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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 books did Eisenhower write?

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Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote the following noted books:

Crusade In Europe.

Atoms For Peace: U.N.Address.

Ike, A Great American.

At Ease: Stories I Tell To Friends.

American Enterprise In Europe.

Eisenhower At War: 1943- 1945.

In addition to the above, he co-authored many more in the midst of his Military and Presidential life. His Diaries and much of his other papers and speeches also have been brought out as books.

What is the biography of Ronald Reagan?

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A written account of Ronald Reagan's life events, including most or all of the salient points, written by someone other than Reagan. The two possible forms of the biography of Ronald Reagan are the 'authorized' and the 'unauthorized'. An 'authorized' biography is usually favorable to the subject by avoiding or downplaying bad incidents. An unauthorized biography is usually written for the purpose of tarnishing the reputation of the subject under the guise of elucidation of the events in the subject's life.

Who was the longest serving president in the US?

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FDR, he served 3 terms 1933-1945

Which US president appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine?

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Gerald Ford, April 1942 seems the best answer. The caption says that Phyllis Brown was the model for the girl in picture and that Gerald Ford was the man.

Ford did some work as a model and was not famous at the time.

The related link below shows the cover and contains a quote from the Gerald Ford library where they say they cannot confirm or deny that it is him.

What is the name of Barack Obama's autobiography?

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Barack Obama was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham, and a black Kenyan father, Barack Obama, Sr., who were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard, she and Barack stayed behind, and his father ultimately returned alone to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist. Barack's mother remarried an Indonesian oil manager and moved to Jakarta when Barack was six. He later recounted Indonesia as simultaneously lush and a harrowing exposure to tropical poverty. He returned to Hawaii, where he was brought up largely by his grandparents. The family lived in a small apartment - his grandfather was a furniture salesman and an unsuccessful insurance agent and his grandmother worked in a bank - but Barack managed to get into Punahou School, Hawaii's top prep academy. His father wrote to him regularly but, though he traveled around the world on official business for Kenya, he visited only once, when Barack was ten.

Obama attended Columbia University, but found New York's racial tension inescapable. He became a community organizer for a small Chicago church-based group for three years, helping poor South Side residents cope with a wave of plant closings. He then attended Harvard Law School, and in 1990 became the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review. He turned down a prestigious judicial clerkship, choosing instead to practice civil-rights law back in Chicago, representing victims of housing and employment discrimination and working on voting-rights legislation. He also began teaching at the University of Chicago Law School. Eventually he ran as a Democrat for the state senate seat from his district, which included both Hyde Park and some of the poorest ghettos on the South Side, and won.

In 2004 Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat, representing Illinois, and gained national attention by giving a rousing and well-received keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. In 2008 he ran for president as a democrat and won. He is set to become the 44th president of the Unites States and the first African-American ever elected to that position. IMDb Mini Biography By: A. Nonymous and DarthBotto

Spouse Michelle Obama (3 October 1992 - present) 2 children

Trivia His first name comes from the word that means "blessed by God" in Arabic. In the Kenyan town where his father was born, the long-brewed "Senator" brand of beer has been nicknamed "Obama." U.S. Senator from Illinois since 3 January 2005. Won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word for the CD version of his autobiography "Dreams From My Father" (2006). Lives in Hyde Park (Chicago). On "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993), he revealed that President George W. Bush nicknamed him "Bama" and "Rock". The movie he saw on his first date with Michelle Obama was Do the Right Thing (1989). Related to Park Overall. Has two daughters, Malia Obama (born in 1998) and Sasha Obama (born in 2001). Candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 US presidential election. Several celebrities including; Halle Berry, George Clooney, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Topher Grace, Macy Gray, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Hayden Panettiere, Zachary Quinto, Eddie Murphy and John Cleese support his 2008 presidential campaign. Robert De Niro gave his endorsement at the same rally where Barack was endorsed by Caroline and Ted Kennedy. Enjoys playing basketball and poker. At his wife's suggestion, he quit smoking before his campaign to win the Democratic nomination began. His paternal relatives still live in Kenya. Confessed teenage drug experiences in his memoirs "Dreams from My Father". One of his ancestors was Mareen Duvall, also an ancestor of actor Robert Duvall. Shares his surname with a small city in western Japan, which means "small shore" in Japanese. Plays basketball. Born to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. (1936-1982) and Ann Dunham (1942-1995), married from 1960 to 1965. Named one of Time magazine's "100 most influential people in the world" list in 2005 and 2007. Chosen as one of "10 people would change the world" by New Statesman magazine (2005). Won his second Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for "The Audacity of Hope" (2008). On June 3, 2008 he won the Montana primary election giving him enough delegates to become the first Black American presidential candidate to win a major political party's presumptive nomination for the office of President of the United States. Is a die-hard Chicago White Sox fan. More than 215,000 people attended his speech in Berlin on 24 July 2008. Has one half-sister, Maya, born to his mother and stepfather in 1970. Has his look-alike puppet in the French show "Guignols de l'info, Les" (1988). Is very distantly related to Lon Chaney. Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham died Sunday November 2, 2008 in the early evening in Honolulu from cancer. She was 86. Is the first African-American man to be elected President of the United States (November 2008). When elected President, he won the battleground states of Florida, Virginia and Colorado - all of which had voted Republican in 2004. Is the first American president to be born in Hawaii. Was the 27th lawyer to be elected American president. Was elected to be the 44th president of the Unites States of America on 4 November, 2008. As a child growing up in Hawaii, his classmates knew him as Barry. Presidential campaign slogan: "Yes we can".

Personal Quotes (from DNC keynote speech) "There's not a liberal America and a conservative America. There's the United States of America. We worship an awesome God in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the red states. We coach Little League in the blue states, and have gay friends in the red states. There are patriots who opposed the war, and patriots who supported it. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the Stars and Stripes, all of us defending the United States of America." And it lives on in those Americans -- young and old, rich and poor, black and white, Latino and Asian and Native American, gay and straight -- who are tired of a politics that divides us and want to recapture the sense of common purpose that we had when John Kennedy was President of the United States of America. Sometimes I don't know who I'm running against. (about Bill Clinton's support for Hillary Clinton) [When asked whether he would call on the Clintons to release their tax returns, after Hilary loaned $5 million of her own money to her campaign] I'll just say that I've released my tax returns. That's been a policy I've maintained consistently. I think the American people deserve to know where you get your income from. But I'll leave it up to you guys to chase it down... I think we set the bar in terms of transparency and disclosure that has been a consistent theme of my campaign and my career in politics. In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. When I am this party's nominee, my opponent will not be able to say that I voted for the war in Iraq; or that I gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt on Iran; or that I supported Bush-Cheney policies of not talking to leaders that we don't like. And he will not be able to say that I wavered on something as fundamental as whether or not it is ok for America to torture - because it is never ok. That's why I am in it. As President, I will end the war in Iraq. We will have our troops home in sixteen months. I will close Guantanamo. I will restore habeas corpus. I will finish the fight against Al Qaeda. And I will lead the world to combat the common threats of the 21st century - nuclear weapons and terrorism; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease. And I will send once more a message to those yearning faces beyond our shores that says, "You matter to us. Your future is our future. And our moment is now." This time we want to talk about the crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children and Asian children and Hispanic children and Native American children. This time we want to reject the cynicism that tells us that these kids can't learn; that those kids who don't look like us are somebody else's problem. The children of America are not those kids, they are our kids, and we will not let them fall behind in a 21st century economy. Not this time.

What is the November 29 1963 issue of Life magazine with John F. Kennedy on cover worth?

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That is worth probably tons! if you own one and want to know for sure you should go to an antique roadshow, treasure caravan etc. Let me know what you find out I have a bunch of JFK life magazines including two copies of the one you are asking about. I also have some family pictures of the Kennedys. So far I haven't been able to find a price on them.

In The Great Gatsby what does myrtle think about her marriage?

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No, Tom doesn't want to divorce Daisy and marry Myrtle instead- he finds a 'lower class' mistress to have an affair with, just because he can, and due to his arrogance and Hubris, it makes sense that Tom would do this for his own amusement. Also, the fact that Tom 'accidently' breaks Myrtle's nose when she mentioned Daisy helps us to understand that Tom doesn't actually Myrtle- in fact, it's out of the question.

Although Ralph criticizes the boys for their lack of cooperation does he bear some of the?

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yes. he still argues and gives into the childish games they play then realizes hes chief and straightens up

Describe the setting of the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

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The book Lord of the Flies takes place on an unnamed tropical island. The island is superficially idyllic and provides the boys with a readily available supply of food, water and a warm climate. There is a convenient bathing pool, a mountain where the boys can light a signal fire and a 'platform' where they can hold meetings.

What is the largest foot size?

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No Mean FeetAccording to the website of Guinness World Records:

If cases of elephantiasis are excluded, then the biggest feet currently known are those of Sultan Kösen (Turkey, b.1982) whose left foot measures 36.5 cm (1 ft 2 in) and right foot measures 35.5 cm (1 ft 1.98 in). The measurements were taken in Ankara, Turkey, in February 2009.

(Click on the Related link to go to the Guinness website.)

If your impeached can you run for president again?

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only if you are not found guilty and you have not already been elected twice

What presidents wrestled?

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There were 14 presidents who wrestled.

Off the top of my head was Washington, Lincoln, Adams, FDR, Theodor Roosevelt, Taft, Jackson, Taylor, Coolidge.

John Tyler's role as chief of state?

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He solicited prostitutes to boost state economy in virgina, hince the name VIRGINa because many men lost their virginity here. This made him the role model for Virginia which led to anotehr term for John Tyler. Hope This Helps!

What was John Tyler doing when he was informed that he was the president?

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John Tyler, the first vice president to replace a sitting president, established a pattern that was followed for well over a century. Until the "Tyler Precedent," it was unclear precisely how the nation would replace a president who died in office.

The Vice Presidency Was Considered UnimportantFor the first five decades of the United States, the vice presidency was not considered a vitally important office. While the first two vice presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, were later elected president, they both found the vice presidency to be a frustrating position.

In the controversial election of 1800, when Jefferson became president, Aaron Burr became vice president. Burr is the best-known vice president of the early 1800s, though he is mainly remembered for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel while vice president.

Some vice presidents took the job's one defined duty, presiding over the Senate, quite seriously. Others were said to hardly care about it.

Martin Van Buren's vice president, Richard Mentor Johnson, had a very relaxed view of the job. He owned a tavern in his home state of Kentucky, and while vice president he took a lengthy leave of absence from Washington to go home and run his tavern.

The man who followed Johnson in the office, John Tyler, was the first vice president to show how important the person in the job could become.

A Vice President Receives Tragic NewsJohn Tyler had started his political career as a Jeffersonian Republican, serving in the Virginia legislature and as the state's governor. He eventually was elected to the US Senate, and when he became an opponent of Andrew Jackson's policies he resigned his Senate seat in 1836 and switched parties, becoming a Whig.

Tyler was tapped as the running mate of Whig candidate William Henry Harrison in 1840. The legendary "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign was fairly free of issues, and Tyler's name was featured in the legendary campaign slogan, "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!"

Harrison was elected, caught a cold at his inauguration which developed into pneumonia, and died on April 4, 1841, a month after taking office. Vice president John Tyler, at home in Virginia and unaware of the president's illness, was informed that the president had died.

The Constitution Was Unclear On the Issue of SuccessionTyler returned to Washington, thinking that he was the president of the United States. But he was informed that the Constitution wasn't precisely clear about that.

The relevant wording in the Constitution, in Article II, section 1, said: "In case of removal of the President from office, or of his death, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President…"

The question arose: what did the framers mean by the word "same"? Did it mean the presidency itself, or merely duties of the office? In other words, in the event of a president's death, would the vice president become an acting president, and not actually the president?

Back in Washington, Tyler found himself being referred to as "the vice president, acting as president." Critics referred to him as "His Accidency."

Tyler, who was staying at a Washington hotel (there was no vice presidential residence until modern times), summoned Harrison's cabinet. The cabinet informed Tyler that he was not actually the president, and any decisions he would make in office would have to be approved by them.

John Tyler Holds His Ground"I beg your pardon, gentlemen," Tyler said. "I am sure I am very glad to have in my cabinet such able statesmen as you have proved yourselves to be, and I shall be pleased to avail myself of your counsel and advice, but I can never consent to being dictated to as to what I shall or shall not do. I, as president, will be responsible for my administration. I hope to have your cooperation in carrying out its measures. So long as you see fit to do this I shall be glad to have you with me. When you think otherwise, your resignations will be accepted."

Tyler thus claimed the full powers of the presidency. And the members of his cabinet backed down from their threat. A compromise suggested by Daniel Webster, the secretary of state, was that Tyler would take the oath of office, and would then be the president.

After the oath was administered, all the officers of the government accepted that Tyler was the president and possessed the full powers of the office.

The taking of the oath thus came to be seen as the moment when a vice president becomes president.

John Tyler's Rough Term In OfficeA headstrong individual, Tyler clashed mightily with the Congress and with his own cabinet, and his single term in office was very rocky.

Tyler's cabinet changed several times. And he became estranged from the Whigs and was essentially a president without a party. His one noteworthy achievement as president would have been the annexation of Texas, but the Senate, out of spite, delayed that until the next president, James K. Polk, could take credit for it.

The Tyler Precedent Is EstablishedThe presidency of John Tyler was most significant for the way it began. By establishing the "Tyler Precedent," he ensured that future vice presidents would not become acting presidents with restricted authority.

It was under the Tyler Precedent that the following vice presidents became president:

  • Millard Fillmore, following the death of Zachary Taylor in 1850
  • Andrew Johnson, following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865
  • Chester Alan Arthur, following the assassination of James Garfield in 1881
  • Theodore Roosevelt, following the assassination of William McKinley in 1901
  • Calvin Coolidge, following the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923
  • Harry Truman, following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945
  • Lyndon B. Johnson, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963

Tyler's action was affirmed by the 25th Amendment, which was ratified in 1967.

After serving his term in office, Tyler returned to Virginia. He remained politically active, and sought to forestall the Civil War. When efforts to avoid war failed, he was elected to the Confederate congress, but died in January 1862, before he could take his seat.

What was John Tyler's favorite food during his presidency?

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John Tyler's favorite food is dessert pudding. John Tyler had the most number of children. Pudding-in-piecrust is one of the famous dishes that was present on the table.

What were John Tyler election results?

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Whig Party candidate William Henry Harrison won the 1840 presidential election defeating Democratic Party incumbent President Martin Van Buren. John Tyler was William Henry Harrison's vice president running mate. In the 1840 presidential election there was a total of 294 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 148 votes to win the presidential election. William Henry Harrison and John Tyler received 234 electoral votes. Martin Van Buren and his vice president running mate received 60 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Harrison/Tyler 1,275,390 and Van Buren 1,128,854. Tyler ascended to the presidency after Harrison's death in April 1841.

Did John Tyler have any other jobs beside being president?

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Yes- he served in the Virginia state house and served as US Congressman, US Senator, Governor of Virginia and Vice-president before he was president.

Where is the memorial of John Tyler?

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He is buried in Richmond, VA, in the Hollywood Cemetery (no connection to movleland).

His grave faces the river- go to the left when you enter the cemetery and look for high ground. James Monroe is buried just back of him.

What political party did John Tyler and his father belong to?

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They both served as governor of Virginia .
Governor of Virginia - 1808-11 and 1825-27 respectively.

Who has won the most Brownlow votes and not won?

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Leigh Matthews has polled the most votes without winning a Brownlow Medal with 202 points, he finished third in 1973 and 1982.

He was voted the 'AFL Player of the Century' and is a legend in the AFL Hall of Fame.

How old was John Tyler when he was elected president?

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John Tyler was not elected president. He filled in for president Harrison after his death caused by pneumonia.

John Tyler was never elected as President, he was elected as the Vice President in the election of 1840.

How many terms did John Adams serve as President?

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John Adams only served one term as President. He was the 2nd President of the US, and was in office from March 4, 1797 to March 4, 1801.

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How many children did John Tyler have with his 1st wife?

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John Tyler had five sisters. Please see the related question for more information.

What are some facts about john tyler?

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1. Tyler had the most children out of any president (15)

2. Tyler was an excellent violinist

3. He loved to dance and had a ballroom in his house

4. He was the first president whose wife died in office but he soon found a young wife. She was 24 and he was 54.

5 His hobby was fox hunting

6. His ancestry was English.

7. He died while serving in the Confederate Congress

8. His house was 100 yards long

9. He was the first man to become president without being elected as President. Some Congressmen thought he was only the acting president. They did not want him to move into the White House and he was not at first allowed any money for state entertaining.

10. He shocked his Whig party by vetoing the banking bill which was the long-standing goal of the party. All but one of his cabinet resigned in protest and he was expelled from the party. Needless to say he was not nominated for a second term.