The Presidency / The First Year

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Joe Biden at one year

Presidential experts evaluate the 46th president's first year in office

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Donald Trump at one year

White House veterans and Miller Center scholars evaluate the 45th president's first 365 days

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First Year Project Introduction

Watch this overview of the First Year Project

The Presidency

By the Book: Calvin Coolidge

Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 30th president

Bryan Craig

Miller Center

Bryan Cranston as LBJ

The Presidency

HBO’s "All the Way" a striking portrayal of LBJ's First Year

HBO’s "All the Way," which airs for the first time on May 21, is a remarkable historical drama. Adapted by Robert Schenkkan from his Tony Award winning play, "All the Way" features Bryan Cranston as President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Cranston fully inhabits the role and captures LBJ’s particular essence in all its complexities, contradictions, and insecurities.

Guian McKee

Miller Center

The Presidency

First Words: Bill Clinton, January 20, 1993

In his first speech as president, Bill Clinton sought to acknowledge frustration and project hope

Thomas van der Voort

Miller Center

Europe

Ted Kennedy and the Troubles, part 2

Kennedy works with newly elected President Bill Clinton to help start peaceful negotiations in Northern Ireland

Rob Martin

Miller Center

Europe

Ted Kennedy and the Troubles, part 1

Read about Kennedy's work with newly elected President Jimmy Carter on the conflict in Northern Ireland

Rob Martin

Miller Center

The Presidency

By the Book: George W. Bush

Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 43rd president

Michael Nelson

Miller Center