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This article is part of a series on the Politics of the United States of America Federal Government Constitution of the United States Law Taxation Legislature United States Congress House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan ( R ) Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy ( R ) Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ( D ) Congressional districts United States Senate President Mike Pence ( R ) President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch ( R ) President Pro Tempore Emeritus Patrick Leahy ( D ) Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ( R ) Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D ) Executive President of the United States Donald Trump ( R ) Vice President of the United States Mike Pence ( R ) Cabinet Federal agencies Executive Office Judiciary Supreme Court of the United States Chief Justice John Roberts Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayor Kagan Gorsuch Courts of Appeals District Courts ( list ) Other tribunals Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Off - year elections Political parties Democratic Republican Third parties Federalism State Government Governors Legislatures ( List ) State courts Local government Other countries Atlas The President of the United States is the elected head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander - in - chief of the United States Armed Forces. The president is indirectly elected to a four - year term by the people through the Electoral College. Since the office was established in 1789, 44 men have served as president. The first, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms in office, and is counted as the nation 's 22nd and 24th presidents ; the incumbent, Donald Trump, is therefore the 45th president. There are currently five living former presidents. The most recent death of a former president was on December 26, 2006 with the death of Gerald Ford. William Henry Harrison 's presidency was the shortest in American history. He died 31 days after taking office in 1841. Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. Since the ratification of the Twenty - second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected president more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. Of the elected presidents, four died in office of natural causes ( William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt ), four were assassinated ( Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy ), and one resigned ( Richard Nixon ). John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with his own presidency, as opposed to a caretaker president. The Twenty - fifth Amendment to the Constitution put Tyler 's precedent into law in 1967. It also established a mechanism by which a mid-term vacancy in the vice presidency could be filled. Richard Nixon was the first president to fill a vacancy under this Provision when he appointed Gerald Ford to the office. Later, Ford became the second to do so when he appointed Nelson Rockefeller to succeed him. Previously, a mid-term vacancy was left unfilled. Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is silent on the issue of political parties, and at the time it came into force in 1789, there were no parties. Soon after the 1st Congress convened, factions began rallying around dominant Washington Administration officials, such as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Greatly concerned about the capacity of political parties to destroy the fragile unity holding the nation together, Washington remained unaffiliated with any political faction or party throughout his eight - year presidency. He was, and remains, the only U.S. president never affiliated with a political party. Since Washington, every president has been affiliated with a political party at the time they assumed office. Contents 1 Presidents 2 Subsequent public office 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Presidents Unaffiliated ( 2 ) Federalist ( 1 ) Democratic - Republican ( 4 ) Democratic ( 15 ) Whig ( 4 ) Republican ( 19 ) National Union ( 2 ) Presidency President Prior office Party Term Vice President April 30, 1789 -- March 4, 1797 George Washington 1732 -- 1799 ( Lived : 67 years ) Commander - in - Chief of the Continental Army ( 1775 -- 1783 ) Unaffiliated ( 1788 -- 89 ) ( 1789 ) John Adams ( 1792 ) ( 1793 ) March 4, 1797 -- March 4, 1801 John Adams 1735 -- 1826 ( Lived : 90 years ) 1st Vice President of the United States Federalist ( 1796 ) ( 1797 ) Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801 -- March 4, 1809 Thomas Jefferson 1743 -- 1826 ( Lived : 83 years ) 2nd Vice President of the United States Democratic - Republican ( 1800 ) ( 1801 ) Aaron Burr March 4, 1801 -- March 4, 1805 ( 1804 ) 5 ( 1805 ) George Clinton March 4, 1805 -- March 4, 1809 March 4, 1809 -- March 4, 1817 James Madison 1751 -- 1836 ( Lived : 85 years ) 5th United States Secretary of State ( 1801 -- 1809 ) Democratic - Republican ( 1808 ) 6 ( 1809 ) George Clinton March 4, 1809 -- April 20, 1812 ( Died in office ) Office vacant ( Balance of Clinton 's term ) ( 1812 ) 7 ( 1813 ) Elbridge Gerry March 4, 1813 -- November 23, 1814 ( Died in office ) Office vacant ( Balance of Gerry 's term ) 5 March 4, 1817 -- March 4, 1825 James Monroe 1758 -- 1831 ( Lived : 73 years ) 7th United States Secretary of State ( 1811 -- 1817 ) Democratic - Republican ( 1816 ) 8 ( 1817 ) Daniel D. Tompkins ( 1820 ) 9 ( 1821 ) 6 March 4, 1825 -- March 4, 1829 John Quincy Adams 1767 -- 1848 ( Lived : 80 years ) 8th United States Secretary of State ( 1817 -- 1825 ) Democratic - Republican ( 1824 ) 10 ( 1825 ) John C. Calhoun 7 March 4, 1829 -- March 4, 1837 Andrew Jackson 1767 -- 1845 ( Lived : 78 years ) U.S. Senator ( Class 2 ) from Tennessee ( 1797 -- 1798 & 1823 -- 1825 ) Democratic ( 1828 ) 11 ( 1829 ) John C. Calhoun March 4, 1829 -- December 28, 1832 ( Resigned from office ) Office vacant ( Balance of Calhoun 's term ) ( 1832 ) 12 ( 1833 ) Martin Van Buren March 4, 1833 -- March 4, 1837 8 March 4, 1837 -- March 4, 1841 Martin Van Buren 1782 -- 1862 ( Lived : 79 years ) 8th Vice President of the United States Democratic ( 1836 ) 13 ( 1837 ) Richard M. Johnson 9 March 4, 1841 -- April 4, 1841 ( Died in office ) William Henry Harrison 1773 -- 1841 ( Lived : 68 years ) United States Minister to Colombia ( 1828 -- 1829 ) Whig ( 1840 ) 14 ( 1841 ) ( 1841 ) John Tyler ( Succeeded to presidency ) 10 April 4, 1841 -- March 4, 1845 John Tyler 1790 -- 1862 ( Lived : 71 years ) 10th Vice President of the United States Whig April 4, 1841 -- September 13, 1841 Office vacant Unaffiliated September 13, 1841 -- March 4, 1845 11 March 4, 1845 -- March 4, 1849 James K. Polk 1795 -- 1849 ( Lived : 53 years ) 9th Governor of Tennessee ( 1839 -- 1841 ) Democratic ( 1844 ) 15 ( 1845 ) George M. Dallas 12 March 4, 1849 -- July 9, 1850 ( Died in office ) Zachary Taylor 1784 -- 1850 ( Lived : 65 years ) Major General of the 1st Infantry Regiment United States Army ( 1846 -- 1849 ) ( No prior elected office ) Whig ( 1848 ) 16 ( 1849 ) ( 1850 ) Millard Fillmore ( Succeeded to presidency ) 13 July 9, 1850 -- March 4, 1853 Millard Fillmore 1800 -- 1874 ( Lived : 74 years ) 12th Vice President of the United States Whig Office vacant 14 March 4, 1853 -- March 4, 1857 Franklin Pierce 1804 -- 1869 ( Lived : 64 years ) Brigadier General of the 9th Infantry United States Army ( 1847 -- 1848 ) Democratic ( 1852 ) 17 ( 1853 ) William R. King March 4 -- April 18, 1853 ( Died in office ) Office vacant ( Balance of King 's term ) 15 March 4, 1857 -- March 4, 1861 James Buchanan 1791 -- 1868 ( Lived : 77 years ) United States Minister to the Court of St James 's ( 1853 -- 1856 ) Democratic ( 1856 ) 18 ( 1857 ) John C. Breckinridge 16 March 4, 1861 -- April 15, 1865 ( Died in office ) Abraham Lincoln 1809 -- 1865 ( Lived : 56 years ) U.S. Representative for Illinois 's 7th District ( 1847 -- 1849 ) Republican ( National Union ) ( 1860 ) 19 ( 1861 ) Hannibal Hamlin March 4, 1861 -- March 4, 1865 ( 1864 ) 20 ( 1865 ) ( 1865 ) Andrew Johnson March 4 -- April 15, 1865 ( Succeeded to presidency ) 17 April 15, 1865 -- March 4, 1869 Andrew Johnson 1808 -- 1875 ( Lived : 66 years ) 16th Vice President of the United States National Union April 15, 1865 -- c. 1868 Office vacant Democratic c. 1868 -- March 4, 1869 18 March 4, 1869 -- March 4, 1877 Ulysses S. Grant 1822 -- 1885 ( Lived : 63 years ) Commanding General of the U.S. Army ( 1864 -- 1869 ) ( No prior elected office ) Republican ( 1868 ) 21 ( 1869 ) Schuyler Colfax March 4, 1869 -- March 4, 1873 ( 1872 ) 22 ( 1873 ) Henry Wilson March 4, 1873 -- November 22, 1875 ( Died in office ) Office vacant ( Balance of Wilson 's term ) 19 March 4, 1877 -- March 4, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes 1822 -- 1893 ( Lived : 70 years ) 29th & 32nd Governor of Ohio ( 1868 -- 1872 & 1876 -- 1877 ) Republican ( 1876 ) 23 ( 1877 ) William A. Wheeler 20 March 4, 1881 -- September 19, 1881 ( Died in office ) James A. Garfield 1831 -- 1881 ( Lived : 49 years ) U.S. Representative for Ohio 's 19th District ( 1863 -- 1881 ) Republican ( 1880 ) 24 ( 1881 ) ( 1881 ) Chester A. Arthur ( Succeeded to presidency ) 21 September 19, 1881 -- March 4, 1885 Chester A. Arthur 1829 -- 1886 ( Lived : 57 years ) 20th Vice President of the United States Republican Office vacant 22 March 4, 1885 -- March 4, 1889 Grover Cleveland 1837 -- 1908 ( Lived : 71 years ) 28th Governor of New York ( 1883 -- 1885 ) Democratic ( 1884 ) 25 ( 1885 ) Thomas A. Hendricks March 4 -- November 25, 1885 ( Died in office ) Office vacant ( Balance of Hendricks 's term ) 23 March 4, 1889 -- March 4, 1893 Benjamin Harrison 1833 -- 1901 ( Lived : 67 years ) U.S. Senator ( Class 1 ) from Indiana ( 1881 -- 1887 ) Republican ( 1888 ) 26 ( 1889 ) Levi P. Morton 24 March 4, 1893 -- March 4, 1897 Grover Cleveland 1837 -- 1908 ( Lived : 71 years ) 22nd President of the United States ( 1885 -- 1889 ) Democratic ( 1892 ) 27 ( 1893 ) Adlai Stevenson 25 March 4, 1897 -- September 14, 1901 ( Died in office ) William McKinley 1843 -- 1901 ( Lived : 58 years ) 39th Governor of Ohio ( 1892 -- 1896 ) Republican ( 1896 ) 28 ( 1897 ) Garret Hobart March 4, 1897 -- November 21, 1899 ( Died in office ) Office vacant ( Balance of Hobart 's term ) ( 1900 ) 29 ( 1901 ) ( 1901 ) Theodore Roosevelt March 4 -- September 14, 1901 ( Succeeded to presidency ) 26 September 14, 1901 -- March 4, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt 1858 -- 1919 ( Lived : 60 years ) 25th Vice President of the United States Republican Office vacant September 14, 1901 -- March 4, 1905 ( 1904 ) 30 ( 1905 ) Charles W. Fairbanks March 4, 1905 -- March 4, 1909 27 March 4, 1909 -- March 4, 1913 William Howard Taft 1857 -- 1930 ( Lived : 72 years ) 42nd United States Secretary of War ( 1904 -- 1908 ) Republican ( 1908 ) 31 ( 1909 ) James S. Sherman March 4, 1909 -- October 30, 1912 ( Died in office ) Office vacant ( Balance of Sherman 's term ) 28 March 4, 1913 -- March 4, 1921 Woodrow Wilson 1856 -- 1924 ( Lived : 67 years ) 34th Governor of New Jersey ( 1911 -- 1913 ) Democratic ( 1912 ) 32 ( 1913 ) Thomas R. Marshall ( 1916 ) 33 ( 1917 ) 29 March 4, 1921 -- August 2, 1923 ( Died in office ) Warren G. Harding 1865 -- 1923 ( Lived : 57 years ) U.S. Senator ( Class 3 ) from Ohio ( 1915 -- 1921 ) Republican ( 1920 ) 34 ( 1921 ) ( 1923 ) Calvin Coolidge ( Succeeded to presidency ) 30 August 2, 1923 -- March 4, 1929 Calvin Coolidge 1872 -- 1933 ( Lived : 60 years ) 29th Vice President of the United States Republican Office vacant August 2, 1923 -- March 4, 1925 ( 1924 ) 35 ( 1925 ) Charles G. Dawes March 4, 1925 -- March 4, 1929 31 March 4, 1929 -- March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover 1874 -- 1964 ( Lived : 90 years ) 3rd United States Secretary of Commerce ( 1921 -- 1928 ) ( No prior elected office ) Republican ( 1928 ) 36 ( 1929 ) Charles Curtis 32 March 4, 1933 -- April 12, 1945 ( Died in office ) Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882 -- 1945 ( Lived : 63 years ) 44th Governor of New York ( 1929 -- 1932 ) Democratic ( 1932 ) 37 ( 1933 ) John N. Garner March 4, 1933 -- January 20, 1941 ( 1936 ) 38 ( 1937 ) ( 1940 ) 39 ( 1941 ) Henry A. Wallace January 20, 1941 -- January 20, 1945 ( 1944 ) 40 ( 1945 ) ( 1945 ) Harry S. Truman January 20 -- April 12, 1945 ( Succeeded to presidency ) 33 April 12, 1945 -- January 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman 1884 -- 1972 ( Lived : 88 years ) 34th Vice President of the United States Democratic Office vacant April 12, 1945 -- January 20, 1949 ( 1948 ) 41 ( 1949 ) Alben W. Barkley January 20, 1949 -- January 20, 1953 34 January 20, 1953 -- January 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890 -- 1969 ( Lived : 78 years ) Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( 1949 -- 1952 ) ( No prior elected office ) Republican ( 1952 ) 42 ( 1953 ) Richard Nixon ( 1956 ) 43 ( 1957 ) 35 January 20, 1961 -- November 22, 1963 ( Died in office ) John F. Kennedy 1917 -- 1963 ( Lived : 46 years ) U.S. Senator ( Class 1 ) from Massachusetts ( 1953 -- 1960 ) Democratic ( 1960 ) 44 ( 1961 ) ( 1963 ) Lyndon B. Johnson ( Succeeded to presidency ) 36 November 22, 1963 -- January 20, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson 1908 -- 1973 ( Lived : 64 years ) 37th Vice President of the United States Democratic Office vacant November 22, 1963 -- January 20, 1965 ( 1964 ) 45 ( 1965 ) Hubert Humphrey January 20, 1965 -- January 20, 1969 37 January 20, 1969 -- August 9, 1974 ( Resigned from office ) Richard Nixon 1913 -- 1994 ( Lived : 81 years ) 36th Vice President of the United States ( 1953 -- 1961 ) Republican ( 1968 ) 46 ( 1969 ) Spiro Agnew January 20, 1969 -- October 10, 1973 ( Resigned from office ) ( 1972 ) 47 ( 1973 ) ( 1974 ) Office vacant October 10 -- December 6, 1973 Gerald Ford December 6, 1973 -- August 9, 1974 ( Succeeded to presidency ) 38 August 9, 1974 -- January 20, 1977 Gerald Ford 1913 -- 2006 ( Lived : 93 years ) 40th Vice President of the United States Republican Office vacant August 9 -- December 19, 1974 Nelson Rockefeller December 19, 1974 -- January 20, 1977 39 January 20, 1977 -- January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter Born 1924 ( 93 years old ) 76th Governor of Georgia ( 1971 -- 1975 ) Democratic ( 1976 ) 48 ( 1977 ) Walter Mondale 40 January 20, 1981 -- January 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan 1911 -- 2004 ( Lived : 93 years ) 33rd Governor of California ( 1967 -- 1975 ) Republican ( 1980 ) 49 ( 1981 ) George H.W. Bush ( 1984 ) 50 ( 1985 ) 41 January 20, 1989 -- January 20, 1993 George H.W. Bush Born 1924 ( 93 years old ) 43rd Vice President of the United States Republican ( 1988 ) 51 ( 1989 ) Dan Quayle 42 January 20, 1993 -- January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton Born 1946 ( 71 years old ) 40th & 42nd Governor of Arkansas ( 1979 -- 1981 & 1983 -- 1992 ) Democratic ( 1992 ) 52 ( 1993 ) Al Gore ( 1996 ) 53 ( 1997 ) 43 January 20, 2001 -- January 20, 2009 George W. Bush Born 1946 ( 71 years old ) 46th Governor of Texas ( 1995 -- 2000 ) Republican ( 2000 ) 54 ( 2001 ) Dick Cheney ( 2004 ) 55 ( 2005 ) 44 January 20, 2009 -- January 20, 2017 Barack Obama Born 1961 ( 56 years old ) U.S. Senator ( Class 3 ) from Illinois ( 2005 -- 2008 ) Democratic ( 2008 ) 56 ( 2009 ) Joe Biden ( 2012 ) 57 ( 2013 ) 45 January 20, 2017 -- Incumbent Donald Trump Born 1946 ( 71 years old ) Chairman of The Trump Organization ( 1971 -- 2017 ) ( No prior elected office ) Republican ( 2016 ) 58 ( 2017 ) Mike Pence Subsequent public office Three presidents held another U.S. federal office after serving as president. President Presidency Subsequent service John Quincy Adams 6 1825 -- 1829 U.S. Representative from Massachusetts ( 1831 -- 1848 ) Andrew Johnson 17 1865 -- 1869 U.S. Senator from Tennessee ( 1875 ) William Howard Taft 27 1909 -- 1913 10th Chief Justice of the United States ( 1921 -- 1930 ) Several presidents campaigned unsuccessfully for other U.S. state or federal elective offices after serving as president. President Presidency Office sought unsuccessfully John Quincy Adams 6 1825 -- 1829 Governor of Massachusetts ( 1833 ) Martin Van Buren 8 1837 -- 1841 President of the United States ( 1844 ) President of the United States ( 1848 ) Millard Fillmore 13 1850 -- 1853 President of the United States ( 1856 ) Andrew Johnson 17 1865 -- 1869 U.S. Senator from Tennessee ( 1870 ) U.S. Representative from Tennessee ( 1872 ) Ulysses S. Grant 18 1869 -- 1877 President of the United States ( 1880 ) Theodore Roosevelt 26 1901 -- 1909 President of the United States ( 1912 ) Herbert Hoover 31 1929 -- 1933 President of the United States ( 1940 ) Additionally, one former president, John Tyler, served in the government of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Tyler served in the Provisional Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1862. He was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives in November 1861, but died before he could take his seat. See also Biography portal United States portal Government of the United States portal Acting President of the United States Founding Fathers of the United States List of Presidents of the Continental Congress Notes ^ Jump up to : The presidents are numbered according to uninterrupted periods of time served by the same person. For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president ( not the first and second ). Upon the resignation of 37th president Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford became the 38th president even though he simply served out the remainder of Nixon 's second term and was never elected to the presidency in his own right. Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd president and the 24th president because his two terms were not consecutive. A vice president who temporarily becomes acting president under the Twenty - fifth Amendment to the Constitution is not counted, because the president remains in office during such a period. Jump up ^ Listed here is the most recent office ( either with a U.S. state, the federal government, or a private corporation ) held by the individual prior to becoming president. Jump up ^ Three presidents are counted above with multiple political affiliations : John Tyler ( Whig, Unaffiliated ), Abraham Lincoln ( Republican, National Union ), and Andrew Johnson ( National Union, Democratic ). Jump up ^ Listed and numbered here are the elections and inaugurations that constitute a presidential term. Jump up ^ Due to logistical delays, instead of being inaugurated on March 4, 1789, the date scheduled for operations of the federal government under the new Constitution to begin, Washington 's first inauguration was held 1 month and 26 days later. As a result, his first term was only 1,404 days long ( as opposed to the usual 1,461 ), and was the shortest term for a U.S. president who neither died in office nor resigned. Jump up ^ Political parties had not been anticipated when the Constitution was drafted in 1787 and ratified in 1788, nor did they exist at the time of the first presidential election in 1788 -- 89. When they did develop, during Washington 's first term, Adams joined the faction that became the Federalist Party. The elections of 1792 were the first ones in the United States that were contested on anything resembling a partisan basis. Jump up ^ Due to logistical delays, Adams assumed the office of Vice President 1 month and 17 days after the March 4, 1789 scheduled start of operations of the new government under the Constitution. As a result, his first term was only 1,413 days long, and was the shortest term for a U.S. vice president who neither died in office nor resigned. Jump up ^ The 1796 presidential election was the first contested American presidential election and the only one in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing political parties. Federalist John Adams was elected president, and Jefferson of the Democratic - Republicans was elected vice president. Jump up ^ John Calhoun, formerly a Democratic - Republican, founded the Nullifier Party in 1828 to oppose the Tariff of 1828 and advance the cause of states ' rights, but was brought on as Andrew Jackson 's running mate in the 1828 presidential election in an effort to broaden the democratic coalition led by Jackson. ^ Jump up to : Intra-term extraordinary inauguration. Jump up ^ John Tyler was sworn in as president on April 6, 1841. Jump up ^ John Tyler, a former Democrat, ran for vice president on the Whig Party ticket with Harrison in 1840. Tyler 's policy priorities as president soon proved to be opposed to most of the Whig agenda, and he was expelled from the party in September 1841. Jump up ^ Millard Fillmore was sworn in as president on July 10, 1850. Jump up ^ When he ran for reelection in 1864, Republican Abraham Lincoln formed a bipartisan electoral alliance with War Democrats by selecting Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate, and running on the National Union Party ticket. Jump up ^ Democrat Andrew Johnson ran for vice president on the National Union Party ticket with Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Later, while president, Johnson tried and failed to build a party of loyalists under the National Union banner. Near the end of his presidency, Johnson rejoined the Democratic Party. Jump up ^ Chester A. Arthur was initially sworn in as president on September 20, 1881, and then again on September 22. Jump up ^ Calvin Coolidge was initially sworn in as president on August 3, 1923, and then again on August 21. Jump up ^ The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution ( ratified on January 23, 1933 ) moved Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20, beginning in 1937. 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Question: what was the first president of the united states of america
Answer: George Washington