About Presidential Records
Presidential Records is an independent, educational reference on the U.S. presidency. It pairs a plain-language history of every president with a daily-refreshed view of presidential news and public government data.
What this site is
The site catalogs all 47 U.S. presidencies — terms, biographies, key accomplishments, and what each president is known for. Alongside the history, the home page surfaces current headlines about the presidency and the executive branch, recent activity in Congress, and headline economic indicators, so the record stays connected to the present.
Important disclaimer
This is not a government website
Presidential Records is an independent project. It is not an official U.S. government website, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representing the White House, the U.S. government, or any federal agency. It aggregates publicly available information and government data for educational purposes only. All data belongs to its respective sources, is attributed, and links back to the original record.
Sources & attribution
- News — aggregated from public RSS feeds published by news organizations. Headlines link back to the original publisher; Presidential Records is not the author and claims no ownership of the linked articles.
- Legislative data — from Congress.gov, a service of the Library of Congress. This is a U.S. Government work in the public domain; it is nonetheless attributed and linked here.
- Economic data — from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The St. Louis Fed does not endorse this site and is not affiliated with it.
- President biographies and portraits — compiled from public reference material.
How it stays current
There is no server. A scheduled job re-fetches every source once a day, rebuilds the static pages, and redeploys. API keys are used only during that build and never reach your browser. If a source is temporarily unavailable, its section shows the last good data or a brief notice — a single failed source never takes the rest of the site down.