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

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Economic Issues

Presidential precedents

All four presidents from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton whose administrations’ histories have been published as part of the Miller Center’s Presidential Oral History Program either faced a challenge or launched an initiative during their first year in office relating to the expansion of opportunity in the service of greater social and economic mobility.
Michael Nelson
Miller Center

The Presidency

Tales of transitions past

Five past-presidential transition leaders on what to do before inauguration
Thomas van der Voort
Miller Center

The Presidency

Winning over Capitol Hill

An insider’s account of congressional relations in the first year
Jeff Chidester and Tony Lucadamo
Miller Center