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USA Presidents The lives of the 44 presidents of the United States of America

President Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America.
When this was stated at his inaugoration, it made me wonder about the previous 43

The President of the United States is the head of state and the 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 U.S. 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 to the office of the president more than twice Upon death, resignation, or removal from office of an incumbent President, the Vice President assumes the office. This list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as president following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect in 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.

There have been forty-three people sworn into office, and forty-four presidencies, due to the fact that Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the twenty-second and the twenty-fourth president. Of the individuals elected as president, four died in office of natural causes, one resigned, and four were assassinated. The first president was George Washington, who was inaugurated in 1789 after a unanimous Electoral College vote. William Henry Harrison spent the shortest time in office at 32 days. At over twelve years, Franklin D. Roosevelt spent the longest time in office, and is the only president to serve more than two terms. The current president is Barack Obama, who became president on January 20, 2009.

USA Presidents 

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Starting from the Beginning 

George Washington April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797

John Adams March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801

Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809

James Madison March 4, 1809 March 4, 1817

James Monroe March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825

John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829

The Next Six 

Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829 March 4, 1837

Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841

William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841

John Tyler April 4, 1841 March 4, 1845

James K. Polk March 4, 1845 March 4, 1849

Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849 July 9, 1850

From 1850 to 1877 

Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850 March 4, 1853

Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853 March 4, 1857

James Buchanan March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861

Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865

Andrew Johnson 1865 to 1869

Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877

From 1877 to 1897 

Rutherford B. Hayes March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881

James A. Garfield March 4, 1881 September 19, 1881

Chester A. Arthur September 19, 1881 March 4, 1885

Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889

Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 March 4, 1893

Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897

From 1897 to 1929 

William McKinley March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909

William Howard Taft March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913

Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921

Warren G. Harding March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923

Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 March 4, 1929

From 1929 to 1969 

Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945

Harry S. Truman April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961

John F. Kennedy January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969

From 1974 until the Present Day 

Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974

Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977

Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981

Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989

George H. W. Bush January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993

Bill Clinton January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001

George W. Bush January 20, 2001 January 20, 2009

Barack Obama January 20, 2009 Incumbent

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