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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]
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 ...
John Trumbull's portrait of the Committee of Five presenting their draft of the Declaration to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia [129] By the time Franklin arrived in Philadelphia on May 5, 1775, after his second mission to Great Britain, the American Revolution had begun at the Battles of Lexington and Concord the previous month ...
[45] First president to cite the doctrine of executive privilege. [48] First president to have a vice president elected under the Twelfth Amendment. [m] [49] First president to expand the country's territory [50] [51] First president to have pets at the White House; two grizzly bear cubs and a mockingbird. [52] [53]
Albert Bushnell Hart, a Harvard University history professor, edited a 27-volume work, The American Nation: A History, published in 1904–1918. [428] John Marshall, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, published a two-volume biography of Washington in 1832, three years before his death. David Ramsay
James Madison (March 16, 1751 [O.S. March 5, 1750] – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
A 2004 study found that scholars in the fields of history and politics ranked Lincoln number one, while legal scholars placed him second after George Washington. [389] Lincoln's assassination left him a national martyr. He was viewed by abolitionists as a champion of human liberty. Republicans linked Lincoln's name to their party.
The ninth ballot, after some initial suspense, saw delegation after delegation break for Harding, who took the lead with 374 1 ⁄ 2 votes to 249 for Wood and 121 1 ⁄ 2 for Lowden (Johnson had 83). Lowden released his delegates to Harding, and the tenth ballot, held at 6 p.m., was a mere formality, with Harding finishing with 672 1 ⁄ 5 ...