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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 ...
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 ...
Horacio Vásquez, President (1924–1930) Rafael Estrella Ureña, Acting President (1930) Rafael Trujillo, President (1930–1938) Jacinto Peynado, President (1938–1940) Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha, President (1940–1942) Rafael Trujillo, President (1942–1952) Haiti. Republic of Haiti (1859–1957) Heads of state (complete list) –
1933 - United States government recognizes the Soviet Union; 1934 – Glass–Steagall Act; 1934 – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission established; 1934 – Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors.
January 30 – Gold Reserve Act: All gold held in the Federal Reserve to be surrendered to the Department of the Treasury; immediately following, President Roosevelt raises the statutory gold price from $20.67 per ounce to $35.
Elections were held on November 6, 1934. The election took place in the middle of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term, during the Great Depression.In a historic midterm election, the Democrats built on the majorities in both houses of Congress they had won in the previous two elections.
The President of the United States is elected to a four-year term. Each of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms. The 100 members in the United States Senate are elected to six-year terms, with one-third of them being renewed every two years.
As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.