He served as president of the Continental Congress.

The Senate to him was not the `` upper body '' and he corrected those who said he served `` under '' the president.

Governors of the 18 provinces were appointed by and served at the pleasure of the president.

He was one of the founders and the first president of the All-India Muslim League, and served as President of the League of Nations from 1937-38.

Johnson's position that the best interests of the Union were served by slavery in some areas made him a practical compromise candidate for president.

He served as chairman of the Cartoonists ' Committee in President Dwight D. Eisenhower's People-to-People program in 1954 ( although Capp had actually supported Adlai Stevenson for president in 1952 and 1956 ), which was organized to promote Savings bonds for the U. S. Treasury.

Throughout the authoritarian period, tensions often existed between the High Command and the five generals who served as president.

Meanwhile, Zhelyu Zhelev, a communist-era dissident from the new democratic party-Union of Democratic Forces, was elected President by the Assembly in 1990, and in 1992 won Bulgaria's first presidential elections and served as president until 1997.

The second president was another member of the Union of Demicratic Forces-Petar Stoyanov and served until 2002, when the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party-Georgi Parvanov began to replace him, he won two mandates and served until 2011, when Rosen Plevneliev of the right-oriented GERB was elected for a five-year mandate.

Their government collapsed in late 1992, and was succeeded by a technocratic team, put forward by the Bulgarian Socialist Party ( BSP ), which served until 1994, when the president dissolved the government and appointed a provisional one to serve until the pre-term elections, appointed for December in the same year.

The first Portalian president was General Joaquín Prieto, who served two terms ( 1831 – 1836, 1836 – 1841 ).

Millikan served as " Chairman of the Executive Council " ( effectively Caltech's president ) from 1921 to 1945, and his influence was such that the Institute was occasionally referred to as " Millikan's School.

Former Georgia Tech provost Jean-Lou Chameau became the eighth president of Caltech on September 1, 2006, replacing David Baltimore who had served since 1997.

Other more recent political figures educated at Columbia include U. S President Barack Obama, Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former U. S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former chairman of the U. S. Federal Reserve Bank Alan Greenspan, U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and U. S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr .. Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the thirteenth president of Columbia University from 1948 to 1953.

Ernest joined Textron after 29 years at GE, where he had most recently served as vice president and general manager, global supply chain for GE Aviation.

They had one son, Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. and three daughters, one of whom was Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, one of the first humans injected with insulin, and who later served as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society.

This was the first fraternity to incorporate, and he served as its first international president.

She served as president of the New York branch.

In 1961, Eisenhower became the first U. S. president to be constitutionally prevented from running for re-election to the office, having served the maximum two terms allowed.

Several women who were not presidents ' wives have served as First Lady, as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the First Lady herself.

He served as president of the Reconstruction-era Freedman's Savings Bank ; and as chargé d ' affaires for the Dominican Republic.

He also served as the first president of the German Confederation following its establishment in 1815.

He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States ( 1981 – 89 ), a congressman, an ambassador, a Director of Central Intelligence, and is currently the oldest surviving president.

Francisco Indalecio Madero González ( 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913 ) was a Mexican statesman, writer and revolutionary who served as 33rd President of Mexico from 1911 until his assassination in 1913.

* John Salmon Ford ( 1815 – 1897 ), American political figure in Texas ; best known as " Rip " Ford ; served in state Congress and Senate ; veteran of Mexican War and Civil War

On February 21, 1848, the House of Representatives was discussing the matter of honoring US Army officers who served in the Mexican – American War.

Adaptation of Mexican food tailored for the mainstream American market usually is very different from Mexican food typically served in Mexico itself.

A career soldier, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the Mexican – American War.

During the Mexican American War ( 1846 – 1848 ), Lieutenant Grant served under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.

Sherman's experiences in the military had been very similar to Grant's ; he had studied at West Point, served in the Mexican War, and later had resigned from the Army only to fail in his civilian career.

Vicente Fox Quesada </ small > (; born July 2, 1942 ) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.

In addition to the usual taco and burritos, Taco Bell Grande also served other Mexican cuisine like albóndigas ( meatball soup ), tomatillo grilled chicken, fajitas, and alcoholic drinks such as Margaritas.

Benjamin Wilson was also a well known Indian fighter who served as justice of the peace for the Mexican authorities and it was while hunting down renegade Indians that he discovered what is present day Big Bear, California which received that name because Wilson and his posse lassoed and killed over thirty grizzly bears while passing through.

Longstreet served with distinction in the Mexican War with the 8th U. S. Infantry.

They subsequently served in the Franco-Austrian War of 1859, the Mexican Intervention ( 1864 – 66 ) and the Franco-Prussian War ( 1870 ).

Carlos Salinas de Gortari () ( born April 3, 1948 ) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) who served as President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994.

It is served as companion for different kinds of Mexican food, mostly seafood and stews, such as menudo, birria and pozole.

By 1975 only six Mexican Americans had served in public office in the county and none in leading roles.

Since then several Mexican Americans have served as county commissioners and in other county and local offices.

Many active duty military members stationed in Hawaii and members of the local population served as extras during filming there, although for the sake of expediency and due to the present use of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base, the set at Rosarito Beach in the Mexican state of Baja California was utilized for scale model work.

Benito Juárez (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872 ) born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858 – 1861 as interim, then 1861 – 1865, 1865 – 1867, 1867 – 1871 and 1871 – 1872 as constitutional president.

Robidoux was also a naturalized Mexican citizen who had served as Alcalde of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He served in the Mexican – American War and led the First Michigan Cavalry in the American Civil War.

* Miner Knowlton ( 1804 – 70 ), graduated from West Point in 1829, He served with the French Army as aid to Marshall Beaugand in Algeria in 1845 and with the U. S. Army in the Mexican War, an instructor of mathematics, French, artillery and cavalry tactics at West Point for 14 years, instructing many of the noted Civil War generals, including U. S. Grant.

The ( later DMS-30 ) was named for Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, who served during the Mexican – American and U. S. Civil Wars.

The town is named for Lorenzo de Zavala, a Mexican rancher, politician, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence who served as the first Vice-President of the Republic of Texas.

Halderman sold hundreds of lots to Charles Premont, who in turn, served as the real estate agent for the Mexican families as he was fluent in Spanish.