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Hillary Rodham Clinton served as a United States Senator from New York from January 3, 2001 to January 21, 2009. She won the United States Senate election in New York, 2000 and the United States Senate election in New York, 2006.
Nominee | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Rick Lazio |
Party | Democratic | Republican |
Alliance | Liberal Working Families | Conservative |
Popular vote | 3,747,310 | 2,915,730 |
Percentage | 55.3% | 43.0% |
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (née Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer, and public speaker who served as the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and as first lady of the United States from 1993 …
January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
81 years (March 26, 1940)
Even though she had not yet reached the Constitutionally mandated age of 35 to serve as President, Victoria Woodhull is still regarded as the first female presidential candidate.
Four years later, in the 1996 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee Bob Dole and Reform Party businessman Ross Perot to win re-election. Clinton was succeeded by Republican George W. Bush, who won the 2000 presidential election.
Alpha Kappa Alpha’s accomplishments were heralded by the United States Congress, with U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton and sorority member U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, who both agreed to pass legislation in both houses of the United States Congress to commemorate the sorority’s founding.
Barack Obama | |
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Official portrait, 2012 | |
44th President of the United States | |
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 | |
Vice President | Joe Biden |
Ronald Wilson Reagan (/ˈreɪɡən/ RAY-gən; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican nominee, and Ross Perot, the Reform Party nominee.
60 years (August 4, 1961)
79 years (February 20, 1942)
Nancy Patricia Pelosi (/pəˈloʊsi/; née D’Alesandro; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician serving as speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019, and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has served as a U.S. representative from California since 1987.
The youngest person to assume the presidency was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at the age of 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was inaugurated at age 43.
First Lady of the United States | |
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Current Jill Biden since January 20, 2021 | |
Style | Dr. Biden Madam First Lady |
Abbreviation | FLOTUS |
Residence | White House |
William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history.
Bush lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton following an economic recession, his turnaround on his tax promise, and the decreased emphasis of foreign policy in a post–Cold War political climate.
August 19, 1946 (age 75 years)
Before 9/11, Bush had pushed through a $1.3 trillion tax cut program and the No Child Left Behind Act, a major education bill. He also pushed for socially conservative efforts, such as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and faith-based welfare initiatives.
The 20 pearls indicate the nine original founders, seven sophomores who were invited a month later and four women who incorporated the sorority and expanded its influence on college campuses. Four incorporators moved the organization forward in 1911 when Nellie Quander was elected president of the sorority.
May 30, 2015
Nominee | Barack Obama | Mitt Romney |
Party | Democratic | Republican |
Home state | Illinois | Massachusetts |
Running mate | Joe Biden | Paul Ryan |
Electoral vote | 332 | 206 |
Barack Hussein Obama II
Barack Obama spent most of his childhood years in Honolulu, where his mother attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Obama started a close relationship with his maternal grandparents.
President | Previous 1 | |
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41 | George H. W. Bush | Vice President |
42 | Bill Clinton | State governor |
43 | George W. Bush | State governor |
44 | Barack Obama | U.S. senator |
George W. Bush, America’s 43rd President (2001-2009), was transformed into a wartime President in the aftermath of the airborne terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, facing the “greatest challenge of any President since Abraham Lincoln.”
Term in office | President | Country |
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1989–1993 | George H. W. Bush | United States |
1989–1992 | Václav Havel | Czechoslovakia |
1975–1993 | Didier Ratsiraka | Madagascar |
1987–1993 | Pierre Buyoya | Burundi |