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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]
Assassinated: died 2 years, 10 months, and 2 days into term 40: Millard Fillmore: 969 13th • July 9, 1850 [h] – March 4, 1853: Succeeded to one partial term (2 years, 7 months, and 23 days) [o] 41: Gerald Ford: 895 38th • August 9, 1974 [h] – January 20, 1977: Succeeded to one partial term (2 years, 5 months, and 11 days) [p] 42: Warren ...
Karl Marx [a] (German: [kaʁl maʁks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, political economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.
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
[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]
[128] [129] [130] However, historian Carl Becker wrote in 1928 that "there is no clear evidence in his contemporary writings that such was the case. [131] Nevertheless, the traditional, standard view of Adams is that he desired independence before most of his contemporaries and steadily worked towards this goal for years. [ 132 ]
In 2009, property taxes on the mansion were reported to be US$1.063 million, on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million. [193] The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m 2) estate has a 60-foot (18 m) swimming pool with an underwater music system, as well as a 2,500-square-foot (230 m 2) gym and a 1,000-square-foot (93 m 2) dining room. [194]
What remains of the original 400-acre (1.6 km 2) property is a 23-acre (93,000 m 2) parcel called the Jay Estate. In the center rises the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House, built by Peter Augustus Jay over the footprint of his father's ancestral home, "The Locusts"; pieces of the original 18th-century farmhouse, were incorporated into the 19th ...