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He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10] Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected president more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. [11]
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.
1940 – Billboard magazine publishes its first music popularity chart, the predecessor to today's Hot 100; 1940 – U.S. presidential election, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected president to a record third term, Henry A. Wallace is elected vice president; 1940 - Color television is demonstrated by the Columbia Broadcasting System
It is the final awards season until 2021 to accommodate two calendar years. March 24 – The Tydings–McDuffie Act comes into effect, establishing the Philippine Commonwealth which allows greater self-government of the Philippines, and scheduling full independence from the U.S. for 1944.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Virginia, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Virginia has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864 during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the election of 1868, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
1934 in Virginia (3 C) 1935 in Virginia (3 C) 1936 in Virginia (4 C) 1937 in Virginia (3 C) 1938 in Virginia (3 C) 1939 in Virginia (3 C, 1 P) E. 1930s Virginia ...
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years, 135 days.) First president to live to 40+ year post-presidency, Carter left the White House in 1981 and lived another 43 years after being president, until 2024. [376] First president to live to the year when his official White House Christmas ornament was unveiled. [377]
In recent years, densely populated counties in Northern Virginia close to Washington, D.C., have tilted towards the Democrats. This was the first election since 1988 that a presidential candidate won Virginia by double digits ( George H. W. Bush having carried the state by 20.5% in his first run), and the first election in which any ...