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1789-1815: George Washington, John Adams and James Madison made Thanksgiving Proclamations and there were gaps in between.
1816-1861: No Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations were issued during this period.
1862-1869: The President has issued Thanksgiving Proclamations regularly ever since Abraham Lincoln in 1862. Other two presidents that made proclamations during this period were Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant.
1870-1879: Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes issued Thanksgiving Proclamations.
1880-1889: Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison made Thanksgiving Proclamations in 1880s.
1890-1899: Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William McKinley were the Presidents making Thanksgiving proclamations during 1890s.
1900-1909: William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft made Thanksgiving Proclamations in first decade of 20th century.
1910-1919: William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson made proclamations during this period.
1920-1929: Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover issued Thanksgiving Proclamations.
1930-1939: Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt made Thanksgiving Proclamations in 1930s.
1940-1949: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman were the Presidents making Thanksgiving proclamations during 1940s.
1950-1959: Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower were the ones to issue proclamations in 1950s.
1960-1969: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon made Thanksgiving Proclamations in 1960s.
1970-1979: Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter made proclamations during this period.
1980-1989: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush issued Thanksgiving Proclamations.
1990-1999: George Bush and William J. Clinton made Thanksgiving Proclamations in the last decade of 20th century.
2000s: William J. Clinton and George W. Bush have yet made Thanksgiving proclamations in the 21st century.
