The presidential seal was first used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii

The President of the United States (often abbreviated to "POTUS") is the head of state and head of government of the United States. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The full, but rarely used, title is President of the United States of America. Image File history File links USPresidentialSeal. ... Image File history File links USPresidentialSeal. ... The Seal of the President of the United States is based on the Great Seal of the United States. ... Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States (1877 – 1881). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² n/a km 2,450 km 41. ... Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State in many Commonwealth countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand, the Bahamas and many more, as well as crown colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ... The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ... The U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1789 by a constitutional convention, sets down the basic framework of American government in its seven articles. ... Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ... The armed forces (or armed services) of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Marine Corps United States Navy United States Air Force United States Coast Guard Approximately 1. ...

Because of the superpower status of the United States, the American President is widely considered to be the most powerful person on the earth, and is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the Cold War, the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today. Look up Superpower in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A superpower is a state with the first rank in the international system and has the ability to influence events and project power on a worldwide scale. ... For the generic term for high-tension and / or indirect struggle between states, falling short of actual open hostilities, see cold war (war). ... The Free World is a Cold War-era term used by non-communist nations to describe themselves. ...

The United States was the first nation to create the office of President as the head of state in a modern republic. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a presidential system of government. President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... It has been suggested that The republican form of government be merged into this article or section. ... A presidential system, or a congressional system, is a system of government of a republic where the executive branch is elected separately from the legislative. ...

The 43rd and current President of the United States is George W. Bush. His first term was 2001–2005; his second term began in 2005 and will end in 2009. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

President of the United States in Congress Assembled

After the adoption of the Articles of Confederation in 1781 the President of the Continental Congress was renamed to President of the United States in Congress Assembled. This title was oftened shorted to "President of the United States" and has caused some confusion. Functionally, the President of the United States in Congress Assembled is quite different from the modern office of the President of the United States and is the most analogous to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, formed the first governing document of the United States of America. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The President of the Continental Congress was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress. ... Dennis Hastert, the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. ...

Requirements to hold office

Section One of Article II of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President. The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States (or a citizen of the United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years old, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Article Two of the United States Constitution Article Two of the United States Constitution creates the executive branch of the government, comprising the President and other executive officers. ... In general, a natural-born citizen of a country is someone who is legally recognized as that countrys citizen as of the moment of birth, rather than by acquiring citizenship afterwards through naturalization. ...

The natural-born citizenship requirement has been the subject of controversy recently. Some commentators argue that the clause should be repealed because it excludes qualified people based on so-called "technicalities", and fails to appreciate the contributions made by immigrants to American society. Supporters counter that the requirement protects the United States from foreign interference — another country could send an emigrant to the United States and through subterfuge get them elected. Many prominent public officials are barred from the presidency because they were not natural-born citizens. Constitutional amendments are occasionally proposed to remove or modify this requirement, but none have been successful. In general, a natural-born citizen of a country is someone who is legally recognized as that countrys citizen as of the moment of birth, rather than by acquiring citizenship afterwards through naturalization. ...

Election

Main article: U.S. presidential election

Presidential elections are held every four years. Presidents are elected indirectly, through the Electoral College. The President and the Vice President are the only two nationally elected officials in the United States. (Legislators are elected on a state-by-state basis; other executive officers and judges are appointed.) United States presidential elections determine who serves as President and Vice President of the United States for four-year terms, starting on Inauguration Day (January 20th of the year after the election). ... The United States Electoral College is the electoral college that chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election. ... The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who, in the words of Adlai Stevenson, is a heartbeat from the presidency. ...

Old system

Originally, each elector voted for two people for President. The votes were tallied and the person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) became President, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.

Current system

The Amendment XII in 1804 changed the electoral process by directing the electors to use separate ballots to vote for the President and Vice President. To be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes, or if no candidate receives a majority, the President and Vice President are chosen by the House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, as necessary. The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution altered Article II pertaining to presidential elections. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. The Media:United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ...

Campaign

The modern Presidential election process begins with the primary elections, during which the major parties (currently the Democrats and the Republicans) each select a nominee to unite behind; the nominee in turn selects a running mate to join him on the ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate. The two major candidates then face off in the general election, usually participating in nationally televised debates before Election Day and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. Much of the modern electoral process is concerned with winning swing states, through frequent visits and mass media advertising drives. The series of U.S. presidential primaries is one of the first steps in the process of electing a President of the United States. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... A running mate is a person running for a subordinate position on a joint ticket during an election. ... Senator John F. Kennedy debates Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the first televised debates, 1960. ... Election Day in the United States is the day when polls most often open for the election of elected public officials. ... In United States presidential politics, a swing state (also, battleground state) is a state in which no candidate has overwhelming support, meaning that any of the major candidates have a reasonable chance of winning the states electoral college votes. ... Mass media is a term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). ...

Term(s) of office

Under the Constitution, the President serves a four-year term. Amendment XXII (which took effect in 1951 and was first applied to Dwight D. Eisenhower starting in 1953) limits the president to either two four-year terms or a maximum of ten years in office should he have succeeded to the Presidency previously and served two years at most to complete his predecessor's term. Prior to the ratification of this amendment, following the precedent set by George Washington, an unofficial limit of two terms was generally observed, with Franklin D. Roosevelt as the only exception (Roosevelt served three full terms and died in his fourth, having served just over 12 years). Since the amendment went into effect, three presidents have served two full terms: Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. Incumbent President George W. Bush would become the fourth if he completes his current (and second) term in 2009. (Richard Nixon was elected to a second term but resigned before completing it.) The Twenty-second Amendment of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for the President of the United States, providing that No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A term limit is a provision of a constitution, statute or bylaw which limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and later became the first President of the United States, an office to which he was elected, unanimously, twice (1789-1797). ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), is best known for leading the U.S. through the Great Depression with his New Deal programs, building a powerful political coalition -- the New Deal Coalition -- that dominated American politics for decades, a... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ...

Succession

The United States presidential line of succession is a detailed list of government officials to serve or act as President upon a vacancy in the office due to death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and conviction). The line of 17 begins with the Vice President and ends with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Legislation to add the Secretary of Homeland Security to the line of succession is pending in Congress. Order of succession Monarchies   Belgium   Denmark   Ethiopia   Japan   Liechtenstein   Luxembourg   Monaco   Netherlands   Norway   Spain   Sweden   United Kingdom Presidencies   France   United States The presidential line of succession defines who may become or act as President of the United States upon the incapacity, death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ... The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans benefits and related matters. ... The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. ...

The Constitution provided that, if a President were to die, resign, or be removed from office, the "powers and duties" of the office would devolve upon the Vice President, Article II, Section 1 (which seems to imply the position of acting president), and that he [Vice President] shall "exercise the office of President of the United States," Article I, Section 2 (which seems to imply actual assumption of the presidency itself). People did not agree as to the exact meaning and intention of the text, and whether the Vice President would succeed to the office of President or merely act as President. After the death of William Henry Harrison, however, Vice President John Tyler asserted that he had become the President, not merely Acting President, and this precedent was followed in all subsequent cases. William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. ... John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. ...

The 25th amendment eliminated this ambiguity by confirming the Vice President as first in the order as well as spelling out a process for him to serve as Acting President should the President become disabled. A provision of the United States Code (3 U.S.C. § 19) establishes the rest of the succession line. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment XXV (the Twenty-fifth Amendment) of the United States Constitution clarifies an ambiguous provision of the Constitution regarding succession to the Presidency, and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office... Acting President of the United States is a temporary office in the government of the United States, established under the auspices of the Constitution of the United States, particularly its 25th Amendment (ratified in 1967). ... The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States. ... The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States. ...

To date, no officer other than the Vice President has been called upon to act as President. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Powers

Main article: Powers of the President of the United States

The President, according to the Constitution, must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." To carry out this responsibility, the president presides over the executive branch of the federal government; a vast organization of about 4 million people, including 1 million active-duty military personnel. A President-elect will make as many as 6,000 appointments to government positions, including appointments to the federal judiciary. The Senate must consent to all judicial appointments as well as the appointments of all principal officers. The President may veto laws made by the United States Congress but cannot personally initiate laws. Congress can overturn the veto with a two-thirds majority in both houses. He is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and may make treaties, but the Senate must confirm these. The political scientist Richard Neustadt said, "Presidential power is the power to persuade and the power to persuade is the ability to bargain". He was commenting on the fact that the President's domestically constitutional power is limited, despite the modern expectation of Presidents to have a legislative program, and successful bargaining with Congress is usually essential to Presidential success. The powers of the President of the United States consist of both constitutionally enumerated powers and those deriving from his influence and prestige. ... The United States federal courts are the system of courts organized under the Constitution and laws of the federal government of the United States. ... Richard Elliott Neustadt (June 26, 1919 - October 31, 2003) was an American political historian specializing in the U.S. Presidency, and who served as advisor to several Presidents. ...

Presidential salary and benefits

Salary

The First U.S. Congress voted to pay George Washington a salary of $25,000 a year — a significant sum in 1789. Washington, already a successful man, refused to accept his salary. John F. Kennedy donated his salary to charities. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... It has been suggested that List of members of the first U.S. Senate be merged into this article or section. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Traditionally, the President is the highest-paid government employee. Consequently, the President's salary serves as a traditional cap for all other federal officials, such as the Chief Justice. A raise for 2001 was approved by Congress and President Bill Clinton in 1999 because other officials who receive annual cost-of-living increases had salaries approaching the President's. Consequently, to raise the salaries of the other federal employees, the President's salary had to be raised as well. The salary raise also allowed the President, as chief executive of the federal government, to be more in line with that of a chief executive officer (CEO) of a publically traded corporation (although the vast majority of CEOs are also millionaires due to the large addition of stock given to them by company boards). The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency. ...

Residences

North side of the White House

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The President's principal workplace and official residence is the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in Washington, DC. His official vacation or weekend residence is Camp David in Maryland. Many presidents have also had their own homes. The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ... (Redirected from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) This page is about the official residence of the President of the USA. For other White Houses see White House (disambiguation). ... Color-enhanced USGS satellite image of Washington, DC, taken April 26, 2002. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Main Lodge at Camp David during Nixon administration, February 9, 1971. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 145 km 400 km 21 37°53N to 39°43N 75°4W to 79°33W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165... This is an incomplete list of U.S. presidential residences, which are not the official residences (the White House or Camp David). ...

Travelling

While traveling, the President is able to conduct all the functions of the office aboard several specially built Boeing 747s, known as Air Force One. The President travels around Washington in an armored Cadillac limousine, often referred to informally as "Cadillac One," equipped with bullet-proof windows and tires and a self-contained ventilation system in the event of a biological or chemical attack. When traveling longer distances around the Washington area or on presidential trips, the President travels aboard the presidential helicopter, Marine One. The President also has the use of: Army One, Coast Guard One, Executive One, and Navy One. Additionally, the President has full use of Camp David in Maryland, a retreat which is occasionally used as a casual setting for hosting foreign dignitaries. Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-412 The Boeing 747, commonly called the Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable modern airliners and is the largest airliner currently in airline service. ... Air Force One is the air traffic control call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States (it is a common misconception that Air Force One refers to a single airplane). ... Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the USA; outside of North America, they have been less successful. ... Marine One in front of the White House Presidents George W. Bush and Vicente Fox board Marine One. ... President Nixon disembarking Army One Army One is the callsign of any United States Army aircraft carrying the President of the United States; from 1957 until 1976, this was usually an Army helicopter transporting the President. ... Coast Guard One is the air traffic control callsign of any United States Coast Guard aircraft carrying the President of the United States. ... Executive One is the call sign designated any civilian aircraft when the President of the United States is onboard. ... Navy One landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln President Bush in the co-pilot seat of Navy One Navy One is the callsign of any United States Naval aircraft carrying the President of the United States. ... Main Lodge at Camp David during Nixon administration, February 9, 1971. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 145 km 400 km 21 37°53N to 39°43N 75°4W to 79°33W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165...

Secret Service

The President and his family are always protected by a Secret Service detail. Until 1997, all former Presidents and their families were protected by the Secret Service until the President's death. The last President to have lifetime Secret Service protection is Bill Clinton; George W. Bush and all subsequent Presidents will be protected by the Secret Service for a maximum of 10 years after leaving office. USSS redirects here. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Presidents continue to enjoy other benefits after leaving office such as free mailing privileges, free office space, the right to hold a diplomatic passport and budgets for office help and staff assistance. However, it was not until after Harry S. Truman (1958) that Presidents received a pension after they left office. Additionally, since the presidency of Herbert Hoover, Presidents receive funding from the National Archives and Records Administration upon leaving office to establish their own presidential library. These are not traditional libraries, but rather repositories for preserving and making available the papers, records, and other historical materials for each President since Herbert Hoover. The title page of European Union passports bears the name European Union, then the name of the issuing country, in the official languages of all EU countries. ... For other people named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records. ... The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum is on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. ...

Office-holders

Main article: List of Presidents of the United States

1. George Washington (1789-1797)	2. John Adams (1797-1801)	3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)	4. James Madison (1809-1817)
5. James Monroe (1817-1825)	6. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)	7. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)	8. Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
9. William Henry Harrison (1841)	10. John Tyler (1841-1845)	11. James K. Polk (1845-1849)	12. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
13. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)	14. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)	15. James Buchanan (1857-1861)	16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
17. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)	18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)	19. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)	20. James A. Garfield (1881)
21. Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)	22. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)	23. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)	24. Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
25. William McKinley (1897-1901)	26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)	27. William Howard Taft (1909-1913)	28. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
29. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)	30. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)	31. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)	32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)
33. Harry S Truman (1945-1953)	34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)	35. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)	36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
37. Richard Nixon (1969-1974)	38. Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)	39. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)	40. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
41. George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)	42. Bill Clinton (1993-2001)	43. George W. Bush (2001-Present)

• Note that Cleveland was elected twice nonconsecutively, throwing off the numbers of all presidents after him (starting with McKinley). Thus, George W. Bush is the 43rd president although he is the 42nd person to hold the office.

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Timeline

• Martin Van Buren, born December 5, 1782, was the first president born after the Declaration of Independence and was thus arguably the first president who was not born a British subject. Interestingly, he is also the first president not of Anglo-Celtic origin.
• John Tyler, born March 29, 1790, was the first president born after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. All presidents born before him were eligible to be president because they were citizens at the time the Constitution was adopted. (Zachary Taylor was born on November 24, 1784, before the Constitution was adopted).
• Franklin Pierce, born November 23, 1804, was the first president born in the 19th century. (Millard Fillmore was born January 7, 1800, the last year of the 18th century.)
• Warren Harding, born November 2, 1865, was the first president born after the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee surrendered April 9, 1865.
• John F. Kennedy, born May 29, 1917, was the first person born in the 20th century to become president (1961).
  • Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, was born on August 27, 1908. Three other Presidents who followed Johnson in office were also born before Kennedy (in order of birth, Reagan, Nixon, and Ford).
• Jimmy Carter, born October 1, 1924, was the first person born after World War I to become president. He was the first President to be born in a hospital.
  • George H. W. Bush, who succeeded Carter's successor, was born on June 12, 1924.
• Bill Clinton, born August 19, 1946, was the first person born after World War II to become president.
  • Clinton's successor, George W. Bush, was born July 6, 1946.

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Life after the Presidency

Presidents Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and their wives at the funeral of President Richard Nixon on April 27, 1994.

After a president of the U.S. leaves office, the title "President" continues to be applied to that person the rest of his life. Former presidents continue to be important national figures, and in some cases go on to successful post-presidential careers. Notable examples have included William Howard Taft's tenure as Chief Justice of the United States, Jimmy Carter's current career as a global human rights campaigner and best-selling writer, and most recently George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton's combined effort to appeal for donations from Americans after the Asian tsunami of 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Andrew Johnson was elected to the same Senate that tried his impeachment after his term was over. Furthermore, John Quincy Adams enjoyed a prosperous career in the House of Representatives after his term in the White House. Download high resolution version (934x578, 121 KB)Five presidents and first ladies attended the funeral of Richard Nixon on April 27, 1994, in Nixons hometown of Yorba Linda, California. ... Download high resolution version (934x578, 121 KB)Five presidents and first ladies attended the funeral of Richard Nixon on April 27, 1994, in Nixons hometown of Yorba Linda, California. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. ... The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ... This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005; for other storms with this name, see Hurricane Katrina (disambiguation). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767–February 23, 1848) was an American lawyer, diplomat, politician, and President of the United States (March 4, 1825–March 3, 1829). ...

As of 2006, there are four living presidents: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The most recently deceased President is Ronald Reagan, who died in June 2004. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ... George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: June 2004 in sports Deaths in June • 28 Anthony Buckeridge • 26 Naomi Shemer • 26 Yash Johar • 22 Bob Bemer • 22 Thomas Gold • 22 Francisco Ortiz Franco • 16 Thanom Kittikachorn • 10 Ray Charles • 5 Ronald Reagan...

There have never been more than five former presidents alive at any given time in American history. There have been three periods during which five former presidents were alive:

• From March 4, 1861 to January 18, 1862, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan were living (during the Lincoln Administration, until the death of Tyler).
• From January 20, 1993 to April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush were living (during the Clinton Administration, until the death of Nixon).
• From January 20, 2001 to June 5, 2004, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton were living (during the G.W. Bush Administration, until the death of Reagan).

There have been six periods in American history during which no former presidents were alive: March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth President of the United States. ... John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. ... Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the nations highest office. ... Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ... James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States (1857–1861). ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, and former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton, watch the casket of former President Ronald Reagan carried into the Washington National Cathedral The death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan took place in June 2004. ...

• April 30, 1789 – March 3, 1797: until the first President left office, there could be no former presidents, alive or otherwise.
• December 14, 1799 – March 3, 1801: from the death of former President George Washington until incumbent President John Adams left office (no former president would die until Adams and his successor, Thomas Jefferson, both did so on July 4, 1826).
• July 31, 1875 – March 3, 1877: from the death of former President Andrew Johnson until incumbent President Ulysses Grant left office (no former president would die until Grant did so in 1885 although incumbent President James Garfield was assassinated in 1881).
• June 24, 1908 – March 3, 1909: from the death of former President Grover Cleveland until incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt left office (no former president would die until Roosevelt did so in 1919).
• January 5, 1933 – March 3, 1933: from the death of former President Calvin Coolidge until incumbent President Herbert Hoover left office (no former president would die until Hoover did so in 1964 although incumbent President Franklin Roosevelt died in office in 1945 and incumbent President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963).
• January 22, 1973 – August 9, 1974: from the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson until incumbent President Richard Nixon resigned (no former president would die until Nixon did so in 1994).

Herbert Hoover had the longest post-presidency, 31 years. He left office in 1933 and died in 1964. Still alive today is Gerald Ford, who has been an ex-president for 29 years, as of 2006. James K. Polk had the shortest post-presidency. He died on June 15, 1849, a mere three months after the expiration of his term. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 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July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 - September 19, 1881) was the 20th (1881) President of the United States, the first left-handed President, and the second U.S. President to be assassinated. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... Theodore Roosevelt, formally Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), is best known for leading the U.S. through the Great Depression with his New Deal programs, building a powerful political coalition -- the New Deal Coalition -- that dominated American politics for decades, a... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 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Presidential facts

Transition events

• Four U.S. Presidents have been assassinated while in office:
  • Abraham Lincoln in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth
  • James Garfield in 1881 by Charles J. Guiteau (Guiteau shot him but Garfield arguably died due to subsequent incorrect medical care)
  • William McKinley in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz
  • John F. Kennedy in 1963, generally thought to be by Lee Harvey Oswald [1] although many theories suggest additional gunmen. [2]
• Four others died in office of natural causes:
  • William Henry Harrison, died of pneumonia in 1841
  • Zachary Taylor, died of "acute indigestion" in 1850. Taylor's body was exhumed in 1991 to test if he had died of arsenic poisoning. It was determined he did not.
  • Warren G. Harding, died of heart attack in 1923
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, died of cerebral hemorrhage in 1945
• One President resigned from office:
  • Richard Nixon in 1974
• Two Presidents have been impeached, though neither was subsequently convicted:
  • Andrew Johnson in 1868
  • Bill Clinton in 1999
• Four Presidents have been elected without a plurality of popular votes:
  • John Quincy Adams - trailed Andrew Jackson by 44,804 votes in the 1824 election
    • However, in six of the then twenty-four states in 1824, the electors were chosen by the state legislature, with no popular vote.
  • Rutherford B. Hayes - trailed Samuel J. Tilden by 264,292 votes in the 1876 election
  • Benjamin Harrison - trailed Grover Cleveland 95,713 votes in the 1888 election
  • George W. Bush - trailed Al Gore by 543,895 votes in the 2000 election (http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2000presgeresults.htm)
  • A possible addition to this list is John F. Kennedy, who may have trailed Richard Nixon in the 1960 election. The precise gap in votes is difficult to determine because voters in Alabama were not given Kennedy as an option on their ballot - they could only vote "Democratic", without choosing a candidate. So, when the Democrats won Alabama, half of the state's electoral votes were pledged to Kennedy, and the other half were not pledged at all, and those votes all went to Harry F. Byrd. So it is impossible to know how many of those voters meant to vote for Kennedy, or for Byrd. The margin between Kennedy and Nixon was smaller than the number of Democratic votes in Alabama. The official figure from the U.S. government states includes the Alabama votes in Kennedy's total, giving Kennedy the popular plurality.
• Eleven Presidents have been elected fourteen times without a majority of popular votes (but with a plurality of popular votes):
  • James K. Polk - 49.3% of the popular vote in the 1844 election
  • Zachary Taylor - 47.3% of the popular vote in the 1848 election
  • James Buchanan - 45.3% of the popular vote in the 1856 election
  • Abraham Lincoln - 39.9% of the popular vote in the 1860 election
  • James A. Garfield - 48.3% of the popular vote in the 1880 election
  • Grover Cleveland - 48.8% of the popular vote in the 1884 election
  • Grover Cleveland - 46.0% of the popular vote in the 1892 election
  • Woodrow Wilson - 41.8% of the popular vote in the 1912 election
  • Woodrow Wilson - 49.3% of the popular vote in the 1916 election
  • Harry S. Truman - 49.7% of the popular vote in the 1948 election
  • John F. Kennedy - 49.7% of the popular vote in the 1960 election
  • Richard Nixon - 43.2% of the popular vote in the 1968 election
  • Bill Clinton - 42.9% of the popular vote in the 1992 election
  • Bill Clinton - 49.2% of the popular vote in the 1996 election
• Two Presidents have been elected without a majority of electoral votes, and were chosen by the House of Representatives:
  • Thomas Jefferson - finished with same number of electoral votes as Aaron Burr in the 1800 election
  • John Quincy Adams - trailed Andrew Jackson by 15 electoral votes in the 1824 election
• Eight Presidents took office without being elected to the Presidency, having been elected as Vice Presidents and then promoted from that position:
  • Four of them did not run to succeed themselves, and were never elected president.
    • John Tyler - Assumed the Presidency on the death of William Henry Harrison, did not run in the 1844 election
    • Millard Fillmore - Succeeded Zachary Taylor, did not run in the 1852 election
      • Fillmore did run for President in the 1856 election as a Know Nothing Party candidate and received 873,053 votes (21.6%), finishing third
    • Andrew Johnson - Succeeded Abraham Lincoln, did not run in the 1868 election
    • Chester A. Arthur - Succeeded James Garfield, did not run in the 1884 election
  • The other four later ran for president, and were elected to succeed themselves as president:
    • Theodore Roosevelt - Succeeded William McKinley, elected to succeed himself as president in the 1904 election
    • Calvin Coolidge - Succeeded Warren G. Harding, elected to succeed himself as president in the 1924 election
    • Harry S. Truman - Succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected to succeed himself as president in the 1948 election, but did not run again in the 1952 election, despite being eligible for a third term.
    • Lyndon B. Johnson - Succeeded John F. Kennedy, elected to succeed himself as president in the 1964 election, but did not run again in the 1968 election
• One President, Gerald Ford, was never elected but was appointed Vice President by Richard Nixon (with approval from Congress) upon the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew, succeeded to the Presidency after Nixon's resignation, and was defeated in the 1976 election by Jimmy Carter. He remains the only President neither elected as President nor as Vice President.
• There were four cases in which only one person served in a presidential term, but that person did not serve for a full 1461 days.
  • Although the first presidential term was deemed to have started on March 4, 1789 — the day that the United States Constitution became operational — the First Congress did not meet to count the electoral vote until April 6, and thus George Washington did not accede to the office until then, giving him 1427 days and some number of hours.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term began March 4, 1933, but the twentieth amendment changed the start of the next term to noon on January 20, 1937, giving Roosevelt a first term of 1418.5 days.
  • Due to the properties of the Gregorian calendar, 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, so John Adams' term and William McKinley's first term were shortened to 1460 days.
• Five Presidents had never held any prior elected office:
  • Zachary Taylor
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Herbert Hoover
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • William Howard Taft
• An urban legend claims that David Rice Atchison was the 11½th president of the United States for one day on March 4, 1849 in between the terms of James K. Polk (whose term expired at noon on March 4) and Zachary Taylor (who chose not to be sworn in until March 5). However, the logic of this is contradictory. If one does not consider Taylor to have officially become President until the administration of his Oath of Office, then the same logic precludes any person from having automatically succeeded before likewise having taken the same Oath. In fact, Taylor, as President-elect, automatically acceded to the Office of President upon the expiration of Polk's term, even if he did not yet enter into the execution of that Office until the Oath was administered. This fact was confirmed by Congress when it certified his election, as it defined the beginning of the administration as the instant Polk left office. Even if supposing, for the sake of argument, the rather odd interpretation that only Presidents-elect are required to take the Oath before officially occupying the Office, whilst officials in the Presidential Line of Succession occupy the Presidency ipso facto, then there would be a long list of dozens of additional "Presidents" who only held the office for a matter of hours or minutes.
• Grover Cleveland had two non-consecutive terms as President, and is counted both as the 22nd and the 24th President, as can be confirmed from the list of Presidents of the United States. Consequently, all subsequent Presidents who are referred to as "the n^th President of the United States" are actually the (n − 1)^th person to hold the office. E.g., George W. Bush, 43rd President, is actually the 42nd person to be President.
• The Chief Justice of the United States did not administer the initial oath of office to seven presidents^[3]. Robert Livingston, as Chancellor of the State of New York, administered the oath of office to George Washington at his first inauguration; William Cushing, an associate justice of the Supreme Court, administered the second. Calvin Coolidge's father, a notary public, administered the oath to his son after the death of Warren Harding^[4]. United States District Court Judge Sarah T. Hughes administered the oath to Lyndon Johnson after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Chester A. Arthur, and Theodore Roosevelt's initial oaths reflected the unexpected nature of their taking office.

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Other facts

Presidential authority, past and present: Air Force One flying over Mount Rushmore

• All presidents have been white males and nominally Christian (mostly Protestant). Most presidents have been of substantially British descent, but there have been a few who came from a different background:
  • Predominantly Dutch: Martin Van Buren
    • Although Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt had Dutch names, neither was predominantly Dutch; each had only one Dutch grandfather. Theodore's other three grandparents were all British; Franklin's other three grandparents were of Puritan stock.
  • Predominantly German: Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower
  • Predominantly Irish:William McKinley, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
    • Kennedy was also America's only Roman Catholic president.
• Only one president, James Buchanan, remained a bachelor. Bachelor Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom while in office, while both John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson became widowers and remarried while in office.
• Historical rankings of U.S. Presidents by academic historians usually regard three Presidents — in chronological order, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt — to be the three most successful presidents by a wide margin.
• The Secret Service and some agencies in the government use acronyms as jargon. Since the Truman Administration the President of the United States has been called POTUS, pronounced "poh-tuss". The wife of the President, traditionally referred to as the First Lady is called FLOTUS, pronounced "flo-tuss". The Vice President of the United States is often abbreviated to VPOTUS, pronounced "vee-poh-tuss".
• The President is known to be able to affect trends in popular culture. An endorsement of a book or a movie by a president can easily launch the career of a author or a filmmaker. For example, Ronald Reagan's admiration of The Hunt For Red October may have helped to cause Tom Clancy to become a nationally acclaimed bestselling author, something that may never have happened had it not been for Reagan's endorsement.
• Military service: 26 out of the 43 US presidents have worked in the military

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• Presidential reputation
• Presidential Service Badge
• Executive branch
• Executive privilege
• Air Force One
• Tecumseh's curse
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• List of actors who played President of the United States
• Alternative pop music band The Presidents of the United States of America (band)

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Further reading

• Leonard Leo, James Taranto, and William J. Bennett. Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House. Simon and Schuster, June, 2004, hardcover, 304 pages, ISBN 0743254333
• Waldman, Michael, and George Stephanopoulos, My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of America's Presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush. Sourcebooks Trade. September 2003. ISBN 1402200277
• Couch, Ernie, Presidential Trivia. Rutledge Hill Press. 1 March 1996. ISBN 1558534121
• Lang, J. Stephen, The Complete Book of Presidential Trivia. Pelican Publishing. September 2001. ISBN 1565548779

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Notes

1. ^  Kamen, Al. "If You're Available Jan. 20 . . ." Washington Post, 17 November 2004.
2. ^  Library of Congress. "Presidential Inaugrations: Presidential Oaths of Office."
3. ^  Excerpt from Coolidge's autobiography.

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Official

• "Executive Office of the President." Accessed October 7, 2005.
• "White House." Accessed October 7, 2005.

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Presidential histories

• The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara. URL accessed on October 7, 2005. - A collection of over 52,000 Presidential documents
• POTUS. Internet Public Library. URL accessed on October 7, 2005. - Brief biographies, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.
• Life Portraits of the American Presidents. C-SPAN. URL accessed on October 7, 2005. - A companion website for the C-SPAN television series: American Presidents: Life Portraits
• United States of America. Archontology.org. URL accessed on October 7, 2005.

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Speeches

• Presidential Inaugural Addresses. Re-QUEST dot Net. URL accessed on October 25, 2005.
• State of the Union Addresses of the American Presidents. USA-Presidents.info. URL accessed on October 7, 2005.
• Presidential Speeches Archive. The American Presidency. URL accessed on October 7, 2005.

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Miscellaneous

• The Masonic Presidents Tour. The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania. URL accessed on October 7, 2005. - Brief histories of the Masonic careers of Presidents who were members of the Freemasons.
• Teaching about the U.S. Presidency. ERICDigests.org. URL accessed on October 7, 2005. - A resource for educators teaching the American Presidency
• "American Presidents Blog." Accessed October 7, 2005. - The author of this blog posts links to sites relating to the American Presidency or specific American Presidents
• Presidential Administrations: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Members. A People and a Nation. URL accessed on October 7, 2005. - Listing of the cabinet members for each Presidential Administration
• Presidential Rankings. Wall Street Journal. URL accessed on October 7, 2005. - Opinion poll of how great each President is believed to be.
• Presidential Birthdays

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