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In addition, nine vice presidents have become president by virtue of a president's intra-term death or resignation. In all, 45 individuals have served 46 presidencies spanning 58 four-year terms. Joe Biden is the 46th and current president of the United States, having assumed office at noon EST on January 20, 2021.
Sep 29, 2023 · After losing a race for governor of California to Pete Wilson, a Republican, in 1990, she won a special election for his old Senate seat in 1992, then a full six-year term in 1994, and was re ...
In the 118th Congress, Patty took over as Chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and made history as the first woman ever to serve as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. In these new roles she continues to be a forceful advocate for Washington state families, pushing for continued progress on everything from child care and paid ...
Kamala Harris speaks on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Recorded July 26, 2021. Kamala Devi Harris [a] ( / ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi / ⓘ KAH-mə-lə DAY-vee; [2] [3] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States under President Joe Biden.
t. e. Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( / ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ / BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) [2] was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. [3] She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to replace ...
Sep 29, 2023 · The first woman to serve as the mayor of San Francisco, she went on to become the longest-serving woman in the Senate, a job she described to friends and colleagues as a “calling.” Read her ...
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, 1978–1997. Nancy Kassebaum was the only woman serving in the Senate when she took office in 1978. Senator Kassebaum worked tirelessly on policies such as reducing the budget deficit, international arms control, and ending apartheid in South Africa. During her last term she chaired the Senate Committee on Labor and Human ...
