Donald J. Trump Michael Pence Jan. Joseph R. Kamala D. Harris Jan. Ford on Aug. Featured Search Historical Highlights of the House. Learn about Foreign Leader Addresses. Featured Search the People of the House. Majority Leaders.
Bean Soup! Featured Black Americans in Congress. Featured Mace of the U. House of Represen- tatives. House Trivia Timeline. Featured Resources for National History Day Footnotes 1 Died Apr. Office of the Historian: history mail. Thomas Jefferson. Elbridge Gerry 2. James Monroe. Daniel D. John Quincy Adams.
John C. Andrew Jackson. Calhoun 3. William Henry Harrison 4. John Tyler. Millard Fillmore. Franklin Pierce. William R. King 5. James Buchanan. Abraham Lincoln. Hannibal Hamlin. Andrew Johnson. Schuyler Colfax. William A. Garfield 4. Thomas A. Hendricks 7. Levi P. Adlai E. William McKinley. Garret A. Hobart 8. William McKinley 4. Theodore Roosevelt. James S. Sherman 9. Charles Curtis. John N. Roosevelt 4. In general, primaries use secret ballots for voting.
Caucuses are local gatherings of voters who vote at the end of the meeting for a particular candidate. Then it moves to nominating conventions , during which political parties each select a nominee to unite behind.
During a political party convention, each presidential nominee also announces a vice presidential running mate. The candidates then campaign across the country to explain their views and plans to voters. They may also participate in debates with candidates from other parties.
During the general election General Election: a final election for a political office with a limited list of candidates. But the tally of those votes—the popular vote—does not determine the winner.
Instead, presidential elections use the Electoral College. To win the election, a candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes. In the event no candidate receives a majority, the House of Representatives chooses the president and the Senate chooses the vice president. Summer of the year before an election through spring of the election year — Primary and caucus Caucus: a statewide meeting held by members of a political party to choose a presidential candidate to support. January to June of election year — States and parties hold primaries Primary: an election held to determine which of a party's candidates will receive that party's nomination and be their sole candidate later in the general election.
December — Electors Elector: a person who is certified to represent their state's vote in the Electoral College. For an in-depth look at the federal election process in the U. The First Lady of the United States has traditionally been the wife or other close female relative of the president of the United States.
First Ladies are the hostesses of the White House, serve as advisors to the president, and are often involved in social issues. Over the course of American history, the role of the First Lady has changed and evolved.
Its virtual First Ladies interactive tour provides a visual experience of the First Ladies' gowns and other artifacts. The United States has had 45 former U. So, other than staying out of trouble to avoid impeachment and waiting around for the president to need a replacement , vice presidents are really obligated only to occasionally cast a tie-breaking vote.
This means that the great majority of the time, vice presidents have no real job to do. John Adams, the first U. Coolidge later became the first vice president in history to attend Cabinet meetings on a regular basis. In , Harding died of a likely heart attack , and Coolidge succeeded him as president. Franklin D. Roosevelt, for instance, kept the atomic bomb a secret from Vice President Harry S.
At one point during the campaign, reporters asked then-President Dwight D. In , Jimmy Carter picked Walter Mondale as his running mate.
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