The biography for President Johnson and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. With the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869), an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states’ rights views. With the Assassination of Lincoln, the Presidency fell upon an old-fashioned…
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Eliza McCardle Johnson
Eliza McCardle Johnson was the wife of the 17th President, Andrew Johnson. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1865 to 1869. “I knew he’d be acquitted; I knew it,” declared Eliza McCardle Johnson, told how the Senate had voted in her husband’s impeachment trial. Her faith in him had never wavered…
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Kansas Disaster Declaration
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Kansas and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding from July 14 to July 21, 2023. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and…
President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions
WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key roles: Board of Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy The Board of Visitors to the Coast Guard Academy reviews and makes recommendations on the operation of the Coast Guard Academy and visits the Academy annually to…
Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates and NSC Coordinator For Strategic Communications John Kirby En Route Philadelphia, PA
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11:17 A.M. EST MR. BATES: We’re en route to Philadelphia, where the President will build on his decades-long commitment on behalf of firefighters. President Biden will deliver remarks at the announcement event for the city of Philadelphia receiving a $22.4 million SAFER Grant award. The President has fought for firefighters…
White House Releases State Dinner Guest List
This evening, the President and the First Lady of the United States will host Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ms. Jodie Haydon of Australia for a State Dinner. The following is a complete list of expected guests: THE PRESIDENT AND DR. BIDEN THE HONORABLE ANTHONY ALBANESE MP, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA AND MS. JODIE HAYDON Ms.…
Nominations Sent to the Senate
Gerald H. Acker, of Michigan, to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, vice Jane L. Corwin, resigned. Danté Quintin Allen, of California, to be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education, vice Mark Schultz. Elizabeth Allen, of…
Ulysses S. Grant
The biography for President Grant and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working…
President Biden Announces Key Appointments to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts
WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announces his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve as members on the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts: Eugene William Stetson III, Chair Andi Bernstein Christopher Carrera Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Barbara Gamson Melissa Hedden Lorna Johnson Bonnie Lautenberg Allison Putala Sunil Puri Charlie Pohlad Diane Robertson Thomas Safran Andrew…
Bills Signed
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, the President signed into law: H.R. 203, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building; Thank you to Representative Sylvia Garcia, Senators Cornyn and Cruz, and the entire Texas delegation for their…
