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The White House, official residence of the president of the United States, in July 2008. 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]
Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin meet at Camp David on September 6, 1978. Sadat, Carter and Begin shaking hands after signing Peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in the White House, March 27, 1979. On taking office, Carter decided to attempt to mediate the long-running Arab–Israeli conflict.
Memoirs: Years of Trial and Hope: Harry S. Truman: Doubleday: 1956: The Autobiography of Harry S Truman: Harry S. Truman: Colorado Associated University Press: 1980: ISBN 978-0-870-81090-9: Posthumously compiled and edited from Truman's manuscript materials by historian Robert Ferrell. White House Years: Mandate for Change: Dwight D. Eisenhower ...
Following ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, presidents—beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower—have been ineligible for election to a third term or, after serving more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president, to a second term.
On April 18, 1977, he delivered a televised speech declaring that the current energy crisis was the "moral equivalent of war". He encouraged energy conservation and installed solar water heating panels on the White House. [171] [172] He wore a cardigan [173] to offset turning down the heat in the White House. [174]
Public memorial observances will take place in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1945 Became president after Roosevelt's death, later elected to own term in 1948. Richard Nixon: Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953–1961 Lost as incumbent vice president in the 1960 election, later ran and won the 1968 election becoming the first former vice president to win the presidency. Lyndon B. Johnson: John F. Kennedy ...
2 presidents served as party leaders of the House of Representatives, James A. Garfield and Gerald Ford. 1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A. Garfield. [4] [5] 1 president served as speaker of the House of Representatives, James K. Polk.