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In 1879 he was elected to the State Senate, and he served from 1880 to 1882. [3] Johnson was also a delegate to the state Republican Conventions in 1884, 1888, 1892, and 1908, and was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention. [3] In 1894, Johnson was a successful Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives. [3]
[5] [6] Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 47 presidencies; the discrepancy arises from two individuals elected to non-consecutive terms: Grover Cleveland is counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, while Donald Trump is counted as the 45th and 47th president. [7] [8]
The state with the most presidential burial sites is Virginia with seven. Since its 1789 establishment, 50 people have served as Vice President of the United States. Of these, 43 have died. The state with the most vice-presidential burial sites is New York with 10. Fifteen people have served as both president and as vice president.
The oldest president at the time of death was Jimmy Carter, who died at 100 years, 89 days. John F. Kennedy , assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk , who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.
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.
— Grover Cleveland, president of the United States (24 June 1908), to his wife Frances "I am about the extent of a tenth of a gnat's eyebrow better." [12]: 18 [17] — Joel Chandler Harris, American author and folklorist (3 July 1908), on being asked how he felt "Never again allow a woman to hold the supreme power in the State...
Johnson's would-be-assassin, George Atzerodt did not carry out his part of the plan, and Johnson succeeded Lincoln as president while Lewis Powell only managed to wound Seward. Lincoln was shot once in the back of his head while watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. , on the ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 [a] individuals have served as president of the United States. Of these, 15, [1] including Lyndon B. Johnson who took only the First Degree, are known to have been Freemasons, beginning with the nation's first president, George Washington. The most recent president to have undisputed membership is ...