The White House, official residence of the president of the United States, in July 2008. The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2]

Jan 14, 2025 · Click on a president below to learn more about each presidency through an interactive timeline. The table below the graphic provides a list of presidents of the United States, their birthplaces, political parties, and terms of office.

All the presidents of the U.S. are elected for a four year term in office, with the date for each term beginning and ending on January 20 of the year following an election, with dates of March 4 for inaugurations prior to the 20th amendment.

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This is a list of men who served as the president of the United States. ↑ "Presidents". whitehouse.gov. Washington, D.C.: White House. Retrieved February 20, 2020. ↑ "Chronological List of Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents of the United States". Washington, D.C.: Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Jan 31, 2025 · President John Fitzgerald Kennedy [Democrat, 1961-1963] President Dwight Eisenhower [Republican, 1953-1961] President Harry Truman [Democrat, 1945-1953] President Franklin Roosevelt [Democrat, 1933-1945] President Herbert Hoover [Republican, 1929-1933] President Calvin Coolidge [Republican, 1923-1929] President Warren Harding [Republican, …

Jan 22, 2025 · 1 In elections from 1789 to 1804, each elector voted for two individuals without indicating which was to be president and which was to be vice president. 2 In early elections, electors were chosen by legislatures, not by popular vote, in many states.

The length of a full four-year term of office for a president of the United States usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar days except the first day (day zero).If the first day were included, all numbers would be one day …

First President, 1789–1797. It was almost inevitable that George Washington, one of the most respected men in the colonies and the hero of the Revolutionary War, would be unanimously elected the first president of the United States.

There have been 46 presidents of the United States. The youngest president was John F. Kennedy at age 43. The oldest is Joe Biden at age 78. The longest-serving president was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died shortly into his fourth term in office.