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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]
Rank President Length in days Order of presidency Number of terms 1: Franklin D. Roosevelt: 4,422 [b]: 32nd • March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 [c]: Three full terms; died 2 months and 23 days into fourth term
Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following his landslide victory over Democrat incumbent president Jimmy Carter and independent congressman John B. Anderson in the 1980 presidential election.
March 6 – President Reagan announces his intent for a federal payroll reduction of 63,000 employees by the end of 1983. [37] March 9 – President Reagan signs a budget cut package in the Rose Garden of the White House. The package includes 300 federal programs to reduce government spending by US$6.4 billion and the fiscal year 1982's ...
In 1983, Bush toured Western Europe as part of the Reagan administration's ultimately successful efforts to convince skeptical NATO allies to support the deployment of Pershing II missiles. [120] Reagan's approval ratings fell after his first year in office, but they bounced back when the United States began to emerge from recession in 1983. [121]
On October 23, 1983, the Marine Barracks Bombing killed 241 American troops. Shortly afterward, the U.S. withdrew its remaining 1,600 soldiers. [21] In Operation Urgent Fury in the Caribbean nation of Grenada, the United States for the first time invaded and successfully rolled back a Communist regime.
In 1983, Reagan's campaign managers were revealed to having obtained Carter's debate briefing book before the debates. [187] On November 4, 1980, Reagan won in a decisive victory in the Electoral College over Carter, carrying 44 states and receiving 489 electoral votes to Carter's 49 in six states and the District of Columbia. He won the ...
April 18, 1983: U.S. Embassy bombed in Beirut, killing 63 people. October 23, 1983: Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroyed both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians. October 25, 1983: United States troops invaded Grenada; November 6 ...