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Manhattan was first mapped during a 1609 voyage of Henry Hudson, an Englishman who worked for the Dutch East India Company. [15] Hudson came across Manhattan Island and the native people living there, and continued up the river that would later bear his name, the Hudson River, until he arrived at the site of present-day Albany. [16]
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 George W. Bush Texas: 44 Barack Obama Illinois: 45 Donald Trump New York [d] [e] 46 Joe Biden Delaware
Manhattan (/ m æ n ˈ h æ t ən, m ə n-/ ⓘ man-HAT-ən, mən-) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by geographical area in the U.S. state of New York.
President George W. Bush speaks to the press from his Crawford, Texas ranch on Sunday August 28, 2005. The logo in the background was created by the Bush administration in August 2001, and it was displayed at press briefings during Bush's stays at his ranch in Crawford. The sign reads:
Coolidge, Kansas – Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) [156] Coolidge, Arizona – named for 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge and the most recent city to be named after a U.S. President; Cooper, Maine – General John Cooper (landowner) [156]
One of the perks of being president of the United States is that many things are later named in your honor -- schools, libraries, even entire cities. And among the most common things to name after ...
After the Duke of York (later King James II of England). Named by King Charles II of England, James II's brother. [77] The name "York" is derived from its Latin name Eboracum (via Old English Eoforwic and then Old Norse Jórvík), apparently borrowed from Brythonic Celtic *eborakon, which probably meant 'Yew-Tree Estate'. [78
The incumbent president is Joe Biden, who assumed office on January 20, 2021. [13] The president-elect is Donald Trump, who will assume office on January 20, 2025. [14] [15] Trump will be the second president after Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms, as the 45th and 47th president. [16]