20 Facts about US President.

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The President of the United States is the head of the executive branch of the federal government and is the highest political office in the country. The President is responsible for enforcing federal laws, negotiating treaties with foreign governments, and serving as the commander-in-chief of the military. The President also has the power to nominate judges to federal courts and to pardon individuals convicted of federal crimes.

The President is elected by the people through an electoral college system and serves a term of four years. The President is limited to serving two terms in office, although there is no limit on the number of terms a person may serve as Vice President.

The office of the President has evolved significantly since it was first established by the Constitution of the United States. The powers and responsibilities of the President have expanded over time, and the office has come to be seen as a symbol of the United States around the world.

Facts :

  1. George Washington was the only president to be unanimously elected by the Electoral College.
  2. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
  3. James Monroe was the last president to have served in the Revolutionary War.
  4. John Quincy Adams was the first president to have his photograph taken while in office.
  5. Andrew Jackson was the first president to experience an assassination attempt while in office.
  6. Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born a US citizen, as all previous presidents were born before the country was founded.
  7. William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in history, lasting more than two hours. He also had the shortest presidency, serving only 31 days before dying of pneumonia.
  8. John Tyler was the first vice president to succeed a president due to their death while in office.
  9. James K. Polk was the first president to have his photograph taken with a camera.
  10. Abraham Lincoln is the only president to have a patent, which he received for a device to lift boats over shoals.
  11. Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached.
  12. Ulysses S. Grant was the first president to visit all the states while in office.
  13. William McKinley was the first president to have a telephone at the White House.
  14. Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to win a Nobel Prize, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.
  15. William Howard Taft was the only president to also serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
  16. Woodrow Wilson was the first president to hold a doctorate degree.
  17. Warren G. Harding was the first president to own a radio.
  18. Calvin Coolidge was the first president to have his inauguration broadcast on the radio.
  19. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only president to be elected to four terms in office.
  20. Richard Nixon was the first president to visit China while in office.
  21. Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital.
  22. Barack Obama was the first president to have been born outside the continental United States.

 

 

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