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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]
California: 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt New York: 33 Harry S. Truman Missouri: 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Kansas [b] 35 John F. Kennedy Massachusetts: 36 Lyndon B. Johnson Texas: 37 Richard Nixon California [c] 38 Gerald Ford Michigan: 39 Jimmy Carter Georgia: 40 Ronald Reagan California: 41 George H. W. Bush Texas: 42 Bill Clinton Arkansas: 43 ...
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.
February 12, 1983 Colorado's 6th: Vacant. District created in the 1980 census. Member-elect Jack Swigert (R) died December 27, 1982, before his term started. Seat filled in special election. Daniel Schaefer (R) March 29, 1983 California's 5th: Phillip Burton (D) Died April 10, 1983 Sala Burton (D) June 21, 1983 Illinois's 1st: Harold Washington (D)
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.
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, 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]
The president of the United States (POTUS) [B] is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces .