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* Hatfield, Mark O., with the Senate Historical Office, Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789 – 1993 .( U. S. Government Printing Office, 1997 ), p. 219
Three United States Presidents, twenty-six foreign Heads of State, nine Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ( including three Chief Justices ) and 40 Nobel Prize winners are alumni of Columbia.
* 1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business under the rubric " economic modernization ".
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.
Tombs of Presidents John Adams ( left ) and John Quincy Adams ( right ) and their wives, in a family crypt beneath the United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts | United First Parish Church
Hay's highest office was serving as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
At Young's death in 1877, he was followed by other LDS Presidents, who resisted efforts by the United States Congress to outlaw Mormon polygamous marriages.
* 1965 – Chris Ballew, American singer and bassist ( The Presidents of the United States of America and Caspar Babypants )
The Presidents of the United States of America, commonly referred to as Pot USA or " PUSA " or The Presidents, are a twice Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band.
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( The other Presidents who did not have prior elected office were Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover.
Eisenhower was also the first outgoing President to come under the protection of the Former Presidents Act ; two living former Presidents, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman, left office before the Act was passed.
Presidents make numerous executive branch appointments: an incoming president may make up to 6, 000 before he takes office and 8, 000 more during his term.
Tyler's precedent made it possible for Vice Presidents Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson to ascend to the presidency ( Gerald Ford took office after the passage of the Twenty-fifth Amendment ).
Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Rutherford Hayes were Whigs before switching to the Republican Party, from which they were elected to office.
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.
Since Presidents rarely died in office, however, the better preparation for the Presidency was considered to be the office of Secretary of State, in which Webster served under Harrison, Tyler, and later, Taylor's successor, Fillmore.
However, former Vice Presidents traditionally receive Secret Service protection for up to six months after leaving office, by order of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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.
Following the resignation for health reasons of President pro tempore William P. Frye, a Senate divided among progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats reached a compromise by which each of their candidates would rotate holding the office from 1911 to 1913 ( see Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913 ).
In large brokerage firms and investment banks, there are usually several Vice Presidents in each local branch office, the title being more of a marketing approach for customers, than denoting an actual managerial position within the company.
* Vice Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge and Harry S. Truman assumed the Presidency following the deaths of their predecessors, while Garret Hobart and James Sherman died in office.
In 1997, legislation became effective limiting Secret Service protection to former Presidents and their spouses for a period of not more than 10 years from the date the former President leaves office -- making Bill and Hillary Clinton the last to receive lifetime protection
* Former Vice Presidents, their spouses, and their children under age 16 for a period of not more than 6 months from the date the former Vice President leaves office ( the Secretary of Homeland Security can extend the protection time )
Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower both made Newport the sites of their " Summer White Houses " during their years in office.
He wore the uniform in World War II, held elected office, and served in the cabinets of three Presidents.
For former Presidents who had entered office before January 1, 1997 are entitled to lifetime protection carried out by The Secret Service.
Former Presidents who entered office after January 1, 1997 are limited to ten years of protection for themselves and their spouses.
Additional perks are given to the former Presidents, including free postal service and up to $ 96, 000 for office space.
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