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Note: Theodore Roosevelt and the presidents following Coolidge are excluded due to their being out of the public domain. The full list may be seen at this link: National Portrait Gallery's "America's Presidents" collection. For the article about the portrait of Barack Obama from the National Portrait Gallery, see President Barack Obama.
John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) was the first U.S. president to have notable facial hair, with long sideburns. [3] But the first major departure from the tradition of clean-shaven chief executives was Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865), [4] [5] [6] who was supposedly (and famously) influenced by a letter received from an eleven-year-old girl named Grace Bedell, to start growing a beard to improve ...
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The ...
In honor of Washington's birthday, which falls on Feb. 22, we've gathered a host of other fascinating Presidents Day trivia facts to give your executive knowledge a run for its money.
President of the United States: 13 Vice President: 2 Speaker of the House: 1 President pro tem: 1 Secretary of State: 11 Secretary of the Treasury: 8 Secretary of War: 3 Attorney General: 1 United States Senate: 20 United States House: 17 State Senate: 6 State House: 11 Governor: 15 Delegate, Continental Congress: 7 Signer, Declaration of ...
Tradition began in honour of country’s first leader, George Washington
NBC New York named Obama one of the ten best-dressed US Presidents. [77] He was listed as one of the fifty best-dressed people over 50 years old by the Guardian in March 2013. [78] On August 28, 2014, Obama wore a tan suit during a press conference about the United States' plan regarding ISIS. [79]
The length of a full four-year term of office for a president of the United States usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar days except the first day (day zero).