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… offices. The Trumps’ daughters, Elizabeth and Maryanne, did not work for the family business. Donald and Robert Trump … ultimately fatal battle with addiction as the reason he does not drink. Robert died in 2020 and Maryanne died in … Donald Trump: Life Before the Presidency …
Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, the fourth of five children of Mary Anne MacLeod Trump and her husband, Frederick Christ Trump, Sr.
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… 2016, in what was widely seen as a surprise upset victory. He was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017. By the …
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… When President Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford assumed the presidency, telling Americans, "Our long national nightmare … Nixon of all crimes associated with the Watergate scandal. He granted, "a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard …
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… American people have remembered him as one of the greatest presidents in the nation’s history. The name of the Capitol … celebrate. There is much to honor in Washington’s legacy. He was the only person who could have held the office in …
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… served as an important advisor to her husband, and the President openly regarded his wife as his "secret weapon." But Rosalynn did more than just critique speeches and give opinions on … importance and controversy when she traveled as the President's official envoy to Latin America in 1977. While …
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… When Ulysses S. Grant came into office, he sought to remain above politics. When he announced his … he dismayed Republican Party leaders who thought the President owed them cabinet positions for their support in …
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… Right away, his biggest challenge was fleshing out the president’s daily activities and interactions. Article II of the Constitution says little about how the president should carry out the hefty responsibilities …
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… excellent education. After years in boarding school, where he excelled in classical languages, Jefferson enrolled in … of government. Before becoming the nation's third President, Jefferson served as delegate to the Virginia House …
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… During his presidency, President Bush devoted much of his time to foreign affairs, an area over which Presidents generally have more latitude than they do with …
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… 1,200 gallons of ice cream furnished for the occasion, he declared slavery a matter for individual states and territories to decide. The new President said, "It is the imperative and indispensable duty … Court decided otherwise. It claimed that the Constitution did not recognize slaves as citizens of the United States, …
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… Sam Johnson won election to the Texas legislature when he was twenty-seven. He served five terms before he switched … he told classmates, "You know, someday I'm going to be president of the United States." Later in life, Johnson would … Lyndon B. Johnson: Life Before the Presidency …
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… almost exclusively home-grown (with those immigrants who did arrive coming largely from Germany, Great Britain, and … major league baseball. Robinson's prowess on the field—he led his team to the pennant and won the "Rookie of the … its political allies in their attack on labor. Finally, President Truman, unlike his predecessor, proved an …
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… to make his way in the world. Unlike his older brothers, he did not have the opportunity to study at a university. He spent his teenage years learning how to manage a plantation from his mother and mastering the … George Washington: Life Before the Presidency …
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… making. Kennedy had only been in office two months when he ordered the implementation of a covert CIA plan inherited … 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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… patented 13,500 acres in the Piedmont of central Virginia. He was one of twelve men to survey the region with Governor … the College of New Jersey, Madison studied under its new president, John Witherspoon, the second Scottish immigrant … James Madison: Life Before the Presidency …
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… The only President in the history of the United States not elected by … for the boy's new father-figure. Leslie King, Jr., did not learn of his biological father until he was a teenager, and after graduating from college he … Gerald Ford: Life Before the Presidency …
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… With the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry S. Truman assumed the Oval Office. He surely knew he faced a difficult set of challenges in the …
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… prominent historians in 1962 placed Eisenhower 22nd among Presidents, a barely average chief executive who was as … later, his ranking had moved up to 11th, and by 1994, he placed 8th, the same position he held in a C-SPAN poll of … more records and papers have become available to study his presidency. Contemporaries remembered Eisenhower's frequent …
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… and striking a sporty profile. But First Ladies still did not typically make speeches or express political opinions, and President Calvin Coolidge preferred his wife to hew to a more traditional role. He did not wish to see her wearing slacks, bobbing her hair, …
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… too premature, and the Democrats who complained that the President had turned the entire U.S. Navy into a campaign … task of being gracious in defeat. Gore realized that if he continued to challenge the results in Florida, there would … he lost in the end. Gore provided the requisite speech and did so with perfect historical pitch, even as some of those …