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.
- 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
Not commonly included in this list, but still officially Presidents of the United States, are:
Also, on a less serious note:
Four U.S. Presidents have been assassinated:
Four others died in office:
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.