Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Washington Territory had 14 territorial governors from its organization in 1853 until the formation of the state of Washington in 1889. Territorial governors were appointed by the president of the United States. Elisha P. Ferry had the longest term of eight years and went on to become the state's first governor.
The incumbent president is Donald Trump, who assumed office on January 20, 2025. [ 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 ...
Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...
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]
L. Johnson and Kennedy both served under Vice President Nixon (1953–1961). Biden served under vice presidents Ford (1973–1974) and Bush (1981–1989) and later served with Obama (2005–2008). James A. Garfield was elected senator for Ohio in 1880, but he did not take up the office due to being elected president later that year.
(The Center Square) – This month, the Washington State Office of Independent Investigation began tracking deadly use of force incidents involving law enforcement officers. Created by the state ...
Out of office [e] State governor: State legislator [i] Military: Farmer, naval officer: Georgia: 40: Ronald Reagan: Out of office [e] State governor — Military: Actor, Screen Actors Guild president: California [ai] 41: George H. W. Bush: Vice President: Out of office [e] Federal office [r] [aj] Foreign service [h] Businessman, naval aviator ...
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]