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The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
Twenty-one states have the distinction of being the birthplace of a president. One president's birth state is in dispute; North and South Carolina (British colonies at the time) both lay claim to Andrew Jackson, who was born in 1767 in the Waxhaw region along their common border. Jackson himself considered South Carolina his birth state.
June 25 — A KH-1 Corona satellite, believed to be the first operational spy satellite, is launched as science mission 'Discoverer 4' from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, aboard a Thor-Agena rocket. June 26 Queen Elizabeth II (as monarch of Canada) and U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower open the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Since being admitted to the Union in 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996, voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
First president born in California. [261] First president (along with past president John F. Kennedy) to have participated in the first presidential debates. [305] He participated in four televised debates in 1960. First non-incumbent vice president to be elected president. [333] First president to attend an NFL game while in office. [334]
Ronald Reagan, who was president of the Screen Actors Guild and later president of the United States, and Arnold Schwarzenegger both came to prominence through acting. Gray Davis, the 37th governor of California, was the second governor in American history to be recalled by voters.
September 14 – Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 becomes the first human-made object to crash on the Moon. September 15–28 – USSR Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his wife tour the United States, at the invitation of U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower. September 16 – The Xerox 914, the first plain paper copier, is introduced to the public.
Died January 23, 1959 William J. Randall (D) March 3, 1959 New York 43rd: Daniel A. Reed (R) Died February 19, 1959 Charles Goodell (R) May 26, 1959 Ohio 6th: James G. Polk (D) Died April 28, 1959 Ward Miller (R) November 8, 1960 Hawaii Territory at-large: John A. Burns (D) Hawaii achieved statehood. Seat eliminated August 21, 1959 Hawaii at ...