george washington was the sitting president that led troops in the battle of bladensburg during his term.
george washington was the sitting president that led troops in the battle of bladensburg during his term.
who was the sitting president that lead troops in the battle of bladensburg during his term?
george washington
a seaport during the colonial period, bladensburg is best remembered for the battle of bladensburg (1814) during the war of 1812, notable because it was the only battle in american history in which a sitting president (james madison) rode into battle. america's eventual defeat, called "the greatest disgrace ever dealt to american arms", cleared the way for the burning of washington by british troops. its role as a seaport faded as the anacostia river silted up and larger ships could no longer reach the port.
bladensburg, maryland
since the u.s. constitution limits the president to two terms and vice president dick cheney did not seek the presidency, the 2008 election was the first election in which neither the sitting president nor the sitting vice president sought his party's nomination since 1928 (when neither the sitting president, calvin coolidge, nor the sitting vice president, charles g. dawes, chose to seek the presidency) and the first since 1952 where neither the sitting president nor sitting vice president received his party's nomination (when the sitting president, harry s. truman, chose not to seek reelection and the sitting vice president, alben barkley, lost the democratic nomination to adlai stevenson). with the exception of the 1964 convention, which nominated barry goldwater for president and william e. miller for vice-president, this was the first convention since 1948 not to feature a man named either nixon, dole or bush on the ticket.
2008 republican national convention