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Presidents on the Simpsons


Last updated October 2011

Major contributions by Haynes Lee
Originally by Dominik Halas
Maintained by Bruce Gomes

Unlike the appearance of President Lisa Simpson on the right, this lists documents every reference to actual U.S. Presidents, First Ladies and Vice-Presidents on The Simpsons.

If you know of any missing references or have any questions
please write!

President Lisa Simpson

PRESIDENTS

George Washington 1789 - 1797 John Adams 1797 - 1801
Thomas Jefferson 1801 - 1809 James Madison 1809 - 1817
James Monroe 1817 - 1825 John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829
Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837 Martin Van Buren 1837 - 1841
William Henry Harrison 1841 - 1841 John Tyler 1841 - 1845
James K. Polk 1845 - 1849 Zachary Taylor 1849 - 1850
Millard Fillmore 1850 - 1853 Franklin Pierce 1853 - 1857
James Buchanan 1857 - 1861 Abraham Lincoln 1861 - 1865
Andrew Johnson 1865 - 1869 Ulysses S. Grant 1869 - 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 - 1881 James A. Garfield 1881 - 1881
Chester A. Arthur 1881 - 1885 Grover Cleveland 1885 - 1889
Benjamin Harrison 1889 - 1893 Grover Cleveland 1893 - 1897
William McKinley 1897 - 1901 Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1909
William Howard Taft 1909 - 1913 Woodrow Wilson 1913 - 1921
Warren G. Harding 1921 - 1923 Calvin Coolidge 1923 - 1929
Herbert Hoover 1929 - 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933 - 1945
Harry S Truman 1945 - 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 - 1961
John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963 - 1969
Richard Nixon 1969 - 1974 Gerald Ford 1974 - 1977
Jimmy Carter 1977 - 1981 Ronald Reagan 1981 - 1989
George H. W. Bush 1989 - 1993 William Clinton 1993 - 2001
George W. Bush 2001 - 2009 Barack Obama 2009 - present

George Washington  1789 - 1797

[7F01] Homer's tirade against President's Day "Like getting Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday back to separate paid holidays". {bg}
[7F03] Washington crossing the Delaware seen in Bart's textbook. {bg}
[7F03] After failing his test, Bart realizes how Washington felt when he surrendered Fort Necessity to the French in 1754.
[7F23] Washington cannot tell a lie: Akira's karate lessons are a great deal.
[9F04] Homer blows away zombie Washington.
[9F11] Robo-Washington's pants are pulled down by Bart. He will never be the same again.
[9F13] Ralph Wiggum plays the part of Washington in the President's Day pageant, with Lisa as Martha Washington.
[9F13] Appears in the giant model of Mt. Rushmore during the President's Day pageant.
[2F09]# Parties like 'twas 1799 in the Stonecutters version of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
[2F32] Bart claims George Washington Carver was the man who carved up George Washington. Homer believes him.
[3F13] Was nearly killed by Jebediah Springfield; appears to Lisa in a dream.
[5F12] Painting of monkey in Oval Office.
[5F14] Painting of Burns crossing the Delaware river.
[CABF01] Giant log goes past Mount Rushmore.
[EABF06] Cracks in drywall resemble the famous painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware", right before the wall crumbles.
[EABF09] Washington monument on maze.
[EABF09] A triumphant congressman Krusty compares himself to Washington.
[EABF13] Tourist brochure for the Denzel Washington monument.
[EABF22] On 25¢ cent coin in Museum of Bart.
[FABF02] On one dollar bill.
[FABF12] Picture on classroom wall.
[FABF17] Seen on Mt. Rushmore model at miniature golf course.
[GABF07] Photo of Mt. Rushmore.
[GABF07] On one dollar bill giving Homer financial advice.
[GABF21] Homer in mascot suit says he's a costumed superhero like George Washington or Dame Edna.
[HABF04] Homer drives past Mt. Rushmore.
[HABF21] Washington playing tambourine in army recruiting rock video.
[JABF09] We see a one dollar bill with George Washington.
[MOVIE1] George Washington's portrait seen in Springfield Elementary.
[MOVIE1] In the White House we see portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Washington.
[KABF16] We see George Washington in heaven.
[KABF16] We see a strange commercial with George Washington kissing bride Abraham Lincoln.
[LABF17] Mrs. Krabappel: Class, today we're going to talk about Washington crossing the Delaware.
[MABF02] George Washington's portrait seen in Mrs. Krabappel's class.
[MABF07] George Washington's portrait seen in Mrs. Krabappel's class.
[NABF11] Lisa the magician: ...and George Washington took a trip down the Ear-y [Erie] Canal (as she pulls a quarter out of Homer's ear)
[NABF15] Bart: See Dad? Having Krabappel next door is nothing but trouble. Teachers should not be allowed to live near their students. We're natural enemies like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. {mba}

John Adams  1797 - 1800

[JABF12] Homer identifies Abigail Adams in a display of pine cone first ladies.

Thomas Jefferson  1801 - 1809

[7F03] Bart imagines him while reading about the First Continental Congress.
[8F01] Lisa asks Jefferson for advice at the Jefferson Memorial, only to have him gripe to her.
[9F11] In the Beer Hall of Presidents. {rl}
[9F13] Appears in the giant model of Mt. Rushmore during the President's Day pageant.
[5F14] Burns' great grandfather's name is Franklin Jefferson Burns.
[CABF01] Giant log goes past Mount Rushmore.
[FABF06] Lewis & Clark (Lenny & Carl) meet with President Thomas Jefferson (Wiggum).
[FABF17] Seen on Mt. Rushmore model at miniature golf course.
[GABF07] Photo of Mt. Rushmore with Bart on face.
[HABF04] Homer drives past Mt. Rushmore.

James Madison  1809 - 1817

[BABF09] One of the famous short people mentioned.

James Monroe  1817 - 1825

[LABF15] Zachary Vaughn: Who can tell me what the Monroe doctrine was?
Martin: The policy of President Monroe, that America has the right as a nation...

Andrew Jackson  1829 - 1837

[8F15] The nineteenth century figure nicknamed "Old Hickory" was Jackson, not the Battle of New Orleans.
[FABF06] President Jackson (Mayor Quimby) sends Lewis and Clark (Lenny and Carl) to search for the Northwest passage.
[GABF07] On twenty dollar bill giving Homer financial advice.
[GABF16] Appears on stamp at Springfield Stamp Museum

Martin Van Buren  1837 - 1841

[EABF09] Congressional graffiti inside Capitol Hill: Martin Van Buren is a weiner.

William Henry Harrison  1841

[9F13] One of the mediocre presidents in the President's Day pageant.
[4F11] Campaign button: "Harrison".

John Tyler  1841 - 1845

[9F13] One of the mediocre presidents in the President's Day pageant.

Zachary Taylor  1849 - 1850

[9F13] One of the mediocre presidents in the President's Day pageant.

Millard Fillmore  1850 - 1853

[9F13] One of the mediocre presidents in the President's Day pageant.
[CABF17] 1850s Krusty tells a topical President Fillmore joke on gig on Mississippi riverboat.
[EABF09] All Millard Fillmore schools to be renamed after Ronald Reagan.
[LABF16] Principal Skinner, at PTA meeting: In order to save money, the following Presidents will no longer be taught; Buchanan, Fillmore, Pearce, Bush, Bush,...

Franklin Pierce  1853 - 1857

[LABF16] Principal Skinner, at PTA meeting: In order to save money, the following Presidents will no longer be taught; Buchanan, Fillmore, Pierce, Bush, Bush,...

James Buchanan  1857 - 1861

[LABF16] Principal Skinner, at PTA meeting: In order to save money, the following Presidents will no longer be taught; Buchanan, Fillmore, Pearce, Bush, Bush,...

Abraham Lincoln  1861 - 1865

[7F01] Homer's tirade against President's Day "Like getting Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday back to separate paid holidays". {bg}
[7F08] The Great Emancipator's legs pose an obstacle at the eighteenth hole at Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Centre.
[7F18] Bart and Lisa sing a skipping rhyme about Lincoln.
[8F01] Lisa asks Lincoln for advice at the Lincoln Memorial.
[8F03] You might remember Troy McClure in "The Revenge of Abe Lincoln".
[8F11] A squirrel resembling Lincoln is found. It is later shot.
[8F18] Miss Illinois dresses as Lincoln in the Miss American Girl pageant.
[9F01] Johnny Calhoun sitting on lap of Lincoln Memorial on album cover.
[9F01] Nods at Homer in affirmation when he thinks he sees a penny on the floor.
[9F07] Lincoln visible on 5 dollar bill Homer takes from Flanders for NOT plowing his driveway
[9F09] To illustrate his point that only bad people die, Homer points out that Lincoln sold poisoned milk to school children.
[9F11] Raps in the "Beer Hall of Presidents".
[9F13] Milhouse plays Lincoln in the President's Day pageant.
[9F13] Appears in the giant model of Mt. Rushmore during the President's Day pageant.
[9F20] Springfield raises money to erect a statue in his honour, but falls fifteen dollars short.
[1F05] Class question: "Who freed the slaves?".
[1F07] The graphic for "Hail to the Cheat", an "Eye on Springfield" feature, shows Lincoln chasing a young lass.
[1F19] L-I-N-C-O-N shows up in Bart's fantasy.
[2F17] Portrait of President Lincoln in Simpsons upstairs hallway.
[3F02] Screams in fear when the penny he's on penny thrown from the Seattle Space Needle by Itchy. {jr}
[3F11] Homer points out that Kennedy and Lincoln had the same golf handicap.
[3F20] Homer uses a picture of Lincoln to demonstrate the principle of stovepipe hats to Apu.
[3F22] Ms. Hoover almost finishes telling her class the story of Lincoln's death. Ralph asks if Lincoln was okay.
[3G03] Barney dressed up as Lincoln for Civil War re-creation.
[4F02] Picture in hallway.
[4F04] Title "A Milhouse Divided" is from Lincoln's famous phrase "A house divided against itself cannot stand".
[4F09] Picture on wall.
[4F10] One of Homer's political powers.
[4F13] Bart compliments Homer's suit saying "You could be Abe Lincoln's father's boss!".
[5F18] Runaway windmill severs Lincoln's head at miniature golf course.
[AABF12] Stovepipe hat exhibited at museum.
[AABF19] Seen at miniature golf course again.
[AABF20] Robot figure seen at Japanese Americatown.
[BABF13] Homer looking for Lincoln's gold on the White House grounds.
[CABF01] Giant log goes past Mount Rushmore.
[CABF09] Blockoland figure with stovepipe hat and bead says "Four score and seven blocks ago".
[DABF01] Grampa asks his new wife to "give Honest Abe a new term in the Oval Office."
[DABF14] Homer tells Lisa "not to go Mary Todd [Lincoln] on us."
[DABF14] Lincoln impersonator in theatre balcony shoots himself in head.
[DABF21] Homer points out that 1895 is going to be too late to save Lincoln and too early to save Kennedy but may be able to save McKinley.
[EABF04] Five dollar bill with Lincoln seen clearly. {bg}
[EABF09] Washington bar called the Drinkin' Memorial with sign having Honest Abe sitting drunkenly in the Memorial's famous chair.
[EABF11] Krusty says during blackout "I can't read porno by candlelight. Who am I, Abe Lincoln?".
[EABF12] Moe wearing stovepipe hat in photo.
[FABF01] Homer goes back in time to save Lincoln from assassination and then Homer and Lincoln travel forward in time to save Kennedy.
[FABF12] Picture on classroom wall.
[FABF17] Seen at miniature golf course again.
[FABF17] Seen on Mt. Rushmore model at miniature golf course.
[FABF17] Apu renames one of his kids Lincoln to look more patriotic.
[FABF19] Picture of Lincoln in bedroom hallway.
[GABF06] Homer says Chinese monument to spicy makes the Lincoln Memorial look like crap.
[GABF07] Photo of Mt. Rushmore with Homer up nose.
[GABF21] Featured on five dollar bill.
[GABF21] Homer thinks Lincoln is using a midget in a hat.
[HABF04] Homer drives past Mt. Rushmore.
[HABF16] Homer asks baseball player to autograph baseballs above President Lincoln's.
[HABF21] Lincoln playing electric guitar in army recruiting rock video.
[JABF11] Homer as mattress salesman: Let me tell you about a land where it rains beer and hails pretzels, and you can play swim-up blackjack with Abraham Lincoln. It's the land of sleep.
[JABF12] Homer identifies Mary Todd Lincoln in a display of pine cone first ladies.
[MOVIE1] Portrait of Lincoln version of Itchy shown in White House.
[MOVIE1] Portrait of Lincoln in President Schwarzenegger's office.
[JABF16] Homer answers door in a Lincoln costume.
[JABF19] On Itchy & Scratchy cartoon we see Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial.
[JABF20] Burns sees a Lincoln penny in the mall fountain.
[KABF02] Homer, Bart and Lisa on a sled destroying contest snow sculptures - including Lincoln.
[KABF13] Bart looks up penny error: The inverted Double-struck Penny, or "Kissing Lincolns" was mistakenly minted in December of 1917
[KABF16] We see a strange commercial with George Washington kissing bride Abraham Lincoln.
[KABF21] Grampa, observing Lisa with a bee beard: President Lincoln, you've come back, and you got rid of that hat.
[LABF15] Lisa: I thought you were studying the Lincoln-Douglas debates? Bart: You mean the old man D-Dog flame wars.
[LABF15] President Lincoln seen on cover of book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
[MABF04] Abe Lincoln portrait hanging in front of Bart's / Mrs. Krabappel's classroom.
[MABF06] In flashback to 1860, Abraham Lincoln lends his hat to Mabel Simpson to hide her hair.
[MABF14] After installing a windmill and seeing his electric meter running backwards Homer exclaims, "Oh my goodness! That means we're travelling back in time! I can warn President Lincoln to dump his wife before she goes crazy!"
[NABF02] Lincoln seen in picture on wall in Mrs. Krabappel's classroom.
[NABF06] Hairdresser [about Marge]: It's the battle of the blue and gray here and I am Gaybraham Lincoln.
[NABF15] Bart: See Dad? Having Krabappel next door is nothing but trouble. Teachers should not be allowed to live near their students. We're natural enemies like George Washington and Abraam Lincoln. {mba}

Ulysses S. Grant  1869 - 1877

[BABF12] One of the Great Drinkers in American History at Duff festival.
[DABF14] Barney dressed up as General Grant for Civil War re-enactment, gets drunk.
[GABF21] Featured on fifty dollar bill.

Rutherford Birchard Hayes  1877 - 1881

[9F13] One of the mediocre presidents in the President's Day pageant.
[EABF09] Congressional representative named Hayes.

Chester Alan Arthur  1881 - 1885

[9F13] Having finished off Lincoln, John Wilkes Bart goes after Arthur.
[3F13] Lisa is just getting over her Chester A. Arthritis.

Stephen Grover Cleveland  1885 - 1889; 1893 - 1897

[3F09] Spanked Grampa on two non-consecutive occasions.
[DABF21] Homer reads 1895 headline about President Cleveland.
[EABF09] Congressional graffiti inside Capitol Hill: Glover Cleveland sucks...
[EABF22] On $1,000 dollar bill in Museum of Bart.
[HABF04] Mrs. Krabappel discusses Grover Cleveland's second term was even more uneventful in class.

Benjamin Harrison  1889 - 1893

[4F11] Campaign button: "Harrison". {dj}

William McKinley  1897 - 1901

[7F17] Herman tries to pass off Grampa's hat as the hat McKinley was shot in.
[1F08] Burns says he lived through five years of McKinleynomics.
[DABF21] Homer points out that 1895 is going to be too late to save Lincoln and too early to save Kennedy but may be able to save McKinley.
[JABF12] Homer identifies Ida Saxton McKinley in a display of pine cone first ladies.

Theodore Roosevelt  1901 - 1909

[7F01] Burns says "... a fair shake, or even a square deal". The "square deal" was Teddy Roosevelt's electoral program. {slr}
[8F01] A crooked congressman considers a proposal to drill for oil in Teddy's head at Mt. Rushmore. {mb}
[9F13] Appears in the giant model of Mt. Rushmore during the President's Day pageant.
[9F16] Survived an assassination attempt by Grampa.
[3F05] While leading the employees in calisthenics, Burns says he wants to see more Teddy Roosevelts and less Franklin Roosevelts.
[3F16] Has his head cut off in the first ever Itchy cartoon.
[4F10] One of Homer's political powers.
[CABF01] Giant log goes past Mount Rushmore.
[FABF17] Seen on Mt. Rushmore model at miniature golf course.
[GABF07] Photo of Mt. Rushmore.
[HABF04] Homer drives past Mt. Rushmore.
     
[GCHM01] Hallmark Simpsons greeting card has Grampa commenting "We're old enough to remember when a Nickel would buy ...tickets to see bare-knuckles boxing legend Theodore Roosevelt!

William Howard Taft  1909 - 1913

[3F14] Had an affair with Mr. Burns' mother, the old dog.
[BABF13] Picture in White House dining room.
[CABF06] Picture in school hallway.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson  1913 - 1921

[8F16] Bart uses Wilson's first name when writing love letters to Mrs. Krabappel.
[CABF06] Picture in school hallway.
[GABF08] Book "Woodrow Wilson, Man of Peace" in library.

Warren Gamaliel Harding  1921 - 1923

[CABF06] Picture in school hallway.
[GABF14] Warren Harding Memorial Through-Hole.

John Calvin Coolidge  1923 - 1929

[VSCD] In opening, Troy McClure says Coolidge called Springfield "a pea-sized town with lima-bean-sized dreams". {dj}
[8F16] His picture hangs on the wall of Mrs. Krabappel's classroom.
[CABF18] Burns told his girlfriend that he knew Calvin Coolidge.
[JABF08] Grampa's poster: Keep Cool With Coolidge!
     
[GCHM01] Hallmark Simpsons greeting card has Grampa commenting "We're old enough to remember when a Nickel would buy ...tickets to see bare-knuckles boxing legend Theodore Roosevelt! Or was that Calvin Coolidge?

Herbert Clark Hoover  1929 - 1933

[7F01] Episode title "Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes On Every Fish" is similar Herbert Hoover's detached statement "the aspirations of the American people seem to have advanced from two chickens in every pot to two cars in every garage." {slr}
[AABF03] Ice cream flavor "Sherbert Hoover".

Franklin Delano Roosevelt  1933 - 1945

[9F03] Leaps out of his wheelchair to join Itchy & Scratchy in the pummeling of Hitler.
[9F11] In the Beer Hall of Presidents.
[9F13] Ralph confuses the Roosevelt costume with the Washington costume in the President's day pageant.
[1F12] Lisa Lionheart doll has the down-to-earth good looks of Eleanor Roosevelt.
[2F31] Krusty plays Roosevelt in "Sunrise at Campobello".
[3F05] While leading the employees in calisthenics, Burns says he wants to see more Teddy Roosevelts and less Franklin Roosevelts.
[3F13] Washington jumps into Lisa's bedroom and Janey's number. To which Lisa responds: No, not Janey! She'll pack the Supreme Court with boys! This is probably a reference to Roosevelt trying to pack the Supreme Court with Democrats during his administration. {jc}
[5F14] Burns' grandfather's name is Franklin Jefferson Burns.
[AABF05] Quimby explains to intern that peeping is how FDR met Eleanor.
[AABF07] FDR's Pearl Harbor speech "A date which will live in infamy" heard on Grampa's old radio.
[AABF12] KBBL mentions that in 1939 FDR was president.
[BABF08] Has the first social security number (just before Burns).
[DABF09] Wife Eleanor was the voice of Scratchy during the war.
[DABF10] When Homer had dispute with phone company he said they have woken a sleeping giant.
[DABF19] Grampa tells Homer clone story about FDR racing Superman around the world and winning by a furlong.
[EABF08] Photo of Chief Wiggum in drag dressed up like Eleanor Roosevelt.
[EABF20] Lisa as class president compared to Eleanor Roosevelt.
[JABF11] Baseball player Joe Leboot throws ball wild into the stands hitting Eleanor Roosevelt.
[MOVIE1] In the White House we see portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Washington.
[KABF05] President Roosevelt, in 1939 flashback: To deal with the menace of Bonnie and Clyde I am recalling all our air defense forces from Pearl Harbor.
[MABF22] Sign in 1944 flashback: Roosevelt and Stalin - Friendship Through Trust

Harry S. Truman  1945 - 1953

[7F19] Martin's photo in the paper holding another newspaper whose headline reads, "Simpson Defeats Prince". (cf. 1948 pres. election, "Dewey Defeats Truman", Chicago Tribune.)
[5F14] Authorized the printing of a trillion dollar bill.
[BABF13] Picture in White House drawing room.
[DABF18] Homer and Lisa watching old newsreel footage of Truman defeating Dewey.

Dwight David Eisenhower  1953 - 1961

[7F08] One of the card catalogue entries at the Springfield Public Library is "Golf - Eisenhower and".
[9F07] "I dislike Ike" sign at White House protest.
[1F07] Eisenhower's secret affair is spotlighted in "Hail to the Cheat", a feature on "Eye on Springfield".
[2F07] The "Mr. and Mrs. Erotic American" tape quotes his advice: "Double your pleasure with a bath... together!"
[3F08] Gets busy on Krusty's broadcast from the civil defense shack.
[3G02] Homer pronounces "nuclear" as "nucular" like Eisenhower and Carter.
[4F06] Picture of him celebrating 40th wedding anniversary in bordello. Not pictured, Mrs. Eisenhower."
[4F11] Campaign buttons: "I Like Ike", "I Still Like Ike".
[FABF19] Marge has game where you draw Eisenhower. Martin said he didn't get along with Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
[LABF03] Homer: We'll keep Grampa occupied with this DVD of Dwight Eisenhower talking about golf.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy  1961 - 1963

[7F01] Lisa's comment about political discussion at the dinner table: "I feel like a Kennedy". {bg}
[8F09] Quimby paraphrases JFK's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
[9F02] Lisa being sworn as Little Miss Springfield like LBJ with Marge wearing a Jackie K. pink pillbox hat.
[9F07] Quimby paraphrases JFK's speech "..the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans...". {ah}
[9F14] In an old TV clip, Kennedy takes a moment to express his fondness for Duff beer.
[9F18] Oliver Stone guest directs JFK type Itchy & Scratchy cartoon.
[9F20] Frink proves that Marge was present at the Kennedy assassination.
[1F01] Smithers imagines a naked Burns jumping out of a cake and singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. Smithers." much like Marilyn Monroe to JFK. {dh}
[1F05] Quimby's wife wearing Jackie K. outfit.
[1F07] Kennedy's secret affair is spotlighted in "Hail to the Cheat", a feature on "Eye on Springfield".
[1F08] A Texan senator gives Homer the lucky hat he wore the day Kennedy was shot.
[1F11] Quimby's wife wearing Jackie K. outfit.
[2F07] Kennedy appears on TV in a flashback; young Homer does an impression of him.
[2F09] Homer thinks Lenny and Karl might have been involved in the Kennedy assassination after Bart suggests it to him.
[3F06] A young Homer imitates JFK.
[3F11] Marge wearing a Jackie K. pink dress and pillbox hat.
[3F11] Homer points out that Kennedy and Lincoln had the same golf handicap.
[3F15] Marge claims Troy McClure is as much a gentleman as JFK was.
[3F17] Marge had the same outfit Kennedy's wife Jacqueline wore the fateful day in Dallas.
[3G04] In WWII Grampa pushes JFK's older brother John off PT boat after he says "Ich bin ein Berliner".
[4F11] Jackie O. thought Mindy was married to "Mark"; Homer says "Give her a break; her husband was killed." {cl}
[4F16] Quimby's wife wearing Jackie K. outfit.
[AABF05] Bodyguard instructor re-enacts assassination attempt from the top of a grassy knoll. Instructor also looks like Texas Marshall who escorted Lee Harvey Oswald just before he was shot by Jack Rudy.
[AABF05] Mobster says Kennedy's father was...
[AABF13] Name of truckstop "The Gassy Knoll".
[AABF23] Mel Gibson sings "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to movie president much like Marilyn Monroe to JFK. {tr}
[BABF12] Duff sticker reading, "Ich Bin Ein Duff"
[DABF02] Female hamster wearing Jackie K. pink dress and pillbox hat.
[DABF15] Appears in Lisa's vision.
[DABF21] Homer points out that 1895 is going to be too late to save Lincoln and too early to save Kennedy but may be able to save McKinley.
[EABF02] Teacher imitates JFK and Khrushchev during Cuban missile crises.
[EABF05] Lisa honored at Kennedy Center.
[EABF09] Krusty in doctored photo of Rudy shooting Oswald.
[EABF09] Fox news headline: JFK posthumously joins the Republican party.
[EABF09] Quimby says "Ich Bin Ein Feline".
[EABF15] Quimby's wife wearing Jackie K. outfit.
[EABF20] Lisa as class president dressed up in Jackie K. outfit.
[EABF21] Homer beats Grim Reaper for taking JFK and Snowball I.
[FABF01] Homer goes back in time to save Lincoln from assassination and then Homer and Lincoln travel forward in time to save Kennedy.
[FABF05] Homer and Marge writing book about JFK assassination.
[FABF10] Quimby's mistress/niece dressed up in Jackie O. outfit.
[FABF13] Camp counselor says young Marge's pose reminds her of Jackie O.
[FABF17] Marge dressed up like Jackie O. at France bistro.
[GABF22] Quimby's wife giving a White House tour like Jackie O did.
[MOVIE1] President Schwarzenegger: Look at those angry eyes, and giant teeth. It's like Christmas at the Kennedy compound.
[KABF19] Lisa changes her last name to Bouvier - Lisa: Hey, Bouvier was Jackie Kennedy's maiden name. Marge: Really? I never knew that.
[NABF04] Doorman at The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen to Smithers: With the buzz cut and the bow tie? This is a night club not a John F. Kennedy cabinet meeting.

Lyndon Baines Johnson  1963 - 1969

[8F17] Lifts his beagle by the ears in the brainwashing film Santa's Little Helper watches. {ds}
[9F02] Lisa being sworn as Little Miss Springfield like LBJ with Marge wearing a Jackie K. pink pillbox hat.
[2F06] According to the Rock Bottom corrections list, Lyndon Johnson did not provide the voice of Yosemite Sam.
[2F32] Bart shows off his surgical scars like Johnson.
[3F08] Maggie peering through flowers similar to 1964 Lyndon Johnson campaign ad.
[3F12] Marge thought she saw Johnson everywhere after he died.
[4F11] One of the Simpson family's albums is "The Wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson".
[5F09] Homer's comment about Ray Petterson having "finger on the button" is reminiscent of LBJ's constant hints (and infamous "Daisy" commercial) that Barry Goldwater was itching for a reason to incite a nuclear holocaust during the 1964 election campaign. Naturally, he wasn't the last politician to use this tactic. {mba}
[BABF16] Six Toe County's statue of justice holds a beagle by the ears. {bjr}
[HABF06] Burns (to Tex): Not so fast, shady bird Johnson. I'll take that gold!

Richard Milhous Nixon  1969 - 1974

[7G08] Homer thinks Nixon is one of Santa's reindeer. {rc2}
[8F01] Bart stands on the spot where Nixon bowled back-to-back 300 games.
[8F09] Photo of Elvis and Mr. Burns similar to one of Elvis and Nixon.
[8F17] Homer says Nixon's dog Checkers went to doggy hell.
[9F11] In the Beer Hall of Presidents. {rl}
[9F13] Bart cleverly transforms his butt into Nixon's face.
[9F14] Expresses his fondness for Duff beer, but is met with derision.
[9F16] At Homer's high school reunion, the class clown does his impression of Nixon.
[9F18]# Old footage of Nixon taking part in whacking day is shown.
[1F01] One of the guests at Burns' birthday party.
[1F02] Receives an honorary degree from Sir Oinks-a-lot; tells Homer and the nerds that they'll pay for kidnapping the pig.
[1F04] One of the jury of the damned.
[1F13] Homer's face morphs into Nixon's as he ascends in the space shuttle.
[1F19] Although there have been many "-gate" Watergate scandal spinoff words coined. we'll note Kent Brockman's suggestion for Waitergate as one the closest to the original. {mba}
[2F02] Quimby was sick and looked terrible on television for the debate with Sideshow Bob like Nixon with the Kennedy debate.
[3F11] Burns let him win at golf in 1974; Burns does an imitation of him.
[3F31] Nixon appears as one of the jury of the damned in a clip from 1F04.
[3F31] A clip of Bart's butt made up to look like Nixon in 9F13 is shown in the closing credits.
[4F03] Boxing announcer says Fan Man crashed Nixon's funeral.
[4F07] Bowl-a-rama new location is teetering over the Carter-Nixon tunnel.
[4F09] Homer imitates Nixon on lawnmower.
[4F11] Campaign button: "Click with Dick".
[4F19] Moe is using Nixon's enemy list.
[CABF08] Nixon's resignation speech heard during Homer's antacid trip.
[DABF17] Superintendent Chalmers' poster "Now More Than Ever" is taken from Nixon's 1972 election campaign. {ddg}
[EABF03] Photo of Elvis and Mr. Burns similar to one of Elvis and Nixon.
[EABF03] Burns is compiling an enemies list.
[EABF03] We see Krusty shaking President Nixon's hands, Nixon making a peace symbol. {bg}
[EABF18] Seen in 1960s montage footage.
[EABF20] Martin resigning as class president says "You won't have Martin Prince to kick around anymore" and then does Nixon salute.
[FABF22] Quimby using a puppy to distract the media away from his latest scandal is synonymous to Nixon's famous "Checkers" speech.
[KABF12] In a flashback we see Nixon giving a speech on television behind Homer's mom pouring cereal for boy Homer.
[KABF19] Crossword competition pays tribute to all the words that have been removed from the dictionary during the past year: Nixonian
[LABF13] Krusty (auditioning): Do you want to see it any other way like sad, or Brooklyn, or a Richard Nixon voice?

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.  1974 - 1977

[8F04] Mr. Burns thanks Ford for Project Bootstrap, under which Homer was hired.
[9F10] Lurleen Lumpkin stayed at the Beety Ford clinic. {mba}
[3F09] Moves in across the street from the Simpsons after Bush moves out, license plate MR. DUH.
[3G02] We see the Betty Ford Center, then the Clown Detox Wing; Clown: I went through a five year orgy of non-stop pills, and booze, with nothing to show for it but four Emmy's and a Peabody award. {mba}
[3G03] Talks about the Boy Scouts on Krusty's show.
[4F11] Campaign button: "[illegible] for Ford".
[4F19] Homer has a photo of himself with Ford.
[4F22] Marge and the kids visiting New York see a Broadway Musical, "Kicking' it: A musical journey through the Betty Ford center". {mba}

James Earl Carter, Jr.  1977 - 1981

[9F05] According to her resume, Marge worked for the Carter Administration. (She did vote for him - twice.)
[9F07] According to Homer, Carter is passed out on the couch on the $10,000 bill.
[9F08] Springfield Shopper headline: Mondale to Hart: Where's the Beef?
[9F20] Springfield erects a statue in his honour.
[1F01]# Barred from attending Burns' birthday party. (No one-termers.)
[2F11] Prof Frink: Working with former Carter administration officials and military men who were forced into early retirement for various reasons that we won't go into here, okay, we have planned this defense for the city [against the comet].
[2F31] As Homer says, "Scooby Doo can doo-doo, but Jimmy Carter is smarter."
[3G02] Homer pronounces "nuclear" as "nucular" like Carter.
(Carter was also a commander of a nuclear submarine)
[4F05] Marge pronounces "nuclear" as "nucular".
[4F07] Bowl-a-rama new location is teetering over the Carter-Nixon tunnel.
[4F11] Campaign button: "Carter" (on a peanut).
[5F05] After drinking Billy Beer, Homer says we elected the wrong Carter.
[AABF19] Building a Habitat home for Cletus.
[BABF13] Ghost of Billy Carter tells Bart that Jimmy sent him to Camp David to get rid of him.
[BABF19] Break dancing at Iowa State Fair.
[CABF13] Homer says that he took power with a bloodless coup.
[DABF11] Homer says Clinton is a Jimmy Carter with a "fox" attitude.
[DABF18] Carter, Bush Sr. and Clinton volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.
[EABF09] Fox news headline: Jimmy Carter: Old, Wrinkly, useless.

Ronald Wilson Reagan  1981 - 1989

[MG31] His portrait hangs on the wall of a store security office. {rc}
[9F02] Reagan's head is on a pike in the Chamber of Horrors at the Springfield Wax Museum.
[9F21] At the Statue of Liberty 100th birthday celebration, Reagan complains he could be using that time for work.
[1F01] One of the guests at Burns' birthday party.
[1F05] Groundskeeper Willie making threats even though he knows that the microphone is on is similar to Reagan faux pas.
[1F14] Homer plays his Rappin' Ronnie Reagan tape.
[2F02] Lisa tells Sideshow Bob he was Ronny to Birch Barlow's Nancy.
[2F05] Kent Brockman reveals that Reagan dyes... his hair.
[3F09] His picture appears in Homer's book of presidents.
[5F12] Drive-in movie "Hail to the Chimp" is a take-off of the early Reagan movie "Bedtime for Bonzo". The chimp also climbs on to guy and hits him in head just like what happened to Reagan. {jp}
[5F22] Bart says "mistakes were made" as Reagan did during the Contra scandal.
[AABF17] Mr. Burns says "mistakes were made".
[EABF09] Various things to be named after Reagan such as the Mississippi Reagan and Franken-Reagan.
[FABF17] Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center.
[GABF12] Eights years in the future Milhouse's deposit on his tuxedo costs 200 Reagans.

George Herbert Walker Bush  1989 - 1993

[7F24] The 30-Jan-92 airing of this episode was preceded by a clip of OFF watching Bush's State of the Union address (live action, not animated) in which he urges America to be more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons, to which Bart replies: "Hey, we're like the Waltons. We're praying for the end of the depression, too." {rc}
[8F01] Signs House Bill 1022, expelling Congressman Bob Arnold.
[9F07] Homer helps Bush smuggle valuable artworks out of the White House by ploughing through the crowd of protesters outside.
[1F01]# Barred from attending Burn's birthday party. (No one-termers.)
[1F06] In the Panamanian Strongman video game, points out that winners don't do drugs.
[1F07] Bush's secret affair is spotlighted on "Hail to the Cheat", a feature on "Eye on Springfield".
[2F02] Sideshow Bob says "it's high time people realized that conservatives aren't all Johnny Hatemongers, Charlie Bible Thumps, or even - God forbid - George Bushes.
[2F02] Sideshow Bob's campaign ad is an amalgamation of the "Revolving Door" and "Weekend Passes" ads deployed by Bush against Michael Dukakis in the 1988 election campaign {mba}
[2F09] Member of the Stonecutters world council.
[3F09] Moves in across the street from the Simpsons, and gives Bart a spankin'.
[5F01] Homer has a "dangerous status" for beating up Bush.
[5F06] Marge meets Bush in the unemployment line.
[BABF13] Picture in White House hallway.
[BABF21] Broccoli being poisonous and having an unpleasant taste refers to Bush's dislike of it.
[DABF16] Witness at Homer's execution.
[DABF18] Carter, Bush Sr. and Clinton volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.
[EABF01] One of Homer's enemies.
[HABF13] Homer has photos of him fighting with George Bush and George W. Bush.
[LABF16] Principal Skinner, at PTA meeting: In order to save money, the following Presidents will no longer be taught; Buchanan, Fillmore, Pearce, Bush, Bush,...

William Jefferson Clinton  1993 - 2001

[9F13] Attends Krusty's 29th Anniversary show.
[9F22] His portrait hangs on the wall of the Witness Relocation Program offices.
[1F07] Clinton's secret affair is spotlighted on "Hail to the Cheat", a feature on "Eye on Springfield".
[1F13] Homer phones Clinton and asks him if he knows where he can get some Tang.
[1F15] A member of the Little White Girls' Blues Quartet:
Moe: Hey, Clinton! Get back to work! Clinton: Make me! {pd}
[1F21] Clinton is happy that Burns finally found love.
[3F08] One of the airmen would rather take orders from Clinton than hear Sideshow Bob's voice again.
[3F09] Named Public Enemy Number One by US News and World Report (appears in Bush household).
[4F02] Kidnapped along with Senator Bob Dole by Kodos & Kang during 1996 Presidential Election.
[4F08] Fleet-A-Pita playing his 1992 campaign song "Don't Stop".
[5F21] President Clinton opens up a web-page at www.[wolf-whistle].[bedspring springing]
[5F21] Bart's blackboard punishment: "I will not file frivolous lawsuits" maybe refers to Paula Jones' lawsuit against President Clinton. {jk}
[AABF01] Itchy tells Scratchy that Bart and Lisa are laughing at his pain.
[AABF01] Bart tells Kodos & Kang to go after Ken Starr.
[AABF02] Bart's blackboard punishment: "Nobody cares what my definition of 'is' is" refers to Clinton's semantic hair-splitting right down to the word `is' at the Starr inquiry. {bjr}
[AABF05] Bart's blackboard punishment "The President did it" is not an excuse.
[AABF05] Quimby peeps into the interns' restroom.
[AABF08] Name badly dubbed during Super Bowl discussion.
[AABF08] Phones Super Bowl team.
[AABF09] Hits on Marge at garden party.
[AABF12] Marge overhears gossip about Quimby and interns.
[AABF18] Skinner not able to understand the "it" in "beat it" as with Clinton and "is".
[AABF23] Clinton seen in front of Capitol Hill.
[BABF01] Clinton in Oval Office shaking hands with superheroes Bart and Lisa.
[BABF09] Answers Lisa's letter when she writes complaining about band contest.
[BABF09] Clinton visits Simpsons: Marge: That's a pretty lousy lesson. Clinton: I'm a pretty lousy President.
[BABF13] President Lisa's embarrassing musician brother Bart is similar to Bill Clinton and his brother Roger.
[BABF13] Picture hanging in the hallway outside the Oval Office door.
[BABF13] Left a stash of porn magazines at Camp David.
[CABF12] Bart's blackboard punishment: "I will not buy a Presidential pardon" refers to Clinton's controversial last minute pardons.
[CABF22] Creative sentencing has him delivering mail.
[DABF11] Homer saying that he can blow marijuana smoke into the President's face refers to Clinton's "I never inhaled".
[DABF11] Gave speech at Burns' investors meeting.
[DABF18] Carter, Bush Sr. and Clinton volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.
[DABF18] Seen in window ogling Marge's large breasts.
[EABF09] Krusty's campaign slogan "The Man from Funny" is similar to Clinton's "The Man from Hope".
[EABF09] Fox news headline: Hillary Clinton embarrasses self, nation.
[FABF17] Clinton jailed under "Government Knows Best" act.
[FABF21] Bart's t-shirt "Impeach Everybody".
[FABF22] Newswoman Chloe Talbot says she had a fling with Clinton.
[KABF03] Clinton: I'm voting for Ralph too. But don't tell you know who.
[KABF04] Homer: At least we know there will never be a President worse than Bill Clinton (scripted in irony, knowing what came subsequently).
[MABF14] Springfield Shopper has classified ad selling Clinton/Gore posters, pictures, buttons, etc.

George Walker Bush, Jr.  2001 - 2009

[2F02] Sideshow Bob says it's high time people realized that conservatives aren't all Johnny Hatemongers, Charlie Bible Thumps, or even - God forbid - George Bushes.
[3F09] Using crude cardboard cutouts, Homer tricks former President Bush into thinking that his sons George Jr. and Jeb are at the front door.
[BABF20] Bart's subliminal message on chalkboard similar to Dubya's "rats" ad.
[CABF01] Bart's chalkboard message "I am not the acting president" refers to the disputed election 2000 results in Florida.
[CABF10] Wiggum complains that "everything is aluminum this and George W. that".
[CABF12] Sideshow Mel demands a "re-race" after Bart caught cheating in marathon refers to the Florida re-count.
[CABF22] Moe cannot have minors in his bar because of an incident involving the Bush girls.
[DABF07] Krusty has a comedy sketch about hanging chads.
[DABF11] Homer on medicinal marijuana: "I could walk up to the President and blow smoke in his stupid monkey face!". ('monkey' is a derogatory nickname for Bush, Jr.)
[EABF08] Flanders says he hasn't been this happy since they stole the 2000 election.
[EABF09] Krusty at Republican meeting was worried about some of his youthful and middle-aged indiscretions surfacing during his congressional election.
[FABF17] "The Government Knows Best Act" is a swipe at the Patriot Act.
[FABF17] Homer finking on Bart for not serving the armed forces is a swipe of Bush only serving in the National Guard during the Vietnam war.
[FABF21] Bart's t-shirt "Weapons of Ass Destruction".
[FABF22] Fox News bus still displaying the Bush/Cheney 2004 campaign banner and playing victory music.
[GABF09] Homer says the next military quagmire will either be in Iran or North Korea thanks to "general cuckoo bananas in charge".
[HABF03] Bart's chalkboard punishment "I am not smarter than the President" is an obvious swipe at George W. Bush's intelligence.
[HABF13] Homer has photos of him fighting with George Bush and George W. Bush.
[JABF09] One of the Cletus children is named Dubya.
[LABF16] Principal Skinner, at PTA meeting: In order to save money, the following Presidents will no longer be taught; Buchanan, Fillmore, Pearce, Bush, Bush,...
[NABF01] Smithers now working for Vice President Cheney at the Cheney estate.

Barack Hussein Obama  2009 - Present

[KABF16] We see Elect Barack Obama 2008 banners and posters as Homer attempts to cast his vote.
[LABF16] Homer: Now listen son. I know we saw some awesome beatdowns tonight, but remember, don't try this at home. Do it at the schoolyard, someplace where if you get hurt, we can sue! Not just them, but the school, the county, the state, and that jackass Joe Biden.
[LABF16] Drederick Tatum has a tatoo of President Obama.
[MABF01] Bart: Does Obama know about this? (that everything runs on electricity)
[MABF04] The Atlantic magazine seen - Monthly Kids' Edition with Obama on the cover.
[MABF07] Michelle Obama reads Lisa's blog and visits Springfield Elementary to show her support.

#- cut in syndication


Contributors:
{mba} Michael Bagamery, who provided multiple valuable contributions!
{ah} Alan Hamilton
{bg} Bruce Gomes
{bjr} Benjamin J. Robinson
{cl} Chad Lehman
{ddg} Don Del Grande
{dh} Dave Hall
{dj} Darryl Jones
{ds} Don Slutes
{mb} Michael Blount
{jc} Joseph Canna
{jk} Joe Klemm
{jp} Jason Pazornick
{jr} Jon Reinberg
{pd} Patrick Diesman
{rc} Raymond Chen (capsule)
{rc2} Rick Castillo
{rl} Ricardo LaFaurie (capsule)
{slr} Samuel Lapalme-Remis
{tr} Tom Rinschler


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