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Unofficial use of the seal is regulated by the White House Graphics and Calligraphy Office and monitored by the office of the White House Counsel. On September 28, 2005, Grant M. Dixton, associate counsel to George W. Bush, requested that the satirical newspaper The Onion remove the presidential seal from its website.
Name of president and blazon Arms of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president, 1801–1809 Shield: Azure a fret Argent and on a chief Gules three leopards' faces Argent. Crest: a lion's head erased Or. Motto: Ab Eo Libertas A Quo Spiritus (The one who gives life gives liberty). [4] — James Madison, 4th president, 1809–1817 No arms known.
The seal of the president or presidential seal is a symbol often used to represent and authenticate documents coming from the president: Seal of the president of Ireland; Seal of the president of Nigeria; Seal of the president of the Philippines; Seal of the president of the Republic of China Presidential Seal of Turkey; Seal of the president ...
Documents which require the seal include treaty ratifications, international agreements, appointments of ambassadors and civil officers, and communications from the President to heads of foreign governments. The seal was once required on presidential proclamations, and on some now-obsolete documents such as exequaturs and Mediterranean ...
The presidential seal displayed on a giant screen behind President Trump as he addressed the conference had been mysteriously doctored, to show what appeared to be a Russian imperial eagle ...
1850 impression of the vice president's seal. The earliest known reference to a vice presidential seal was in a November 6, 1846 letter from the chief clerk of the United States Senate, William Hickey, to a Maryland seal engraver named Edward Stabler (who had made many seals for the government, and would make one for the president a few years ...
Occasionally a president may not want to part with a particular item and they are given the opportunity to purchase it back at market value. Check out the gallery below to see an assortment of ...
Display of any likeness of the US Presidential Seal is restricted by US Federal law under 18 USC 713; however, use in encyclopedias "incident to a description or history of seals, coats of arms, heraldry, or the Presidency or Vice Presidency" is allowed under Executive Order 11649.