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The President reported that in the fading aftermath of World War 1, the general state of the nation was one of peace and increasing prosperity. On foreign policy, the President mentioned his support of an international court of justice. On the topic of Prohibition, the President supported its enforcement.
The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice presidential nominees and invitees. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices. Listed as nominees or nomination candidates are those women who achieved ballot access in at least one state (or, before the institution of ...
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] The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The first president, George ...
March 4, 1925 – President Coolidge begins full term, Dawes becomes the 30th vice president; 1925 – Scopes Trial, whose outcome found that the teaching of evolution in the classroom "does not violate church and state or state religion laws but instead, merely prohibits the teaching of evolution on the grounds of intellectual disagreement"
On January 6, 2021, a mob of 2,000–2,500 supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. [a] [72] [73] They sought to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election [74] by disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes that would formalize President-elect Joe ...
The length of a full four-year presidential term of office usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If the last day is included, all numbers would be one day more, except Grover Cleveland would have two more days, as he served two non-consecutive terms.
United States is decided in the Supreme Court, affirming the motor vehicle exception, that a warrantless search of an automobile does not contravene the Fourth Amendment, subject to probable cause and exigent circumstances. [2] March 4 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first president of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.
The speech was the second State of the Union Address to be delivered by an impeached president, as the 1999 address by Bill Clinton was delivered during his impeachment trial. [2] The address was aired on 12 television networks and was watched by 37.2 million viewers, not including views from online live streams.