document_title: Term limits in the United States

question_text: how long can a vice president stay in office

text: Term limits in the United States

text: Historical background[edit]

text: The Constitution[edit]

text: Term limits date back to the American Revolution, and prior to that to the democracies and republics of antiquity. The council of 500 in ancient Athens rotated its entire membership annually, as did the ephorate in ancient Sparta. The ancient Roman Republic featured a system of elected magistrates—tribunes of the plebs, aediles, quaestors, praetors, and consuls —who served a single term of one year, with re-election to the same magistracy forbidden for ten years (see cursus honorum).[1] According to historian Garrett Fagan, office holding in the Roman Republic was based on "limited tenure of office" which ensured that "authority circulated frequently", helping to prevent corruption.[1] An additional benefit of the cursus honorum or Run of Offices was to bring the "most experienced" politicians to the upper echelons of power-holding in the ancient republic.[1] Many of the founders of the United States were educated in the classics, and quite familiar with rotation in office during antiquity. The debates of that day reveal a desire to study and profit from the object lessons offered by ancient democracy.

text: Prior to independence, several colonies had already experimented with term limits. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut of 1639, for example, prohibited the colonial governor from serving consecutive terms, setting terms at one year's length, and holding "that no person be chosen Governor above once in two years."[2] Shortly after independence, the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 set maximum service in the Pennsylvania General Assembly at "four years in seven".[3] Benjamin Franklin's influence is seen not only in that he chaired the constitutional convention which drafted the Pennsylvania constitution, but also because it included, virtually unchanged, Franklin's earlier proposals on executive rotation. Pennsylvania's plural executive was composed of twelve citizens elected for the term of three years, followed by a mandatory vacation of four years.[4]

text: The Articles of Confederation, adopted in 1781, established term limits for the delegates to the Continental Congress, mandating in Article V that "no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years."[5]

text: On October 2, 1789, the Continental Congress appointed a committee of thirteen to examine forms of government for the impending union of the states. Among the proposals was that from the State of Virginia, written by Thomas Jefferson, urging a limitation of tenure, "to prevent every danger which might arise to American freedom by continuing too long in office the members of the Continental Congress".[6] The committee made recommendations, which as regards congressional term limits were incorporated unchanged into the Articles of Confederation (1781–89). The fifth Article stated that "no person shall be capable of being a delegate [to the continental congress] for more than three years in any term of six years".[7]

text: Term limits in the Constitution[edit]

text: In contrast to the Articles of Confederation, the federal constitution convention at Philadelphia omitted mandatory term limits from the second national frame of government, i.e. the U.S. Constitution of 1789 to the present. However, George Washington set the informal precedent for a two-term limit for the Presidency—a tradition that prevailed until Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, after which the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1951 formally establishing in law the two-term limit.

text: However, when the states ratified the Constitution (1787–88), several leading statesmen regarded the lack of mandatory limits to tenure as a dangerous defect, especially, they thought, as regards the presidency and the Senate. Richard Henry Lee viewed the absence of legal limits to tenure, together with certain other features of the Constitution, as "most highly and dangerously oligarchic".[8] Both Jefferson[9] and George Mason[10] advised limits on reelection to the Senate and to the Presidency, because said Mason, "nothing is so essential to the preservation of a Republican government as a periodic rotation". The historian Mercy Otis Warren, warned that "there is no provision for a rotation, nor anything to prevent the perpetuity of office in the same hands for life; which by a little well-timed bribery, will probably be done".[11]

text: 19th century[edit]

text: The fact that "perpetuity in office" was not approached until the 20th century is due in part to the influence of rotation in office as a popular 19th-century concept. "Ideas are, in truth, forces", and rotation in office enjoyed such normative support, especially at the local level, that it altered political reality.[12] For a detailed study of the 19th-century concepts of rotation, consult Political Science Quarterly, vol. 94, "House Turnover and the Principle of Rotation", by Robert Struble, Jr. See also his Treatise on Twelve Lights,[13] chapter six, "Rotation in History". Consult also, James Young's The Washington Community, 1800–1828.

text: According to Young, the tendency to look with mistrust upon political power was so ingrained into American culture that even the officeholders themselves perceived their occupations in a disparaging light.[14] James Fenimore Cooper described the common view that "contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed".[15] An article in the Richmond Enquirer (1822) noted that the "long cherished" principle of rotation in office had been impressed on the republican mind "by a kind of intuitive impulse, unassailable to argument or authority".[16]

text: Beginning about the 1830s, Jacksonian democracy introduced a less idealistic twist to the practice of limiting terms. Rotation in office came to mean taking turns in the distribution of political prizes.[17] Rotation of nominations to the U.S. House of Representatives—the prizes—became a key element of payoffs to the party faithful. The leading lights in the local party machinery came to regard a nomination for the House as "salary" for political services rendered. A new code of political ethics evolved, based on the proposition that "turnabout is fair play".[18] In short, rotation of nominations was intertwined with the spoils system.

text: In district nominating conventions local leaders could negotiate and enforce agreements to pass the nominations around among themselves. Abraham Lincoln was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1846 under such a bargain, and he returned home to Springfield after a single congressional term because, he wrote, "to enter myself as a competitor of another, or to authorize anyone so to enter me, is what my word and honor forbid".[19]

text: During the Civil War, the Confederate States Constitution limited its president to a single six-year term.

text: Era of incumbency[edit]

text: The practice of nomination rotation for the House of Representatives began to decline after the Civil War. It took a generation or so before the direct primary system, civil service reforms, and the ethic of professionalism worked to eliminate rotation in office as a common political practice. By the turn of the 20th century the era of incumbency was coming into full swing.

text: A total of 8 presidents served two full terms and declined a third and three presidents served one full term and refused a second. After World War II, however, an officeholder class had developed to the point that congressional tenure rivaled that of the U.S. Supreme Court, where tenure is for life.

text: Term limits movement[edit]

text: "Homesteading," or securing a lifelong career in Congress, was made possible by reelection rates that approached 100% by the end of the 20th century. The concept of homesteading brought about a popular movement known as the "term-limits movement". The elections of 1990–94 saw the adoption of term limits for state legislatures in almost every state where citizens had the power of the initiative. In addition, 23 states limited service in their delegation to Congress. As they pertain to Congress, these laws are no longer enforceable, however, as in 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned congressional term limits in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, ruling that state governments cannot limit the terms of members of the national government.[20]

text: Where rotation in the legislative branch has withstood court challenges, term limits continue to garner popular support. As of 2002, the advocacy group "U.S. Term Limits" found that in the 17 states where state legislators served in rotation, public support for term limits ranged from 60 to 78 percent.[21]

text: Federal term limits[edit]

text:
Office
Term limits

President
Limited to being elected to a total of 2 four-year terms. A President by succession who completes more than two years of a former President's unfinished term may be elected in his or her own right only once, and 2 more four-year terms are permitted if they complete two years or less. Becoming a President by succession may happen to someone an unlimited number of times, for example, if he or she is Vice President and the President dies, resigns or is removed from office via impeachment conviction.[22][23]

Vice President
Unlimited four-year terms

House of Representatives
Unlimited two-year terms

Senate
Unlimited six-year terms

Supreme Court
No term limits, appointed to serve "during good behavior"[24] (but can be impeached and removed from office for "high Crimes and Misdemeanors"); in practice a Justice serves until death or stepping down (by retirement or resignation)

text: As of 2013, term limits at the federal level are restricted to the executive branch and some agencies. Judicial appointments at the federal level are made for life, and are not subject to election or to term limits. The U.S. Congress remains (since the Thornton decision of 1995) without electoral limits.

text: President[edit]

text: The first U.S. president, George Washington, started the tradition of informal presidential term limits by refusing to run for a third term (originally he claimed he did not want to run in the first place, much less for a second term). The short-lived Confederate States of America adopted a six-year term for their president and vice-president and barred the president from seeking re-election. That innovation was endorsed by many American politicians after the American Civil War, most notably by Rutherford B. Hayes in his inaugural address.

text: Franklin D. Roosevelt (president, 1933–1945) was the first and only U.S. president to break Washington's tradition successfully. He died in office a few months after starting his fourth term. This gave rise to a successful move in Congress to formalize the traditional two-term limit by amending the U.S. Constitution. As ratified in 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment provides that "no person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice".

text: Congress[edit]

text: Reformers during the early 1990s used the initiative and referendum to put congressional term limits on the ballot in 24 states. Voters in eight of these states approved the congressional term limits by an average electoral margin of two to one.[25] It was an open question whether states had the constitutional authority to enact these limits. In May 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), that states cannot impose term limits upon their federal Representatives or Senators.

text: In the 1994 elections, part of the Republican platform included legislation for term limits in Congress. After winning the majority, a Republican congressman brought a constitutional amendment to the House floor that proposed limiting members of the Senate to two six-year terms and members of the House to six two-year terms.[26] However, this rate of rotation was so slow (the life-tenured Supreme Court averages in the vicinity of twelve years) that the congressional version of term-limits garnered little support among the populist backers of term limits, including U.S. Term Limits, the largest private organization pushing for congressional term limits.[27][citation needed] The bill got only a bare majority (227–204), falling short of the two-thirds majority (290) needed for constitutional amendments.[28] Three other term limit amendment bills failed to get more than 200 votes.[29]

text: Defeated in Congress and overridden by the Supreme Court, the federal term limit uprising was brought to a halt. The term limits intended simultaneously to reform state legislatures (as distinguished from the federal congressional delegations) remain in force, however, in fifteen states.[30][31]

text: In 2007 Larry J. Sabato revived the debate over term limits by arguing in A More Perfect Constitution that the success and popularity of term limits at the state level suggests that they should be adopted at the federal level as well. He specifically put forth the idea of congressional term limits and suggested a national constitutional convention be used to accomplish the amendment, since the Congress would be unlikely to propose and adopt any amendment that limits its own power.

text: Some state legislators have also expressed their opinions on term limits. It is confirmed that in the following five states—and there may be others—state lawmakers approved resolutions asking Congress to propose a federal constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms which members of Congress may serve:

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South Dakota Legislature (designated as POM-42 in the U.S. Senate) approved in 1989, South Dakota House Joint Resolution No. 1001 (see Congressional Record of April 4, 1989, at pages 5395 and 5396, with verbatim text provided);
Hawaii Senate (designated as Memorial 400 in the U.S. House of Representatives) approved in 1990, Hawaii Senate Resolution No. 41—unicameral only (see Congressional Record of September 28, 1998, at page 22655) it took 8 years for this resolution to find its way into the Congressional Record and to be correctly referred to the Committee on the Judiciary—and even then, its text was not provided in the Congressional Record); back in 1990, Hawaii's S.R. No. 41 was indeed received by the U.S. House of Representatives, and was designated as Memorial 416, (Congressional Record of June 6, 1990, at pages 13262 and 13263) but the resolution was erroneously referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce—and its text is NOT provided in the Congressional Record;
Utah Legislature (designated as POM-644 in the U.S. Senate) approved in 1990, Utah Senate Joint Resolution No. 24 (see Congressional Record of September 27, 1994, at page 26033, with verbatim text provided) it took four years for this resolution to find its way into the U.S. Senate's portion of the Congressional Record;
Idaho Legislature (designated as Memorial 401 in the U.S. House of Representatives) approved in 1992, Idaho Senate Joint Memorial No. 116 (see Congressional Record of April 29, 1992, at page 9804—text NOT provided in the Congressional Record); and
Florida Legislature (designated as POM-122 in the U.S. Senate) approved in 2012, Florida House Memorial No. 83 (see Congressional Record of July 25, 2012, at page S5378, with verbatim text provided). Taking matters a bit further, on February 10, 2016, Florida lawmakers approved House Memorial No. 417 calling upon Congress, pursuant to Article V of the Federal Constitution, to assemble a Convention to prepare a constitutional amendment that would establish term limits upon members of Congress.

text: Supreme Court[edit]

text: Legal scholars have discussed whether or not to impose term limits on the Supreme Court of the United States. Currently, Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life "during good behavior". A sentiment has developed, among certain scholars, that the Supreme Court may not be accountable in a way that is most in line with the spirit of checks and balances.[32] Equally, scholars have argued that life tenure has taken on a new meaning in a modern context.[33] Changes in medical care have markedly raised life expectancy and therefore has allowed Justices to serve for longer than ever before.[32][33] Steven G. Calebresi and James Lindgren, professors of law at Northwestern University, argued that, because vacancies in the court are occurring with less frequency and justices served on average, between 1971 and 2006, for 26.1 years, the "efficacy of the democratic check that the appointment process provides on the Court's membership" is reduced.[32] There have been several similar proposals to implement term limits for the nation's highest court, including Professor of Law at Duke University, Paul Carrington's 2005 "The Supreme Court Renewal Act of 2005".[34]

text: Many of the proposals center around a term limit for Justices that would be 18 years (Larry Sabato, Professor of Political Science at University of Virginia, suggested between 15 and 18 years).[32][33][34][35] The proposed staggered term limits of 18 years would, according to Calebresi, Lindgren (2006), and Carrington (2005), allow for a new appointment to the Court every two years, which in effect would allow every president at least two appointments.[33][34] Professor Carrington has argued that such a measure would not require a constitutional amendment as the "Constitution doesn’t even mention life tenure; it merely requires that justices serve during ‘good behaviour’ ".[33] The idea was not without support among Judges, as John Roberts supported term limits before he was appointed to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice. Calebresi, Lingren, and Carrington have also proposed that when justices have served out their proposed 18-year term they should be able to sit on other Federal Courts until retirement, death, or removal.[32][33]

text: Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind Poll measured American voters’ attitudes towards various proposed Supreme Court reforms, including implementing term limits. The 2010 poll found that a majority of Americans were largely unaware of a proposal to impose a term limit of 18 years, as 82% reported they had heard little or nothing at all.[36] Notwithstanding a lack of awareness, 52% of Americans approved of limiting terms to 18 years, while 35% disapproved.[36] When asked how old is too old for a Supreme Court judge to serve if he or she seems healthy, 48% said "no limit as long as he or she is healthy", while 31% agreed that anyone over the age of 70 is too old.[36]

text: Some state lawmakers have officially expressed to Congress a desire for a federal constitutional amendment to limit terms of Supreme Court justices as well as of judges of federal courts below the Supreme Court level. While there might be others, below are three known examples:

text:
In 1957, the Alabama Legislature adopted Senate Joint Resolution No. 47 on the subject (appearing in the U.S. Senate's portion of the Congressional Record on July 3, 1957, at page 10863, with full text provided);
In 1978, the Tennessee General Assembly adopted House Joint Resolution No. 21 on the subject (designated as POM-612 by the U.S. Senate and quoted in full in the Congressional Record of April 25, 1978, at page 11437); and
In 1998, the Louisiana House of Representatives adopted House Resolution No. 120 on the subject (designated as POM-511 by the U.S. Senate and quoted in full in the Congressional Record of July 17, 1998, at page 16076).

text: State term limits[edit]

text: Term limits for state officials have existed since colonial times. The Pennsylvania Charter of Liberties of 1682, and the colonial frame of government of the same year, both authored by William Penn, provided for triennial rotation of the provincial council—the upper house of the colonial legislature.[37] The Delaware Constitution of 1776 limited the governor to a single three-year term; currently, the governor of Delaware can serve two four-year terms.

text: At present, 36 states have term limits of various types for their governors. To circumvent the term limit in Alabama incumbent governor George Wallace pushed through the nomination of his wife Lurleen, in the 1966 Democratic primary, which was, in those days, the real contest in Alabama. It was generally understood that Mrs. Wallace would only be a titular governor while her husband continued to hold the real power. She won the election, but only served 16 months before dying in 1968.

text: As indicated above, in fifteen state legislatures the members serve in rotation, i.e., under term limits enacted during the reforms of the early 1990s. In another six states, however, state legislatures have either overturned their own limits or state supreme courts have ruled such limits unconstitutional. In 2002 the Idaho Legislature became the first legislature of its kind to repeal its own term limits, enacted by a public vote in 1994, ostensibly because it applied to local officials along with the legislature.

text: Gubernatorial term limits[edit]

text:
No limit
  No limit, two-year terms
  One; re-eligible after 4 years

  Two; re-eligible after 4 years
  Two; eligible 8 out of 12 years
  Two; eligible 8 out of 16 years
  Two, absolute

text: Governors of 36 states and four territories are subject to various term limits, while the governors of 14 states, Puerto Rico, and the Mayor of Washington, D.C., may serve an unlimited number of times. Each state's gubernatorial term limits are prescribed by its state constitution, with the exception of Wyoming, whose limits are found in its statutes. Territorial term limits are prescribed by its constitution in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Organic Acts in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and by statute in American Samoa.

text: Unique in its restriction, Virginia prohibits its governors from succeeding themselves, although former governors are re-eligible after four years out of office.[38] Many other states formerly had this prohibition, but all had eliminated it by 2000.

text: The governors of the following states and territories are limited to two consecutive terms, but are re-eligible after four years out of office: Alabama,[39] Alaska,[40] Arizona,[41] Colorado,[42] Florida,[43] Georgia,[44] Hawaii,[45] Kansas,[46] Kentucky,[47] Louisiana,[48] Maine,[49] Maryland,[50] Nebraska,[51] New Jersey,[52] New Mexico,[53] North Carolina,[54] Ohio,[55] Pennsylvania,[56] Rhode Island,[57] South Carolina,[58] South Dakota,[59] Tennessee,[60] West Virginia,[61] American Samoa,[62] Guam,[63] and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[64] Equivalently, the Governors of Indiana[65] and Oregon[66] are limited to serving 8 out of any 12 years. Conversely, the Governors of Montana[67] and Wyoming[68] are restricted to two terms, limited to serving 8 out of any 16 years. Finally, the governors of the following states and territory are absolutely limited (for life) to two terms: Arkansas,[69] California,[70] Delaware,[71] Michigan,[72] Mississippi,[73] Missouri,[74] Nevada,[75] the Northern Mariana Islands,[76] and Oklahoma.[77] The current Governor of California (Jerry Brown) is, however, serving a fourth (non-consecutive) term because his first two terms were before limits were passed in California, and the limits did not apply to individuals' prior terms.

text: The governors of New Hampshire and Vermont may serve unlimited two-year terms. The governors in the following states, district, and territory may serve unlimited four-year terms: Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The Governor of Utah was formerly limited to serving three terms, but all term limit laws have since been repealed by the legislature.

text: State legislatures with term limits[edit]

text: The following 15 legislatures have term limits:

text:
Arizona Legislature: four consecutive two-year terms for both houses (eight years). No limit on total number of terms.
Arkansas General Assembly: sixteen years total in either the House or the Senate. (Prior to the 2014 election, the previous limits of three two-year terms for House members (six years) and two four-year terms for Senate members (eight years) applied).
California State Legislature: twelve years total in either Assembly or Senate. (For legislators first elected on or before June 5, 2012, the previous limits (enacted in 1990) of either three two-year terms for Assembly members (six years) and two four-year terms for Senate members (eight years) apply).
Colorado General Assembly: four consecutive two-year terms in the House (eight years) and two consecutive four-year terms in the Senate (eight years).
Florida Legislature: may serve no more than eight consecutive years in either house. No limit on total number of terms.
Louisiana State Legislature: three consecutive four-year terms for both houses (twelve years). Members may run for the opposite body without having to sit out an election.
Maine Legislature: four two-year terms for both houses (eight years). No limit on total number of terms
Michigan Legislature: three two-year terms for House members (six years) and two four-year terms for Senate members (eight years).
Missouri General Assembly: four consecutive two-year terms for House members (eight years) and two four-year consecutive terms for Senate members (eight years). Members may be elected again to the other house, but not serve more than 16 years.
Montana State Legislature: four two-year terms for House members (eight years) in any sixteen-year period and two four-year terms for Senate members (eight years) in any sixteen-year period.
Nebraska Legislature: unicameral legislature; members limited to two consecutive four-year terms (eight years), after which they must wait four years before running again.[78]
Nevada Legislature: six two-year terms for Assembly members (twelve years) and three four-year terms for Senate members (twelve years).
Ohio General Assembly: four consecutive two-year terms for House members (eight years) and two consecutive four-year terms for Senate members (eight years).
Oklahoma Legislature: six two-year terms for House members (twelve years) and three four-year terms for Senate members (twelve years). Once term-limited in one house, a legislator cannot be elected to the other.
South Dakota Legislature: four consecutive two-year terms for both houses (eight years).

text: Overturned or repealed state legislative term limits[edit]

text: The following six legislatures have had their term limits nullified:

text:
Idaho Legislature: the Legislature repealed its own term limits in 2002.
Massachusetts General Court: the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturned term limits in 1997.
Oregon Legislative Assembly: the Oregon Supreme Court ruled term limits unconstitutional in 2002. See term limits in Oregon.
Utah State Legislature: the Legislature repealed its own term limits in 2003.
Washington State Legislature: the Washington Supreme Court voided term limits in 1998.
Wyoming Legislature: the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled term limits unconstitutional in 2004. See term limits in Wyoming.

text: Municipal term limits[edit]

text: Some local governments have term limits. In Philadelphia, the mayor cannot be elected three consecutive times, but there is no limit on how long any individual can serve as mayor. Frank Rizzo was elected mayor in 1971 and 1975; he attempted to repeal the term limit, but failed and could not run in 1979. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for mayor in 1983 but he lost to Wilson Goode. In 1986, he switched to the Republican Party, and ran as a Republican in the mayoral elections of 1987 and 1991.

text: Limits vary from city to city even within the same state. For example, Houston, Texas, has a limit of 2 four-year terms (prior to November 3, 2015, 3 two-year terms dating back to 1991), while San Antonio, Texas, has a limit of 4 two-year terms. Both Houston and San Antonio's term limits are absolute; elected officeholders are ineligible to run for the same position where seeking higher office is common.

text: A two-term limit was imposed on New York City Council members and citywide elected officials (except for district attorneys) in New York City after a 1993 referendum (see the Charter of the City of New York, § 1138). On November 3, 2008, however, when Michael Bloomberg was in his second term of mayor, the City Council approved the extension of the two-term limit to a three-term limit; one year later, he was elected to a third term. The two-term limit was reinstated after a referendum in 2010.[79][80]

text: In Los Angeles the mayor serves up to two four-year terms since 1993, while the City Council serve up to three four-year terms.

text: In Cincinnati, Ohio, the term limit for mayor is two successive four-year terms. Council members are limited to two successive four-year terms. There is no limit to total terms that may be served, just a limit on successive terms.

text: In New Orleans, City Council members are limited to two four-year terms. However, a council member representing one of the five council districts may run for one of the two at-large seats on the council once they reach the two-term limit, and vice versa. There is no limit on the number of terms a council member may serve in a lifetime. Since 1954, the mayor of New Orleans has been limited to two consecutive four-year elected terms, but he or she may be elected again after sitting out one four-year term. When the new city plan of government was adopted, the mayor at the time, DeLesseps Story Morrison, was exempt from term limits due to a grandfather clause.

text: Under the original Metropolitan Charter adopted in 1962, the mayor of Nashville was limited to three consecutive four-year terms, which was subsequently reduced to two consecutive four-year terms in 1991. Councilors were likewise limited to two consecutive four-year terms, but subsequent court rulings have determined the offices of district councilor and at-large councilor to be separate offices even though all councilors serve together in one unicameral body, which has meant that at large councilors have continued in office as district members, and (more frequently) district councilors have been elected to subsequent terms as at large councilors.


document_title: List of Bob's Burgers episodes

question_text: when does the new bob's burgers air

question_tokens: when does the new bob 's burgers air

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text: List of Bob's Burgers episodes

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
13
January 9, 2011 (2011-01-09)
May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)

2
9
March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11)
May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)

3
23
September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)
May 12, 2013 (2013-05-12)

4
22
September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)
May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18)

5
21
October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)
May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17)

6
19
September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)
May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)

7
22
September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)
June 11, 2017 (2017-06-11)

8
21
October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)
May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)[4]

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text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2011)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
1
"Human Flesh"
Anthony Chun
Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive
January 9, 2011 (2011-01-09)
1ASA01
9.38[5]

2
2
"Crawl Space"
Kyounghee Lim
Loren Bouchard & Jim Dauterive
January 16, 2011 (2011-01-16)
1ASA02
5.07[6]

3
3
"Sacred Cow"
Jennifer Coyle
Nora Smith
January 23, 2011 (2011-01-23)
1ASA04
4.81[7]

4
4
"Sexy Dance Fighting"
Anthony Chun
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
February 13, 2011 (2011-02-13)
1ASA06
4.19[8]

5
5
"Hamburger Dinner Theater"
Wes Archer
Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi
February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)
1ASA05
4.87[9]

6
6
"Sheesh! Cab, Bob?"
Jennifer Coyle
Jon Schroeder
March 6, 2011 (2011-03-06)
1ASA09
4.91[10]

7
7
"Bed & Breakfast"
Boohwan Lim
Holly Schlesinger
March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13)
1ASA08
4.10[11]

8
8
"Art Crawl"
Kyounghee Lim
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
March 20, 2011 (2011-03-20)
1ASA07
4.43[12]

9
9
"Spaghetti Western and Meatballs"
Wes Archer
Kit Boss
March 27, 2011 (2011-03-27)
1ASA10
4.65[13]

10
10
"Burger Wars"
Boohwan Lim
Loren Bouchard
April 10, 2011 (2011-04-10)
1ASA03
4.00[14]

11
11
"Weekend at Mort's"
Anthony Chun
Scott Jacobson
May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)
1ASA11
4.26[15]

12
12
"Lobsterfest"
Boohwan Lim
Aron Abrams & Greg Thompson
May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)
1ASA13
4.66[16]

13
13
"Torpedo"
Kyounghee Lim
Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi
May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)
1ASA12
4.31[17]

text: Season 2 (2012)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

14
1
"The Belchies"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Jon Schroeder
March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11)
2ASA01
4.04[18]

15
2
"Bob Day Afternoon"
Wes Archer
Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi
March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)
2ASA02
4.40[19]

16
3
"Synchronized Swimming"
Anthony Chun
Holly Schlesinger
March 25, 2012 (2012-03-25)
2ASA03
3.97[20]

17
4
"Burgerboss"
Jennifer Coyle
Scott Jacobson
April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)
2ASA04
3.66[21]

18
5
"Food Truckin'"
Bernard Derriman
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
April 15, 2012 (2012-04-15)
2ASA05
3.90[22]

19
6
"Dr. Yap"
Anthony Chun
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)
2ASA07
3.92[23]

20
7
"Moody Foodie"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
May 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)
2ASA06
3.72[24]

21
8
"Bad Tina"
Jennifer Coyle
Holly Schlesinger
May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)
2ASA10
3.69[25]

22
9
"Beefsquatch"
Wes Archer
Nora Smith
May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)
2ASA09
3.57[26]

text: Season 3 (2012–13)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

23
1
"Ear-sy Rider"
Anthony Chun
Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi
September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)
2ASA13
5.46[27]

24
2
"Full Bars"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07)
2ASA17
4.89[28]

25
3
"Bob Fires the Kids"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04)
2ASA12
3.92[29]

26
4
"Mutiny on the Windbreaker"
John Rice
Kit Boss
November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11)
2ASA08
4.89[30]

27
5
"An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal"
Tyree Dillihay
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18)
2ASA19
3.94[31]

28
6
"The Deepening"
Bernard Derriman
Greg Thompson
November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)
2ASA11
4.66[32]

29
7
"Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks"
Wes Archer
Jon Schroeder
December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02)
2ASA14
3.97[33]

30
8
"The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene"
Don MacKinnon
Holly Schlesinger
December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09)
2ASA16
4.55[34]

31
9
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins"
Anthony Chun
Kit Boss
December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16)
2ASA18
3.09[35]

32
10
"Mother Daughter Laser Razor"
Jennifer Coyle
Nora Smith
January 6, 2013 (2013-01-06)
2ASA15
6.40[36]

33
11
"Nude Beach"
Wes Archer
Scott Jacobson
January 13, 2013 (2013-01-13)
2ASA20
4.44[37]

34
12
"Broadcast Wagstaff School News"
Jennifer Coyle
Greg Thompson
January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27)
2ASA21
4.12[38]

35
13
"My Fuzzy Valentine"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi
February 10, 2013 (2013-02-10)
3ASA01
3.45[39]

36
14
"Lindapendent Woman"
Don MacKinnon
Mike Benner
February 17, 2013 (2013-02-17)
2ASA22
3.93[40]

37
15
"O.T.: The Outside Toilet"
Anthony Chun
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03)
3ASA02
3.67[41]

38
16
"Topsy"
Tyree Dillihay
Loren Bouchard & Nora Smith
March 10, 2013 (2013-03-10)
3ASA03
3.85[42]

39
17
"Two for Tina"
Wes Archer
Scott Jacobson
March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17)
3ASA04
3.62[43]

40
18
"It Snakes a Village"
Jennifer Coyle
Kit Boss
March 24, 2013 (2013-03-24)
3ASA05
3.76[44]

41
19
"Family Fracas"
Don MacKinnon
Holly Schlesinger
April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)
3ASA06
3.45[45]

42
20
"The Kids Run the Restaurant"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
April 21, 2013 (2013-04-21)
3ASA07
3.74[46]

43
21
"Boyz 4 Now"
Anthony Chun
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
April 28, 2013 (2013-04-28)
3ASA08
3.50[47]

44
22
"Carpe Museum"
Tyree Dillihay
Jon Schroeder
May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)
3ASA09
3.96[48]

45
23
"The Unnatural"
Wes Archer
Greg Thompson
May 12, 2013 (2013-05-12)
3ASA10
3.38[49]

text: Season 4 (2013–14)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

46
1
"A River Runs Through Bob"
Jennifer Coyle
Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi
September 29, 2013 (2013-09-29)
3ASA11
4.48[50]

47
2
"Fort Night"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Mike Olsen
October 6, 2013 (2013-10-06)
3ASA13
4.21[51]

48
3
"Seaplane!"
Jennifer Coyle
Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi
November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)
3ASA14
3.75[52]

49
4
"My Big Fat Greek Bob"
Don MacKinnon
Scott Jacobson
November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)
3ASA12
3.17[53]

50
5
"Turkey in a Can"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
November 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)
3ASA16
4.08[54]

51
6
"Purple Rain-Union"
Tyree Dillihay
Loren Bouchard & Nora Smith
December 1, 2013 (2013-12-01)
3ASA15
3.39[55]

52
7
"Bob and Deliver"
Don MacKinnon
Greg Thompson
December 8, 2013 (2013-12-08)
3ASA18
4.60[56]

53
8
"Christmas in the Car"
Bernard Derriman & Jennifer Coyle
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
December 15, 2013 (2013-12-15)
3ASA17
5.57[57]

54
9
"Slumber Party"
Jennifer Coyle
Scott Jacobson
January 5, 2014 (2014-01-05)
3ASA21
6.35[58]

55
10
"Presto Tina-o"
Chris Song
Kit Boss
January 12, 2014 (2014-01-12)
3ASA20
4.20[59]

56
11
"Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial"
Tyree Dillihay
Jon Schroeder
January 26, 2014 (2014-01-26)
3ASA19
3.24[60]

57
12
"The Frond Files"
Jennifer Coyle
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)
4ASA04
2.21[61]

58
13
"Mazel-Tina"
Brian Loschiavo
Holly Schlesinger
March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)
4ASA03
2.44[62]

59
14
"Uncle Teddy"
Don MacKinnon
Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi
March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)
3ASA22
2.45[63]

60
15
"The Kids Rob a Train"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)
4ASA01
2.26[64]

61
16
"I Get Psy-chic Out of You"
Chris Song
Jon Schroeder
April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)
4ASA02
2.27[65]

62
17
"The Equestranauts"
Tyree Dillihay
Dan Mintz
April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13)
4ASA05
1.83[66]

63
18
"Ambergris"
Don MacKinnon
Scott Jacobson
April 20, 2014 (2014-04-20)
4ASA06
1.52[67]

64
19
"The Kids Run Away"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Rich Rinaldi
April 27, 2014 (2014-04-27)
4ASA07
2.26[68]

65
20
"Gene It On"
Chris Song
Greg Thompson
May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04)
4ASA08
2.23[69]

66
21
"Wharf Horse (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part I)"
Brian Loschiavo
Nora Smith
May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11)
4ASA09
1.97[70]

67
22
"World Wharf II: The Wharfening (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part II)"
Jennifer Coyle
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18)
4ASA10
1.95[71]

text: Season 5 (2014–15)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

68
1
"Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl"
Jennifer Coyle
Nora Smith
October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)
4ASA14
3.14[72]

69
2
"Tina and the Real Ghost"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)
4ASA13
2.89[73]

70
3
"Friends with Burger-fits"
Tyree Dillihay
Dan Fybel
November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16)
4ASA11
3.35[74]

71
4
"Dawn of the Peck"
Tyree Dillihay
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23)
4ASA16
1.90[75]

72
5
"Best Burger"
Don MacKinnon
Mike Benner
November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30)
4ASA12
2.23[76]

73
6
"Father of the Bob"
Chris Song
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)
4ASA18
3.18[77]

74
7
"Tina Tailor Soldier Spy"
Don MacKinnon
Holly Schlesinger
December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)
4ASA15
2.54[78]

75
8
"Midday Run"
Ian Hamilton
Scott Jacobson
January 4, 2015 (2015-01-04)
4ASA17
3.95[79]

76
9
"Speakeasy Rider"
Jennifer Coyle
Rich Rinaldi
January 11, 2015 (2015-01-11)
4ASA20
3.34[80]

77
10
"Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise"
Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim
Jon Schroeder
January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)
4ASA19
2.49[81]

78
11
"Can't Buy Me Math"
Tyree Dillihay
Dan Fybel
February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08)
4ASA22
1.94[82]

79
12
"The Millie-churian Candidate"
Don MacKinnon
Greg Thompson
February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)
4ASA21
2.01[83]

80
13
"The Gayle Tales"
Ian Hamilton
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
March 1, 2015 (2015-03-01)
5ASA01
3.03[84]

81
14
"L'il Hard Dad"
Chris Song
Nora Smith
March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)
5ASA02
2.56[85]

82
15
"Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting"
Cecilia Aranovich
Mike Benner
March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
5ASA03
2.24[86]

83
16
"The Runway Club"
Jennifer Coyle
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22)
5ASA04
2.21[87]

84
17
"Itty Bitty Ditty Committee"
Bernard Derriman
Holly Schlesinger
April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)
5ASA05
2.04[88]

85
18
"Eat, Spray, Linda"
Tyree Dillihay
Jon Schroeder
May 3, 2015 (2015-05-03)
5ASA06
2.24[89]

86
19
"Housetrap"
Jennifer Coyle & Bernard Derriman
Dan Fybel
May 10, 2015 (2015-05-10)
5ASA07
2.47[90]

87
20
"Hawk & Chick"
Tyree Dillihay
Rich Rinaldi
May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17)
5ASA09
1.95[91]

88
21
"The Oeder Games"
Don MacKinnon
Scott Jacobson
May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17)
5ASA08
2.44[91]

text: Season 6 (2015–16)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

89
1
"Sliding Bobs"
Don MacKinnon
Greg Thompson
September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)
5ASA10
2.51[92]

90
2
"The Land Ship"
Jennifer Coyle
Holly Schlesinger & H. Jon Benjamin
October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11)
5ASA11
2.19[93]

91
3
"The Hauntening"
Jennifer Coyle
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
October 18, 2015 (2015-10-18)
5ASA13
2.09[94]

92
4
"Gayle Makin' Bob Sled"
Tyree Dillihay
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08)
5ASA17
3.13[95]

93
5
"Nice-Capades"
Chris Song
Dan Fybel
November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15)
5ASA18
2.27[96]

94
6
"The Cook, the Steve, the Gayle, & Her Lover"
Tyree Dillihay
Nora Smith
January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17)
5ASA12
2.26[97]

95
7
"The Gene and Courtney Show"
Chris Song
Rich Rinaldi
February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14)
6ASA01
2.05[98]

96
8
"Sexy Dance Healing"
Chris Song & Bernard Derriman
Rich Rinaldi
February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21)
5ASA15
2.29[99]

97
9
"Sacred Couch"
Brian Loschiavo
Scott Jacobson
March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06)
5ASA16
2.64[100]

98
10
"Lice Things Are Lice"
Brian Loschiavo
Greg Thompson
March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13)
5ASA19
2.28[101]

99
11
"House of 1000 Bounces"
Tyree Dillihay
Mike Benner
April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)
5ASA20
2.05[102]

100
12
"Stand by Gene"
Tyree Dillihay
Jon Schroeder
April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)
5ASA14
1.99[102]

101
13
"Wag the Hog"
Brian Loschiavo
Holly Schlesinger
April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10)
5ASA22
2.35[103]

102
14
"The Hormone-iums"
Chris Song
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)
6ASA04
2.18[104]

103
15
"Pro Tiki/Con Tiki"
Brian Loschiavo
Jon Schroeder
April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24)
6ASA03
2.35[105]

104
16
"Bye Bye Boo Boo"
Tyree Dillihay
Scott Jacobson
May 8, 2016 (2016-05-08)
6ASA05
2.31[106]

105
17
"The Horse Rider-er"
Tyree Dillihay
Nora Smith
May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)
6ASA02
2.27[107]

106
18
"Secret Admiral-irer"
Brian Loschiavo
Holly Schlesinger & H. Jon Benjamin
May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)
6ASA06
2.23[108]

107
19
"Glued, Where's My Bob?"
Bernard Derriman
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)
5ASA21
2.04[108]

text: Season 7 (2016–17)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

108
1
"Flu-ouise"
Tyree Dillihay
Nora Smith
September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)
6ASA11
2.60[109]

109
2
"Sea Me Now"
Chris Song
Dan Fybel
October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09)
6ASA07
2.79[110]

110
3
"Teen-a Witch"
Chris Song
Holly Schlesinger
October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)
6ASA13
3.01[111]

111
4
"They Serve Horses, Don't They?"
Tyree Dillihay
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)
6ASA08
2.42[112]

112
5
"Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?"
Chris Song
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)
6ASA10
2.35[113]

113
6
"The Quirkducers"
Mauricio Pardo
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)
6ASA16
2.46[113]

114
7
"The Last Gingerbread House on the Left"
Chris Song
Nora Smith
November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27)
6ASA18
2.44[114]

115
8
"Ex Mach Tina"
Brian Loschiavo
Greg Thompson
January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)
6ASA09
3.58[115]

116
9
"Bob Actually"
Chris Song
Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu
February 12, 2017 (2017-02-12)
6ASA22
1.67[116]

117
10
"There's No Business Like Mr. Business Business"
Tyree Dillihay
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19)
6ASA15
1.97[117]

118
11
"A Few 'Gurt Men"
Tyree Dillihay
Jon Schroeder
March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)
6ASA19
1.77[118]

119
12
"Like Gene for Chocolate"
Brian Loschiavo
Rich Rinaldi
March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)
6ASA12
1.82[119]

120
13
"The Grand Mama-Pest Hotel"
Chris Song
Scott Jacobson
March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)
6ASA14
1.93[120]

121
14
"Aquaticism"
Brian Loschiavo
Dan Fybel
March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)
6ASA17
1.86[121]

122
15
"Ain't Miss Debatin'"
Mauricio Pardo
Greg Thompson
March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)
6ASA20
1.86[121]

123
16
"Eggs for Days"
Brian Loschiavo
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)
6ASA21
1.52[122]

124
17
"Zero Larp Thirty"
Tyree Dillihay
Rich Rinaldi
April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)
7ASA01
1.58[123]

125
18
"The Laser-inth"
Mauricio Pardo
Scott Jacobson
April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)
7ASA02
1.88[123]

126
19
"Thelma & Louise Except Thelma is Linda"
Brian Loschiavo
Jon Schroeder
April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)
7ASA03
1.59[124]

127
20
"Mom, Lies, and Videotapes"
Chris Song
Dan Fybel
May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07)
7ASA04
2.02[125]

128
21
"Paraders of the Lost Float"
Bernard Derriman
Steven Davis
May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)
7ASA05
1.61[126]

129
22
"Into the Mild"
Tyree Dillihay
Kelvin Yu
June 11, 2017 (2017-06-11)
7ASA06
1.52[127]

text: Season 8 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

130
1
"Brunchsquatch"
Mauricio Pardo & Ian Hamilton
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)
7ASA14
2.93[128]

131
2
"The Silence of the Louise"
Chris Song
Greg Thompson
October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)
7ASA09
2.43[129]

132
3
"The Wolf of Wharf Street"
Mauricio Pardo
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)
7ASA07
3.02[130]

133
4
"Sit Me Baby One More Time"
Brian Loschiavo
Nora Smith
November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)
7ASA08
2.89[131]

134
5
"Thanks-Hoarding"
Tyree Dillihay
Jon Schroeder
November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19)
7ASA15
2.37[132]

135

136
6

7
"The Bleakening: Parts 1 & 2"
Brian Loschiavo

Chris Song
Steven Davis

Kelvin Yu
December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10)
7ASA16

7ASA17
3.17[133]

137
8
"V for Valentine-detta"
Ian Hamilton
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux
January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)
7ASA22
4.76[134]

138
9
"Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien"
Brian Loschiavo
Scott Jacobson
March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)
7ASA12
1.84[135]

139
10
"The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets"
Tyree Dillihay
Dan Fybel
March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)
7ASA19
1.72[136]

140
11
"Sleeping with the Frenemy"
Brian Loschiavo
Greg Thompson
March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)
7ASA20
1.74[137]

141
12
"The Hurt Soccer"[138]
TBA
TBA
April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)
7ASA23
TBD

142
13
"Cheer Up, Sleepy Gene"[139]
TBA
TBA
April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)
7ASA10
TBD

143
14
"The Trouble with Doubles"[140]
TBA
TBA
April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)
7ASA18
TBD

144
15
"Go Tina on the Mountain"[141]
TBA
TBA
April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)
8ASA01
TBD


document_title: Father's Day

question_text: what president made father's day a national holiday

question_tokens: what president made father 's day a national holiday

text: Father's Day

text: History and traditions[edit]

text: Early history[edit]

text: A customary day for the celebration of fatherhood in Catholic Europe is known to date back to at least the Middle Ages, and it is observed on 19 March, as the feast day of Saint Joseph, who is referred to as the fatherly Nutritor Domini ("Nourisher of the Lord") in Catholicism and "the putative father of Jesus" in southern European tradition. This celebration was brought to the Americans by the Spanish and Portuguese, and in Latin America, Father's Day is still celebrated on 19 March. The Catholic church actively supported the custom of a celebration of fatherhood on St. Joseph's day from either the last years of the 14th century or from the early 15th century, apparently on the initiative of the Franciscans.

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text: In the Coptic Church, the celebration of fatherhood is also observed on St Joseph's Day, but the Copts observe this celebration on July 20. This Coptic celebration may date back to the fifth century.

text: In the US[edit]

text: Beginnings[edit]

text: Father's Day was not celebrated in the US, outside Catholic traditions, until the 20th century. As a civic celebration in the US, it was inaugurated in the early 20th century to complement Mother's Day by celebrating fathers and male parenting.

text: After Anna Jarvis' successful promotion of Mother's Day in Grafton, West Virginia, the first observance of a "Father's Day" was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church.[1] Grace Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father, when in December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested that her pastor Robert Thomas Webb honor all those fathers.[2][3][4][5]

text: Clayton's event did not have repercussions outside Fairmont for several reasons, among them: the city was overwhelmed by other events, the celebration was never promoted outside the town itself and no proclamation of it was made by the city council. Also, two events overshadowed this event: the celebration of Independence Day July 4, 1908, with 12,000 attendants and several shows including a hot air balloon event, which took over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16-year-old girl on July 4. The local church and council were overwhelmed and they did not even think of promoting the event, and it was not celebrated again for many years. The original sermon was not reproduced by the press and it was lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event and never talked to other persons about it.[3][4][5]

text: Failed attempts at establishing a Father's Day[edit]

text: In 1911, Jane Addams proposed that a citywide Father's Day celebration be held in Chicago, but she was turned down.[6]

text: In 1912, there was a Father's Day celebration in Vancouver, Washington, suggested by Methodist pastor J. J. Berringer of the Irvington Methodist Church. They mistakenly believed that they had been the first to celebrate such a day.[1] They followed a 1911 suggestion by the Portland Oregonian.[6]

text: Harry C. Meek, a member of Lions Clubs International, claimed that he had first come up with the idea for Father's Day in 1915.[1][6] Meek said that the third Sunday in June was chosen because it was his birthday.[6] The Lions Club has named him the "Originator of Father's Day".[1] Meek made many efforts to promote Father's Day and make it an official holiday.[1][6]

text: Establishment of the holiday[edit]

text: On June 19, 1910, a Father's Day celebration was held at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington by Sonora Smart Dodd.[7][8] Her father, the civil war veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there.[7] She was also a member of Old Centenary Presbyterian Church (now Knox Presbyterian Church),[9] where she first proposed the idea. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909 at Central Methodist Episcopal Church, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday to honor them.[7] Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday in June.[1][6] Several local clergymen accepted the idea, and on June 19, 1910, the first Father's Day, "sermons honoring fathers were presented throughout the city".[10]

text: However, in the 1920s, Dodd stopped promoting the celebration because she was studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, and it faded into relative obscurity, even in Spokane.[11] In the 1930s, Dodd returned to Spokane and started promoting the celebration again, raising awareness at a national level.[12] She had the help of those trade groups that would benefit most from the holiday, for example the manufacturers of ties, tobacco pipes, and any traditional present for fathers.[13] By 1938, she had the help of the Father's Day Council, founded by the New York Associated Men's Wear Retailers to consolidate and systematize the holiday's commercial promotion.[14] Americans resisted the holiday for its first few decades, viewing it as nothing more than an attempt by merchants to replicate the commercial success of Mother's Day, and newspapers frequently featured cynical and sarcastic attacks and jokes.[15] However, the said merchants remained resilient and even incorporated these attacks into their advertisements.[16] By the mid-1980s, the Father's Day Council wrote, "(...) [Father's Day] has become a Second Christmas for all the men's gift-oriented industries."[17]

text: A bill to accord national recognition of the holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913.[18] In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson went to Spokane to speak at a Father's Day celebration[19] and he wanted to make it an officially recognized federal holiday, but Congress resisted, fearing that it would become commercialized.[20] US President Calvin Coolidge recommended in 1924 that the day be observed throughout the entire nation, but he stopped short at issuing a national proclamation.[19] Two earlier attempts to formally recognize the holiday had been defeated by Congress.[19][21] In 1957, Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith wrote a Father's Day proposal accusing Congress of ignoring fathers for 40 years while honoring mothers, thus "[singling] out just one of our two parents".[21] In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.[20] Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.[19][20][21][22]

text: In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on November 19 in honor of men and boys who are not fathers.

text: Spelling[edit]

text: In the United States, Dodd used the "Fathers' Day" spelling on her original petition for the holiday,[7] but the spelling "Father's Day" was already used in 1913 when a bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress as the first attempt to establish the holiday,[18] and it was still spelled the same way when its creator was commended in 2008 by the U.S. Congress.[23]

text: Dates around the world[edit]

text: The officially recognized date of Father's Day varies from country to country. This section lists some significant examples, in order of date of observance.

text:
Gregorian calendar

Occurrence
Dates
Country

February 23

 Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day[24])*

St Joseph's Day

March 19

 Andorra (Dia del Pare)
 Angola
 Belgium (Antwerp)
 Bolivia
 Croatia[25]
 Honduras[26]
 Italy (Festa del papà)
 Liechtenstein
 Mozambique (Dia do Pai)
 Portugal (Dia do Pai)
 Spain (Día del Padre)
  Switzerland (Canton Ticino)

May 7

 Kazakhstan

May 8

 South Korea (Parents' Day)

Second Sunday in May

May 8, 2016
May 14, 2017
May 13, 2018

 Romania[27] (Ziua Tatălui)

Third Sunday in May

May 15, 2016
May 21, 2017
May 20, 2018

 Tonga

Ascension Day

May 5, 2016
May 25, 2017
May 10, 2018

 Germany

First Sunday in June

Jun 5, 2016
Jun 4, 2017
Jun 3, 2018

 Lithuania (Tėvo diena)
  Switzerland

June 5

 Denmark[28] (also Constitution Day)

Second Sunday in June

Jun 12, 2016
Jun 11, 2017
Jun 10, 2018

 Austria
 Belgium

Third Sunday in June

Jun 19, 2016
Jun 18, 2017
Jun 17, 2018
Jun 16, 2019

 Afghanistan
 Algeria
 Albania
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Argentina[29]
 Aruba
 Bahamas
 Bahrain
 Bangladesh
 Barbados
 Belize
 Bermuda
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Brunei
 Burkina Faso
 Cambodia
 Canada
 Chad
 Chile[30]
 China**
 Colombia
 Comoros
 Costa Rica[31]
 Cuba[32]
 Curaçao
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic
 Dominica
 Ecuador
 Ethiopia
 France
 Georgia
 Ghana
 Greece
 Guyana
 Hong Kong
 Hungary
 India
 Ireland
 Isle of Man
 Jamaica
 Japan
 Kenya
 Kuwait
 Laos
 Macao
 Mali
 Madagascar
 Malaysia
 Maldives
 Malta
 Mauritius
 Mexico[33]
 Mozambique
 Myanmar
 Namibia
 Netherlands
 Nigeria
 Oman
 Pakistan
 Panama[34]
 Paraguay
 Peru[35]
 Philippines[36]
 Puerto Rico
 Qatar
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Saudi Arabia
 Senegal
 Singapore
 Sierra Leone
 Slovakia
 South Africa
 Sri Lanka
 Suriname
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Tunisia
 Turkey
 Uganda
 Ukraine[37]
 United Kingdom[38]
 United States
 Venezuela
 Vietnam
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe[39]

June 17

 El Salvador[40]
 Guatemala[41]

June 21

 Egypt
 Jordan
 Lebanon[42]
 Palestine
 Syria
 United Arab Emirates

June 22

 Guernsey
 Jersey

June 23

 Nicaragua
 Poland

Last Sunday in June

Jun 26, 2016
Jun 25, 2017
Jun 24, 2018

 Haiti

Second Sunday in July

Jul 10, 2016
Jul 9, 2017
Jul 8, 2018

 Uruguay

Last Sunday in July

Jul 31, 2016
Jul 30, 2017
Jul 29, 2018

 Dominican Republic

August 8

 Taiwan
 Mongolia

Second Sunday in August

Aug 14, 2016
Aug 13, 2017
Aug 12, 2018

 Brazil
 Samoa

Last Monday in August

Aug 29, 2016
Aug 28, 2017
Aug 27, 2018

 South Sudan

First Sunday in September

Sep 4, 2016
Sep 3, 2017
Sep 2, 2018

 Australia
 Fiji
 New Zealand
 Papua New Guinea

Second Sunday in September

Sep 11, 2016
Sep 10, 2017
Sep 9, 2018

 Latvia

First Sunday in October

Oct 2, 2016
Oct 1, 2017
Oct 7, 2018

 Luxembourg

Second Sunday in November

Nov 13, 2016
Nov 12, 2017
Nov 11, 2018

 Estonia (Isadepäev)
 Finland (Isänpäivä)
 Iceland
 Norway
 Sweden

November 12

 Indonesia

December 5

 Thailand (The birthday of King Bhumibol)[43]

December 26

 Bulgaria

Hindu calendar

Definition
Sample dates
Country/territory

Bhadrapada Amavasya
(Gokarna Aunsi)

Between August 30 and September 30

   Nepal[44]

Islamic calendar

Occurrence
Sample dates
Country/territory

13 Rajab, Ali Ibn Abi Talib birthday

April 21, 2016
April 10, 2017

 Iran
 Kuwait
 Bahrain
 Iraq
 Oman
 Qatar
 Egypt
 Yemen
 Syria
 Lebanon
 Somalia
 Sudan
 Mauritania

text:
*Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrates people who are serving or were serving the Russian Armed Forces (both men and women). But the congratulations are traditionally, nationally accepted by all fathers, other adult men and male children as well.[citation needed]
**In China during the Republican period prior to 1949, Father's Day on August 8 was first held in Shanghai in 1945.

text: International history and traditions[edit]

text: Argentina[edit]

text: Father's Day in Argentina is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.

text: There have been attempts to change the date to August 24, to commemorate the day on which the Father of the Nation José de San Martín became a father.[29] In 1953, the proposal to celebrate Father's Day in all educational establishments on August 24, in honor of José de San Martín, was raised to the General Direction of Schools of Mendoza Province. The day was celebrated for the first time in 1958, on the third Sunday of June, but it was not included in the school calendars due to pressure from several groups.[45]

text: Schools in the Mendoza Province continued to celebrate Father's Day on August 24, and, in 1982, the provincial governor passed a law declaring Father's Day in the province to be celebrated on that day.[45]

text: In 2004, a proposal to change the date to August 24 were presented to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as a single, unified project.

text: Aruba[edit]

text: In Aruba, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

text: Australia[edit]

text: In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September, which is the first Sunday of Spring in Australia, and is not a public holiday. At school, children handcraft their present for their fathers. Consumer goods companies have all sorts of special offers for fathers: socks, ties, electronics, suits, and men's healthcare products. Most families present fathers with gifts and cards, and share a meal to show appreciation, much like Mother's Day.

text: YMCA Victoria continues the tradition of honouring the role fathers and father figures play in parenting through the annual awarding of Local Community Father of the Year in 32 municipalities in Victoria. The Father's Day Council of Victoria annually recognises fathers in the Father of the Year Award.[46]

text: Austria[edit]

text: In Austria, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday.

text: Belgium[edit]

text: In Belgium, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday.

text: Brazil[edit]

text: In Brazil Father's Day (Dia dos Pais, in Portuguese) is celebrated three months after Mother's Day, on the second Sunday of August. Publicist Sylvio Bhering picked the day in honor of Saint Joachim, patron of fathers. While it is not an official holiday (see Public holidays in Brazil), it is widely observed and typically involves spending time with and giving gifts to one's father or father figure.

text: Canada[edit]

text: In Canada, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Father's Day typically involves spending time with one's father or the father figures in one's life. Small family gatherings and the giving of gifts may be part of the festivities organized for Father's Day.

text: China[edit]

text: In People's Republic of China, the official Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. This date was set according to international norms.

text: Prior to the People's Republic, when the Republic of China (1912-1949) governed from Nanjing, Father's Day was celebrated on August 8. This was determined by the fact that the eighth (ba) day of the eighth (ba) month makes two "eights" (八八, ba-ba), which sounds similar to the colloquial word for "daddy" (ba-ba，爸爸). It is still celebrated on this date in areas still under the control of the Republic of China, including in Taiwan.

text: Costa Rica[edit]

text: In Costa Rica, the Unidad Social Cristiana party presented a bill to change the celebration of Father's Day from the third Sunday of June to March 19, the day of Saint Joseph.[47] That was in order to give tribute to this saint, who gave his name to the capital of the country San José, Costa Rica, and so family heads will be able to celebrate the Father's Day at the same time as the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker.[31] The official date is still the third Sunday of June.

text: Croatia[edit]

text: In Croatia, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day (Dan svetog Josipa), March 19. It is not a public holiday.

text: Denmark[edit]

text: In Denmark, Father's Day is celebrated on June 5.[28] It coincides with Constitution Day.

text: Estonia[edit]

text: In Estonia, Father's day ("Isadepäev") is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is an established flag day and a national holiday.

text: Finland[edit]

text: In Finland, Father's Day (Isänpäivä, Fars dag) is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is an established flag day.

text: France[edit]

text: In France lighter manufacturer "Flaminaire" introduced the idea of father's day first in 1949 for commercial reasons. Director "Marcel Quercia" wanted to sell their lighter in France. In 1950, they introduced "la Fête des Pères", which would take place every third Sunday of June (following the American example). Their slogan « Nos papas nous l'ont dit, pour la fête des pères, ils désirent tous un Flaminaire » (Our fathers told us, for father's day, they all want a Flaminaire). In 1952, the holiday was officially decreed. A national father's day committee was set up to give a prize for fathers that deserved it most (originally, candidates were nominated by the social services of each town hall's/mayor's office); This complements "la Fête des Mères" (Mother's day) which was made official in France in 1928 and added to the calendar in Vichy in 1941.

text: Germany[edit]

text: In Germany, Father's Day (Vatertag) is celebrated differently from other parts of the world.[48] It is always celebrated on Ascension Day (the Thursday forty days after Easter), which is a federal holiday. Regionally, it is also called men's day, Männertag, or gentlemen's day, Herrentag. It is tradition for groups of males (young and old but usually excluding pre-teenage boys) to do a hiking tour with one or more smaller wagons, Bollerwagen, pulled by manpower. In the wagons are wine or beer (according to region) and traditional regional food, Hausmannskost. Many men use this holiday as an opportunity to get drunk.[48] According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, alcohol-related traffic accidents multiply by three on this day.[49] The tradition of getting drunk is especially prevalent in Eastern Germany.[48]

text: These traditions are probably rooted in Christian Ascension Day's processions to the farmlands, which has been celebrated since the 18th century.[50][51] Men would be seated in a wooden cart and carried to the village's plaza, and the mayor would award a prize to the father who had the most children, usually a big piece of ham.[50] In the late 19th century the religious component was progressively lost, especially in urban areas such as Berlin, and groups of men organized walking excursions with beer and ham.[50] By the 20th century, alcohol consumption had become a major part of the tradition.[50][52] Many people will take the following Friday off at work, and some schools are closed on that Friday as well; many people then use the resulting four-day-long weekend for a short vacation.

text: Haiti[edit]

text: In Haiti, Father's Day (Fête des peres) is celebrated on the last Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Fathers are recognized and celebrated on this day with cards, gifts, breakfast, lunch brunch or early Sunday dinner; whether enjoying the day at the beach or mountains, spending family time or doing favourite activities .

text: Children exclaim "bonne fête papa", while everyone wishes all fathers "bonne Fête des Pères". (Happy Father's Day)

text: Hong Kong[edit]

text: In Hong Kong, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

text: Hungary[edit]

text: In Hungary, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

text: India[edit]

text: India traditionally has a two-week celebration since ancient days dedicated to celebrate ancestors called the Pitru Paksha. Father's Day is not celebrated in all of India. But is observed on the same day as the USA, the third Sunday of June by mostly westernized urban centers. The event is not a public holiday. The day is usually celebrated only in bigger cities of India like Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad and others. After this day was first observed in the United States in 1908 and gradually gained popularity,[53] Indian metropolitan cities, much later, followed suit by recognising this event. In India, the day is usually celebrated with children giving gifts like greeting cards, electronic gadgets, shirts, coffee mugs or books to their fathers.

text: Indonesia[edit]

text: In Indonesia, Father's Day is celebrated on November 12 and is not a public holiday. Father's Day in Indonesia was first declared in 2006 in Solo City Hall attended by hundreds of people from various community groups, including people from community of inter-religion communication. Because of its recent declaration, there is not very much hype about the celebration, compared to the celebration of Mother's Day on December 22.

text: Ireland[edit]

text: In Ireland, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

text: Israel[edit]

text: In Israel, Father's Day is usually celebrated on May 1 together with Workers' Day or Labour Day.

text: Italy[edit]

text: In Italy, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called Feast of Saint Joseph (Festa di San Giuseppe), March 19. It was a public holiday until 1977.

text: Japan[edit]

text: In Japan, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

text: Kazakhstan[edit]

text: Kazakhstan continues the Soviet Union's tradition of celebrating Defender of the Fatherland Day instead of Father's Day like in Russia and other former soviet countries. It is usually called "Men's Day" and it is considered equivalent of Father's Day. In Kazakhstan this day is celebrated on May 7.

text: Kenya[edit]

text: In Kenya, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

text: Korea[edit]

text: In South Korea, Parents' day is celebrated on May 8 and is not a public holiday.

text: Latvia[edit]

text: In Latvia, Father's Day (Tēvu diena) is celebrated on the second Sunday of September and is not a public holiday. In Latvia people did not always celebrate this day because of the USSR's influence with its own holidays. This day in Latvia was 'officially born' in 2008 when it was celebrated and marked in the calendar for the first time on September 14 (second September Sunday) to promote the idea that man as the father must be satisfied and proud of his family and children, also, the father is important to gratitude and loving words from his family for devoted to continuous altruistic concerns. Because this day is new to the country it does not have established unique traditions, but people borrow ideas from other country's Father's Day traditions to congratulate fathers in Latvia.

text: Lithuania[edit]

text: In Lithuania, Father's Day (Tėvo diena) is celebrated on the first Sunday of June and is a public holiday.

text: Macao[edit]

text: In Macau, Father's Day (Dia do Pai) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

text: Malaysia[edit]

text: In Malaysia, Father's Day falls on the third Sunday of June.

text: Malta[edit]

text: Malta has followed the international trend and celebrates Father’s Day on the third Sunday in June. As in the case of Mother’s Day, the introduction of Father’s Day celebrations in Malta was encouraged by Frans H Said (Uncle Frans of the children’s radio programmes). The first mention of Father’s Day was in June 1977,[citation needed] and the day is now part of the local events calendar. (The Times of Malta 11 June 2017) ( Il-Mument - Maltese newspaper- 18 June 2017)

text: Mexico[edit]

text: In Mexico, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

text: Mongolia[edit]

text: The Mongolian Men's Association began the celebration of Father's Day on 18 March.

text: Nepal[edit]

text: The Newar population (natives of Kathmandu valley) in Nepal honors fathers on the day of kusa aunsi, which occurs in late August or early September, depending on the year, since it depends on the lunar calendar. The Western-inspired celebration of Father's Day that was imported into the country is always celebrated on the same day as Gokarna Aunsi.

text: The rest of the population has also begun to celebrate the Gokarna Aunsi day[54] It is commonly known as Abu ya Khwa Swoyegu in Nepal Bhasa or Buwaako mukh herne din (बुवाको मुख हेर्ने दिन) in Nepali (literally "day for looking at father's face").[44][55] On the new moon day (Amavasya) it is traditional to pay respect to one's deceased father; Hindus go to the Shiva temple of Gokarneswor Mahadev, in Gokarna, a suburb of Kathmandu[56] while Buddhists go to Jan Bahal (Seto Machhendranath or white Tara) temple in Kathmandu.

text: Traditionally, in the Kathmandu Valley, the south-western corner is reserved for women and women-related rituals, and the north-eastern is for men and men-related rituals. The worship place for Mata Tirtha Aunsi ("Mother Pilgrimage New Moon") is located in Mata Tirtha in the south-western half of the valley, while the worship place for Gokarna Aunsi is located in the north-eastern half. This division is reflected in many aspects of the life in the Kathmandu Valley.[57]

text: Netherlands[edit]

text: In the Netherlands, Father's Day (Vaderdag) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Traditionally, as on Mother's Day, fathers get breakfast in bed made by their children and families gather together and have dinner, usually at the grandparents' house. In recent years, families also started having dinner out, and as on Mother's Day, it is one of the busiest days for restaurants. At school, children handcraft their present for their fathers. Consumer goods companies have all sorts of special offers for fathers: socks, ties, electronics, suits, and men's healthcare products.

text: New Zealand[edit]

text: In New Zealand, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and it is not a public holiday. Fathers' Day seems to have been first observed at St Matthew's Church, Auckland on 14 July 1929[58] and first appeared in commercial advertising the following year.[59] By 1931 other churches had adopted the day. In 1935 much of Australia moved to mark the day at the beginning of September[60] and New Zealand followed, with a Wellington advert in 1937,[61] a Christchurch Salvation Army service in 1938[62] and in Auckland from 1939.[63]

text: Norway[edit]

text: In Norway, Father's day (Farsdag), is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is not a public holiday.

text: Pakistan[edit]

text: Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The Rutgers WPF launched a campaign titled 'Greening Pakistan-Promoting Responsible Fatherhood' on Father's Day (Sunday June 18, 2017) across Pakistan to promote active fatherhood and responsibility for the care and upbringing of children.[64][65] Father's Day is not a public holiday in Pakistan.

text: Peru[edit]

text: In Peru, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. People usually give a present to their fathers and spend time with him mostly during a family meal.

text: Philippines[edit]

text: In the Philippines, Father's Day is officially celebrated every first Monday of December, but it is not a public holiday.[66] It is more widely observed by the public on the 3rd Sunday of June perhaps due to American influence.

text: Poland[edit]

text: In Poland, Father's Day is celebrated on June 23 and is not a public holiday.

text: Portugal[edit]

text: Father's Day ("Dia do Pai") is celebrated on March 19 (see Roman Catholic tradition below) in Portugal. Father's Day is not a bank holiday.

text: Roman Catholic tradition[edit]

text: In the Roman Catholic tradition, Fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called the Feast of Saint Joseph, March 19, though in certain countries Father's Day has become a secular celebration.[67] It is also common for Catholics to honor their "spiritual father," their parish priest, on Father's Day.[68]

text: Romania[edit]

text: Beginning with 2010, in Romania, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May and it is recognized officially by the state. Out of the 27 states in the European Union, it was the only one without an official Father's Day. Law 319/2009 made both Mother's Day and Father's Day official in Romania, and it was passed thanks to the campaigning from the Alliance Fighting Discrimination Against Fathers (TATA)[27] Romanian Father's day for 2012 was celebrated on May 13.

text: Russia[edit]

text: Russia continues the Soviet Union's tradition of celebrating Defender of the Fatherland Day instead of Father's Day. It is usually called "Men's Day" and it is considered the Russian equivalent of Father's Day.[24]

text: American Samoa and Samoa[edit]

text: In Samoa, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in August, and as a recognised national holiday on the Monday following.

text: Seychelles[edit]

text: In Seychelles, Father's Day is celebrated on June 16 and is not a public holiday.[69]

text: Singapore[edit]

text: In Singapore, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June but is not a public holiday, to celebrate all fathers for their numerous contributions.

text: Slovakia[edit]

text: In Slovakia, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.It is not a public holiday

text: South Africa[edit]

text: In South Africa, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. It is not a public holiday.

text: South Sudan[edit]

text: In South Sudan, Father's Day is celebrated on the last Monday of August. The president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, proclaimed it before August 27, 2012. First celebrated on August 27, 2012, Father's Day was not celebrated in South Sudan in 2011 due to the country's independence.

text: Spain[edit]

text: Father's Day, El Día del Padre, is observed on the feast day of Saint Joseph, which is March 19.[70] It is celebrated as a public holiday in some regions of Spain.[71]

text: Sri Lanka[edit]

text: Father's Day (In sinhala : Piyawarunge dhinaya, පියවරුන්ගේ දිනය & in Tamil: Thanthaiyar Thinam, தந்தையர் தினம்), is observed on the third Sunday of June. It is not a public holiday. Many schools hold special events to honor fathers.

text: Sudan[edit]

text: In Sudan, Father's Day (عيد الأب), is celebrated on the twenty-first of June.

text: Sweden[edit]

text: In Sweden, Father's day (Fars dag), is celebrated on the second Sunday of November, but is not a public holiday.

text: Taiwan[edit]

text: In Taiwan, Father's Day is not an official holiday, but is widely observed on August 8, the eighth day of the eighth month of the year. In Mandarin Chinese, the pronunciation of the number eight is bā, and the pronunciation is very similar to the character "爸" "bà", which means "Pa" or "dad". The eighth day of the eighth month (bā-bā) is a pun for dad (爸爸 or "bàba"). The Taiwanese, therefore, sometimes refer to August 8 as "Bābā Holiday" as a pun for "Dad's Holiday" (爸爸節) or the more formal "Father's Day" (父親節).

text: Thailand[edit]

text: In Thailand, the birthday of the king, is set as Father's Day.[43] December 5 is the birthday of the late king Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). Traditionally, Thais celebrate by giving their father or grandfather a canna flower (ดอกพุทธรักษา Dok Buddha Ruksa), which is considered a masculine flower; however, this is not as commonly practiced today. Thai people will wear yellow on this day to show respect for the late king, because yellow is the color of the day for Monday, the day King Bhumibol Adulyadej was born. Thais flood the Sanam Luang, a massive park in front of the palace, to watch the king give his annual speech, and often stay until the evening, when there is a national ceremony. Thais will light candles and show respect to the king by declaring their faith. This ceremony happens in almost every village in Thailand, and even overseas at Thai organizations.

text: It first gained nationwide popularity in the 1980s as part of a campaign by Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda to promote Thailand's royal family.[43] Mother's Day is celebrated on the birthday of Queen Sirikit,[43] August 12.

text: Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

text: In Trinidad and Tobago, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday.

text: Turkey[edit]

text: In Turkey, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday.

text: United Arab Emirates[edit]

text: In United Arab Emirates, Father's Day is celebrated on June 21, generally coinciding with midsummer's day.

text: United Kingdom[edit]

text: In the United Kingdom Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.[38] The day does not have a long tradition; The English Year (2006) states that it entered British popular culture "sometime after the Second World War, not without opposition".[72]

text: United States of America[edit]

text: In the USA, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.[73] Typically, families gather to celebrate the father figures in their lives. In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting greeting cards and gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools (if in session) and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts. The U.S. Open golf tournament is scheduled to finish on Father's Day, as was the 2016 NBA Finals.

text: Ukraine[edit]

text: In Ukraine, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of September.

text: Venezuela[edit]

text: In Venezuela, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Traditionally, as on Mother's Day, families gather together and have lunch, usually at the grandparents' house. In recent years, families also started having lunch out, and as on Mother's Day, it is one of the busiest days for restaurants. At school, children handcraft their present for their fathers. Consumer goods companies have all sorts of special offers for fathers: electronics, suits, and men's healthcare products.