James Buchanan is often considered the worstpresident for his inept leadership during the years leading upto the Civil War.
On February 24, 1868 three days after Johnson'sdismissal of Stanton, the House of Representatives voted 126 to 47(with 17 members not voting) in favor of a resolution toimpeach the president for high crimes andmisdemeanors.
Age of presidents
The youngest person to assume the office wasTheodore Roosevelt, who became president at the age of 42years, 322 days, following William McKinley's assassination; theoldest was Donald Trump, who was 70 years, 220 days old at hisinauguration.President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, wasimpeached on December 19, 1998, by the House ofRepresentatives on articles charging perjury (specifically, lyingto a federal grand jury) by a 228–206 vote and obstruction ofjustice by a 221–212 vote. President Clinton wasacquitted by the Senate.
Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms inoffice (the only president to have done so) and is thereforecounted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States;the 45th and current president is Donald Trump (sinceJanuary 20, 2017). There are currently four living formerpresidents.
If the President dies, resigns, or is removedfrom office, the Vice President becomes President for therest of the term. If the Vice President is unable toserve, the next person in the line of succession acts asPresident.
Democratic Presidents
John Tyler (1841 – 1845) (A Democrat formost of his life, Tyler was elected as the Whig candidate for VicePresident, but allied with Democrats after assumingthe presidency after William Henry Harrison'sdeath.)List
| President | Previous 2 |
|---|
| 37 | Richard Nixon | Vice President |
| 38 | Gerald Ford | U.S. Representative |
| 39 | Jimmy Carter | State governor |
| 40 | Ronald Reagan | State governor |
List
| Term in office | President | Lost election |
|---|
| 1889-1893 | Benjamin Harrison | 1892 United States presidential election |
| 1909-1913 | William Howard Taft | 1912 United States presidential election |
| 1929-1933 | Herbert Hoover | 1932 United States presidential election |
| 1931–1937 | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | 1937 Finnish presidential election |
The amendment prohibits any individual who has beenelected president twice from being elected again.Under the amendment, an individual who fills an unexpiredpresidential term lasting greater than two years is alsoprohibited from winning election as president more thanonce.
The Twenty-Second Amendment says a person canonly be elected to be president two times for a total ofeight years. It does make it possible for a person to serve up toten years as president. This can happen if a person(most likely the Vice-President) takes over for apresident who can no longer serve theirterm.
Former presidents receive a pension equal to thepay that the head of an executive department (ExecutiveLevel I) would be paid; as of 2017, it is $207,800 per year.The pension begins immediately after a president's departurefrom office.
Comparative table of elections
| Democratic-Republican · DR Democratic· D Republican · R |
|---|
| Election | Winner and party | Popular vote |
|---|
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 4,034,311 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | 5,443,892 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | 50,456,002 |
Results
| Presidential candidate | Party | Electoral vote |
|---|
| Barack Hussein Obama II | Democratic | 332 |
| Willard Mitt Romney | Republican | 206 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (/ˈro?z?v?lt/,/-v?lt/; January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referredto by the initials FDR, was an American statesman andpolitical leader who served as the 32nd president of the UnitedStates from 1933 until his death in 1945.
Barack Obama from the Democratic Party defeatedJohn McCain to win the presidency, and is the firstAfrican-American president. He was sworn in as President on January20, 2009. In a United States presidential election, a person mustget 270 electoral votes to win.
In 1972, Shirley Chisholm was the firstAfrican-American major party candidate forpresident.
In 1848, Frederick Douglass became the firstAfrican-American presidential candidate. His candidacypreceded black suffrage in the U.S. In 2008, BarackObama became the first Bi-racial presidential candidatenominated by a major party, namely the Democrats.
Thomas, Douglas H. John Hanson, President of theUnited States in Congress Assembled, 1781–1782.
The "black" man on the back of the twodollar bill is unquestionably Robert Morris of PA. The originalTrumbull painting in the Capitol Rotunda is keyed, and the yellowcoated man is Morris.
- George Washington (1789–1797)
- John Adams (1797–1801)
- Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)
- James Madison (1809–1817)
- James Monroe (1817–1825)
- John Quincy Adams (1825–1829)
- Andrew Jackson (1829–1837)
- Martin Van Buren (1837–1841)
Date of signing
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adamsall wrote that it was signed by Congress on the daywhen it was adopted on July 4, 1776.List of presidents
| Name | State/colony | Previous position |
|---|
| Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794) | Virginia | Virginia House of Burgesses |
| John Hancock (1737–1793) | Massachusetts | Governor of Massachusetts |
| Nathaniel Gorham (1738–1796) | Massachusetts | Board of War |
| Arthur St. Clair (1737–1818) | Pennsylvania | Major General, Continental Army |
Article II of the Constitution establishes the executivebranch of the federal government. It vests the executive power ofthe United States in the president. The presidentdirects the foreign and domestic policies of the United States, andtakes an active role in promoting his policy priorities to membersof Congress.
Carter left active duty on October 9, 1953. Heserved in the inactive Navy Reserve until 1961, andleft the service with the rank of lieutenant. Hisawards included the American Campaign Medal, WorldWar II Victory Medal, China Service Medal, and NationalDefense Service Medal.
| John F. Kennedy |
|---|
| In office January 20, 1961 – November 22,1963 |
| Vice President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Succeeded by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
The current Presidential Succession Act wasadopted in 1947, and last revised in 2006. The line of successionfollows the order of vice president, speaker of theHouse of Representatives, president pro tempore of theSenate, and then the eligible heads of federal executivedepartments who form the president's Cabinet.
Who was LBJ's vice president?
The 1960 United States presidential election wasthe 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was held onTuesday, November 8, 1960. In a closely contested election,Democrat John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice PresidentRichard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee.
The House has impeached 19 federal officers. Ofthese: 15 were federal judges: thirteen district courtjudges, one court of appeals judge (who also sat on the CommerceCourt), and one Supreme Court Associate Justice. two werePresidents: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton; both werelater acquitted by the Senate.
He served on active duty in the Navy Reserve duringWorld War II. He was elected to the House of Representativesin 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. Nixon ended Americaninvolvement in the war in Vietnam in 1973, ending the militarydraft that same year.
