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President of the
United States of America
Seal of the President of the United States
Seal of the President of the United States
Bernie Sanders in March 2020
Incumbent
Bernie Sanders

since January 20, 2021
Residence Executive House
Seat Mayflower
Appointer Direct popular election
Term length Four years, renewable once
Constituting instrument Constitution of the United States
Formation June 21, 1788
First holder George Washington

The President of the United States is the head of state and the head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the Presidency is the highest political official position in the United States by influence and recognition. The President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces.

Following the Twenty-eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopted in 2006, the President of the United States is directly elected by the universal suffrage to a four-year term, and is one of only two nationally elected federal officers, the other being the Vice President of the United States. The Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1951, prohibits anyone from being elected to the presidency for a third full term.

List of Presidents of the United States[]

  Non-partisan
  Federalist Party
  Democratic-Republican Party
  Whig Party
  Democratic Party
No. Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party Vice President Election
Took office Left office
1 Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington George Washington
(1732–1799)
April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797 No party John Adams 1788
1792
2 US Navy 031029-N-6236G-001 A painting of President John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd president of the United States, by Asher B. Durand (1767-1845)-crop John Adams
(1735–1826)
March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801 Federalist Thomas Jefferson 1796
3 Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800) Thomas Jefferson
(1743–1826)
March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr 1800
George Clinton D 1804
4 James Madison James Madison
(1751–1836)
March 4, 1809 March 4, 1813 Democratic-Republican 1808
vacant
5 Elbridge-gerry-painting Elbridge Gerry
(1744–1814)
March 4, 1813 November 23, 1814 D Democratic-Republican Daniel D. Tompkins 1812
6 DTompkins Daniel D. Tompkins
(1774–1825)
November 23, 1814 March 4, 1817 Democratic-Republican vacant
7 James Monroe James Monroe
(1758–1831)
March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825 Democratic-Republican William Crawford 1816
1820
8 John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams
(1767–1848)
March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829 Democratic-Republican
National Republican
John C. Calhoun 1824
9 Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson
(1767–1845)
March 4, 1829 March 4, 1837 Democratic John C. Calhoun R 1828
vacant
Martin Van Buren 1832
10 Martin Van Buren daguerreotype by Mathew Brady circa 1849 - edit 1 cropped Martin Van Buren
(1782–1862)
March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841 Democratic Richard Mentor Johnson 1836
11 William Henry Harrison daguerreotype edit William Henry Harrison
(1773–1841)
March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841 D Whig John Tyler 1840
12 John Tyler John Tyler
(1790–1862)
April 4, 1841 March 4, 1845 Whig
No party N
vacant
13 Henry Clay portrait by Henry F. Darby Henry Clay
(1777–1852)
March 4, 1845 June 29, 1852 D Whig Theodore Frelinghuysen 1844
Millard Fillmore 1848
14 Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore
(1800–1874)
June 29, 1852 March 4, 1853 Whig vacant
15 William Rufus King edited. William R. King
(1786–1853)
March 4, 1853 April 18, 1853 D Democratic 1852
16 David Rice Atchison by Mathew Brady March 1849 David Rice Atchison
(1807–1886)
April 18, 1853 March 4, 1857 Democratic
17 James Buchanan James Buchanan
(1791–1868)
March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861 Democratic John C. Breckinridge 1856
18 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865)
March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865 A Republican
National Union U
Hannibal Hamlin 1860
Andrew Johnson 1864
19 Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson
(1808–1875)
April 15, 1865 March 4, 1869 Democratic
National Union U
vacant
20 Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant
(1822–1885)
March 4, 1869 March 4, 1877 Republican Schuyler Colfax 1868
1872
21 25SamuelJTilden cropped Samuel J. Tilden
(1814–1886)
March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 Liberal Charles Francis Adams, Sr. 1876
22 Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant
(1822–1885)
(3rd term)
March 4, 1881 March 4, 1885 Republican James A. Garfield 1880
23 George F. Edmunds - Brady-Handy George F. Edmunds
(1828–1919)
March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889 Republican James G. Blaine 1884
24 Grover Cleveland 2 Grover Cleveland
(1837–1908)
March 4, 1889 March 4, 1897 Liberal Adlai E. Stevenson I 1888
1892
25 William McKinley William McKinley
(1843–1901)
March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901 A Republican Garret Hobart D 1896
vacant
Theodore Roosevelt 1900
26 Theodore Roosevelt circa 1902 Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1929)
September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909 Republican vacant
Charles W. Fairbanks 1904
27 William Howard Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front William Howard Taft
(1857–1930)
March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 Republican James S. Sherman D 1908
vacant
28 Americana 1920 Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1929)
(3rd-4th term)
March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921 Progressive Hiram Johnson 1912
Henry Cabot Lodge 1916
29 Charles Evans Hughes cph.3b15401 Charles Evans Hughes
(1862–1948)
March 4, 1921 March 4, 1925 Republican Calvin Coolidge 1920
30 Fighting-Bob-La-Follete Robert M. La Follette
(1855–1925)
March 4, 1925 June 18, 1925 D Progressive Hiram Johnson 1924
31 Portrait of Hiram Johnson Hiram Johnson
(1866–1945)
June 18, 1925 March 4, 1929 Progressive vacant
32 Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover
(1874–1964)
March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 Republican Charles Curtis 1928
33 Vincenzo Laviosa (Italian - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Google Art Project Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882–1945)
March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945 D Progressive Frank Knox 1932
Robert M. La Follette Jr. 1936
Henry A. Wallace 1940
Thomas E. Dewey 1944
34 Fdr42 Thomas E. Dewey
(1902–1971)
April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953 Progressive vacant
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 1948
35 4870655 f260 Joseph P. Kennedy
(1888–1969)
January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961 Liberal Richard Nixon 1952
1956
36 Nelson-Rockefeller-9461384-1-402 cropped Nelson Rockefeller
(1908–1979)
January 20, 1961 January 20, 1969 Progressive Hubert Humphrey 1960
1964
37 Richard Nixon 1972 Richard Nixon
(1913–1994)
January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974 R Liberal Spiro Agnew R 1968
1972
vacant
Gerald Ford
38 Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped) Gerald Ford
(1913–2006)
August 9, 1974 January 20, 1981 Liberal vacant
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan 1976
39 Presidential Portait of 38th President Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan
(1911–2004)
January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 Liberal George H. W. Bush 1980
1984
40 Michael Dukakis photo oficial Michael Dukakis
(1933–)
January 20, 1989 January 20, 1997 Progressive Paul Simon 1988
1992
41 Mittromney Mitt Romney
(1947–)
January 20, 1997 January 20, 2001 Liberal George Pataki 1996
42 Joe Lieberman official portrait 2 Joe Lieberman
(1942–)
January 20, 2001 January 20, 2009 Progressive Paul Wellstone D 2000
vacant
Bill Bradley
2004
43 President Barack Obama Barack Obama
(1961–)
January 20, 2009 January 20, 2017 Progressive Joe Biden 2008
2012
44 Mike Bloomberg Headshot (cropped) Michael Bloomberg
(1942–)
January 20, 2017 January 20, 2021 Liberal John Kasich 2016
45 Bernie Sanders official White House portrait, 2017 (cropped) Bernie Sanders
(1941–)
January 20, 2021 Incumbent Progressive Elizabeth Warren 2020

Notes[]

  • D Died in office of natural causes.
  • A Assassinated.
  • R Resigned.
  • N Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.
  • U Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864.
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