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 reelected 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]? 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

Not commonly included in this list, but still officially Presidents of the United States, are:

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

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.