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Roosevelt is the only American president to have served more than two terms. Following ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, presidents—beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower —have been ineligible for election to a third term or, after serving more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president, to a ...
President of Zimbabwe (1980–1987) 1999: Homosexuality [16] João Bernardo Vieira Guinea-Bissau: President of Guinea-Bissau (1980–1984, 1984–1999, 2005–2009) 1999: Overthrown Kumba Ialá Guinea-Bissau: President of Guinea-Bissau (2000–2003) 2003: Overthrown Pasteur Bizimungu Rwanda: President of Rwanda (1994–2000) 2004: Corruption [17]
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
Served 18 months in prison. Egil Krogh (R) United States Undersecretary of Transportation, sentenced to six months. John Dean (R) White House Counsel, convicted of obstruction of justice, later reduced to felony offenses and served 4 months. Dwight Chapin (R) Secretary to the President of the United States, convicted of perjury.
The former president himself dismissed the trial in the moments after, saying it was "rigged" by a "conflicted judge who was corrupt." He added that "the real verdict is going to be Nov. 5, by the ...
Germany and Japan surrendered in May–August 1945 during the administration of Roosevelt's successor Harry S. Truman, who previously served as Roosevelt's vice president. Though foreign affairs dominated Roosevelt's third and fourth terms, important developments also took place on the home front.
The claim: Trump 'faces up to 4 years in prison’ at Jan. 10 sentencing. A Jan. 3 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims President-elect Donald Trump could spend several years behind ...
Democratic president Andrew Johnson pardoned about 7,000 people in the "over $20,000" class (taxable property over $20,000) by May 4, 1866. More than 600 prominent North Carolinians were pardoned just before the election of 1864. [18] President Andrew Johnson pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 654 people. [3] Among them are: