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In the 1920s, sculptor Gutzon Borglum and President Calvin Coolidge selected George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln (L to R) to appear on Mount Rushmore—it later became an iconic symbol of presidential greatness, chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development and preservation, respectively.
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
Jimmy Carter 's retirement, currently 43 years, is the longest in American presidential history. Additionally, at age 99, Carter is the oldest of the six living U.S. presidents [ 2] as well as the nation's longest-lived president. [ 8] Barack Obama, at age 63, is the youngest living former president.
Rutherford B. Hayes. Rutherford Birchard Hayes ( / ˈrʌðərfərd /; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American military officer, lawyer, and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881. As an attorney in Ohio, Hayes served as Cincinnati 's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861.
Executive clemency. Article II of the United States Constitution gives the president the power of clemency. The two most commonly used clemency powers are those of pardon and commutation. A pardon is an official forgiveness for an acknowledged crime. Once a pardon is issued, all punishment for the crime is waived.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. 4,422 days. (1933–1945) William Henry Harrison. 31 days. (1841) This is a list of presidents of the United States by time in office. The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar days except the last day. The length of a full four-year presidential term of ...
Twenty-one states have the distinction of being the birthplace of a president. One president's birth state is in dispute; North and South Carolina (British colonies at the time) both lay claim to Andrew Jackson, who was born in 1767 in the Waxhaw region along their common border. Jackson himself considered South Carolina his birth state.
Nine vice presidents have ascended to the presidency in this way: eight ( John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson) through the president's death and one ( Gerald Ford) through the president's resignation. The vice president also serves as the ...