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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] Under the U.S. Constitution , the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces . [ 3 ]
The presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797.. Washington took office after the 1788–1789 presidential election, the nation's first quadrennial presidential election, in which he was elected unanimously by the Electoral Colle
[1] [3] Assassinated at age 46, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president at the end of his tenure, and his lifespan was the shortest of any president. [4] The oldest president at the end of his tenure is Joe Biden at age 82 years, 2 months. Jimmy Carter had the longest lifespan of any president, becoming the first president to reach the age ...
Jimmy, the first president to use his nickname in an official capacity, rather than his first name James. [155] Jimmy Cardigan, got the nickname after he wore a sweater instead of a suit one day [17] The Peanut Farmer, [156] he owned a peanut farm and fostered this image in his early campaigns, as a contrast to elite Washington insiders.
George Washington: Foundation of Presidential Leadership and Character. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. pp. 33– 52. ISBN 978-0-275-96868-7. Lender, Mark Edward; Stone, Garry Wheeler (2016). Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-5335-3.
When Woodrow Wilson traveled to Europe aboard the George Washington in 1918–19, the voyage took nine days. Forty years later, Dwight Eisenhower made the same trip by jet in nine hours. Jet aircraft enabled American presidents to travel the globe in ways that would have been impractical if not inconceivable before. [ 1 ]
Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr. [1] / ˈ k uː l ɪ dʒ / KOOL-ij; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts , he previously served as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923 under President Warren G. Harding , and as the 48th ...
Bust of President John F. Kennedy Boston, Massachusetts. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Felix de Weldon The John F. Kennedy Bust Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 1971 Robert Berks: John F. Kennedy Statue New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland: 2008 Ann Meldon Hugh Statue of President John F. Kennedy