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| | Vice President of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | When the President of the United States is impeached, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the Senate during the impeachment trial. | | | The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government. | | | Thomas Jefferson (1797-1801) was elected President in 1800. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Vice_President
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| | MSN Encarta - New Deal |
| | The Agricultural Adjustment Act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1936. | | | The incumbent president, Herbert Hoover, lost the election of 1932 to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt. | | | New Deal, name given to the peacetime domestic program of United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and especially to the innovative measures taken between 1933 and 1938 to counteract the effects of the Great Depression. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564651/New_Deal.html
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| | United States President - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about United States President |
| | The title of president is also given to the heads (or sometimes in Britain to the second in importance) of colleges and universities, to the person presiding over the meetings of learned societies and conferences, and in Britain to some ministers of the crown and judges. | | | For presidents of the USA, see United States of America. | | | The president of the USA has more power than any similar official elsewhere, though, under the Fifth Republic, the French president's powers are almost as extensive. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/United+States+President
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| | presidency of the United States of America -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and is arguably the most powerful elected official in the world. | | | The Constitution of the United States of America | | | More from Britannica on "presidency of the United States of America"... |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9218450?source=RSSOTD
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| | John Fitzgerald Kennedy 35th President of the United States |
| | Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States | | | George Washington - 1st President of the United States | | | Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the youngest man elected President, and the first Roman Catholic. |
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http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96may/kennedy.html
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| | Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States |
| | Lincoln was elected President on November 6, 1860. | | | In his inaugural address he urged merciful treatment for the defeated rebel states. | | | As Lincoln began his second term he worked tirelessly for the speedy "reconstruction" of the war-torn nation. |
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http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/lincoln.html
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| | The Presidential Oath of Office |
| | I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. | | | The oath to be taken by the president on first entering office is specified in Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution: | | | Inauguration Factfile - Media coverage, famous addresses, inaugural trivia, and life after the presidency Special Features... |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0878064.html
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| | Federal Government Resources on the Web/President |
| | Multimedia history of U.S. Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry Truman | | | Also includes election results for President with voter turnout data, inaugural and State of the Union messages | | | Sources include Richardson's Messages and Papers of the President and Public Papers of the Presidents as well as a separate collection for Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedprs.html
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| | Who is your favorite President? |
| | In November our country selected a new president. | | | (No, it's not a real college.) Read a brief biography of each of our past presidents. | | | The United States has had 43 presidents in its history. |
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