President-elect of the United States

**President-elect of the United States** is the title used for an incoming president of the United States between the general election on Election Day in November and noon Eastern Standard Time on Inauguration Day, January 20. During this time, the elected nominee is not in office yet.

Since the election for U.S. president is not by popular vote, the title is used for the apparent winner. The decision is finalized when votes of the Electoral College, cast in December, are counted by a joint session of Congress in early January.

If the current president has won re-election, they are not given the title of president-elect because he or she is already in office and not waiting to become president. If a new president is scheduled to enter, then the current-standing one is said to hold the office on a lame duck basis.

## List of presidents-elect

|colspan=2|President–elect|colspan=2|Party|From|To|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|George Washington||_Nonpartisan_|April 6, 1789|April 30, 1789|
|2|John Adams||Federalist|December 1796|March 4, 1797|
|3|Thomas Jefferson||Democratic-Republican|February 17, 1801|March 4, 1801|
|4|James Madison||Democratic-Republican|December 1808|March 4, 1809|
|5|James Monroe||Democratic-Republican|December 1816|March 4, 1817|
|6|John Quincy Adams||Democratic-Republican|February 9, 1825|March 4, 1825|
|7|Andrew Jackson||Democratic|December 3, 1828|March 4, 1829|
|8|Martin Van Buren||Democratic|December 7, 1836|March 4, 1837|
|9|William Henry Harrison||Whig|December 2, 1840|March 4, 1841|
|10|James K. Polk||Democratic|December 4, 1844|March 4, 1845|
|11|Zachary Taylor||Whig|November 7, 1848|March 4, 1849|
|12|Franklin Pierce||Democratic|November 2, 1852|March 4, 1853|
|13|James Buchanan||Democratic|November 4, 1856|March 4, 1857|
|14|Abraham Lincoln||Republican|November 6, 1860|March 4, 1861|
|15|Ulysses S. Grant||Republican|November 3, 1868|March 4, 1869|
|16|Rutherford B. Hayes||Republican|March 2, 1877|March 4, 1877|
|17|James A. Garfield||Republican|November 2, 1880|March 4, 1881|
|18|Grover Cleveland||Democratic|November 4, 1884|March 4, 1885|
|19|Benjamin Harrison||Republican|November 6, 1888|March 4, 1889|
|20|Grover Cleveland||Democratic|November 8, 1892|March 4, 1893|
|21|William McKinley||Republican|November 3, 1896|March 4, 1897|
|22|William Howard Taft||Republican|November 3, 1908|March 4, 1909|
|23|Woodrow Wilson||Democratic|November 5, 1912|March 4, 1913|
|24|Warren G. Harding||Republican|November 2, 1920|March 4, 1921|
|25|Herbert Hoover||Republican|November 6, 1928|March 4, 1929|
|26|Franklin D. Roosevelt||Democratic|November 8, 1932|March 4, 1933|
|27|Dwight D. Eisenhower||Republican|November 4, 1952|January 20, 1953|
|28|John F. Kennedy||Democratic|November 8, 1960|January 20, 1961|
|29|Richard Nixon||Republican|November 5, 1968|January 20, 1969|
|30|Jimmy Carter||Democratic|November 2, 1976|January 20, 1977|
|31|Ronald Reagan||Republican|November 4, 1980|January 20, 1981|
|32|George H. W. Bush||Republican|November 8, 1988|January 20, 1989|
|33|Bill Clinton||Democratic|November 3, 1992|January 20, 1993|
|34|George W. Bush||Republican|December 13, 2000|January 20, 2001|
|35|Barack Obama||Democratic|November 4, 2008|January 20, 2009|
|36|Donald Trump||Republican|November 8, 2016|January 20, 2017|
|37|Joe Biden||Democratic|November 7, 2020|January 20, 2021|
|38|Donald Trump||Republican|November 6, 2024|January 20, 2025|

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President-elect
- **body**: the
United States of America
- **incumbent**: Vacant
- **incumbentsince**: January 20, 2025
- **style**: The Honorable
- **termlength**: In the period between the general election on Election Day in November and Noon (Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Standard Time) on Inauguration Day
- **formation**: No official formation
- **salary**: None
- **deputy**: Vice President-elect of the United States
- **inaugural**: George Washington
January 10, 1789
- **termlength qualified**: Can only serve two terms