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.
- George Washington (1789-1797) Federalist
- John Adams (1797-1801) Federalist
- Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) Democratic-Republican
- James Madison (1809-1817) Democratic-Republican
- James Monroe (1817-1825) Democratic-Republican
- John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) Democratic-Republican
- Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Democrat
- Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) Democrat
- William Henry Harrison (1841) Whig
- John Tyler (1841-1845) Whig
- James Knox Polk (1845-1849) Democrat
- Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) Whig
- Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) Whig
- Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) Democrat
- James Buchanan (1857-1861) Democrat
- Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Republican
- Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Republican (Democrat on Republican ticket)
- Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) Republican
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) Republican
- James Garfield (1881) Republican
- Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) Republican
- Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) Democrat
- Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) Republican
- Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) Democrat
- William McKinley (1897-1901) Republican
- Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Republican
- William Howard Taft (1909-1913) Republican
- Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) Democrat
- Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) Republican
- Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) Republican
- Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) Republican
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) Democrat
- Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) Democrat
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Republican
- John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Democrat
- Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969) Democrat
- Richard Nixon (1969-1974) Republican
- Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977) Republican
- Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Democrat
- Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) Republican
- George Bush (1989-1993) Republican
- Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Democrat
- George W. Bush (2001-) Republican
Sometimes thought to have been President of the United States:
- 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)
Also, on a less serious note:
Four U.S. Presidents have been assassinated:
Four others died in office:
One president resigned from office:
Two Presidents have been impeached, though neither was subsequently convicted:
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.