The first official presidential pardon for a Thanksgiving turkey Still, it wasn't until George H.W. Bush's administration that pardoning turkeys became a formal tradition.

Trump’s presidential turkey pardon felt like a reality show meets absurdist theater. November 20, 2018. ... and it’s effortless comedy because it mines the zany premise we know to be true.

It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. Lincoln's son Tad allegedly became attached to the turkey that was fated to be served at the family's Christmas ...

As a result, he is often credited as the first to pardon a turkey. But the 33rd president does not hold that title. The turkeys Truman received actually met the fate of becoming a holiday feast.

Ronald Reagan was the first to formally use the term "pardon" in regard to a turkey, the History Channel reports.In 1987, Reagan was asked by reporters if he'd pardon his aides who had been ...

The tradition of turkey pardoning as we know it today dates back to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Reagan was the first president to call it a “pardon” in 1987, and Bush formalized the ...

Since 1989, when President George H. W. Bush first formally instituted the practice, U.S. presidents have pardoned a turkey shortly before Thanksgiving each year. Although the turkeys offer no ...

As a result, he is often credited as the first to pardon a turkey. But the 33rd president does not hold that title. The turkeys Truman received actually met the fate of becoming a holiday feast.

President Ronald Reagan's pivot away from a reporter's question about possibly pardoning those involved in the 1980s arms-sales affair is a key moment in the history of the event taking place Tuesday.

As a result, he is often credited as the first to pardon a turkey. But the 33rd president does not hold that title. The turkeys Truman received actually met the fate of becoming a holiday feast.