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[7] [8] The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
30th • August 2, 1923 [h] – March 4, 1929: Succeeded to one partial term (1 year, 7 months, and 2 days), followed by one full term 18: Richard Nixon: 2,027 37th • January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 [j] One full term; resigned 1 year, 6 months, and 20 days into second term 19: Lyndon B. Johnson: 1,886 36th • November 22, 1963 [h ...
For example, Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 prescribes that "three-fifths of all other Persons" are to be counted for the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives and direct taxes. Additionally, in Article 4, Section 2, Clause 3, slaves are referred to as "persons held in service or labor".
Feldman adds that Madison's "model of liberty-protecting constitutional government" is "the most influential American idea in global political history". [320] [h] Various rankings of historians and political scientists tend to rank Madison as an above average president with a 2018 poll of the American Political Science Association's Presidents ...
[37] [h] First president to have a first lady younger in age. [38] First president to have a child (John Quincy Adams) serve as president of the United States. [39] First president to live to the age of 90. [i] [36] First president to have signed the Declaration of Independence. [40] First president to have visited Europe. [41]
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and was the director of the U.S. Food Administration, followed by post-war relief of Europe.
In January 2018, Axios reported Trump's working hours were typically around 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (a later start and an earlier end compared to the beginning of his presidency) and that he was holding fewer meetings during his working hours in order to accommodate Trump's desire for more unstructured free time (labelled as "executive time"). [59]
Membership in the OFPA is open to male U.S. citizens age 18 or more of "good moral character and reputation" who are directly descended in the male line of either parent from an ancestor who settled, prior to May 13, 1657, in the territory that would become the Thirteen Colonies and one or all of whose intermediate ancestors in the same line, who lived in the period of the American Revolution ...