Acting President of the United States On April 4, 1841, only one month after his inauguration, President William Henry Harrison died. He was the first U.S. president to die in office. Afterward, a constitutional crisis ensued over the Constitution's ambiguous presidential succession provision (). Shortly after Harrison's death, his Cabinet met and decided that Vice President John Tyler would assume the responsibilities of presidency under the title "Vice-President acting President". Instead of accepting the Cabinet's proposed title, however, Tyler asserted that the Constitution gave him full and unqualified powers of the office and had himself sworn in immediately as President, setting a critical precedent for an
President Guard Regiment of the President Guard Regiment is an army major general known as the Military Secretary to the President, which is the US equivalent to the Director of White House Military Office. He reports directly to the president. The commandant is usually a Brigadier general who is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the regiment. The regiment is empowered with eight platoons, each headed by either a major or a captain. The regiment's uniform slightly varies from rest of the Bangladesh Army, and its members are always authorized to carry firearms in uniform, even during peacetime. President Guard Regiment The President