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… With the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Vice … governance, the Democratic Party, and the office of the presidency during his unprecedented twelve years in office. …
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… Historians do not rank Grover Cleveland as a great President. Even as a party leader, the consensus is that he … any obligation to party workers. This was a concept of the presidency as monarchical if not imperial. He viewed the … more racially intolerant, and certainly when compared to Presidents such as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and …
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… life.” For that reason, assessments of the Kennedy presidency remain mixed. Kennedy played a role in … an essential complement to substance. Before winning the presidency, Kennedy had lived a life of privilege and … in South Vietnam deteriorated; by the end of Kennedy's presidency, 16,000 US military “advisers” had been dispatched …
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… Before assuming the presidency, Jimmy Carter had been a one-term governor of a … produce profound changes in the United States, an American president talking about human rights and making those rights …
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… As President, William Howard Taft left most family and domestic … for golf also caused political problems during his presidency, when critics thought he would do well to spend … concerts, during presidential briefing sessions, and while presiding over his cabinet. At ease with his uncontrolled …
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… congressional seats in 1988 and 1990. In 1991, he became president of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation. Pence then … to convince Pence, who as president of the Senate would preside over the official certification of the Electoral …
In July 2016, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, announced that he had chosen Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate. Pence suspended his 2016 gubernatorial campaign to join Trump on the campaign trail.
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… from Alabama, William Rufus King, was suggested for vice president. Two weeks later, the Whigs met in Baltimore as … do with his low profile, although few candidates for the presidency in this period in American history did any …
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… in Congress and as a territorial governor. Where all Presidents since Washington had served extensive … means. The Tennessee legislature nominated Jackson for the presidency in 1822 and, to burnish his credentials, elected … Determined not to be paralyzed by his status as a minority President, Adams overreached with controversial policy …
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… the particular piece of legislation. However, during his presidency, Congress produced significant reform legislation. … Taft promoted an administrative innovation whereby the President, rather than the disparate agencies of government, …
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… Right away, his biggest challenge was fleshing out the president’s daily activities and interactions. Article II of … turned to his cabinet for support. Early in his presidency, Washington had regularly consulted with James …
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… earlier. Using his renowned oratorical skills, the new President delivered his twenty-minute speech without notes. … died of tuberculosis. Kansas-Nebraska Act It would be the President's old rival, Democrat Senator Stephen Douglas of …
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… Jimmy Carter's one-term presidency is remembered for the events that overwhelmed … War and Watergate, and after the excesses of the "imperial presidencies" of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Carter was … was a nurse by training, and Jimmy was the first American president born in a hospital. Carter’s father, “Mr. Earl,” …
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… for individual states and territories to decide. The new President said, "It is the imperative and indispensable duty … national controversy was bitter and divisive. For a new President like Buchanan, it made for a difficult start. To …
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… Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, came to office during a … of a surprise was elected President in 1852. After his presidency he retired to Concord, New Hampshire, where he …
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… Few Presidents were as dedicated to their family as Harry S. … lived into her nineties—long enough to see him succeed President Franklin D. Roosevelt. “Mama,” as Truman called his … of the female women workers in his campaign for the vice presidency. Truman corresponded regularly with his mother, …
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… none could have foreseen the eventual outcome. Former President Martin Van Buren came to Baltimore with a clear … restrictions on the presidential veto, and a one-term presidency. Convinced that the election would propel the …
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… immediately. It soon became clear that despite the president's denial of US involvement in the attempted coup, … (and recurring) challenge in the region, by the end of his presidency it was Vietnam that proved at least as difficult, …
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… Thomas Jefferson's presidency initiated the quarter-century rule of the "Virginia Dynasty" (1801-1825), including the presidencies of loyal Jeffersonians James Madison (1809-1817) … of authority. Executive Power Jefferson's performance as President justified divergent conceptions of executive power. …
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… Bureau Investigation and state and local officials. President Bush appointed Chertoff as the United States …
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… The Cabinet As President Madison began to form his cabinet, he found that … pick meant to balance the ticket. In any event, vice presidents had even less involvement in administration … him with James Monroe, who would succeed Madison to the presidency. Even so, Monroe spent much of his time quarreling …