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From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. See the main article: President of the United States. This is a list of men who served as the president of the United States.
- Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908)...
- Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the...
- George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American...
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower(/ ˈ aɪ z ən h aʊ. ər /...
- Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.(/ ˈ b aɪ d ən / BY-dən; born...
- Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American...
- Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an...
- Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964)...
- Grover Cleveland
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3]
No.[a]Name (birth–death)Term [14]Party [b][15]January 20, 2021 – IncumbentDonald Trump (b. 1946) [74]January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021Barack Obama (b. 1961) [73]January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017George W. Bush (b. 1946) [72]January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009In 1954, Eisenhower appointed General Lucius D. Clay to head a committee charged with proposing an interstate highway system plan. [229] The president's support for the project was influenced by his experiences as a young army officer crossing the country as part of the 1919 Army Convoy. [230]
Dwight David Eisenhower (/ ˈaɪzənhaʊ.ər / EYE-zən-how-ər; born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
Sep 3, 2024 · As the head of the government of the United States, the president is arguably the most powerful government official in the world. The president is elected to a four-year term via an electoral college system. Since the Twenty-second Amendment was adopted in 1951, the American presidency has been.
No.PresidentBirthplacePolitical Party46Pennsylvania45New York44Hawaii43Connecticut- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 27, 2009 · In 1954, Eisenhower decided against authorizing an airstrike to rescue French troops from defeat at Dien Bien Phu, avoiding a war in Indochina, though his support for the anti-communist...
Republican emissaries to his headquarters near Paris persuaded him to run for President in 1952. “I like Ike” was an irresistible slogan; Eisenhower won a sweeping victory.
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