Fact File: U.S. Presidential visits to Thailand License for this page: You are free to copy, distribute, display... April, 1879 - Former President Ulysses S. Grant and a large group visits Siam on their round-the-world trip. A photo is here. He meets 25-year-old King Chulalongkorn. President Bush is in town. Here are a couple stills from a newsreel about LBJ's 1966 trip to Thailand. Above: Back in the days when 'gay' meant 'happy'. Left: LBJ arrives in style in front of the old parliment building. October, 1966 - LBJ visits Bangkok. LBJ's trip also included a stop in South Vietnam and a conference in Manila to rally regional governments to support the US effort in Vietnam. July, 1969 - President Richard Nixon visits Bangkok. US Embassy website: Only a few hours earlier in Guam, he had announced a policy of limited involvement that came to be known as the Nixon Doctrine. Under this policy, the United States would send military and economic assistance in future Asian wars, but would expect the nation involved to supply the manpower. October 14, 1971 - California Governor Ronald Reagan (the future president) visits Bangkok as a representative of President Nixon. November, 1979 - First Lady Rosalynn Carter visits Thailand. November, 1983 - President Reagan cancels a planned trip to Bangkok due to important bills that Congress will vote on during the time he was to be gone. May, 1986 - First Lady Nancy Reagan visits Bangkok to receive an award for her anti-drug efforts. May, 1989 - Vice President Quayle visits Thailand. January, 1994 - Former President George HW Bush visits Thailand as guest of the CP Group. November 25-26, 1996 - President and Mrs. Clinton visit for a 24-hour whirlwind visit to Bangkok. This was the first Presidential visit in 27 years. Screaming Chulalongkorn University students mob him like a rock star. The Thai papers solemnly ponder why young people are not this excited about their own politicians. The Clintons do not stay in town, but sleep on Air Force One. October, 2003 - President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush attend the APEC summit. License for this page: You are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, to make derivative works, to make commercial use of the work under the following conditions: Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor. The attribution for this work should be specified as "2Bangkok.com". The license for this page: Creative Commons Attribution License