The contributors to this testament were all well-known: a former Democratic candidate for President, a New Deal poet, the magazine's chief editorial writer, two newspaper columnists, head of a national broadcasting company, a popular Protestant evangelist, etc..

In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected, receiving 49. 2 % of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole ( 40. 7 % of the popular vote ) and Reform candidate Ross Perot ( 8. 4 % of the popular vote ), becoming the first Democratic incumbent since Lyndon Johnson to be elected to a second term and the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to be elected President more than once.

Clinton remained popular with the public throughout his two terms as President, ending his presidential career with a 65 % approval rating, the highest end-of-term approval rating of any President since Dwight D. Eisenhower.

President and CEO is a popular combination if there is a separate chairman.

This dual rôle allowed the Committee, to which Clarke and MacDermott added themselves shortly afterward, to promote their own policies and personnel independently of both the Volunteer Executive and the IRB Executive — in particular Volunteer Chief of Staff Eoin MacNeill, who supported a rising only on condition of an increase in popular support following unpopular moves by the London government, such as the introduction of conscription or an attempt to suppress the Volunteers or its leaders, and IRB President Denis McCullough, who held similar views.

A graffiti in Pieksämäki representing the former President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen, who is well recognised in Finnish popular culture.

Polk made his first major speech on March 13, 1826, in which he said that the Electoral College should be abolished and that the President should be elected by the popular vote.

Incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid ' Ahmed Taya won reelection with 67. 02 % of the popular vote, according to the official figures, with ex-head-of-state Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla finishing second.

Romania's Communist President Nicolae Ceauşescu flees the capital Bucharest by helicopter on 22 December 1989 amid a popular revolt to overthrow him.

In the end, President Carter refused Somoza further U. S. military aid, believing that the repressive nature of the government had led to popular support for the Sandinista uprising.

In the 1980s, a popular movement for nuclear disarmament again gained strength in the light of the weapons build-up and aggressive rhetoric of US President Ronald Reagan.

* 2000 – Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d ' Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.

Later that month, before the Supreme Soviet, he proposed the creation of a new office of President of the Soviet Union, for himself to be elected by the Congress of People's Deputies rather than the popular elections.

The tour made Nurmi extremely popular in the U. S., and the Finn agreed to meet President Calvin Coolidge at the White House.

President Reagan, has remained popular as an antitax hero despite raising taxes eleven times over the course of his presidency, all in the name of fiscal responsibility.

The President of Tanzania, and the members of the National Assembly, are elected concurrently by direct popular vote for five-year terms.

Taking a page from the United States Supreme Court, President Robinson appointed Patrick Manning Prime Minister despite the fact that the UNC won the popular vote and that Panday was the sitting Prime Minister.

Through her recommendations to Congress, the President speaks collectively for the People as they petition Government for a redress of grievances, and thus her recommendations embody popular sovereignty.

Grant was the most popular man in the country ; when President Johnson was at loggerheads with the Congress over Reconstruction, he decided to take his case to the people with his infamous " swing around the circle " throughout the country and he sought to capitalize on Grant's popularity by having Grant travel with him.

Although there were initial scandals in his first term, Grant remained popular in the country and was re-elected a second term in 1872. Notable accomplishments as President include policies for the protection of African Americans in the Reconstruction states as well as Native Americans in the West, the Treaty of Washington in 1871, and the Specie Payment Resumption Act in 1875.

On November 5, 1996, President Clinton went on to win re-election with a substantial margin in the popular vote and electoral college.

In March 1840, Harrison pledged to serve only one term as President if elected, a pledge which reflected popular support for a Constitutional limit to Presidential terms among many in the Whig Party.

Thomas C. Platt, the " boss " of the New York State Republican Party, did not like Theodore Roosevelt, New York's popular governor, even though he was a fellow Republican.

In the 1992 election, he received 18. 9 % of the popular vote, approximately 19, 741, 065 votes ( but no electoral college votes ), making him the most successful third-party presidential candidate in terms of the popular vote since Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election.

The stigma began to fall away in the early 1900s when the popular Theodore Roosevelt was regularly photographed wearing eyeglasses, and in the 1910s when popular comedian Harold Lloyd began wearing a pair of horn-rimmed glasses as " The Glass Character " in his films.

Category: Theodore Roosevelt in popular culture

The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

The Sweet Water Hotel and its famous lithia spring water were so popular that Mark Twain, members of the Vanderbilt family, and Presidents Cleveland, Taft, McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt all enjoyed the many amenities of the resort which included the world famous Lithia Vapor Baths.

Georges Guibourg ( June 3, 1891-January 8, 1970 ) was a French singer, author, writer, playwright, and actor, George Guibourg, alias Georgius, alias Theodore Crapulet, was one of the most popular and versatile performers in Paris for more than 50 years.

Theodore Millon, a psychologist noted for popular works on personality disorders, has unofficially proposed four subtypes of borderline.

Abraham most recently made a guest appearance on the popular television series Saving Grace, on which he played an angel, Matthew and the Law & Order: Criminal Intent, on which he played Dr. Theodore Nichols, father of Det.

Dresser, the elder brother of novelist Theodore Dreiser, was a popular songwriter of the turn of the 20th century.

His " Rag Time Instructor " was arranged by ragtime composer Theodore H. Northrup and included written-out examples of ' ragged ' popular tunes including light classics and opera songs.

It became popular after President Theodore Roosevelt referred to the character in a 1906 speech.

He ended up receiving about 18. 9 % of the popular vote, a record level of popularity not seen in an independent candidacy since former President Theodore Roosevelt ran on the " Bull Moose " Progressive ticket in 1912.

Division within his party over currency issues and the popularity of incumbent Theodore Roosevelt led to Parker's landslide defeat, the electoral vote being 336 for Roosevelt to 140 for Parker, the popular vote 7, 623, 486 for Roosevelt to 5, 077, 971 for Parker.

The term is used in popular discourse, and scholars have traced its use in American literature ranging from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( 1884 ), Willa Cather's My Ántonia, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby ( 1925 ), Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy ( 1925 ) and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon ( 1977 ).

Theodore Dalrymple wrote in the The Spectator that " France .... is less dominated by mass distraction ( known here as popular culture, but in Nineteen Eighty-Four as prolefeed ) than Britain is.

The 1912 Republican convention saw the business-oriented faction supporting William Howard Taft turn back a challenge from former president Theodore Roosevelt, who boasted broader popular support and even won a primary in Taft's home state of Ohio.

Boating and fishing are popular on San Carlos Lake and other basin reservoirs, including Lake Pleasant and Theodore Roosevelt Lake.

v. 39 ) Theodore died at the age of seventy-eight, having been all his life engaged in controversy, and more than once in conflict with the popular notions of orthodoxy ; yet he departed, as Facundus ( ii. 1 ) triumphantly points out, in the peace of the church and at the height of a great reputation.

Charles Theodore never became popular as a ruler in Bavaria according to his critic Lorenz von Westenrieder.

The most popular orchestral conductor of that era was Theodore Thomas, who would later found the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

One of Theodore Roosevelt's most popular books, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, recounted the father-and-son expedition into the Amazon Basin Brazilian jungle in 1913 – 14.

Brady was orphaned at an early age and found living on the streets of New York City by Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. a well-known and popular New York City philanthropist and the father of future US 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt.