who was the only man in the history of the u.s. to have been the head of 2 government branches?
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William Howard Taft.  Served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after being President.
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John Hanson was the first president after the Treaty of Paris under Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. George Washington was the first president under the Constitution.
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Er... I'm honestly not quite sure what you're going for here.\n\nThe first person who comes to mind as fitting your description is George Washington, who was invited to become king of America and refused in favor of a democratic system.  He also volunteered to leave after two terms as President, setting a precedent that was upheld until FDR's administration and was later ratified as a Constitutional amendment.
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If I understand what you are looking for, you won't find it because there is nothing showing the president on down.\n\nThere are 3 independent branches of government.  You could find one for the executive branch which would show the president at the top and then down to the vice president and other cabinet members.  There would be another one for the House with the Senate next to it (maybe even one with the Speaker and minority speaker etc and the committees).  Then there would be one with the Supreme Court at the top on down to the Appellate courts down to district courts.\nThen there would be three for each state...\n\nThe president is not at the top of our government, while he may be the most powerful individual, he cannot do anything without Congress.  So in the end, Congress is just as powerful as he is etc.  BUT the president and the US congress cannot tell a Governor what to do, those rights are reserved to the states themselves.\n\nSorry if this makes it clear as mud, but if you did a search for just congress or just the executive branch for the federal government or a particular state, I am sure you could find those.\n\nGood Luck!
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Alexander Hamilton is on the ten and he wasn't president.  He was the first secretary of the treasury and a founding father.
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1. George Washington, 1789-1797\n2. John Adams, 1797-1801\n3. Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809\n4. James Madison, 1809-1817\n5. James Monroe, 1817-1825\n6. John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829\n7. Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837\n8. Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841\n9. William Henry Harrison, 1841\n10. John Tyler, 1841-1845\n11. James Knox Polk, 1845-1849\n12. Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850\n13. Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853\n14. Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857\n15. James Buchanan, 1857-1861\n16. Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865\n17. Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869\n18. Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877\n19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881\n20. James Abram Garfield, 1881\n21. Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885\n22. Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889\n23. Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893\n24. Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897\n25. William McKinley, 1897-1901\n26. Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909\n27. William Howard Taft, 1909-1913\n28. Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921\n29. Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923\n30. Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929\n31. Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933\n32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945\n33. Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953\n34. Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961\n35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963\n36. Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969\n37. Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974\n38. Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977\n39. James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981\n40. Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989\n41. George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993\n42. William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001\n43. George Walker Bush, 2001-
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). After serving a long career in the U.S. Congress, Johnson became the thirty-seventh Vice President; in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following President John F. Kennedy's assassination. He was a major leader of the Democratic Party and as President was responsible for the passage of key civil rights legislation and Medicare, a major "War on Poverty", as well as the acceleration of the war in Vietnam. He was elected in a landslide in 1964 but his reelection bid in 1968 collapsed as his party fell apart, and he announced that he would not seek re-election.
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The short answer is yes.\n\nThe long answer is: \n\nThere are claims that John Hanson was the first president and indeed that there were others after him and before Washington. However, Hanson was the first man to serve a full term as President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1781 and 1782, and it is because of this he has been called the first President of the United States; though this claim is inaccurate. Before the adoption of the Constitution in 1787, the colonies operated under the direction of the Continental Congress, although they remained in principle a confederation of independent states. Even after the adoption of the Articles of Confederation, there was no executive branch. As such the President of the Continental Congress, which was a position similar to a Prime Minister, was the highest authority; under the Articles, the position adopted the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled, and Hanson was the first presiding officer of the Congress to use that title when dealing with foreign governments, diplomats, or treaties. Congress had little authority beyond those powers, which had been specifically delegated to it by the states, and its weakness during this period led directly to a decline in influence and the 1787 Constitution. It was only after the adoption of this constitution that anyone could truthfully be called a President of the United States. George Washington was the first.
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Washington, D.C., is the capital city of the United States of America. "D.C." stands for the "District of Columbia", the federal district containing the city of Washington. The city is named after George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and the first President of the United States. The District of Columbia and the city of Washington are coextensive and are governed by a single municipal government, so for most practical purposes they are considered to be the same entity. However, although there is a municipal government and a mayor, as per Article I, Section VIII, of the United States Constitution, Congress has the sole authority over this federal district. It is commonly known as the District, D.C., or simply Washington. Historically, it was called the Federal City or Washington City.
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and an influential founder of the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806), and the failed Embargo Act of 1807.\n\nA political philosopher who promoted Republicanism, sharp limits on the powers of the federal government, and the separation of church and state, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786). He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated the First Party System for over a quarter-century. Jefferson served as the wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793), and second Vice President (1797–1801).\n\nA polymath, Jefferson was an agriculturalist, horticulturist, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor, and the founder of the University of Virginia. President John F. Kennedy welcomed forty-nine Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962, saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
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False!  He was not the first president of the United States.  There was someone else, although I'm not sure of his name.  The inaguration I beleive was either in Philadelphia or New York.
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Brazil Wenceslau Braz (1914-1918)\nJapan two prime ministers On October 9, 1916, Terauchi Masatake (1852–1919) took over as prime minister from Okuma Shigenobu (1838–1922).\nUnited States Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). \nWell dont be lazy and go to Wikipedia.
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One of the 2 best presidents in US history.  In addition, he was an EXTREMELY intelligent, well written and well spoken individual.
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go to http://www.whitehouse.com\n\nIt's a brilliant website that gives you the logical analysis on everything you wanted to ever know about all of America's past presidents and its legal system.
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential founders of the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Embargo Act of 1807, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).\n\nAnd check out the link below.
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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States
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The government of the United States, established by the U.S. Constitution, is a federal republic of individual states. The laws of the United States are contained in Acts of Congress; administrative regulations, and judicial cases interpreting the statutes and regulations. The federal government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial. Through "checks and balances", each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its authority, in turn, regulated by one or two other branches.\n\nBecause of the federal government's size, broad powers and capabilities, it is widely considered the most powerful government in the world and the sole remaining superpower. Given their great powers in the world and nation, the President of the United States and his White House-based aides and Cabinet officials often are referred to as the most powerful people in the world.\n\nLegislative branch\nMain article: United States Congress \nThe Constitution grants all legislative powers of the federal government to the Congress, which is divided into two chambers, a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of two members from each state as provided by the Constitution. Membership in the House is based on each state's population, and its size is therefore not specified in the Constitution. Members of the House and Senate are elected by first-past-the-post voting in every state except Louisiana and Washington, which have runoffs.\n\nThe Constitution does not specifically call for the establishment of Congressional committees. As the nation grew, however, so did the need for investigating pending legislation more thoroughly. The 108th Congress (2003-2005) had 19 standing committees in the House and 17 in the Senate, plus four joint permanent committees with members from both houses overseeing the Library of Congress, printing, taxation, and the economy. In addition, each house can name special, or select, committees to study specific problems. Because of an increase in workload, the standing committees have also spawned some 150 subcommittees.\n\nThe Congress has the responsibility to monitor and influence aspects of the executive branch. Congressional oversight prevents waste and fraud, protects civil liberties and individual rights, ensures executive compliance with the law, gathers information for making laws and educating the public, and evaluates executive performance. It applies to cabinet departments, executive agencies, regulatory commissions, and the presidency. Congress's oversight function takes many forms:\n\nCommittee inquiries and hearings; \nFormal consultations with and reports from the President; \nSenate advice and consent for presidential nominations and for treaties; \nHouse impeachment proceedings and subsequent Senate trials; \nHouse and Senate proceedings under the 25th Amendment in the event that the President becomes disabled, or the office of the Vice President falls vacant; \nInformal meetings between legislators and executive officials; \nCongressional membership on governmental commissions; \nStudies by congressional committees and support agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office, and the Government Accountability Office, both of which are arms of Congress. \n\nResponsibilities of a Congressman\nEach individual Congressman must assume five roles. These roles include: legislator, committee member, representative of their constituents, servant of their constituents, and politician.\n\nPowers of Congress\nThe Constitution grants numerous powers to Congress. These include the power to: lay and collect taxes, pay debts, provide for common defense and general welfare of the U.S., borrow money on the credit of the U.S., regulate commerce with other nations, establish a uniform rule of naturalization, coin money and regulate its value, provide for punishment of counterfeiting, establish post