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A Visual History of the American Presidency

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This large-scale (32″x48″) print displays the progress and development of the U.S. executive over time. It visualizes a range of interconnected political, social, and economic measures to tell the story of each president’s legacy, creating individualized narratives within the larger context of American political history. The print aggregates and annotates hard data on population, presidential elections, Congress, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet, the U.S. economy, and the federal budget to bring you a wide-lens view of American history.
Because we take pride in our work, we are pleased to offer our customers a premium product: the Timeplot is printed on highest-quality 100-lb archival paper and measures a full 48 x 32 inches, much larger than a standard wall poster.
The printing process is certified “green” by the Forest Stewardship Council and uses elemental chlorine-free paper.

This print is designed to be printed and displayed at 32″x48″. It is also available at 24″x36″, but please note that at the smaller size the text, though legible, is significantly smaller.

This large-scale print is like nothing else available on the history of the American presidency. It places each president in historical context, visualizing a remarkable range of political, social, and economic measures to succinctly tell the story of the presidency. Narratives are displayed within the larger context of American political history by aggregating and annotating hard data on population, presidential elections, Congress, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet, the U.S. economy, and the federal budget and debt. The Timeplot provides a new lens into American political history; it is not intended to be absorbed at a glance, but rather to be visited and revisited over time.

Because we take pride in our work, we are pleased to offer our customers a premium product: the Timeplot is printed on highest-quality 100-lb archival paper and measures a full 48 x 32 inches, much larger than a standard wall poster.

The printing process is certified “green” by the Forest Stewardship Council and uses elemental chlorine-free paper.

from the potus blog:

Two Star Presidents: Calvin Coolidge

340,25 12.07.2010
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Calvin Coolidge

What we say:

Calvin Coolidge, a laconic conservative and former governor of Massachusetts, called for limited government, an isolationist foreign policy, tax cuts, and reduced spending. He signed restrictive immigration laws, decreased income tax rates, and vetoed farm relief bills. Coolidge was popular and served during a time of economic prosperity.

Coolidge Economy

Though immensely popular at the time of his presidency, Coolidge’s reputation suffers when linked to the Great Depression. His refusal to act during a Midwestern bank failure, coupled with his inaction to aid the agricultural sector and the growing disparity between rich and poor are seen as paving the ground for the eventual collapse of the stock market and spread of the depression throughout the entire country.

The ‘Roaring Twenties’ and Coolidge are inexorably linked. Coolidge’s support of business allowed the American economy to boom, which impacted and was impacted by the cultural, social, and artistic explosion of the same decade. Coolidge, however, was out of office for less than eight months before the Wall Street collapse occurred, and though Herbert Hoover is often blamed for the Depression, under Coolidge the stage for the collapse was set.

Two Star Presidents: James Garfield

339,26 12.06.2010
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POTUSGarfield

What we say: James Garfield, a former senator from Ohio, sought to unite party factions with a balanced cabinet.  He was assassinated two months into his term.

James Abrams Garfield

James Abram Garfield’s largest accomplishment was his decision to choose Chester Arthur as his vice president, who would go on to sponsor civil-service reform.  Given his short term, Garfield did get a nominee appointed to the Supreme Court.  The in-fighting within the Republican Party during Garfield’s election was revealed in Garfield’s cabinet’s nominees and in his assassination – his assassin reportedly screamed his support for the Republican faction opposed to Garfield.

BF111 and Black Friday

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While working on the next set of prints, we wanted to take time out of our day to offer a fantastic deal for the holidays, (known in consumer talk as “Black Friday”).  Buy any print Friday, November 26th through Monday, November 29th and get 20% off.

We’re starting to ramp up a bunch of specials for the holidays, but this is one of the best. Check out the promotions page often – we will post new deals there, and let you know how long everything will be running.

Also, if you’re a student looking to purchase for your dorm room or as a gift for your parents – or if you spent time slaving away on a campaign, check out the promotions page because we now offer student and campaign worker discounts of 10% to any print.

Friday-Monday.  20% off.  Just use the code BF111, and get your SmartArt for the holidays.

Second Tier Presidents: Millard Fillmore

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FillmoreMillard Fillmore: 13th President, 1850-1853

What we say: “Millard Fillmore, a New York Whig, took office after Taylor’s death.  Fillmore supported the Compromise of 1850, but its Fugitive Slave Act cost him northern Whig support and the nomination.”

FillmoreMillard Fillmore was nominated to be Zachary Taylor’s Vice President on the basis of his anti-slavery views.  Upon Taylor’s death, and Fillmore’s ascension to President, slavery issues consumed much of Fillmore’s time.

Compromise of 1850 He supported the Compromise of 1850, working to pass it and believing it to be in the interest of the Union it was passed.  Both pro- and anti-slavery factions disliked portions of the bill, such as the refusal guarantee slavery in the southwest and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, and instead of receiving credit, Fillmore faced grumbling anger.

Fillmore’s other accomplishments were to send Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan, though Perry did not ‘open’ Japan until Pierce took office, and to initiate the White House library.  His two-star ranking comes because of his work to keep the status quo in effect with slavery.  The compromise of 1850 averted the question of slavery, but it came no closer to solving the question.  Fillmore is a good symbol of an era of Presidents who were incapable of solving the issue.

The curse of the Great Depression

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The final president in this low tier is Herbert Hoover.

Calvin Coolidge’s decision not to run for a second full term left Hoover the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination in his party. In the election of 1928, Hoover was the first Republican to pioneer a “southern strategy,” and attacked Democratic candidate Al Smith on his Catholicism and his position in favor of the repeal of Prohibition.

Hoover is most often remembered as the president who presided over the start of  the Great Depression, but he did not cause the Great Depression, nor did he fail to act in response to Black Tuesday. He ranks among the worst presidents today because his actions in fact led a worsening of the Depression.

Hoover did fear too much government involvement, but by all accounts, two major pieces of legislation passed in response to the stock market crash – the Smoot-Hawley Tariff and the Davis-Bacon Act – were largely policy failures. Attacking Roosevelt’s “New Deal,” which had immense popularity across the nation, Hoover was soundly defeated by Roosevelt in 1932.

what others say:

“Extraordinary work.”
- Richard Saul Wurman, creator of the TED conferences and coiner of the term “information architect”

“There are infographics — and there are *infographics.* Count this in the latter category…. It’s filled with an entire book’s worth of information…. Brilliant, brilliant stuff.”
- Cliff Kuang, FastCompany.com

“Amazing, I love it!”
- Nigel Holmes, information designer & author of  graphic/information design books; former Graphics Director, Time Magazine

“Dude, it’s hot!!”
- Nicco Mele, Co-Founder and Partner at EchoDitto, Internet Operations Director of Gov. Dean’s presidential primary campaign in 2003

“It’s beautiful!”
- Todd Cavalier, Executive Director, Senior Creative Director, Informatics Studio

“Very cool, man!”
- Josh Ross, managing partner, Trilogy Interactive, Internet Director at Senator Kerry’s campaign for President in 2004

“Love it. The White House should get and display one.”
- Blake Zeff, BerlinRosen Public Affairs; New York Communications Director, Obama for America; Spokesman, Hillary Clinton for President

“Distilling all of the political, economic, and historical information that this poster has to offer is an amazing achievement. Presenting that information in such a useful, intuitive, and beautiful way is even more impressive. It’s a must-have for anyone interested in presidential politics.”
- Jeffrey B. Lewis, Associate Professor Department of Political Science, University of California Los Angeles

“Cool stuff! The perfect gift for political junkies.”
- Mark Sullivan, Founder, Voter Activation Network

“It’s great! See the counterpoint among national evolution along key fiscal, demographic, and size-of-economy dimensions, presidential history, the development of the cabinet, and configurations of party control of national government.”
- Rick Valelly, Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College

“People who love american politics will love this. Tremendous work.”
- Sarah Slobin, infographics editor, The Wall Street Journal (formerly of The New York Times & Fortune Magazine)

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and overheard in 140 or less

360surveys: INCREDIBLE info graphic of our nation’s #presidential #leaders– add this to my birthday wishlist! http://timeplots.com/potus/

pamdodd: Fascinating! > A Visual History of the American Presidency | timeplots.com http://ht.ly/2gwxm

nickfabiani: @pazzler DUDE. http://bit.ly/b9gPTf

silverhallide: Great visual. Always a fan of infographics RT @GOOD: A history of the American presidency in one infographic http://su.pr/21scYx

brainpicker: A visual history of the American presidency – wonderfully detailed info-timeline by @Timeplots http://bit.ly/crC7jM

Columbeurs: Visual History of the American Presidency: More beautifully detailed work from Timeplots. http://bit.ly/9BUgV3

wantmag: Beautiful and meaningful graphic timelines (on US politic trends) by @timeplots. We can’t wait for the iPad version! http://want.by/da7GGQ

danielleking: the most impressive inforgraphic i’ve seen: http://timeplots.com/potus/#

simeons: It says it all: cool infographic about presidents’ approval ratings over time. http://bit.ly/blkPVS #potus

etherealtim: An epic work of US presidential infography http://timeplots.com/potus by Timeplots – thanks @GOOD

Pauble: Very cool info on the history of Presidents. Someone buy a print for me! http://timeplots.com/potus/#

rjurney: Really nice timelines at http://timeplots.com/

GunarPenikis: A Visual History of the American Presidency | timeplots.com http://bit.ly/aQpHvn awesome

shawnfbowman: Interesting: a well-done visual presentation of data – “Visual History of US Presidency”: http://bit.ly/aEI40m

zakiwarfel: beautiful info graphics at http://timeplots.com/

IntegritySTL: History buffs get ready. We like infographics at Integrity: This is an awesome one about US presidents http://timeplots.com/potus/

karaml: Visual History of the American Presidency – los sUper #infographic – the economy/budget chart is most interesting http://bit.ly/blkPVS

negrititico: me toy haciendo como fan de los infográficos jeje, A Visual History of the American Presidency http://timeplots.com/potus/ #fb

cepheid: * An entire american history class jammed into one infographic. I give you “A Visual History of the American Presidency” http://ow.ly/1WPT1

oster_ph: http://bit.ly/c5Hgwt I like this. this is where print just can’t be replaced by the web.

TechOntologist: Awesome #infographic of Visual History of the American Presidency http://timeplots.com/potus/ Great data to ink ratio. #tufte influenced

paulajohnson: Thinking “A Visual History of the American Presidency” is the coolest chart ever. http://timeplots.com/potus/

pascal_assaleh: Really Cool charts http://timeplots.com/projects/

kwheeler: Very cool infographic on American presidents. Amazing interactive chart as well as a print that you can buy. http://timeplots.com/potus/

ptretheway: awesome, information rich infographic :: A Visual History of the American Presidency | timeplots.com http://ow.ly/1WLtr

allofek12: Infographic of American Presidency–cool display! http://bit.ly/avMaDY

KevinBrandall: COOOL! The Visual History of the American Presidency (by student of Edward Tufte who is busy with today) http://bit.ly/caWHnT @FastCompany

gregbamford: US History teachers: a visual history of the American presidency! RT @fastcompany http://bit.ly/caWHnT

mooresclassroom: Incredibly detailed poster: Visual History of the American Presidency http://bit.ly/bmJRI4 #historyteacher #history

evarab: Another great infographic: A Visual History of the American Presidency http://bit.ly/bCmWfm #infographics

NedPoulter: A visual history of the American Presidency [Infographic] http://bit.ly/c1E2gQ pretty incredible level of detail…!

setlinger: Stunning #infographic on the Visual History of the American Presidency http://is.gd/cB4VC Great data-to-ink ratio /via @mibi

mibi: A most comprehensive infographic on the Visual History of the American Presidency http://is.gd/cB4VC Great data-t-ink ratio

SuperMNet: Timeplots releases a new infographic poster: A Visual History of the Presidency. High quality stuff http://timeplot… http://w.sns.ly/mz244

davecounts: Very cool data visualization by a friend from school http://timeplots.com/projects/

zachgemignani: Timeplots releases a new infographic poster: A Visual History of the Presidency. High quality stuff http://timeplots.com/potus/

_Kaitie_: This is pretty cool for political junkies! “A Visual History of the American Presidency” http://bit.ly/cScqvQ #presidency #politics #USA

dmjanis: Visual History of the American Presidency: http://bit.ly/9cYPwJ. Let us know what you think! /via @timeplots /via @cjanis <– That’s sweet!

fcinq: “A Visual History of the American Presidency”: en fait, c’est celle la que je veux, chez @timeplots http://bit.ly/b9gPTf #dataviz

“Love it. The White House should get and display one.”
- Blake Zeff, BerlinRosen Public Affairs, New York communications director for Obama campaign, spokesman for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.