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59 unusual facts about president of the United States


1792 half disme

Although it is subject to debate as to whether this was intended to be circulating coinage or instead an experimental issue, President George Washington referred to it as "a small beginning" and many of the coins eventually were released into circulation.

1811 in Canada

President James Madison, in his message to Congress, says: "We have seen the British Cabinet not only persist, in refusing satisfaction demanded for the wrongs we have already suffered, but it is extending to our own waters that blockade, which is become a virtual war against us, through a stoppage of our legitimate commerce."

1936 Democratic National Convention

The convention resulted in the nomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner for reelection.

1947 World Series

The October 13, 1947 edition of Time magazine reported that President Truman, who had just made the first Oval Office TV appearance on October 5, 1947 and received the first TV for the White House, watched parts of the Series but "skipped the last innings".

1948 Democratic National Convention

The 1948 Democratic National Convention was held at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 12 to July 14, and resulted in the nominations of President Harry S Truman for a full term and Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky for Vice President in the 1948 presidential election.

1st Airlift Squadron

Provides global Special Air Mission (SAM) airlift, logistics, aerial port and communications for the President, Vice President, Combat Commanders, senior leaders and the global mobility system as tasked by the White House, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Air Mobility Command.

2005 World Summit

The pre-summit negotiations were blown sharply off course by the appearance in early August at the U. N. of United States Ambassador to the U. N. John Bolton, appointed as a recess appointment by U.S. President George W. Bush.

88 Lines About 44 Women

In 1999, David Nielsen of The Brunching Shuttlecocks recorded a parody entitled "88 Lines About 42 Presidents" about the Presidents of the United States through Bill Clinton.

Adams Township, Clinton County, Ohio

Named for President John Quincy Adams, it is one of ten Adams Townships statewide.

Apollo 6

There was little press coverage of the Apollo 6 mission mainly because on the same day as the launch, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee, and President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection only four days before.

Architect of the Capitol

Until 1989, the position of Architect of the Capitol was filled by appointment from the President of the United States for an indefinite term.

Arkansas Timberlands

The Arkansas Timberlands was the birthplace of former President of the United States Bill Clinton.

Basic Pilot Program

Legislation signed by the President in December 2003 extended the Basic Pilot Program until November 2008 and grew to encompass all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Battle of Ba Gia

Even though the fighting at Ba Gia was minor in scale, it convinced President Lyndon B. Johnson that South Vietnam's armed forces could not deal with the growing Communist forces by themselves.

Capital punishment in Mexico

In 2002, President Vicente Fox cancelled a trip to the United States to meet US President George W. Bush, in protest of the then imminent execution of a Mexican national, Javier Suárez Medina, in the U.S. state of Texas.

Clarkson, Ohio

In 1817, James Monroe, while President of the United States, visited his cousin, Catherine Hanna, in Clarkson.

Closed session of the United States Congress

An executive session is for business which includes the President of the United States.

Delano Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Formed in 1882 from part of Rush Township, it is named for Warren Delano II, maternal grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1933-1945.

Earl D. Johnson

In 1950, President of the United States Harry Truman nominated Johnson as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and Materiel).

Edward R. Dewey

Dewey first became interested in cycles while Chief Economic Analyst of the Department of Commerce in 1930 or 1931 because President Hoover wanted to know the cause of the Great Depression.

Exhaustive ballot

It is also used to elect the various party nominees for President of the United States, the host city of the Olympic Games and the host of the FIFA World Cup.

Garrison Norton

In 1947, President of the United States Harry S. Truman nominated Norton as an Assistant Secretary of State with responsibility for international transportation and communications.

Jackson Mets

This team would be named the Jackson Generals in a contest, the winning moniker representing General Andrew Jackson, the military army officer who later became President of the United States and for whom the city of Jackson is named.

Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Jackson Township was organized in 1829 and named for Andrew Jackson, who had been elected President of the United States the previous year.

James Barker Edmonds

Although he remained the board's Republican commissioner until 1885, when former Louisiana Senator Joseph Rodman West resigned from the presidency of the D.C. Board of Commissioners in 1883, President Chester A. Arthur nominated Edmonds to serve as the board's Democratic commissioner and its chair.

James G. Berret

Upon leaving the legislature he was appointed to an office in the U.S. Treasury by President Martin Van Buren.

James Gordon Bennett, Sr.

In 1839, Bennett was granted the first ever exclusive interview to a United States President, Martin Van Buren.

John Adams' State of the Union Address

United States President John Adams gave two State of the Union speeches.

John Paul Woodley, Jr.

In October 2001, President of the United States George W. Bush named Woodley Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Environment).

Kate Schmidt

She also made the USA Olympic team in 1980, but the team did not get to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott ordered by then President Jimmy Carter.

Kenilworth, Washington, D.C.

Kenilworth gained national attention in 1988 when its government-built housing development, Kenilworth Courts (along with a small sister development called Parkside, located about a mile southwest of Kenilworth), became the first public housing project to be sold to its residents in an initiative championed by Mayor Marion Barry, President Ronald Reagan, and U.S. Representative Jack Kemp.

Kostas Hatzis

It is worth noting that his fame as a singer for the peace has reached the White House and the then US President, Jimmy Carter invites him to meet him and congratulate him.

Light Tank Mk VIII

The Tank, Light, Mk VIII (A25), also known as the Harry Hopkins, after President Roosevelt's chief diplomatic advisor, was a British light tank produced by Vickers-Armstrong during World War II.

Majoritarian representation

Residual usage in several multi-member constituencies is reduced to the election of the Electoral college of the President of the United States.

Miami Marine Stadium

The venue, located just south of Downtown Miami, was revered for its scenic views of Downtown and Miami Beach, hosting motorboat events, and events featuring the likes of Mitch Miller, Sammy Davis, Jr., and U.S. President Richard Nixon (whose seasonal winter residence, dubbed "the Florida White House," was on nearby Key Biscayne).

Michael M. Davis

During Harry S. Truman's time as President, Michael Davis kept files and records of Truman's speeches.

New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health was established by U.S. President George W. Bush in April 2002 to conduct a comprehensive study of the U.S. mental health service delivery system and make recommendations based on its findings.

Nyang’oma Kogelo

Since 2006, the village has received international attention because it is the hometown of Barack Obama, Sr., the father of current United States President Barack Obama.

Oberkulm

The American President Herbert Hoover was a decedent of Johann Heinrich Huber who emigrated to the United States from Oberkulm.

Operation Inland Seas

Task Force 47 (TF 47), a 28-ship detachment of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Edmund B. Taylor, sailed up the Saint Lawrence River to participate in the official opening of the Seaway by Queen Elizabeth II of Canada and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 26, 1959.

President of the United States

As part of their protection, presidents, first ladies, their children and other immediate family members, and other prominent persons and locations are assigned Secret Service codenames.

Nominees participate in nationally televised debates, and while the debates are usually restricted to the Democratic and Republican nominees, third party candidates may be invited, such as Ross Perot in the 1992 debates.

Ambassadors, members of the Cabinet, and other federal officers, are all appointed by a president with the "advice and consent" of a majority of the Senate.

President's Cancer Panel

The President's Cancer Panel is a three-person panel that reports to the President of the United States on the development and execution of the National Cancer Program.

Rosemary Forbes Kerry

She married Richard John Kerry, in Montgomery, Alabama on February 8, 1941, and was the mother of John Forbes Kerry, the 2004 candidate for President of the United States.

Rule of law in the United Kingdom

This immunity runs wider that the Head of State of other countries, for example, the President of the United States may be impeached then put on trial.

Run, Spy, Run

The novel is set in early September 1963 and involves a failed plot to assassinate the President of the United States (at the time John F. Kennedy), by planting a bomb in a plane on which he is due to travel.

Sayles Jenks Bowen

President James K. Polk appointed Bowen to a clerkship in the Treasury Department in 1845, but revoked the appointment three years later when Bowen gained the reputation of a radical for distributing abolitionist propaganda; additionally, he supported Freesoil candidate Martin Van Buren in that year's presidential election rather than Polk's preferred successor, Lewis Cass.

Sikorsky S-70

The S-70 can perform a wide array of missions, including air cavalry, electronic warfare, and aeromedical evacuation: several versions are even used to transport the President of the United States, which while carrying the President is known as "Marine One".

Teenage Zombies

When they are safely back on the mainland, it is implied that the teens will receive a reward for discovering the island, and will have an audience with the President of the United States.

The Victors

UM alumnus Gerald R. Ford, the 38th President of the United States, often had the Naval band play the fight song prior to state events instead of "Hail to the Chief".

Total War: 2006

In a desperate bid to prevent Israel from laying waste to much of the world in its death throes, the US President authorises a nuclear strike on Israel itself.

United States Capitol crypt

Construction on the Capitol itself began in 1793, when the first American President, George Washington, laid down the cornerstone to the north wing of the building.

United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972

To avoid that, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon helped convince Boggs to run again with full party support.

USS Oak Hill

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Oak Hill, in honor of Oak Hill plantation, the estate of James Monroe, the fifth U.S. President, in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio

Named for President George Washington it shares its name with forty-two other Townships statewide.

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Officers from the Pentagon arrive to return him to Washington to be decorated personally by the President of the United States.

William J. Duane

In 1833, President Andrew Jackson appointed Duane Secretary of the Treasury.

William Malcolm

As head of the militia in and around New York City, Malcolm commanded George Washington's escort when Washington took the oath of office as the first President.


1972 Miami Dolphins season

On August 20, 2013, four decades after their accomplishment, President Barack Obama hosted the '72 Dolphins noting that they "never got their Whitehouse visit".

Albert L. Myer

General Nelson A. Miles had been installed by the President of the United States as the first American military governor of the Island, and Francisco Porrata Doria had been elected mayor by the people of Ponce as was the custom for many decades under the old Spanish system.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

As it was a monetary law, it required the approval of the President of the United States; Franklin D. Roosevelt did not give his.

Baton Rouge Community College

Along with former Senator John Breaux and Congresswoman Corrine Brown, former President Bill Clinton visited the college on February 8, 2008 to campaign for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the Louisiana 2008 Democratic primary,

Black Cabinet

The Black Cabinet was first known as the Federal Council of Negro Affairs, an informal group of African-American public policy advisors to United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Charles L. Sullivan

An attorney from Clarksdale, Mississippi, Sullivan ran in Texas for President of the United States in the 1960 presidential election as the candidate of the Constitution Party.

Charles Marcil

Another notable relative was Charles Marcil's maternal uncle, Edward P. Doherty, an American Civil War officer who formed and led the detachment of soldiers that captured and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of United States President Abraham Lincoln.

Council of Governors

The Council of Governors is composed of 10 members, selected by the President for a term of 2 years from among the governors of the several states and territories of the United States and the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

David R. Macdonald

In 1976, President of the United States Gerald Ford nominated Macdonald as Under Secretary of the Navy and Macdonald held this office from September 14, 1976 to February 4, 1977.

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge

While Cooper and his team are forced to perform the tasks, they discover that they - as is Mrs. Goodman - are mere pawns for a more dastardly plot: the Mexican revolutionary El Cortador's plan to assassinate the President of the United States!

Elizabeth Ann Blaesing

Elizabeth Ann Britton Harding Blaesing (October 22, 1919 – November 17, 2005) was the alleged illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States, and Nan Britton, a native of Marion, Ohio.

Flag of the United States Navy

The flag was officially authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 24, 1959 and was formally introduced to the public on April 30, 1959 at a ceremony at Naval Support Facility Carderock in Maryland .

Fresca

American President Lyndon B. Johnson had a soda fountain containing Fresca installed in the Oval Office.

George Robert Vincent

In 1912, he brought a wax cylinder recording device, which he had borrowed from his friend Charles Edison, to the home of former President Teddy Roosevelt, and convinced Roosevelt to speak into it.

George Washington-class submarine

On 12 February 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized funding for three ballistic missile submarines.

Gerald J. Ford Stadium

The stadium is named after Gerald J. Ford (who should not be confused with former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford), a billionaire banker who provided most of the funding for its construction.

Guča Trumpet Festival

In 2010 the organizers issued an official call to the presidents of Russia and U.S., Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, to attend the 50th anniversary event.

Ian Brownlie

He served as an advisor to United States President Jimmy Carter during the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis.

Iver Johnson

Presidential assassin Leon Czolgosz shot and wounded U.S. President William McKinley in Buffalo, New York on September 6, 1901 with an Iver Johnson .32 caliber Safety Automatic revolver (serial number 463344).

Jack Worthington

He is best known for his claims that his mother confided to him, as a result of the discovery of a genetic illness of his presumed father later in life, that he is the illegitimate son of the thirty-fifth President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.

Jerome W. Van Gorkom

In September 1982, President of the United States Ronald Reagan nominated Van Gorkom as Under Secretary of State for Management and, after Senate confirmation, Van Gorkom held this office from December 22, 1982 until October 14, 1983.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

She served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1985.

Lorena, Texas

As she called for the election of Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts and then U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen of Texas as President and Vice President of the United States, Richards read a letter from an unnamed young mother in Lorena who described herself as "forgotten" by the national leadership.

Lorna Kesterson

U.S. President Harry S. Truman awarded her the Red Cross Certification of Merit in 1947 for rescuing a boy scout from California who was drowning in Lake Mead.

National Jewish Welfare Board

In 1941, in a response to a mandate from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, six private organizations - the YMCA, YWCA, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association and the Salvation Army were challenged to handle the on-leave morale and recreational needs for members of the Armed Forces.

R. J. Harris

He was a candidate for the Libertarian Party's 2012 nomination for President of the United States.

Red Wing Bridge

It is officially named the Eisenhower Bridge for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States.

Samuel McAllister

His Medal was presented to him by President Theodore Roosevelt and his Medal of Honor was accredited to the state California.

Secret Service 2

It puts the player in the position of a member of the secret service whose purpose is to defend the President.

Singlestick

American President Theodore Roosevelt and his friend General Leonard Wood were fond of this sport and used to emerge from a contest quite bruised from their rounds.

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977

The Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977 was passed by the 95th United States Congress and signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on May 23, 1977.

TD Ameritrade Park Omaha

Before the opening game of the CWS between Vanderbilt and North Carolina on Saturday, June 18, the ceremonial first pitch was delivered by former President George W. Bush.

Terrel Bell

Terrel Howard Bell (November 11, 1921 – June 22, 1996) was the Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan.

Terri L. White

In 2007, while White was serving as the Department's Director of Communications and Public Policy, then Commissioner Terry Cline resigned after being nominated by (then) President of the United States George W. Bush to become the administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Terry Bouricius

In 1980, Bouricius was part of the group of people associated with the Citizens Party and the presidential candidacy of Barry Commoner, which became the Vermont Progressive Party, and associated with the successful independent campaign of Bernie Sanders for mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

The Beatles Complete On Ukulele

"Let It Be" has been performed by a gospel choir with samples taken from some of President Barack Obama's speeches pasted together to form the lyrics of the song.

The Nixon Interviews

The Nixon Interviews were a series of interviews of former United States President Richard Nixon conducted by British journalist David Frost, and produced by John Birt.

Turnabout Intruder

Originally scheduled to air at 10pm on Friday, March 28, 1969, the network pre-empted it at the last minute with a special report on former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had died earlier that day.

United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense

Officials are appointed Deputy Undersecretary of Defense by the President and are confirmed by the Senate by majority vote.

Would You Buy A Used War From This Man?

The "This Man" in the title was Richard Nixon, who was the President of the United States from 1969–1974, and the "War" in the title was the Vietnam War, which lasted from 1955 to 1975.

Xiamen Airlines

This order was part of a larger 70 plane purchase agreement between CASGC and Boeing, which was signed during a state visit of then US President George W. Bush.