Barack Hussein Obama II
44th President of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2009
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States
In office
January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.
38th President of the United States
In office
August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
Richard Milhous Nixon
37th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States
In office
November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
What happened to Lyndon Johnson?
I'm not sure if I'll get in trouble for answering this without a specific linked reference, but I read once that it was just a matter of circumstance that their paths never crossed, and not a case of a specific foreign policy by either government, nor a personal issue. One can make a case that foreign policy might have played a small part though, but I KNOW speculation like that will get me in trouble so I'll refrain from that.
The Queen would've assuredly met Johnson if she had attended JFK's funeral, but she was pregnant at the time and could not make the trip. Prince Philip did attend and met Johnson. The subsequent birth of Edward in 1964 and the raising of her other children kept her from visiting abroad regularly in the 1960's as much as other decades. She did not visit the U.S. between 1957 and 1976.
Johnson, a great traveler within the U.S., only occasionally took
trips outside the country (unlike other Presidents) and never made a scheduled
trip to Europe. Johnson was no foriegn policy expert, (same can be said
for his British counterpart Wilson) and so he chose to focus his Presidency
on domestic issues, with the notable exception of Vietnam, and look how
that turned out lol.
John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
In office
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
Has this been a history lesson or did you live through
all these changes?
I remember Harry Truman retired. I remember
ALL the rest while they were in office.
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