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37th Vice President of the United States; In office January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963: President: John F. Kennedy: Preceded by: Richard Nixon: Succeeded by: Hubert Humphrey: United States Senator from Texas; In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961: Preceded by: W. Lee O'Daniel: Succeeded by: William A. Blakley
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] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The ...
President Nixon named William E. Simon as "Energy Czar", and in 1977, a cabinet-level Department of Energy was created, leading to the creation of the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve, not a new idea since the government in the 1970s still had a storage facility in the Midwest containing several million pounds of helium, a relic from ...
Michael Howlett, 10, examines his hand in disbelief after shaking hands with President Lyndon B. Johnson at Worcester Airport on June 10, 1964. The photo appeared in the next day's Worcester Telegram.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1968. Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace.
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Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States. White, Theodore (1965). The Making of the President: 1964. New York, Atheneum Publishers. Young, Nancy Beck. Two Suns of the Southwest: Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, and the 1964 Battle between Liberalism and Conservatism (UP of Kansas, 2019 ...
The legislation acts as an amendment to the Export-Import Bank of 1945, changing the name to the Export-Import Bank of the United States of America. [69] March 14 – President Johnson attends the Federal Woman's Award Ceremony in the Cabinet Room. President Johnson notes comments made about women by his predecessors and compliments the winners ...