US Presidents

The President of the United States is the head of state as well as the head of government, in charge of the executive branch of the US federal government. The president is also the commander in chief of the US military.

One of the primary duties of the president is to carry out federal laws as established by the constitution and Congress. Other duties of the president include the power to sign laws or the bills passed by both houses of Congress, along with the ability to veto them.

The president appoints a cabinet of advisors, federal officers, federal judges and ambassadors to help carry out government tasks. The president is elected indirectly through the United States Electoral College, as voted by the people. The president serves the nation for a term of four years, and can be reelected for an additional term. Since the passage of Twenty-second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in 1951, the president is limited to two full terms. The only U.S. president ever to have served more than two terms was Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

While serving as president, the president and family reside in the White House, which is located in the United States capital, Washington, D.C. The president has designated use of Air Force One, a Boeing VC-25 airplane for long distance travel, Marine One, a helicopter, and an armored limousine for transportation. The Secret Service provides security for the president and First Family.

George Washington was the first President of the United States of America, and since then there have been forty-four US presidents.

No.	Image	President	Presidential Period	Party	Term
44th		Barack Hussein Obama	January 20, 2009 - Present	Democratic	56th
43rd		George W. Bush	January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009	Republican	54th and 55th
42nd		Bill Clinton	January 20, 1993 - January 20, 2001	Democratic	52nd and 53rd
41st		George H.W. Bush	January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993	Republican	51st
40th		Ronald Reagan	January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989	Republican	49th and 50th
39th		Jimmy Carter	January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981	Democratic	48th
38th		Gerald Ford	August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977	Republican	47th
37th		Richard Nixon	January 20, 1969 - August 9, 1974	Republican	46th
36th		Lyndon B. Johnson	November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969	Democratic	45th
35th		John F. Kennedy	January 20, 1961 -November 22, 1963	Democratic	44th
34th		Dwight D. Eisenhower	January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961	Republican	42nd and 43rd
33rd		Harry S. Truman	April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1953	Democratic	40th and 41st
32nd		Franklin Delano Roosevelt	March 4, 1933 -April 12, 1945	Democratic	37th, 38th, and 39th
31st		Herbert Hoover	March 4, 1929 -March 4, 1933	Republican	36th
30th		Calvin Coolidge	August 2, 1923 - March 4, 1929	Republican	35th
29th		Warren G. Harding	March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923	Republican	34th
28th		Woodrow Wilson	March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1921	Democratic	33rd and 32nd
27th		William Howard Taft	March 4, 1909 - March 4, 1913	Republican	31st
26th		Theodore Roosevelt	September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909	Republican	29th and 30th
25th		William McKinley	March 4, 1897 - September 14, 1901	Republican	28th
24th		Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1893 - March 4, 1897	Democratic	27th
23rd		Benjamin Harrison	March 4, 1889 -March 4, 1893	Republican	26th
22nd		Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1889	Democratic	25th
21st		Chester A. Arthur	September 19, 1881 - March 4, 1885	Republican	24th
20th		James A. Garfield	March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881	Republican	24th
19th		Rutherford B. Hayes	March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1881	Republican	23rd
18th		Ulysses S. Grant	March 4, 1869 March 4, 1877	Republican	21st and 22nd
17th		Andrew Johnson	April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869	Democratic/National Union Party	20th
16th		Abraham Lincoln	March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865	Republican/National Union Party	19th
15th		James Buchanan	March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861	Democratic	18th
14th		Franklin Pierce	March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857	Democratic	17th
13th		Millard Fillmore	July 9, 1850 -March 4, 1853	Whig	16th
12th		Zachary Taylor	March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850	Whig	16th
11th		James Knox Polk	March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849	Democratic	15th
10th		John Tyler	April 4, 1841 - March 4, 1845	Whig	14th
9th		William Henry Harrison	March 4, 1841 - April 4, 1841	Whig	14th
8th		Martin Van Buren	March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841	Democratic	13th
7th		Andrew Jackson	March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837	Democratic	11th and 12th
6th		John Quincy Adams	March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829	Democratic-Republican/National Republican	10th
5th		James Monroe	March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1825	Democratic- Republican	8th and 9th
4th		James Madison	March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1817	Democratic-Republican	6th and 7th
3rd		Thomas Jefferson	March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1809	Democratic- Republican	4th and 5th
2nd		John Adams	March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801	Federalist	3rd
1st		George Washington	April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797	None	1st and 2nd

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Last Update On : February 04, 2013