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Location of counties named for presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln, as well as for Benjamin Franklin.. In the United States, a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.
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.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
This is the electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as the 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945) and the 44th governor of New York (1929–1932). A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt was first elected to the New York State Senate in 1910, representing the 26th district.
Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York Harry S. Truman: Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, Lamar, Missouri Dwight D. Eisenhower: Eisenhower Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas John F. Kennedy: John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Brookline, Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson
Roosevelt's net vote totals in the twelve largest cities increased from 1,791,000 votes in the 1932 election to 3,479,000 votes which was the highest for any presidential candidate from 1920 to 1948. Philadelphia and Columbus, Ohio , which had voted for Hoover in the 1932 election, voted for Roosevelt in the 1936 election.
7 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) 8 Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) 9 John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) 10 Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) 11 Richard Nixon (1969–1974)