President of the United States of America

The head of state of the United States is called the President, who also serves the functions of [chief executive]? and [commander in chief]? of the armed forces. By current law, the U.S. president serves a four-year term and may only be re-elected once; this limitation was added after Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first president to serve more than two terms. See United States Constitution.

The Vice President of the United States of America becomes the President upon the death, resignation, or removal by impeachment of the former President. Should the Vice President be unable to assume the Presidency, next in line is the [Speaker of the House of Representatives]?, followed the [President Pro Tempore]? of the United States Senate.

1. George Washington (1789-1797) Federalist
2. John Adams (1797-1801) Federalist
3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) Democratic-Republican
4. James Madison (1809-1817) Democratic-Republican
5. James Monroe (1817-1825) Democratic-Republican
6. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) Democratic-Republican
7. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Democrat
8. Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) Democrat
9. William Henry Harrison (1841) Whig
10. John Tyler (1841-1845) Whig
11. James Knox Polk (1845-1849) Democrat
12. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) Whig
13. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) Whig
14. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) Democrat
15. James Buchanan (1857-1861) Democrat
16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Republican
17. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Republican (Democrat on Republican ticket)
18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) Republican
19. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) Republican
20. James Garfield (1881) Republican
21. Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) Republican
22. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) Democrat
23. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) Republican
24. Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) Democrat
25. William McKinley (1897-1901) Republican
26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Republican
27. William Howard Taft (1909-1913) Republican
28. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) Democrat
29. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) Republican
30. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) Republican
31. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) Republican
32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) Democrat
33. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) Democrat
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Republican
35. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Democrat
36. Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969) Democrat
37. Richard Nixon (1969-1974) Republican
38. Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977) Republican
39. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Democrat
40. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) Republican
41. George Bush (1989-1993) Republican
42. Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Democrat
43. George W. Bush (2001-) Republican

Sometimes thought to have been President of the United States:

• David Rice Atchison, president for a single day on March 4, 1849

• The seven Presidents of the [Continental Congress]? prior to the ratification of the Articles of Confederation:
  • Peyton Randolph (September 5 to October 21, 1774, and again from May 10 to May 23, 1775)
  • Henry Middleton (October 22, 1774 to May 10, 1775)
  • John Hancock (May 24, 1775 to October 30, 1777)
  • Henry Laurens (November 1, 1777 to December 9, 1778)
  • John Jay (December 10, 1778 to September 27, 1779)
  • Samuel Huntington (September 28, 1779 to July 9, 1781)
  • Thomas McKean (July 10, 1781 to November 4, 1782)

• The seven Presidents under the Articles of Confederation:
  • John Hanson (1781-1782)
  • Elias Boudinot (1783)
  • Thomas Mifflin (1784)
  • Richard Henry Lee (1785)
  • Nathan Gorman (1786)
  • Arthur St. Clair (1787)
  • Cyrus Griffin (1788)

Also, on a less serious note:

• Emperor Norton I (1859-1880)

Four U.S. Presidents have been assassinated:

• Abraham Lincoln
• James Garfield
• William McKinley
• John F. Kennedy

Four others died in office:

• William Henry Harrison
• Zachary Taylor
• Warren G. Harding
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

One president resigned from office:

• Richard Nixon

Two Presidents have been impeached, though neither was subsequently convicted:

• Andrew Johnson
• Bill Clinton

The President's residence is the White House

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There is also a rock band called The Presidents of the United States of America; however, no person has both held the office of President of the U.S. and played in that band.