The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government, serving as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and leader of the executive branch. Presidents are elected to 4-year terms and may serve a maximum of two terms under the 22nd Amendment (ratified 1951). The presidency has been held by 47 individuals since George Washington took the oath of office on April 30, 1789.
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Donald Trump
Second non-consecutive term (first since Grover Cleveland), DOGE initiative
Joe Biden
Oldest president inaugurated, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, first female VP
Donald Trump
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, impeached twice, first president without prior political/military service
Barack Obama
First African American president, Affordable Care Act, Nobel Peace Prize
George W. Bush
War on Terror after 9/11, Iraq War, Medicare Part D
Bill Clinton
Budget surplus, NAFTA, impeached but acquitted
George H.W. Bush
Gulf War, fall of Berlin Wall, Americans with Disabilities Act
Ronald Reagan
Reaganomics, Cold War end, Iran-Contra affair
Jimmy Carter
Camp David Accords, energy crisis, Nobel Peace Prize (2002)
Gerald Ford
Only unelected president, pardoned Nixon
Richard Nixon
Opened relations with China, Watergate, only president to resign
Lyndon B. Johnson
Civil Rights Act, Great Society, Vietnam War escalation
John F. Kennedy
Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race, assassinated in office
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Interstate Highway System, WWII Supreme Allied Commander
Harry S. Truman
Atomic bomb decision, Marshall Plan, Korean War, NATO
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal, World War II, only president elected 4 times
Herbert Hoover
Great Depression began during presidency
Calvin Coolidge
Roaring Twenties prosperity, small-government conservatism
Warren G. Harding
Return to normalcy, Teapot Dome scandal, died in office
Woodrow Wilson
World War I, League of Nations, Federal Reserve Act
William Howard Taft
Only president to also serve as Chief Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Trust-busting, Panama Canal, conservation, Nobel Peace Prize
William McKinley
Spanish-American War, assassinated in office
Grover Cleveland
Only president to serve non-consecutive terms (22nd & 24th)
Benjamin Harrison
Sherman Antitrust Act, six states admitted to the Union
Grover Cleveland
First Democrat elected after Civil War, served non-consecutive terms
Chester A. Arthur
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
James A. Garfield
Assassinated after 200 days, civil service reform advocate
Rutherford B. Hayes
Disputed election of 1876, ended Reconstruction
Ulysses S. Grant
Civil War general, enforced Reconstruction, 15th Amendment
Andrew Johnson
First president impeached, Reconstruction era
Abraham Lincoln
Preserved the Union, Emancipation Proclamation, assassinated
James Buchanan
Only bachelor president, preceded Civil War
Franklin Pierce
Kansas-Nebraska Act, Gadsden Purchase
Millard Fillmore
Compromise of 1850, opened trade with Japan
Zachary Taylor
Mexican-American War hero, died in office
James K. Polk
Mexican-American War, expanded U.S. to Pacific
John Tyler
First to assume presidency via succession, annexed Texas
William Henry Harrison
Shortest presidency (31 days), died in office
Martin Van Buren
Panic of 1837, first president born as a U.S. citizen
Andrew Jackson
Founder of the Democratic Party, Indian Removal Act
John Quincy Adams
Son of a president, later served in Congress
James Monroe
Monroe Doctrine, Era of Good Feelings
James Madison
Father of the Constitution, War of 1812
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase, authored Declaration of Independence
John Adams
First to live in the White House, Alien and Sedition Acts
George Washington
First president, established presidential precedents, led Continental Army