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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] The ...
1832 – 1832 United States presidential election: Andrew Jackson reelected president; Martin Van Buren elected vice president. 1832 – Jackson vetoes the charter renewal of the Second Bank of the United States, bringing to a head the Bank War and ultimately leading to the Panic of 1837. December 28, 1832 – Calhoun resigns as vice president.
March 3 & 6 – Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law. March 15 – Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state ( see History of Maine ). April 24 – The Land Act of 1820 reduces the price of land in the Northwest Territory and Missouri Territory encouraging Americans to settle in the west.
15th President of the United States; In office March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861: Vice President: John C. Breckinridge: Preceded by: Franklin Pierce: Succeeded by: Abraham Lincoln: United States Minister to the United Kingdom; In office August 23, 1853 – March 15, 1856: President: Franklin Pierce: Preceded by: Joseph Reed Ingersoll: Succeeded ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 1 to December 6, 1820. Taking place at the height of the Era of Good Feelings, the election saw incumbent Democratic-Republican President James Monroe win reelection without a major opponent.
President of the United States: Rabbit Test: 1978 Roy Gordon: The President: War of the Satellites: 1958 Louis Gossett Jr. President Gerald Fitzhugh: Left Behind: World at War: 2005 President Ryan Gordon: Solar Attack: 2005 Kelsey Grammer: President Andrew "Andy" Boone: Swing Vote: 2008 Joseph Granby: President of the U.S.A. Invasion, U.S.A ...
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
The Constitution also empowers the president to appoint United States ambassadors, and to propose and chiefly negotiate agreements between the United States and other countries. Such agreements, upon receiving the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate (by a two-thirds majority vote), become binding with the force of federal law.