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Presidential Inaugurations
This category contains questions and answers about the history of Presidential Inaugurations, the Oath of Office, and the celebrations afterward.
463 Questions
Who gave the longest State of the Union speech?
William Henry Harrison on March 4, 1841 delivered an 8,445-word-long inaugural speech which was the longest, lasting 1 hour and 45 minutes.
He delivered his speech on a cold wet day, soon developed pneumonia and died after serving only one month as President.
Who were the presidents in 1910 to 1930?
William Howard Taft from 1910-1912, Woodrow Wilson from 1912-1920.
Don Wetzel is the person who invented the ATM in 1969. His invention was the first successful automatic teller machine.
How many people have ALS in the US?
Approximately 5,600 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with ALS each year. There are approximately 30,000 cases of ALS in the U.S. at any given time. the real question is how do you get it or how can u get it
Is the oath for president and vice president the same?
No, the President's Oath is written in the Constitution. The Vice President's Oath is the same oath that members of Congress take and was not written in the Constitution, but the Constitution does require that the VP be bound by an Oath.
What principle in the constitution allows the president to veto legislation?
Section 7:
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated.
Speaking of vetoes, New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson vetoed 750 big government bills that came across his desk while he was in office.
He will also do this as our next president.
http://www.garyjohnson2012.com
What are the educational requirements to be President?
The Constituation doesn't state any educational requirements to become President of the United States of America. So in other words, as long as you meet the requisistes of being a natural born citizen, being more than 35 years of age, and have lived for at least 14 years in American Soil you can possibly become president of the U.S.A. The presidential debates often let a candidate display his knowledge and/or his ignorance and interviewers often try to trip up a candidate. The papers make a big thing of any mistakes of fact made by a candidate.
Kennedy was the youngest person elected president at the age of 43. Theodore Roosevelt was only 42, but he was VP and ascended to office after McKinley was killed.
When was Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome created?
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome was created in 1954.
How much do closing cost usually cost?
Closing costs are usually more at a bank. They differ for different credit scores, different loan companies, and different loan officers. The loan officers have ways of adding fees on the back end of the loan where you never see it, but you do end up paying it.
There is no set fee for closing costs. Shop around.
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Which president had the longest sentence in an Inaugural Address?
George Washington in his first address had a sentence that was 87 words long "On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years-a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time."
Where was John Hanson inauguration held?
Hanson, John 1st Continental Congress 1781 John Hanson elected 1st "President of the US in Congress assembled" - Hanson, John ACI International -John Hanson
Who was the first president to die in office a month after his inauguration?
William Henry Harrison, our ninth President died on 4/4/1841 from pneumonia making his term the shortest in history.
Rick Wagoner is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of General Motors.
Who will become president if both die?
3rd in the line of succession would be the Speaker of the House (assuming you meant the president and vice president with "both").
What is the time schedule for the events for Inauguration?
It officially starts at 10 a.m. EST/9 CST, They get down to serious business at 11:30 EST/10:30 CST, with Obama taking the Oath around noon EST/11 CST. Some sites say it starts at 11, some 10 EST. Here is a very good list of events and approx. times told in Mountain Time Zone (add one hour for CST, add two hours for EST--in D.C.)... http://www.660news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20090119_112434_43768 http://dc.about.com/b/2008/12/19/inauguration-swearing-in-ceremony.htm This is a very good, detailed list of what events are planned, including the many balls afterwards. No times are listed, though, just says that Obama will take the Oath "around noon" (EST). http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSBfplgKCknSYrBU6lZTENGAmfFwD95N0CU80 scroll down the page halfway This one is very neat, with pictures of past events and the basic events.......... http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/daysevents/index.cfm
