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The White House, official residence of the president of the United States, in July 2008. 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] The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the ...
The second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as president of the United States, was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1925, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 35th presidential inauguration and marked the commencement of the second and only full term of Calvin Coolidge as president and the only term of ...
August 11 – Lee de Forest records Coolidge on the White House lawn with Phonofilm, creating the first audiovisual recording of a US president. [15] August 14 – Coolidge formally accepts his party's nomination for president in 1924. [16] August 16 – The Dawes Plan is signed.
United States is decided in the Supreme Court, affirming the motor vehicle exception, that a warrantless search of an automobile does not contravene the Fourth Amendment, subject to probable cause and exigent circumstances. [2] March 4 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first president of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.
A "Winter White House" is typically the name given to the winter vacation residence of the standing president of the United States aside from Camp David, the mountain-based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland, used as a country retreat and for high-alert protection of the president and his guests.
Map of Europe featuring the countries of Southern Europe (highlighted in dark green). Thirteen United States presidents have made presidential visits to Southern Europe.Woodrow Wilson became the first incumbent president to visit a Southern European country in January 1919 in the aftermath of World War I.
Western Europe. Thirteen United States presidents have made presidential visits to Western Europe. [a] The first visits by an incumbent president to countries in Western Europe were made in 1918 and 1919 by Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I. He was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for his peacemaking efforts. [2]
President Barack Obama (2009–2017) visited 58 countries. Presidential visits of over 10,000 miles (16,093 km) are common. A round the world trip was first done by Johnson and subsequently has been done by presidents Nixon and Bush. Trips to Europe and Asia are becoming almost routine in the 21st century.