Presidential Audits
Explore evidence-based audit profiles for U.S. presidents. Each audit is designed to include a presidential overview, final scores, major strengths and weaknesses, category-by-category analysis, oath assessment, source notes, and balanced conclusions.
Browse by Historical Era
The completed presidential audits are organized by volume and historical period. Current-president material and emerging evidence belong separately in the Living Record.
Volume 2 — Washington to Jackson
1789–1837
Founding precedents, early party conflict, expansion, executive power, and the rise of mass democracy.
Volume 3 — Van Buren to Grant
1837–1877
Slavery crisis, Civil War, emancipation, Reconstruction, and the survival of the Union.
Volume 4 — Hayes to Taft
1877–1913
Industrialization, civil-service reform, imperial expansion, Progressive reform, and the modern presidency taking shape.
Volume 5 — Wilson to Nixon
1913–1974
Progressive governance, world wars, New Deal expansion, Cold War, civil rights, Vietnam, and Watergate.
Volume 6 — Ford to Biden
1974–2025
Post-Watergate recovery, modern polarization, globalization, terrorism, digital media, executive power, and contemporary democratic stress.
Living Record
Separate online record
Current-president material, emerging evidence, score-movement notes, and unresolved questions are tracked separately.
How to Read the Directory
Each president will eventually have a full audit page. The directory is organized first by historical volume, then by president. Links are structured now so individual audit pages can be added without redesigning the directory later.
This is not a ranking page. Rankings, if used, should remain separate from individual president reports. This page is primarily for navigation, volume organization, and access to audit materials.
Full President Directory
This directory will link each president to a full audit page as the audit library is loaded. Until then, the directory establishes the public structure for the project.
Audit links will become active as individual president pages are added. Current-president and emerging-evidence material belongs in the separate Living Record.
Next Step: Load the Audit Pages
The directory is ready for real audit content. The best next step is to create the individual John Adams audit page using the locked master template, then use that format for the other presidents.