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… in American foreign relations as a congressman or as vice president, he was generally familiar with the major … national security and economic goals. Ford entered the presidency with U.S.-Soviet relations on very shaky ground, …
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… left a permanent imprint upon American politics and the presidency. Within eight years, he melded the amorphous … difficulties with Congress. Unlike other famously strong Presidents, Jackson defined himself not by enacting a … John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Bank of the United States president Nicholas Biddle, and Cherokee Indian chief John …
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… President Harry S. Truman confronted unprecedented challenges … both personnel and organization—during the course of his presidency. At the State Department, Truman replaced FDR's … was at work on an atomic bomb, a device that one of the President's advisers described "as the most terrible weapon …
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… Treasury system, first enacted in 1840 during the presidency of Martin Van Buren but repealed a year later by a … bill and all but a few northerners opposing it, Vice President George M. Dallas cast the tie-breaking vote in the …
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… new face and pragmatic reformer who might win the presidency in 1884. Three Campaigns for President In the election of 1884, Cleveland appealed to …
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… of Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado. More than any other President, Polk pursued "Manifest Destiny," a phrase coined … United States in the years immediately following Polk's presidency. Polk kept his promise not to run for a second …
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… set out for Philadelphia, where he served as the president of the convention. Once the convention agreed to a … Washington was unanimously elected as the first president. He took the oath of office on April 30, 1789. As the first president, Washington literally crafted the office from …
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… her position as First Lady after her husband first became president. She delayed moving into the White House until six … in the White House. Like her husband, who came to the presidency with an unusual resume and was the first president with neither military nor governmental experience, …
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… served as an important advisor to her husband, and the President openly regarded his wife as his "secret weapon." … importance and controversy when she traveled as the President's official envoy to Latin America in 1977. While …
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… When Harry S. Truman left the presidency in January 1953, he was one of the most unpopular … of McCarthy and his allies had all contributed to the President's poor standing with the public. Truman's …
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… During James K. Polk's presidency, foreign policy revolved around the U.S. desire … joint resolution, negotiations, purchase, or war, President Polk by the end of his term intended for the United …
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… eight years. Cuban Insurrection From the outset, both President Grant and Secretary of State Fish focused their … also seen as one of greatest accomplishments of Grant's presidency. …
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… filibustering expeditions during the Taylor and Fillmore presidencies were evidence of the South's attempts to obtain … James Buchanan, Pierce's ambassador to England and future President of the United States, and John Mason, the minister …
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… July 1960, faced a difficult passage through Congress. The president was unable to call on the Democratic majority in … faded by the end of Kennedy's first year in office. The president also proposed new social programs including federal …
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… and moving to Washington, D.C., in 1803. In 1805, President Thomas Jefferson offered Crowninshield a position …
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… four children, three sons were grown by the time he became president. His daughter Amy lived with her parents at the … years, the longest marriage in the history of the American presidency. …
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… Theodore Roosevelt promised publicly not to seek the presidency again in 1908. While he later regretted that … sanctioned "Good Trusts," U.S. Steel. The former President also felt personally betrayed by Taft's firing of …
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… Slavery made the presidency an incredibly difficult task in the mid-19th … In a different time, he might have been a successful President, but he was no match for the forces that tore at …
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… with great enthusiasm. His wine bill upon leaving the presidency exceeded $10,000. A longtime widower, Jefferson cared little for formal dress and presided over state meals without wearing a "Federalist wig;" … public. He gave only two public speeches during his entire presidency, but he spent up to ten hours each day at his …