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
President–electParty From To1  George Washington    Nonpartisan   April 6, 1789Date the House and Senate met in joint session to count the electoral votes, and declared Washington elected president  April 30, 17892  John Adams    Federalist  December 1796  March 4, 17973  Thomas Jefferson    Democratic-Republican  February 17, 1801Date of election by House of Representatives  March 4, 18014  James Madison    Democratic-Republican December 1808  March 4, 18095  James Monroe    Democratic-Republican  December 1816  March 4, 18176  John Quincy Adams    Democratic-Republican  February 9, 1825  March 4, 18257  Andrew Jackson    Democratic  December 3, 1828  March 4, 18298  Martin Van Buren    Democratic  December 7, 1836  March 4, 18379  William Henry Harrison    Whig  December 2, 1840  March 4, 184110  James K. Polk    Democratic  December 4, 1844  March 4, 184511  Zachary Taylor    Whig  November 7, 1848  March 4, 184912  Franklin Pierce    Democratic  November 2, 1852  March 4, 185313  James Buchanan    Democratic  November 4, 1856  March 4, 185714  Abraham Lincoln    Republican  November 6, 1860  March 4, 186115  Ulysses S. Grant    Republican  November 3, 1868  March 4, 186916  Rutherford B. Hayes    Republican  March 2, 1877  March 4, 187717  James A. Garfield    Republican  November 2, 1880  March 4, 188118  Grover Cleveland    Democratic  November 4, 1884  March 4, 188519  Benjamin Harrison    Republican  November 6, 1888  March 4, 188920  Grover Cleveland    Democratic  November 8, 1892  March 4, 189321  William McKinley    Republican  November 3, 1896  March 4, 189722  William Howard Taft    Republican  November 3, 1908  March 4, 190923  Woodrow Wilson    Democratic  November 5, 1912  March 4, 191324  Warren G. Harding    Republican  November 2, 1920  March 4, 192125  Herbert Hoover    Republican  November 6, 1928  March 4, 192926  Franklin D. Roosevelt    Democratic  November 8, 1932  March 4, 193327  Dwight D. Eisenhower    Republican  November 4, 1952  January 20, 195328  John F. Kennedy    Democratic  November 8, 1960  January 20, 196129  Richard Nixon    Republican  November 5, 1968  January 20, 196930  Jimmy Carter    Democratic  November 2, 1976  January 20, 197731  Ronald Reagan    Republican  November 4, 1980  January 20, 198132  George H. W. Bush    Republican  November 8, 1988  January 20, 198933  Bill Clinton    Democratic  November 3, 1992  January 20, 199334  George W. Bush    Republican  December 13, 2000The election date was November 7, 2000. On December 13, 2000, Al Gore conceded following the U.S. Supreme Court's halting of recount efforts in Florida (See: ).   January 20, 200135  Barack Obama    Democratic  November 4, 2008  January 20, 200936  Donald Trump    Republican  November 8, 2016  January 20, 201737  Joe Biden    Democratic  November 7, 2020  January 20, 202138  Donald Trump    Republican  November 6, 2024  January 20, 2025

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