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…
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…
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…
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…
+ Algorithmic Discrimination Protections
You should not face discrimination by algorithms and systems should be used and designed in an equitable way. Algorithmic discrimination occurs when automated systems contribute to unjustified different treatment or impacts disfavoring people based on their race, color, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, gender identity, intersex status, and sexual orientation), religion,…
Remarks by President Biden and Vice President Harris at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C. (October 1, 2022). 9:00 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Good evening. Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Good evening, good evening. Isn’t it wonderful to be back? Three years and we’re back in person, CBC. I want to thank our illustrious Chairwoman Joyce Beatty for your years of…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, August 3, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:17 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. Q (Inaudible.) MS. JEAN-PIERRE: (Laughs.) So we’re going to go until 1:45 — the in-town pool has to gather at that time — and then I’ll go for another 15 minutes, until 2:00, and then we’re going to…
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…
Wide Range of Constituencies Applaud President Biden’s State of the Union Address
In his first State of the Union, the President spoke directly to the American people about his vision to build a better America. He reminded the country that our best days lie ahead, and that his Presidency is about giving everyone a fair shot – because when given half a shot, ordinary people can do…
