U.S. President History
1828 - Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States.
1983 - 3-foot-high concrete barriers were installed at two White House entrances.
1987 - U.S. President Reagan said there was a good chance of progress toward a treaty on long-range weapons with Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
2014 - Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott announced that Texas and 16 other states were suing the Obama administration over the president's executive actions on immigration.
| "Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense." - U.S. President John Adams |