Of the 14 U. S. Vice Presidents who became President, the only one whose presidency did not immediately follow his vice presidency is Richard M. Nixon. He did run for president while still the incumbent vice president, but he lost that election (1960) and did not run again for president until 8 years later. It's interesting that Nixon preceded Lyndon Johnson as vice president, but Johnson preceded Nixon as president.
George Washington and Woodrow Wilson are the only two presidents whose last name starts with 'w'.
The first, and only, President of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis was the first and only president of the confederacy.
The Legislative branch checks the President's influence over the Supreme Court because nominations to the Court can only be appointed with the "advice and consent" (simple majority vote) of the Senate. If the President and majority in Senate represent different parties, this prevents the President from nominating someone whose ideology is too extreme.
Richard Nixon was the only vice president to become president that did not succeed the president he served under.
Dorothea (Dolly) Payne (Todd) Madison outlived her husband, President James Madison by several years. President James Madison only married one woman, who outlived him.
only one son made it to adulthood and that was Robert who outlived his mother by 27 years
I don't think there is a president of US whose heritage can be traced back to Kerala, India. A requirement to be a president in USA is to be born in USA.
No, not all of Terah's sons outlived him. Terah had three sons: Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran died before Terah, so only Abram and Nahor outlived him.
A step Grandmother... Her actual and only biological son is only 20 years old.
That was President Johnson. The woman was federal judge Sarah T. Hughes.
Harry Truman
I'm pretty sure in the book she doesn't have a name.
John F.Kennedy was the only U.S.President to be survived by both his parents.But his father Joseph died soon after hearing his son's death.His mother survived him for 4 years and died on July 22,1967. Also,Kennedy was the only president to be survived by a Grandmother,who's Maternal Grandmother died on Christmas Day in 1963.
The U.S. Constitution has provided for the filling of mid-term vacancies in the U.S. Vice Presidency only since 1967. Since then only two people have become Vice President by appointment: Gerald R. Ford, whose nomination by President Nixon was confirmed by Congress on December 6, 1973, and Nelson A. Rockefeller, whose nomination by President Ford was confirmed on December 19, 1974.
No state is named after a Civil War era president. The only state named for a president is Washington State, named for our first president, George Washington.
The eleventh Vice-President of the United States, who served under James W. Polk from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849 was named George M. Dallas, and was the first vice-President whose surname begins with D. The only other vice-President whose surname begins with D is Charles G. Dawes (1925 - 1929 - Calvin Coolidge).