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The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. Since the office was established in 1789, 47 men and one woman have served in 48 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College; one, Grover Cleveland, served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of persons who have served as president. (also the 22 amendment never happens due to FDR never having a second term but the people don't like the idea of having a president for a fourth term so they ((even if they support the current president)) tend to choose another candidate) (also keep in mind POD starts on 1945)
The Presidents[]
| No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term | Party | Election | Vice President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington(1732–1799) | April 30, 1789
– March 4, 1797 |
Unaffiliated | 1788–89
1792 |
John Adams | |
| 2 | John Adams(1735–1826) | March 4, 1797
– March 4, 1801 |
Federalist | 1796 | Thomas Jefferson | |
| 3 | Thomas Jefferson(1743–1826) | March 4, 1801
– March 4, 1809 |
Democratic-
Republican |
1800
1804 |
Aaron Burr
George Clinton | |
| 4 | James Madison(1751–1836) | March 4, 1809
– March 4, 1817 |
Democratic-
Republican |
1808
1812 |
George Clinton
Vacant after April 20, 1812 Elbridge Gerry Vacant after November 23, 1814 | |
| 5 | James Monroe(1758–1831) | March 4, 1817
– March 4, 1825 |
Democratic-
Republican |
1816
1820 |
Daniel D. Tompkins | |
| 6 | John Quincy Adams(1767–1848) | March 4, 1825
– March 4, 1829 |
Democratic-
Republican National Republican |
1824 | John C. Calhoun | |
| 7 | Andrew Jackson(1767–1845) | March 4, 1829
– March 4, 1837 |
Democratic | 1828
1832 |
John C. Calhoun
Vacant after December 28, 1832 Martin Van Buren | |
| 8 | Martin Van Buren(1782–1862) | March 4, 1837
– March 4, 1841 |
Democratic | 1836 | Richard Mentor Johnson | |
| 9 | William Henry Harrison(1773–1841) | March 4, 1841
– April 4, 1841 |
Whig | 1840 | John Tyler | |
| 10 | John Tyler(1790–1862) | April 4, 1841
– March 4, 1845 |
Whig
Unaffiliated |
– | Vacant throughout presidency | |
| 11 | James K. Polk(1795–1849) | March 4, 1845
– March 4, 1849 |
Democratic | 1844 | George M. Dallas | |
| 12 | Zachary Taylor(1784–1850) | March 4, 1849
– July 9, 1850 |
Whig | 1848 | Millard Fillmore | |
| 13 | Millard Fillmore(1800–1874) | July 9, 1850
– March 4, 1853 |
Whig | – | Vacant throughout presidency | |
| 14 | Franklin Pierce(1804–1869) | March 4, 1853
– March 4, 1857 |
Democratic | 1852 | William R. King
Vacant after April 18, 1853 | |
| 15 | James Buchanan(1791–1868) | March 4, 1857
– March 4, 1861 |
Democratic | 1856 | John C. Breckinridge | |
| 16 | Abraham Lincoln(1809–1865) | March 4, 1861
– April 15, 1865 |
Republican
National Union |
1860
1864 |
Hannibal Hamlin
Andrew Johnson | |
| 17 | Andrew Johnson(1808–1875) | April 15, 1865
– March 4, 1869 |
National Union
Democratic |
– | Vacant throughout presidency | |
| 18 | Ulysses S. Grant(1822–1885) | March 4, 1869
– March 4, 1877 |
Republican | 1868
1872 |
Schuyler Colfax
Henry Wilson Vacant after November 22, 1875 | |
| 19 | Rutherford B. Hayes(1822–1893) | March 4, 1877
– March 4, 1881 |
Republican | 1876 | William A. Wheeler | |
| 20 | James A. Garfield(1831–1881) | March 4, 1881
– September 19, 1881 |
Republican | 1880 | Chester A. Arthur | |
| 21 | Chester A. Arthur(1829–1886) | September 19, 1881
– March 4, 1885 |
Republican | – | Vacant throughout presidency | |
| 22 | Grover Cleveland(1837–1908) | March 4, 1885
– March 4, 1889 |
Democratic | 1884 | Thomas A. Hendricks
Vacant after November 25, 1885 | |
| 23 | Benjamin Harrison(1833–1901) | March 4, 1889
– March 4, 1893 |
Republican | 1888 | Levi P. Morton | |
| 24 | Grover Cleveland(1837–1908) | March 4, 1893
– March 4, 1897 |
Democratic | 1892 | Adlai Stevenson I | |
| 25 | William McKinley(1843–1901) | March 4, 1897
– September 14, 1901 |
Republican | 1896
1900 |
Garret Hobart
Vacant after November 21, 1899 Theodore Roosevelt | |
| 26 | Theodore Roosevelt(1858–1919) | September 14, 1901
– March 4, 1909 |
Republican | –
1904 |
Vacant through March 4, 1905
Charles W. Fairbanks | |
| 27 | William Howard Taft(1857–1930) | March 4, 1909
– March 4, 1913 |
Republican | 1908 | James S. Sherman
Vacant after October 30, 1912 | |
| 28 | Woodrow Wilson(1856–1924) | March 4, 1913
– March 4, 1921 |
Democratic | 1912
1916 |
Thomas R. Marshall | |
| 29 | Warren G. Harding(1865–1923) | March 4, 1921
– August 2, 1923 |
Republican | 1920 | Calvin Coolidge | |
| 30 | Calvin Coolidge(1872–1933) | August 2, 1923
– March 4, 1929 |
Republican | –
1924 |
Vacant through March 4, 1925
Charles G. Dawes | |
| 31 | Herbert Hoover(1874–1964) | March 4, 1929
– March 4, 1933 |
Republican | 1928 | Charles Curtis | |
| 32 | 
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt(1882–1945) | March 4, 1933
– January 20, 1945 |
Democratic | 1932
1936 1940 1944 |
John Nance Garner
Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman |
| 33 | 
|
Harry S. Truman(1884–1972) | January 20, 1945
– January 20, 1949 |
Democratic | –
1948 |
Vacant through January 20, 1949
Alben W. Barkley |
| 34 | 
|
Storm Thurmond
(1902-2003) |
January 20, 1949
- March 4, 1952 |
Dixiecrat | Fielding Wright | |
| 35 | 
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1890-1972) |
March 4, 1952
- March 4, 1957 |
Republican | 1952 | Richard Nixon |
| 36 | 
|
John F. Kennedy
(1917-1963) |
March 4 1957
- november 30 1963 |
Democratic | 1956 | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 37 | 
|
Martin Luther King Jr.
(b. 1929) |
November 30 1963
- March 23 1966 |
Independent | Corey Bookers | |
| 38 | 
|
Barry Goldwater
(1909-1989) |
March 23 1966
- March 4 1970 |
Republican | William Miller | |
| 39 | 
|
George Wallace
(1919-1972) |
March 4, 1970
- January 3, 1972 |
American Independent | Curtis LeMay | |
| 40 | 
|
Gerald Ford
(1913-2019) |
January 3, 1972
- November 24, 1972 |
Vacant throughout presidency | ||
| 41 | 
|
John Hospers
(1918-2011) |
November 24, 1972
- March 4, 1980 |
American Conservative | ||
| 42 | 
|
Ronald Reagan
(1911-2013) |
March 4, 1980
- March 4, 1989 |
Republican | George H. W. Bush | |
| 43 | 
|
George H. W. Bush
(B. 1924) |
March 4, 1989
- January 20, 1997 |
Republican | Dan Quayle | |
| 44 | 
|
Al Gore
(1948-2000) |
January 20 1997
- December 25 2000 |
Democrat | Joe Lieberman | |
| 45 | 
|
Donald J. Trump
(B. 1946) |
December 25 2000
- Janurary 20 2005 |
American Conservative | Mike Pence | |
| 46 | 
|
Barack Obama
(B. 1969) |
January 20 2005
- March 4 2012 |
Democrat | Joe Biden | |
| 47 | 
|
Ben Shapiro
(B. 1974) |
March 4 2012
- January 20 2020 |
American Conservative | Kevin McCarthy | |
| 48 | 
|
Hillary Clinton
(B. 1947) |
January 20 2020
- ??? |
Democrat | Tim Kaine |