Presidents Who Made It In America

Do you know which American presidents made products in America?

George Washington invented a specialized drill plow, Thomas Jefferson’s inventions included a polygraph and moldboard plow, while Abraham Lincoln held a patent for a device to lift boats. Carter’s peanut company produced peanut products; Washington, whiskey; and Jefferson, wine. And by the way, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, and Ulysses S. Grant were painters, while Franklin D. Roosevelt was an avid sketcher.

U.S. presidents have focused on strengthening American industry to boost economic growth and job creation through domestic manufacturing tariff, tax incentive, and infrastructure investment policies.