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Contents 1 Parent topics 2 Subtopics 2.1 Senior appointments 3 Other related topics 3.1 List of Presidents

Parent topics

• 2008 United States presidential election [r]: The 55th quadrennial United States presidential election held on November 4, 2008. [e]
• Illinois [r]: A state in the midwest of the United States, which became the 21st state in 1818 and now is a major economic and political center, holding the third largest city, Chicago [e]
• United States [r]: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Democratic Party [r]: One of the two major political parties in the United States; usually described as center-left. [e]

Subtopics

• Obama administration
• Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008

Senior appointments

• David Axelrod [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dennis Blair [r]: Obama administration nominee for Director of National Intelligence [e]
• Hillary Clinton [r]: U.S. Secretary of State since January 2009; Democratic Party contender for the presidential nomination, 2008; former First Lady (born 1947). [e]
• Steven Chu [r]: U.S. Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration. Nobel Prize recipient in Physics. [e]
• Tom Daschle [r]: Withdrawn nominee United States Secretary of Health and Human Services of the Obama administration; former U.S. Senator [e]
• Shaun Donovan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rahm Emanuel [r]: White House chief of staff for the Obama administration; former Congressman [e]
• Robert Gates [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Timothy Geithner [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert Gibbs [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Judd Gregg [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Richard Holbrooke [r]: United States diplomat, currently the U.S. special envoy to South Asia, including Afghanistan [e]
• Eric Holder [r]: U.S. Attorney General in the Obama administration [e]
• Valery Jarrett [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James Jones [r]: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Obama Administration, he is a retired United States Marine Corps general, whose last active duty assignment was NATO military and United States European Command senior officer. He enjoys widespread bipartisan support. [e]
• George Mitchell [r]: Obama administration special envoy to the Middle East; successful mediator in Northern Ireland; retired U.S. Senator [e]
• Janet Napolitano [r]: United States Secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama Administration; former Governor of Arizona [e]
• Peter Orszag [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ray LaHood [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Leon Panetta [r]: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Obama administration; Chief of Staff in the Clinton Administration; former Member of Congress [e]
• Susan Rice [r]: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama administration [e]
• Ken Salazar [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hilda Solis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Eric Shinseki [r]: Nominated as U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs by the Obama Administration, and a retired four-star general whose last assignment was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army [e]
• Tom Vilsack [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Joe Biden [r]: (1942–) Current Vice President of the United States; formerly U.S. senator from Delaware [e]
• Hillary Clinton [r]: U.S. Secretary of State since January 2009; Democratic Party contender for the presidential nomination, 2008; former First Lady (born 1947). [e]
• Jeremiah Wright [r]: Add brief definition or description

List of Presidents

1. George Washington [r]: First President of the United States (1789-1797) and commander in chief of the Continental Army. [e]
2. John Adams [r]: (1735-1826) An American Founding Father, diplomat, and the second President of the United States from 1797-1801. [e]
3. Thomas Jefferson [r]: Third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. [e]
4. James Madison [r]: (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), An American politician, political theorist, fourth President of the United States of America (1809–1817) and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. [e]
5. James Monroe [r]: (1758-1831) The fifth president of the United States (1817-1825), best known for sponsoring the Monroe Doctrine, and for presiding over a lessening of partisan tensions known as the "Era of Good Feelings." [e]
6. John Quincy Adams [r]: (1767-1848) was the sixth president of the United States (1825-1829), and the son of President John Adams (1797-1801). [e]
7. Andrew Jackson [r]: An American general who defeated the British at New Orleans in 1815 and was U.S. President from 1829-1837. [e]
8. Martin Van Buren [r]: (1782-1862) An American politician and President of the United States (1837-1841). [e]
9. William Henry Harrison [r]: (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was the first governor of Indiana Territory, a senator representing Ohio and the 9th President of the United States. [e]
10. John Tyler [r]: (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) A United States politician and the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845). [e]
11. James K. Polk [r]: (1795–1849) Eleventh President of the U.S.A. [e]
12. Zachary Taylor [r]: Add brief definition or description
13. Millard Fillmore [r]: The thirteenth President of the United States following the death of President Zachary Taylor. [e]
14. Franklin Pierce [r]: Add brief definition or description
15. James Buchanan [r]: Only U.S. President (15th), 1857-1861, that never married. Democratic Senator and Secretary of State under President James K. Polk. [e]
16. Abraham Lincoln [r]: Born in Illinois, the 16th President of the United States during the American Civil War. [e]
17. Andrew Johnson [r]: The 17th president of the United States of America (1865-69) after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. [e]
18. Ulysses S. Grant [r]: (1822-1885) American general and 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). [e]
19. Rutherford B. Hayes [r]: (1822-1893) The Republican President of the United States, 1877-1881. [e]
20. James Garfield [r]: The 20th President of the United States, serving in 1881, and a Republican U.S. Congressman from Ohio. [e]
21. Chester A. Arthur [r]: The 21st President of the United States. [e]
22. Grover Cleveland [r]: The 22^nd and 24^th President of the United States, and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. [e]
23. Benjamin Harrison [r]: (1833 - 1901) The 23rd President of the United States, elected in 1888 but defeated by Grover Cleveland in 1892. [e]
24. Grover Cleveland
25. William McKinley [r]: Add brief definition or description
26. Theodore Roosevelt [r]: (1858-1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States, naturalist, historian, political reformer, and Progressive Era politician. [e]
27. William Howard Taft [r]: (1857 – 1930) The 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States. [e]
28. Woodrow Wilson [r]: 28th U.S. President (1923-1921) who founded the Federal Reserve and brought his country to fight both the Mexicans in the Mexican Revolution and the Central Powers in World War One. Noted in foreign policy for Wilsonianism, he played a major role in the foundation of the League of Nations but was unable to convince Congress to allow American admission to the new institution. [e]
29. Warren G. Harding [r]: President of the USA, 1921-23, his administration is best known for the scandals that erupted. [e]
30. Calvin Coolidge [r]: President of the United States 1923-1929, who took office after President Warren G. Harding's death. [e]
31. Herbert Hoover [r]: US President from 1929 to 1933. [e]
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. [e]
33. Harry S. Truman [r]: (1884-1972) President of the U.S. from 1945 to 1953. [e]
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower [r]: (1890-1969) A career soldier who was the top Allied commander in Europe in World War II, and who later served as the 34th president of the United States (1953-1961). [e]
35. John F. Kennedy [r]: American politician (1917-1963); president 1961-1963; assassinated in Dallas. [e]
36. Lyndon B. Johnson [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". [e]
37. Richard Nixon [r]: American politician (1913–1994); President of the United States 1969–1974. Known for ending the Vietnam War and for the Watergate scandal. [e]
38. Gerald Ford [r]: (1913-2006) The 38th President of the United States (1974-77), the first not elected as either president or vice-president. [e]
39. Jimmy Carter [r]: President of the USA from 1977 to 1981, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. [e]
40. Ronald Reagan [r]: Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. [e]
41. George H. W. Bush [r]: (1924–) 41st U.S. President (Republican), elected in 1988 and serving one term. [e]
42. Bill Clinton [r]: US Democratic politician (1946– ); Governor of Arkansas 1983–1992; President of the United States 1993–2001, husband of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [e]
43. George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
44. Barack Obama