Here at MuckRock, we’re big fans of two things: transparency and cakes. So what better way to celebrate FOIA’s 50th birthday than with publicly available photos of our nation’s highest office scarfing down loads of frosted pastry?
Calvin Coolidge
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Herbert Hoover
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Harry S. Truman
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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John F. Kennedy
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Richard M. Nixon
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Gerald R. Ford
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James Carter
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Ronald Reagan
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George H. W. Bush
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William J. Clinton
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George W. Bush
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Barack Obama
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We’ll end with a quote from infamous cakeophile Truman:
“There’s nothing better than cake but more cake.”
BONUS VIDEO CAKE
Image courtesy Luci Banes Johnson via lbjlibrary.org
