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23 hours ago · St. John's Church, an Episcopal church in Washington, D.C., has been visited by every sitting president since James Madison. [1] Religious affiliations can affect the electability of the presidents of the United States and shape their stances on policy matters and their visions of society and also how they want to lead it.
5 days ago · January 20, 2021 - Joe Biden becomes the oldest president in U.S. history at age 78, taking the helm at a moment of profound political division and economic turmoil across the nation. His most urgent priority is to confront the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic.
3 days ago · Dwight D. Eisenhower (born October 14, 1890, Denison, Texas, U.S.—died March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C.) was the 34th president of the United States (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II.
2 days ago · 1898: The Spanish-American War. The Spanish-American War began on April 21 and ended on December 10, 1898. This war brought an end to Spain's colonial rule over the Americas. Spain granted Cuba ...
3 days ago · Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren Harding (1921 ...
3 days ago · James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. At age 99, he is both the oldest living ...
4 days ago · This weekend, consulates around the U.S. offered in-person voting for a Mexican presidential election for the first time but weren’t prepared for the hours-long lines of people excited to take ...
