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Under the United States Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and 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 office in the United States by influence and recognition. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The president is indirectly elected to a four-year term by an Electoral College (or by the House of Representatives should the Electoral College fail to award an absolute majority of votes to any person). Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected President more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of an incumbent President, the Vice President assumes the office. The President must be at least 35 years of age and a "natural born" citizen of the United States.

This list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as president following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect on March 4, 1789. For American leaders before this ratification, see President of the Continental Congress. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

List of presidents[]

Parties

      No party       Federalist       Democratic-Republican       Democratic       Whig       Republican

No. President Took office Left office Party Term Previous office Vice President
1 George Washington (2) George Washington
(1732–1799)
April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797 Independent 1 (1789) Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783)   John Adams
2 (1792)
16 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865)
March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865 Republican 19 (1860) U.S. Representative (1847–1849) Hannibal Hamlin
Republican
National Union
20 (1864) Andrew Johnson
35 John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy
(1917–1963)
January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963 Democratic 44
(1960)
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
(1953–1960)
Lyndon B. Johnson
36 Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
(1908–1973)
November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969 Democratic Vice President Vacant
November 22, 1963January 20, 1965
45
(1964)
Hubert Humphrey
January 20, 1965January 20, 1969
42 Bill Clinton Bill Clinton
(born 1946)
January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001 Democratic 52 (1992) Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981 & 1983–1992) Al Gore
53 (1996)
43 George W. Bush George W. Bush
(born 1946)
January 20, 2001 January 20, 2009 Republican 54
(2000)
Governor of Texas
(1995–2000)
Dick Cheney
55
(2004)
44 Barack Obama (2) Barack Obama
(born 1961)
January 20, 2009 Incumbent Democratic 56
(2008)
U.S. Senator from Illinois
(2005–2008)
Joe Biden
57
(2012)

Living former presidents[]

As of March 2024, these are some of the living former presidents:

President Term of office Date of birth
Bill Clinton 1993–2001 (1946-08-19) August 19, 1946 (age 77)
George W. Bush 2001–2009 (1946-07-06) July 6, 1946 (age 77)
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