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The White House, official residence of the president of the United States, in July 2008. 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 ...
President Length in days Order of presidency Number of terms 1: Franklin D. Roosevelt: 4,422 [b] 32nd • March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 [c] Three full terms; died 2 months and 23 days into fourth term 2 tie: Thomas Jefferson: 2,922 3rd • March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809: Two full terms James Madison: 2,922 4th • March 4, 1809 – March 4 ...
The longest place name in Mexico is San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec (28 letters). The longest city name in Argentina is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca (30 letters). Truth or Consequences is a spa city and the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico, United States.
List of historical longest-serving members of the United States Congress; List of members of the United States Congress by brevity of service; List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service; List of longest-serving governors of U.S. states; List of secretaries of state of the United States
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]
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd and longest-serving President of the United States, was born and raised at Springwood, his family's estate on the banks of the Hudson River. Roosevelt essentially lived at Springwood his entire life, and frequently visited even during his presidency.
A dramatic shift in childbirth from home to hospital occurred in the United States in the early 20th century (mid–1920s to 1940). [4] Reflective of this trend, Jimmy Carter and all presidents born during and after World War II (Bill Clinton and every president since) have been born in a hospital, not a private residence. This sortable table ...
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.