{"id":36,"date":"2010-02-05T13:28:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T13:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/?p=36"},"modified":"2025-02-19T07:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:27:23","slug":"uspresidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/uspresidents\/","title":{"rendered":"List of US Presidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the people through the Electoral College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/04\/Seal-of-the-President-of-the-United-States.jpg\" alt=\"Seal of the president of the United States\" class=\"wp-image-1144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/04\/Seal-of-the-President-of-the-United-States.jpg 480w, https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/04\/Seal-of-the-President-of-the-United-States-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/04\/Seal-of-the-President-of-the-United-States-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of US Presidents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>No, US President, In office (Party) &#8211; Vice President<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">47 Donal J Trump 2025 &#8211; in office (Republican) &#8211; J.D. Vance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">46 Joe Biden 2020 &#8211; 2024 (Democrat) &#8211; Kamila Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">45 Donald John Trump 2017 \u2013 2020 (Republican) &#8211; Mike Pence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">44 Barack Hussein Obama II 2009 \u2013 2017 (Democrat) &#8211; Joe Biden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">43 George Walker W. Bush 2001 \u2013 2009 (Republican) &#8211; Dick Cheney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">42 William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton 1993 \u2013 2001 (Democrat) &#8211; Al Gore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">41 George Herbert Walker Bush 1989 \u2013 1993 (Republican) &#8211; Dan Quayle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">40 Ronald Reagan 1981 \u2013 1989 (Republican) &#8211; George H. W. Bush<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">39 Jimmy Carter 1977 \u2013 1981 (Democrat) &#8211; Walter Mondale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">38 Gerald Ford 1974 \u2013 1977 (Republican) vacant to 12\/1974 | &#8211; Nelson Rockefeller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">37 Richard Nixon 1969 \u2013 1974 (Republican) Spiro Agnew | vacant Oct &#8211; Dec 1973 | &#8211; Gerald Ford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">36 Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963 \u2013 1969 (Democrat) &#8211; Hubert Humphrey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">35 John Fitzgerald J.F. Kennedy 1961 \u2013 1963 (Democrat) &#8211; Lyndon B. Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">34 Dwight David &#8220;Ike&#8221; Eisenhower 1953 \u2013 1961 (Republican) &#8211; Richard Nixon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">33 Harry S. Truman 1945 \u2013 1953 (Democrat) vacant | &#8211; Alben W. Barkley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933 \u2013 1945 (Democrat) &#8211; John Nance Garner | Henry A. Wallace | Harry S. Truman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">31 Herbert Hoover 1929 \u2013 1933 (Republican) &#8211; Charles Curtis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">30 Calvin Coolidge 1923 \u2013 1929 (Republican) &#8211; vacant | 1924 Charles G. Dawes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">29 Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921 \u2013 1923 (Republican) &#8211; Calvin Coolidge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">28 Woodrow Wilson 1913 \u2013 1921 (Democrat) &#8211; Thomas R. Marshall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">27 William Howard Taft 1909 \u2013 1913 (Republican) &#8211; James S. Sherman | Vacant after 10\/30\/1912<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901 \u2013 1909 (Republican) &#8211; vacant through 3\/4\/1905 | Charles W. Fairbanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25 William McKinley 1897 \u2013 1901 (Republican) &#8211; Garret Hobart | vacant after 11\/21\/1899 | 1900 Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">24 Grover Cleveland 1893 \u2013 1897 (Democrat) &#8211; Adlai Stevenson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">23 Benjamin Harrison 1889 \u2013 1893 (Republican) &#8211; Levi P. Morton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">22 Grover Cleveland 1885 \u2013 1889 (Democrat) &#8211; Thomas A. Hendricks | vacant after 11\/25\/1885<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21 Chester Alan Arthur 1881 \u2013 1885 (Republican) vacant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20 James Abram Garfield 1881 (Republican) &#8211; Chester A. Arthur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19 Rutherford Birchard Hayes 1877 \u2013 1881 (Republican) &#8211; William A. Wheeler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18 Ulysses S. Grant 1869 \u2013 1877 (Republican) &#8211; Schuyler Colfax | Henry Wilson | vacant after 11\/22\/1875<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 Andrew Johnson 1865 \u2013 1869 (National Union) vacant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16 Abraham Lincoln 1861 \u2013 1865 (Republican | National Union) &#8211; Hannibal Hamlin | Andrew Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15 James Buchanan 1857 \u2013 1861 (Democrat) &#8211; John C. Breckinridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 Franklin Pierce 1853 \u2013 1857 (Democrat) &#8211; William R. King | vacant after 4\/18\/1853<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13 Millard Fillmore 1850 \u2013 1853 (Whig) vacant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12 Zachary Taylor 1849 \u2013 1850 (Whig) &#8211; Millard Fillmore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11 James Knock Polk 1845 \u2013 1849 (Democrat) &#8211; George M. Dallas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 John Tyler 1841 \u2013 1845 (Whig) vacant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 William Henry Harrison 1841 (Whig) &#8211; John Tyler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 Martin van Buren 1837 \u2013 1841 (Democrat)-  Richard Mentor Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 Andrew Jackson 1829 \u2013 1837 (Democrat) &#8211; John C. Calhoun | Martin van Buren<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6 John Quincy Adams 1825 \u2013 1829 (Democratic-Republican)-  John C. Calhoun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 James Monroe 1817 \u2013 1825 (Democratic-Republican)-  Daniel D. Tompkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 James Madison 1809 \u2013 1817 (Democratic-Republican) George Clinton | vacant | Elbridge Gerry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 Thomas Jefferson 1801 \u2013 1809 (Democratic-Republican) &#8211; Aaron Bur | George Clinton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 John Adams 1797 \u2013 1801 (Federalist) &#8211; Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 George Washington 1789 \u2013 1797 (Unaffiliated) &#8211; John Adams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/04\/Flag-of-the-President-of-the-United-States.png\" alt=\"Flag of the president of the United States\" class=\"wp-image-1145\" style=\"width:640px;height:442px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/04\/Flag-of-the-President-of-the-United-States.png 640w, https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/04\/Flag-of-the-President-of-the-United-States-350x242.png 350w, https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/files\/2020\/04\/Flag-of-the-President-of-the-United-States-200x138.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\">Whitehouse.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/vicepresidents\/\">List of US Vice President<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/interesting-us-president-facts\/\">Interesting US President facts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[194],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-presidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}