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After serving in the House for three terms, Marcos won a Senate seat in 1959 and became Senate minority floor leader in 1960. He became executive vice president of the Liberal Party and served as party president from 1961 to 1964. From 1963 to 1965, he was Senate President. He introduced significant bills, many of which were enacted. [107]
President Marcos accuses former president Diosdado Macapagal of aiding communist forces in Central Luzon, in response to Macapagal's anti-Martial Law stance. [42] December 16: A referendum is held, the result of which again empowers the president to continue in office, and concurrently become prime minister. 1978: April 7
Since being admitted to the Union in 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996, voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
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.
Ferdinand Marcos is the longest-serving president, having been in office for 20 years, 57 days (7,362 days). Due to Martial Law and subsequent political maneuvers, Marcos stayed in power until he was ousted in 1986.
Marcos had an unprecedented 45-point lead over his closest rival—current vice president Leni Robredo—in a February poll Why Bongbong Marcos, a Philippine Dictator’s Son, Leads the Race for ...
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 ...
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