Date/Time
Date(s) - May 5, 2025
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Updike Farmstead
354 Quaker Road
Princeton
In American history, there have been just two presidents to serve nonconsecutive terms. Historian Brian Armstrong will compare the 1890s, when Grover Cleveland won his second term, to today, with the election of Donald J. Trump. Though more than a century apart, similar issues surrounded both presidencies, including tariffs, alternative currencies, close elections, populist speakers, rejected incumbents, the mega rich, foreign migrants, maverick candidates, economic problems, and increasing presidential power.
Brian Armstrong is an independent historian, researcher, and author. Born in Flemington, he received his bachelor’s degree in history and political science from American University in Washington, D.C. He served as the president of the South River Historical & Preservation Society and is the current president of the League of Historical Societies of New Jersey. He is the author of several books, including The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey, which won the 2020 New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Author award.
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