Events from the year 1947 in the United States. President: Harry S. Truman (D-Missouri) Vice President: vacant Chief Justice: Fred M. Vinson (Kentucky)...

The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations. This includes all United Nations members and observer states other than Bhutan, Iran...

United States Army. From 1886 onward, the secretary of war was in the line of succession to the presidency, after the vice president of the United States, the...

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America...

passed in most Northern states and a movement developed to abolish slavery. The role of slavery under the United States Constitution (1789) was the most...

In the United States of America, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts:...

The 1946–47 United States network television schedule was nominally from September 1946 to March 1947, but scheduling ideas were still being worked out...

designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence...

The 1947 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 1947. John C. Stennis was elected to fill the seat vacated by the...

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...