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The presidents and vice president who were military privates
While not in the chain of command, the Vice President is next in line to take command. Although these offices have been held by military veterans from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (Vice ...
On This Day: George Washington elected 1st U.S. president
George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...
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Where does the vice president live? See the VP’s version of the White House
The Ohio native is trading his five-bedroom, 4.5-bath, 6,400-square-foot home for Washington ... be a burden to vice presidents during Richard Nixon’s term. Vice President George H.W. Bush ...
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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn ... around 1 p.m. About an hour later, incoming Vice President John Adams led Washington onto a balcony, where he was officially ...
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First vice president with a beard in 100 years; oldest president | Notable firsts for Inauguration Day
WASHINGTON — From the oldest person to become president to the first vice president with a beard ... to have been arrested though. In 1976, George W. Bush was arrested for driving drunk in ...