Dr. James Brown Fisk, physicist, President of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, was elected to the Board of Trustees.

Later, browsing in an old issue of the Gazette Des Beaux-Arts, she found a description of a handsome gilt pier-table purchased in 1817 by President James Monroe.

`` I think they played Hail To The Chief better than the Marine Corps Band, and we are grateful to them '', President Kennedy remarked after mounting the bandstand and shaking hands with conductor James Christian Pfohl.

In 1857 – 58, Douglas broke with President James Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party.

Both the outgoing administration of President James Buchanan and the incoming administration rejected the legality of secession, considering it rebellion.

* 1858 – U. S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

First Brown President and Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation James Manning ( minister ) | James Manning.

On 2 December 1823, US President James Monroe specifically addressed Cuba and other European colonies in his proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine.

Similarly, President James Mancham's attendance of the 1977 CHOGM gave Prime Minister France-Albert René the opportunity to seize power in the Seychelles.

In May 1997, Prime Minister James joined 14 other Caribbean leaders, and President Clinton, during the first-ever U. S .- regional summit in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Eisenhower was the last president born in the 19th century, and at age 62, was the oldest man to be elected President since James Buchanan in 1856.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U. S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

* 1823 – Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.

* 1845 – Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

During the 1990s, the College saw a major academic overhaul under President James O. Freedman and a controversial ( and ultimately unsuccessful ) 1999 initiative to encourage the school's single-sex Greek houses to go coed.

President James Wright announced his retirement in February 2008 and was replaced by Harvard University professor and physician Jim Yong Kim on July 1, 2009.

Outgoing President James Polk's term ended at noon on March 4, which was a Sunday.

While the terms of President James K. Polk and Vice President George Mifflin Dallas had expired, Atchison's tenure as President pro tempore had already expired when the Thirtieth Congress adjourned sine die on March 4.

The highest-ranking official whose term unquestionably continued during the interim was Polk's Secretary of State, James Buchanan ( later elected President himself in 1856 ), whose term did not formally expire until his successor, John M. Clayton, took office on March 7.

In the 1980s President Ronald Reagan sought to curtail scope of environmental protection taking steps such as appointing James G. Watt who was called one of the most " blatantly anti-environmental political appointees ".

As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States ( 1813 – 1814 ), serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term.

* 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.

According to legend, Dolley Madison was referred to as " First Lady " in 1849 at her funeral in a eulogy delivered by President Zachary Taylor.

Then Monroe travelled to New York to appear at a birthday celebration for John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, where she famously serenaded the President.

* 1812 – War of 1812: U. S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.

Madison worked closely with President George Washington to organize the new federal government.

Congressman Madison and Vice President Jefferson were outraged.

Many contemporaries and later historians, such as Ron Chernow, noted that Madison and President Jefferson ignored their " strict construction " view of the Constitution to take advantage of the purchase opportunity.

By Spring 1810, President Madison was specifically asking Congress for more appropriations to increase the Army and Navy in preparation for war with Britain.

During the War of 1812, Monroe held the critical roles of Secretary of State and the Secretary of War under President James Madison.

He had little to do with the War of 1812, as President Madison and the War Hawks in Congress were dominant.

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 were written secretly by Vice President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively.

The original handwritten proclamation signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison, that informed the American public of the landmark deal of the Louisiana Purchase, was acquired in 1996 by Walter Scott Jr. of Omaha, Nebraska, who holds it in his private collection.

* 1751 – James Madison, American politician, 4th President of the United States ( d. 1836 )

As soon as he was able, President Jefferson ordered Levi Lincoln, who was the new administration's Attorney General and acting Secretary of State until the arrival of James Madison, not to deliver the remaining appointments.

Secretary of State Madison was ordered by President Jefferson to withhold the commissions made at the last minute by outgoing President Adams.

Elected Vice President in 1796, when he came in second to John Adams of the Federalists, Jefferson opposed Adams and with Madison secretly wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which attempted to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts.

On September 3, 1814, following the Burning of Washington and the Raid on Alexandria, Francis Scott Key and John Stuart Skinner set sail from Baltimore aboard the ship HMS Minden, flying a flag of truce on a mission approved by President James Madison.

The presidential authority to commission officers would have a large impact on the 1803 case Marbury v. Madison, where outgoing Federalist President John Adams feverishly signed many commissions to the judiciary on his final day in office, hoping to, as incoming Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson put it, " into the judiciary as a stronghold.

Incoming President Thomas Jefferson was enraged with Adams, and ordered his Secretary of State, James Madison, not to deliver the remaining commissions.

First lady Dolley Madison rescued a painting of George Washington, and in 1939, a Canadian man returned a jewelry box to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, claiming that his grandfather had taken it from Washington.

After the fire, President James Madison resided in The Octagon House.

* October 31 – Campaigning at Madison Square Garden, New York, U. S. President Lyndon Johnson pledges the creation of the Great Society.