Cycles in U. S. History Presidential Generations

Strauss and Howe gave a great deal of credit for the "Secular Crisis" that occurs in each cycle to the maturing of the Civic type generation and their willingness to change the world. If you look at this table, however, the first thing you notice is that the Crisis is always during the Idealist's watch. I think you could make a case for Idealist zeal, when reaching a position of power, as being at least a contributing factor in the Crisis. I suppose it is impossible to separate the Idealist chicken from the Civic egg. I have one gripe I suppose. Nobody from my Generation (Silent) seems to have made it into the Whitehouse. Oh well. And by the way, you have noticed that we are in for a string of Boomer Presidents in the foreseeable future.

Note: The bold years are election years. If a president got into office without being elected, the date of his entering office is in regular type.

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Presidential Portraits - Time Line	National First Ladies Library	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - PRESIDENT - Libraries and Resources
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden	US. President Lists	History Buff's Presidential Library

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