President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
== List ==
A list of the presidents who have served to date, their tenures, political parties, and prominent events that occurred within those tenures.
No.	Name 	Presidency 	Political party	Events
1 	George Washington 	30 April 1789 - 4 March 1797 	
* Unaffiliated	
* Whiskey Rebellion
*Hamilton–Reynolds affair
2 	John Adams 	4 March 1797 - 4 March 1801 	
* Federalist Party	
3 	Thomas Jefferson 	4 March 1801 - 4 March 1809 	
* Democratic-Republican Party	
*First Barbary War
*Louisiana Purchase
*Lewis and Clark Expedition
*Red River Expedition
*Pike Expedition
4 	James Madison 	4 March 1809 - 4 March 1817 	
* Democratic-Republican Party	
* War of 1812
*Second Barbary War
5 	James Monroe 	4 March 1817 – 4 March 1825 	
* Democratic-Republican Party	
* Era of Good Feelings
* Implementation of the Monroe Doctrine
* Adams–Onís Treaty
* Missouri Compromise
6 	John Quincy Adams 	4 March 1825 - 4 March 1829 	
* Democratic-Republican Party
* National Republican Party	
7 	Andrew Jackson 	4 March 1829 - 4 March 1837 	
* Democratic Party	
* Petticoat affair
* Bank War
* Passage of the Indian Removal Act
*Trail of Tears
8 	Martin van Buren 	4 March 1837 - 4 March 1841 	
* Democratic Party	
* Trail of Tears
*United States Exploring Expedition
*United States v. The Amistad
9 	William Henry Harrison	 	
*Whig Party 	
* Death
10 	John Tyler 	 	
* Whig Party 	
* 1844 Peacemaker accident
* Texas annexation
11 	James K. Polk 	 	
* Democratic Party	
* Texas annexation
12 	Zachary Taylor 	4 March 1849 - 9 July 1850 	
* Whig Party 	
*Clayton–Bulwer Treaty
*Death
13 	Millard Fillmore 	9 July 1850 - 4 March 1853 	
* Whig Party 	
*Compromise of 1850
*Perry Expedition
14 	Franklin Pierce 	 	
* Democratic Party	
* Dred Scott v. Sandford
15 	James Buchanan 	 	
* Democratic Party	
* Dred Scott v. Sandford
16 	Abraham Lincoln 	 	
* Republican Party
* National Union Party	
* American Civil War
17 	Andrew Johnson 	 	
* National Union Party
* Democratic Party	
*Ex parte Milligan
*Impeachment
18 	Ulysses S. Grant 	 	
* Republican Party	
*Star Route scandal
*Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875
19 	Rutherford B. Hayes 	 	
*Republican Party	
*Star Route scandal
*End of Reconstruction
20 	James Garfield 	 	
*Republican Party	
*Star Route Scandal
*Assassination
21 	Chester A. Arthur 	 	
*Republican Party	
* Star Route scandal
* Passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
22 	Grover Cleveland 	 	
*Democratic Party	
* Halpin scandalA Political Sex Scandal In America - Edward Anderson - 23 March 2020 - Medium - Retrieved 23 January 2021
23 	Benjamin Harrison 	 	
*Republican Party	
24 	Grover Cleveland 	 	
*Democratic Party	
* Pullman Strike
25 	William McKinley 	 	
*Republican Party	
* Spanish–American War
*Philippine–American War
26 	Theodore Roosevelt 	14 September 1901 - 4 March 1909 	
*Republican Party	
*Assassination of William McKinley
*Philippine–American War
27 	William Howard Taft 	4 March 1909 - 4 March 1913 	
*Republican Party	
* Pinchot–Ballinger controversy
28 	Woodrow Wilson 	4 March 1913 - 4 March 1921 	
* Democratic Party	
*Mexican Border War
*World War I
*Steel strike of 1919
*Palmer Raids
*Founding of the League of Nations
29 	Warren G. Harding 	 	
*Republican Party	
* Teapot Dome scandal
* Great Railroad Strike of 1922
30 	Calvin Coolidge 	 	
*Republican Party	
* Kellogg–Briand Pact
31 	Herbert Hoover 	 	
*Republican Party	
*Great Depression
32 	Franklin D. Roosevelt 	4 March 1933 - 12 April 1945 	
* Democratic Party	
*Great Depression
*World War II
33 	Harry Truman 	12 April 1945 - 20 January 1953 	
*Democratic Party	
*World War II
*Korean War
34 	Dwight Eisenhower 	20 January 1953 - 20 January 1961 	
*Republican Party	
*Korean War
35 	John F. Kennedy 	20 January 1961 - 22 November 1963	
*Democratic Party	
*Bay of Pigs Invasion
*Cuban Missile Crisis
36 	Lyndon B. Johnson 	22 November 1963 - 20 January 1969	
* Democratic Party	
*Vietnam War
37 	Richard Nixon 	20 January 1969 - 9 August 1974 	
*Republican Party	
*Vietnam War
*Moon landing
* Watergate
38 	Gerald Ford 	9 August 1974 - 20 January 1977 	
*Republican Party	
*Pardon of Richard Nixon
*Attempted assassination in Sacramento
* Attempted assassination in San Francisco
39 	Jimmy Carter 	20 January 1977 - 20 January 1981 	
*Democratic Party	
*Iran hostage crisis
40 	Ronald Reagan 	20 January 1981 - 20 January 1989 	
* Republican Party	
*Iran–Contra affair
41 	George H. W. Bush 	 	
*Republican Party	
*Gulf War
42 	Bill Clinton 	 	
*Democratic Party	
*Impeachment
43 	George W. Bush 	 	
*Republican Party	
*September 11 attacks
*War in Afghanistan
*Iraq War
44 	Barack Obama 	20 January 2009 - 20 January 2017 	
* Democratic Party	
*War in Afghanistan
*Iraq War
*2012 Benghazi attack
*Ferguson unrest
45 	Donald Trump 	20 January 2017 - 20 January 2021 	
* Republican Party	
*War in Afghanistan
*Travel ban
* Creation of the United States Space Force
*Impeachment
*COVID-19 pandemic
*George Floyd protests
*Disputes surrounding the 2020 United States presidential election results
*2021 storming of the United States Capitol
*Second impeachment
46 	Joe Biden 	20 January 2021 - 20 January 2025 	
*Democratic Party	
*COVID-19 pandemic
*Second impeachment of Donald Trump
*Winter Storm Uri
*2021 Leaders Summit on ClimatePresident Biden Invites 40 World Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate - 26 March 2021 - The White House - Retrieved 22 April 2021
*End of the War in Afghanistan
*Russo-Ukrainian War
*Israel–Hamas war
47 	Donald Trump 	20 January 2025 - present 	
* Republican Party	
* Russo-Ukrainian War
* Israel–Hamas war
==Links==
*President of the United States on Wikipedia
*List of presidents of the United States on Wikipedia
==References==
==Navigation==
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