SINS OF OUR FATHERS
By Will “Topiltzin” Sanchez (Art Design)
President’s History
1861 – 1865 Abraham Lincoln (R) 16th President
Killed by John Wilkes Booth (D)
1865 – 1869 Andrew Jackson (D) 17th President
Fought against protection of former slaves
1869 – 1877 Ulysses S Grant (R) 18th President
Northern General fought in Civil War against slavery
Stabilized post war economy
15th Amendment
Prosecuted the Klu Klux Klan
1877 – 1881 Rutherford B Hayes (R) 19th President
Staunch Abolitionist
Lawyer, defended refugee slaves
1881 – 1881 James A Garfield (D) 20th President
Norther General in Civil War
Shot by Charles J Guiteau (D)
1881 – 1885 Chester A Author (R) 21st President
Abolitionist lawyer, tried prosecuting slave owners
Northern Military staff in Civil War
1885 – 1889 Stephen Grover Cleveland (D) 22nd President
Expanded government
Limited civil rights for blacks
1889 – 1893 Benjamin Harris (R) 23rd President
Fought in Northern Union Army
Protected US Trade
1893 – 1897 Grover Cleveland (D) 24th President
Economic panic of 1893
Campaigned against youth rights
1897 – 1901 William Mikinley (R) 25th President
Served as enlisted man of Northern Army during Civil War
Economic growth
Assassinated by Leon P Czolosz (Anarchist)
1901 – 1909 Theodore Roosevelt Jr (R) 26th President
Invited Booker T Washington to the Whitehouse
Prosecuted the Government Indian Service against tribal lands
Pure Food & Drug Act
Conservation of Natural Resources
1909 – 1913 William Howard Taft (R) 27th President
Dollar diplomacy with Latin America
Used Sherman Antitrust Act against monopolies
1913 – 1921 Thomas Woodrow Wilson (D) 28th President
Modern Income Tax
World War I
1921 – 1923 Warren G Harding (R) 29th President
Protected farmers
World War I deescalation
Modernization of infrastructure
1923 – 1929 Calvin Coolidge (R) 30th President
Signed act granting Indians US citizenship
Rapid economic growth (the Roaring 20’s)
1929 – 1933 Herbert Hoover (R) 31st President
No wars
Hands off approach to Latin America
1933 – 1945 Franklin D Roosevelt (D) 32nd President
World War II
Japanese internment camps (Germans & Italians also)
Great Depression
Great New Deal social services
Mexican repatriation
1945 – 1953 Harry S Truman (D) 33rd President
Atomic bombs on Japan
Cold War
Korean War
1953 – 1961 Dwight D Eisenhower (R) 34th President
World War II Supreme Commander
First Man in Sace Race
Korean War ends
Military desegregation
Makes Discrimination a National Security issue
Civil Rights Act of 1957 & 1960
1961 – 1963 John F Kennedy (D) 35th President
Berlin Wall built
Violent Civil Rights movement (Southern Democratic States)
Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (Democrat/Communist)
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
1963 – 1969 Lyndon B Johnson (D) 36th President
Vietnam War escalation & Draft
Race riots
Youth civil unrest (Hippies)
FBI & CIA surveillance on US citizens
1969 – 1974 Richard Nixon (R) 37th President
Ended Vietnam War & Draft
OSHA
EPA
1974 – 1977 Gerald Ford (R) 38th President
Amnesty for Draft Dodgers
Equal Rights Amendment for Women
2 assassination attempts: Sara Jane Moore & Squeaky From (Manson Family)
1977 – 1981 Jimmy Carter (D) 39th President
Iran Revolution
Economic Crisis
High Inflation
Energy Crisis
Terrorism
1981 – 1989 Ronald Reagan (R) 40th President
Economic recovery (Reaganomics)
Collapse of the Soviet Union
End of Cold War (Berlin Wall falls)
Attempted assassination John Hinkley Jr (D)
1989 – 1993 George H Bush (R - Neocon) 41st President
Neoconservative movement
Gulf War
Clean Air Act
1993 – 2001 Bill Clinton (D) 42nd President
Gulf War escalation (Led to 9/11)
Impeached – 2nd President to be impeached
Tech bubble economic collapse
2001 – 2009 George W Bush (R – Neocon) 43rd President
9/11
Afghanistan War
Gulf War escalation (WMDs lie)
2009 – 2017 Barak Obama (D) 44th President
Afghanistan War escalation
Iran Nuclear escalation
Gulf War escalation
Occupy Wall Street demonstrations
Race riots
Tea Party movement
FBI & CIA surveillance on US citizens
2017 – 2021 Donald Trump (R) 45th President
Economic recovery
Abraham Accords
Energy Independence
Nato realignment
Covid pandemic
2021 – 2025 Joe Biden (D) 46th
Covid pandemic (lockdowns)
Ukraine War
Afghanistan War withdrawal debacle
Gaza War
Green New Deal
Economic crisis
Highest Inflation recorded
Energy crisis
Race riots
FBI & CIA surveillance on US citizens
Politization of Legal system
Cognitive issues
Health issues (cancer later admitted)
2025 – 2029 Donald Trump (R) 47th President
Iran War
Economic recovery (Tarriff War)
Abraham Accords
Energy Independence
Nato realignment
Cultural realignment
Ended Gaza War
8 foreign wars ended
Captured Nicolas Maduro
Freed Venezuela
Freed Cuba
Acquired Greenland
Attempted incarceration by several US court cases
Raid on Mar Largo home
6 assassination attempts (Democratic Left)