President of the United States of America

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The President of the United States --sometimes abbreviated POTUS -- is the head of the U.S. Executive Branch and head of state of the United States of America and one of the most powerful people in the world. The writers of the constitution recognized they were writing a job description which, in England, was and is filled by the the job of the Prime Minister and position of the Monarch. At that time, the Monarchy of England did not seem to serve the common man and the writers wanted to create a government that did.



Current President

The current President is George W. Bush. He is scheduled to leave office on January 20, 2009. His successor will be elected in 2008.

Election

The President is selected every four years by the American people, although not through a popular vote but rather through the Electoral College, a few days after their election on Election Day. This process makes the Presidency one of the few elected officials in the United States of America chosen indirectly.

Term Limits

After Franklin Roosevelt served a little over twelve years in office, Congress passed a Constitutional Amendment restricting future Presidents to two terms.

However if the Vice President succeeds to the Presidency, with no more than two years left in the prior President's term, they are allowed to to run for two terms, raising the potential time in office to ten years.

Term limits were instituted to prevent one person from being President for life.

See Also

Vice President of the United States of America

Presidents list

President Years State Party Vice President(s)
1. George Washington 1789-1797 Virginia none Adams
2. John Adams 1797-1801 Massachusetts Federalist Jefferson
3. Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 Virginia Democratic-Republican Burr, Clinton
4. James Madison 1809-1817 Virginia Democratic-Republican Clinton, Gerry
5. James Monroe 1817-1825 Virginia Democratic-Republican Tomkins
6. John Quincy Adams 1825-2829 Massachusetts National Republican Calhoun
7. Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Tennessee Democrat Calhoun, Van Buren
8. Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 New York Democrat Johnson
9. William Henry Harrison 1841 Virginia Whig Tyler
10. John Tyler 1841-1845 Virginia Whig none
11. James Knox Polk 1845-1849 Tennessee Democrat Dallas
12. Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 none Whig Filmore
13. Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 New York Whig none
14. Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 New Hampshire Democrat King
15. James Buchanan 1857-1861 Pennsylvania Democrat Breckenridge
16. Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Illinois Republican Hamlin, Johnson
17. Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 North Carolina none none
18. Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 Ohio Republican Colfax, Wison
19. Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 Ohio Republican Wheeler
20. James A. Garfield 1881 Ohio Republican Arthur
21. Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885 New York Republican none
22. Grover Cleveland 1885-1889 New York Democrat Hendricks
23. Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 Ohio Republican Morton
24. Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 New York Democrat Stevenson
25. William McKinley 1897-1901 Ohio Republican Hobart, Roosevelt
26. Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 New York Republican Fairbanks
27. William Howard Taft 1909-1913 Ohio Republican Sherman
28. Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 Virginia Democrat Marshall
29. Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 Ohio Republican Coolidge
30. Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 Massachusetts Republican Dawes
31. Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 California Republican Curtis
32. Franklin Roosevelt 1933-1945 New York Democrat Garner, Wallace, Truman
33. Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 Kansas Democrat Barkley
34. Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961 Texas Republican Nixon
35. John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 Massachusetts Democrat Johnson
36. Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969 Texas Democrat Humphrey
37. Richard Nixon 1969-1974 California Republican Agnew, Ford
38. Gerald Ford 1974-1977 Michigan Republican Rockefeller
39. Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 Georgia Democrat Mondale
40. Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 California Republican Bush, Sr.
41. George H.W. Bush 1989-1993 Texas Republican Quale 42. Bill Clinton 1993-2001 Arkansas Democrat Gore
43. George W. Bush 2001-present Texas Republican Cheney
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Presidents of the United States
Washington • J.Adams • Jefferson • Madison • Monroe • J.Q.Adams • Jackson • Van Buren • W.Harrison • Tyler • Polk • Taylor • Fillmore • Pierce • Buchanan • Lincoln • A.Johnson • Grant • Hayes • Garfield • Arthur • Cleveland • B.Harrison • Cleveland • McKinley • T.Roosevelt • Taft • Wilson • Harding • Coolidge • Hoover • F.Roosevelt • Truman • Eisenhower • Kennedy • L.Johnson • Nixon • Ford • Carter • Reagan • G.H.W.Bush • Clinton • G.W.Bush • Obama • Trump • Biden (disputed)
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