I still have the dress, and I hope to give it to the Smithsonian Institution as a memento, or, as I more fondly hope, to present it to a museum containing articles showing the daily lives of the Presidents -- if I can get it organized.

( The other Presidents who did not have prior elected office were Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover.

Since independence, the two Presidents ( Macías and Obiang ) have been the dominant political forces in Equatorial Guinea.

Most Presidents have been members of the CDU as this party is usually the strongest in the Bundestag and also often in the states.

However, Presidents Álvaro Arzú and his successors Alfonso Portillo, Óscar Berger and Álvaro Colom, have used a constitutional clause to order the army on a temporary basis to support the police in response to a nationwide wave of violent crime product of the Mexican criminal organizations going across the north-west region.

Hoover is the most recent cabinet secretary to be elected President of the United States, as well as one of only two Presidents ( along with William Howard Taft ) to have been elected without previous electoral experience or high military rank.

Paraguay and Venezuela have restarted negotiations on an unpaid debt of $ 250 million owed by Paraguayan oil company Petropar to its counterpart Petróleos de Venezuela after the Presidents of Paraguay and Venezuela met to deal with the financing.

To manage the growing federal bureaucracy, Presidents have gradually surrounded themselves with many layers of staff, who were eventually organized into the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

" Presidents have been criticized for making signing statements when signing congressional legislation about how they understand a bill or plan to execute it.

Presidents have attended the ceremony since the 1990s.

François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac are the only Presidents to date who have served a full two terms ( 14 years for the former, 12 years for the latter ).

To a large extent, the two succeeding Presidents have carried on Senghor's policies and philosophies.

Some Presidents have claimed to themselves the exclusive power of terminating treaties.

Some Presidents have claimed the authority under this clause to impound money appropriated by Congress.

In this capacity, only four Vice Presidents have been able to announce their own election to the presidency: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, and George H. W. Bush.

Ironically, both of the Presidents making the offer to Webster died in office, meaning the three-time Presidential candidate could have become President if he had accepted either.

Recently, many former Vice Presidents have pursued very active careers after leaving office.

Subsequent Presidents each year have had to submit a budget to Congress.

Due to his untimely demise, Warren G. Harding is among the relatively few American Presidents who have been honored on a U. S. postage stamp more than the usual two times.

Presidents during the latter half of the 20th century have sent written State of the Union addresses.

Since 1989, in recognition that the responsibility of reporting the State of the Union formally belongs to the president who held office during the past year, newly inaugurated Presidents have not officially called their first speech before Congress a " State of the Union " message.

Downing students remain prominent in the University world ; in the past few years Cambridge Union Presidents, Blues captains, Law and Economic Society Presidents and more have hailed from the college.

Some of his remarks, such as those concerning the September 11th attacks, have been condemned by sitting Presidents and have been the subject of national and international media attention.

Beginning in 1999, the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia initiated a direct dialogue through a series of face-to-face meetings, often facilitated by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

Eisenhower is now often ranked as one of the top ten U. S. Presidents.

In recent surveys of historians, Eisenhower often is ranked in the top 10 among all U. S. Presidents.

Hoover became one of the most visible men in the country, often overshadowing Presidents Harding and Coolidge.

Presidents may also grant pardons and reprieves, as is often done just before the end of a presidential term, not without controversy.

Without the line-item veto, Presidents have often felt compelled to sign controversial riders into law even if they did not support them.

The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ( CoP ; often referred to as the Presidents ' Conference ) is a non-profit organization that describes itself as " a central address for key American, Israeli and other world leaders to consult on issues of critical concern to the Jewish community.

) The President appoints the commissioners or board members, subject to Senate confirmation, but they often serve with staggered terms, and often for longer terms than a usual four-year Presidential term, meaning most Presidents will not have the opportunity to appoint all the commissioners of a given independent agency.

Her columns often display a critical and irreverent attitude towards powerful, mostly political, figures such as former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Before the advent of the Presidential library system, Presidents or their heirs often dispersed Presidential papers at the end of the administration.

It is also sometimes found in the context of parliamentary decisions, or United States presidential nominating conventions ( where it is often used to nominate the running mate and incumbent Presidents ).

Built in 1908, this stately white palace, was regular guests Presidents, like Paul Deschanel, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Queen Victoria's daughter, who remained a faithful guest for many seasons and was often visited by her brother the Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn who lived for twenty years on Cap Ferrat.

American Presidents often have not sought formal declarations of war, instead maintaining that they have the Constitutional authority, as commander in chief ( Article Two, Section Two ) to use the military for " police actions ".

Dubious sources of authority are often cited, for example, at Cambridge, quite often the Presidents of college " Dining Societies " are said to arbitrate on the rules.

Apostles usually initiate calls to the Office of High Priest, Evangelist and Seventy, often in consultation or at the behest of Mission Center Presidents.

In popular music, Seattle is often thought of as the home of grunge rock, but it is also home to such varied musicians as avant-garde jazz musicians Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz, hot Jazz band leader Glenn Crytzer, rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot, smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G, and such poppier rock bands as Goodness and the The Presidents of the United States of America.

* Former Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton ( often featured together, Clinton will usually make a sexually suggestive reference, whereupon Bush responds by calling him " perv boy ")

The most well-known is Fancourt Golf Estate, which hosted the Presidents Cup in 2003 and is often the host to high-profile golf tournaments.