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U. S. Presidents
Barack Obama was the first African American President. |
| John F. Kennedy |
John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President.
Fourteen U.S. presidents have been Freemasons, meaning that there is conclusive evidence that these men received the Master Mason degree: George Washington; James Monroe; Andrew Jackson; James Polk; James Buchanan; Andrew Johnson; James Garfield; William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt; William Taft; Warren Harding; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman; and Gerald Ford.
George Washington appointed the most Supreme Court justices (11). Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the second most, with 9 appointments.
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| William Howard Taft |
William Howard Taft served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after having served as President of the United States.
Twelve Generals Became President of US:George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Nine Presidents did not attend College:
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland and Harry S Truman.
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland and Harry S Truman.
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| Warren G. Harding |
Eight Presidents Died in Office.
Four were assassinated: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy
Four died of natural causes: William H. Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
One President Resigned: Richard M. Nixon
Two U.S. Presidents have been impeached:Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.Both were acquitted at trial.
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| William Henry Harrison |
Shortest Term Served:
William Henry Harrison holds this record, holding the office of presidency for 31 days before dying. Harrison was the first president to die while in office when he caught pneumonia and died on April 4, 1841.
Seven vice presidents have died in office:
George Clinton (served under James Madison)William Henry Harrison holds this record, holding the office of presidency for 31 days before dying. Harrison was the first president to die while in office when he caught pneumonia and died on April 4, 1841.
Seven vice presidents have died in office:
Elbridge Gerry (served under James Madison)
William Rufus De Vane King (served under Franklin Pierce)
Henry Wilson (served under U.S. Grant)
Thomas Hendricks (served under Grover Cleveland)
Garret Hobart (served under William McKinley)
James Sherman (served under William Howard Taft)
Two vice presidents resigned:
John C. Calhoun (served under Andrew Jackson)
Spiro Agnew (served under Richard Nixon).
The vice presidency has been vacant due to resignation or death a total of 37 years and 290 days, about a fifth of the time.
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| John Marshall |
Only one person in the United States has served as a congressman, senator, cabinet officer, governor of a state, and Supreme Court Justice, but never as president.
John Marshall
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