2009, despite massive economic stimulus package, unemployment remained high through 2010.
- In 2009, Obama’s Cairo speech began revolutions in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Syria.
- In 2010, Obama signed into law universal health care that is a trademark of communism.
- In 2010, Obama signed into law a bill allowing gays to openly serve in the military.
- In 2012, universal health care was upheld by the Supreme Court due to it being a tax.
- In 2012, Obama supported Syrian revolutionary forces that morphed into ISIS.
- In 2013, Obama called for equal rights based on perceived, actual, or identified sexual orientation.
- In 2014, Obama did nothing when Russia invaded Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
- In 2014, Obama pardoned five Taliban leaders who later took over Afghanistan in 2021.
- In 2015, Obama did nothing with Russia’s military intervention in Syria.
- In 2015, Obama vetoed the Keystone Pipeline authorization bill handicapping oil distribution.
- In 2015, Obama lifted Iranian sanctions and paid them $1.7 billion based on a false promise.
- In 2015, Obama formalized relations with Communist Cuba and paid a visit in 2016.
- In 2016, Communist Cuba attacked U.S. diplomats using radiofrequency/microwave radiation.
- In 2016, Obama did nothing to prevent Russia’s intervention in the U.S. presidential election.
- In 2016, Obama administration allowed a record number of legal Muslim U.S. immigration.
- Illegal immigration from Muslim countries to Europe greatly increased under the Obama presidency.
Kamala Devi Harris: 2024 Democrat Nominee for President
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