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US Presidents
The US President is the head of state and the head of the federal government of the United States of America. The president's power is checked and balanced by the two other branches of the US Government, which are Congress and the Supreme Court.
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What two American leaders were assassinated in the 1960s?
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The likely reference is to President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on November 22, 1963, and his brother Senator Robert F. Kennedy, shot while campaigning for President on June 5, 1968. (He died the following day.)
It could also refer to the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader shot and killed on April 4, 1968.
How many presidents were not republican or democrat?
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Yes. The United States has had a number of different political parties during its history.
- George Washington (1), the first US President, had no party affiliation (there were none).
- John Adams (2), second US President, was a member of the Federalist Party.
- Thomas Jefferson (3), James Madison (4), James Monroe (5) and John Quincy Adams (6) were members of the Democratic-Republican Party, which is distinct from later Democratic and Republican Parties.
- William Henry Harrison (9), who died in office after only one month, belonged to the Whig Party.
- John Tyler (10), who ran on the Whig Ticket as Harrison's Vice-President, dropped his party affiliation (none) when he became President.
- Zachary Taylor (12), another short-lived President, was also a member of the Whig Party.
- Millard Fillmore (13), who succeeded Zachary Taylor, was a Whig, too.
- Abraham Lincoln (16), who was really a Republican, ran on the National Union Ticket in 1864.
Did George H. W. Bush attend church?
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Bush did not often go to church while he was president, not did he move his membership to a Washington church.
Was there a first president other than George Washington?
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Technically, if you consider the president someone who presides over all the united states, there was no president before GW. However, many historians have discussed the fact that before the Constitution (and President GW), there were men who were leaders of the Continental Congress. Since they were the leaders of the government (the congress) some have called them presidents, but they had no power over the states at the time, since the Articles of Confederation limited the power of the federal government. John Hanson was the first president of "United States in Congress Assembled" and it can be argued that he was the first president. But it is stretching the term president somewhat because all he really had power over was the congress.
Why did Andrew Jackson want to expand the US?
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Because he dreamed of the greatness of America and the good it could do for the world.
Who presides over the Senate and has the tie breaking vote?
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In the United States, the President of the Senate is the Vice President of the United States. The President of the Senate only votes in order to break a tie. This has happened 242 times in the history of the United States.
Was Connally with Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated?
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Yes John Connally was sitting in the Presidential limo, as he was the Texas governor. He got shot in the leg, arm and chest by the magic bullet.
Does veto power enable the president to stop any law passed by congress why or why not?
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In what ways did the national government's politic es and programs change after Thomas Jefferson became pres?
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What was the Republican vision of normalcy and how did the Harding and Coolidge administrations seek to realize it?
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What year was Benjamin Harrison's grandfather president of the republic state central committee?
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