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He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10] Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected president more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. [11]
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. [1]
Dutch: shortly after his birth, his father said he looked like a "fat little Dutchman"; reinforced when he wore a Dutch boy haircut (see pageboy) as a youngster. [157] [158] [159] The Gipper, after his role as George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American. Gipp exhorted his teammates to "Win one for the Gipper". [160]
[6] [7] Along with being the first U.S. president who was not born a British subject, Van Buren was also the first U.S. president not of British ancestry; he was of entirely Dutch descent. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Abraham Van Buren had been a Patriot during the American Revolution , [ 10 ] [ 11 ] and he later joined the Democratic-Republican Party . [ 12 ]
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897.He was the first Democrat to win election to the presidency after the Civil War and the first of two U.S. presidents to serve nonconsecutive terms.
SL Liang/Getty Images. 1. Sean. This Irish variant of the biblical name John has Hebrew origins and a meaning of “God is gracious.” 2. Paul. The meaning of this Latin name—“small and ...
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
First president to be elected despite losing his states of birth and residence. [aj] [122] First president to be nominated by his party as a dark horse. [123] First president not to seek re-election upon the completion of his one term. [124] First president to die before reaching the age of 60. [ak] [121] First president to predecease a parent ...