the forgotten presidents
Historical Hot Takes
Main Character Syndrom
Realities Crazier Than Fiction
That Escalated Quickly
200
He once gave a 90-minute inauguration speech (in the rain) then died a month later of pnuemonia developed from standing in the rain.
William Henry Harrison
200
Thomas Paine dropped this pamphlet and basically said, “Destroy the Monarchy!!!”
Common sense
200
Wrote 51 Federalist Papers, founded a bank, and inspired a Broadway musical
Alexander Hamilton
200
Ben Franklin once wrote a whole essay arguing that this part of the body was the funniest-smelling and should be studied.
The Fart in his book "Fart Proudly"
200
The British raised tea taxes and America responded with this ship raid and protest involving a morning beverage
Boston Tea Party
400
He signed the Kansas Nebraska Act, causing the country to fall apart. Oopsie Daisys!
Franklin Pierce
400
This senator was like “I have a list of communists in the government!” and America freaked out.
McCarthy
400
Told the Supreme Court “Let’s see them enforce it” and ignored them like an angsty teen
Andrew Jackson
400
In 1967, the U.S. accidentally dropped four nuclear bombs on this state, woopsie daisys!
North Carolina (the bombs didn't detonate)
400
this senator got bruttally attacked by a man with a walking cane on the Senate floor after hating on slavery.
Charles Sumner
600
He won the most disputed election in U.S. history, ending Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
600
This feminist dropped “The Feminine Mystique” in 1963 and said “being a housewife is a trap.”
Betty Friedan
600
Was so iconic during WWII that the press basically let her act as co-president.
Eleanor Roosevelt
600
He ran for Congress from jail in 1920 and got nearly a million votes
Eugene V. Debs
600
after 9/11, this law gave the government extreem surveillance powers overnight
Patriot Act
800
13th president. Took over after Taylor died. He's probably an MPC
Millard Fillmore
800
This guy ran for president in 1896 promoting “free silver” and told elites to stop crucifying workers.
William Jennings Bryan
800
This president believed it was his “manifest destiny” to take all the land, single-handedly starting the Mexican American War. Also had beef with Nicholas Biddle and banks
James K Polk
800
This 1850s movement wanted to invade Central America, overthrow the governments, and turn them into U.S. slave states.
Filibuster Movement
800
This 1830s law relocated entire Native tribes, leading to thousands of deaths—all so white settlers could get land
Indian Removal Act