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President of the
United States of Columbia
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Incumbent
Abigail Spanberger

since January 4, 2025
Style Madam President (informal)
The Honourable (formal)
Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Status Head of state
Head of government
Commander-in-chief
Abbreviation POTUS
Member of Cabinet
Domestic Policy Council
National Economic Council
National Security Council
Residence Executive Mansion
Seat Philadelphia
Appointer Popular vote
Term length Four years, renewable twice
Constituting instrument Constitution of the United States
Formation April 5, 1782
First holder Benjamin Franklin
Salary $500,000 annually

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of Columbia. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political official position in the United States by influence and recognition. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the U.S. armed forces. The president is directly elected to a four year term by the popular vote.

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  Federalist
  Democratic-Republican
  Whig
  Democrat
  Republican
  Populist
  Socialist
  Kosuto Bloc

List[]

# President Party Home state Tenure Previous office Vice President
1 Benjamin Franklin

None Massachusetts January 4, 1783

-

April 30, 1789

United States Minister to Sweden John Hancock
2 John Jay

Federalist New Netherland April 30, 1789

-
March 4, 1797

6th President of the Continental Congress

(1778-1779)

Henry Rutgers
3 Robert R. Livingston
Federalist Massachusetts March 4, 1797

-
March 4, 1805

1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs Gouverneur Morris
4 Rufus King

Federalist New Netherland March 4, 1805

-
March 4, 1809

U.S. Representative from New Netherland James Madison
5 James Madison

Democratic-Republican Virginia March 4, 1809

-
March 4, 1813

U.S. Secretary of State George Clinton
6 DeWitt Clinton

Federalist New Netherland March 4, 1813

-
March 4, 1817

Mayor of New Amsterdam (1811-1813) Jared Ingersoll
7 William H. Crawford

Democratic-Republican Ribault March 4, 1817

-
March 4, 1825

U.S. Representative from Georgia Nathaniel Macon
8 Henry Clay

Federalist Kentucky March 4, 1825

-
March 4, 1829

U.S. Representative from Kentucky John Quincy Adams
9 Daniel Webster
Federalist Massachusetts March 4, 1829

-
March 4, 1837

U.S. Representative from Massachusetts Martin Van Buren
10 Hugh L. White

Whig Tennessee March 4, 1837

-
April 10, 1840 (died in office)

3rd United States Minister to Mali (1821-1825) Francis Granger
11 Francis Granger

Whig New Netherland April 10, 1840

-
March 4, 1845

Vice President of the United States (1837-1840) John Tyler
12 George Bancroft
Democratic Massachusetts March 4, 1845

-
March 4, 1849

U.S. Representative from Massachusetts (1838-1844) Silas Wright
13 Martin Van Buren Free Soil (1849-1854)


Republican (1854-1857)

Tennessee March 4, 1849

-
March 4, 1857

Vice President of the United States (1829-1837) Charles F. Adams
14 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke

Republican New Netherland March 4, 1857

-
March 4, 1865

9th Governor of New Netherland (1846-1857) William L. Dayton
15 Thomas H. Seymour

Democratic Saybrook March 4, 1865

-
June 12, 1868 (assassinated)

38th Governor of Saybrook (1850-1853) George H. Pendleton
16 George H. Pendleton

Democratic Ohio June 12, 1868

- March 4, 1877

Vice President of the United States (1865-1868) Horatio Seymour
17 Samuel J. Tilden

Democratic New Netherland March 4, 1877

- March 4, 1881

25th Governor of New Netherland (1875-1877) Thomas A. Hendricks
18 Roscoe Conkling

Republican New Netherland March 4, 1881

- March 4, 1885

U.S. Representative from New Netherland (1859-1881) Charles J. Folger
19 Lysander Spooner

Populist Massachusetts March 4, 1885

- May 14, 1887 (died in office)

Governor of Massachusetts (1881-1885) Henry George
20 Henry George

Populist Pennsylvania May 14, 1887

- March 4, 1897

Vice President of the United States (1885-1887) Terence V. Powderly (1889-1897)
21 William Jennings Bryan

Populist

(coalition with Democrats)

Nebraska March 4, 1897

- March 4, 1905

U.S. Representative from Nebraska (1891-1895) Arthur Sewall (1897-1900) William H. Harries (1901-1905)
22 Eugene V. Debs

Socialist Centralia March 4, 1905

- March 4, 1913

U.S. Representative from Centralia (1899-1904) Frederick B. Fancher
23 William Randolph Hearst

Democratic New Netherland March 4, 1913

- March 4, 1917

Mayor of New Amsterdam

(1910-1913)

Dirk Fock
24 Charles Evans Hughes
Republican

(coalition with Populists)

New Netherland March 4, 1917

- March 4, 1925

17th Governor of New Netherland

(1907-1913)

Thomas Tibbles
25 Ardolph L. Kline

Democratic

(coalition with Republicans)

New Netherland March 4, 1925

- March 4, 1929

U.S. Representative from New Netherland

(1919-1925)

Thorstein Veblen
26 Charles Curtis

Republican Missouri March 4, 1929

- March 4, 1933

Member of the Assembly from Kansas Frank B. Willis
27 Joseph I. France
Republican

(coalition with Socialists)

Franklin March 4, 1933

- March 4, 1937

U.S. Representative from Franklin Fiorello LaGuardia
28 Alf Landon

Populist

(coalition with Republicans)

Missouri March 4, 1937

- January 4, 1945

26th Governor of Missouri

(1933-1937)

George W. Norris

(1937-1944) Arthur James (1944-1945)

29 James Forrestal

Democratic Pennsylvania January 4, 1945

- January 4, 1949

Lieutenant in the United States Navy

(1913-1940)

Mackenzie King
30 Thomas E. Dewey

Republican

(coalition with Democrats)

New Netherland January 4. 1949

- January 4, 1957

24th Governor of New Netherland

(1943-1949)

Adlai Stevenson II
31 William Knowland

Republican Kosuto January 4, 1957

- January 4, 1961

U.S. Representative from Kosuto Richard Nixon
32 Robert Stanfield

Populist

(coalition with Democrats)

Nova Scotia January 4, 1961

- January 17, 1964 (resigned)

U.S. Representative from Nova Scotia John Pastore
33 John Pastore

Democratic

(coalition with Populists)

Frisland January 17, 1964

- January 4, 1965

Vice President of the United States

(1961-1964)

None
34 Nelson Rockefeller

Republican New Netherland January 4, 1965

- January 4, 1973

26th Governor of New Netherland

(1957-1965)

Margaret Chase Smith
35 Pat Schroeder

Populist

(coalition with Republicans and Socialists)

Apishapa January 4, 1973

- January 4, 1977

U.S. Representative from Apishapa Shirley Chisholm
36 Richard Lugar

Republican Centralia January 4, 1977

- January 4, 1985

U.S. Representative from Centralia Muriel Siebert
37 Paul Tsongas

Republican Massachusetts January 4, 1985

- January 4, 1993

Member of the Assembly from Massachusetts Sadako Ogata
38 Les Aspin

Democratic

(coalition with Kosuto Bloc)

Wisconsin January 4, 1993

- May 21, 1995 (died in office)

Member of the Council of Deliberations Patsy Mink
39 Patsy Mink

Kosuto Bloc Kosuto May 21, 1995

- January 4, 1997

Vice President of the United States

(1993-1995)

None
40 Arthur Fletcher

Republican Pennsylvania January 4, 1997

- January 4, 2001

Mayor of Philadelphia

(1993-1997)

George H. W. Bush
41 Al Gore

Populist

(coalition with Socialists, Kosuto Bloc)

Tennessee January 4, 2001

- January 4, 2009

U.S. Representative from Tennessee Ralph Nader
42 Francis Fukuyama
Democratic Hayashi January 4, 2009

- January 4, 2013

U.S. Representative from Hayashi John Edwards
43 Stefan Löfven

Socialist

(coalition with Republicans, Kosuto Bloc, and Populists)

New Sweden January 4, 2013

- January 4, 2021

68th Governor of New Sweden

(2009-2012)

Helen Garg
44 Dwayne Johnson

Republican Nova Scotia January 4, 2021

- January 4, 2025

40th Governor of Nova Scotia (2012-2020) Pete Buttigieg (2021-2024)

Andrew Giuliani (2024-2025)

45 Abigail Spanberger Democratic

(Coalition with Kosuto Bloc)

Virginia January 4, 2025

- Incumbent

U.S. Representative from Virginia (2014-2024) Chris Abe

Historical rankings of U.S. presidents[]

New Amsterdam Actualiteiten (2019) Columbian History Association (2022) Timbuktu

Gazette Survey (2023)

History Realm Survey (2023)
  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. John Jay
  3. Charles Evans Hughes
  4. Alf Landon
  5. Henry George
  6. Martin Van Buren
  7. Daniel Webster
  8. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
  9. Robert R. Livingston
  10. Roscoe Conkling
  11. Thomas E. Dewey
  12. Paul Tsongas
  13. Nelson Rockefeller
  14. Al Gore
  15. Eugene V. Debs
  16. William Jennings Bryan
  17. DeWitt Clinton
  18. James Madison
  19. Richard Lugar
  20. Stefan Löfven
  21. Ardolph L. Kline
  22. Henry Clay
  23. William H. Crawford
  24. George Bancroft
  25. James Forrestal
  26. Francis Granger
  27. Samuel J. Tilden
  28. Lysander Spooner
  29. Charles Curtis
  30. Les Aspin
  31. Arthur Fletcher
  32. Patsy Mink
  33. Pat Schroeder
  34. Hugh L. White
  35. George H. Pendleton
  36. Rufus King
  37. Joseph I. France
  38. William Knowland
  39. John Pastore
  40. Robert Stanfield
  41. Francis Fukuyama
  42. William Randolph Hearst
  43. Thomas H. Seymour
  1. Charles Evans Hughes
  2. Henry George
  3. Benjamin Franklin
  4. Alf Landon
  5. John Jay
  6. Martin Van Buren
  7. Daniel Webster
  8. Paul Tsongas
  9. Robert R. Livingston
  10. Roscoe Conkling
  11. Thomas E. Dewey
  12. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
  13. Nelson Rockefeller
  14. Richard Lugar
  15. Henry Clay
  16. Eugene V. Debs
  17. William Jennings Bryan
  18. DeWitt Clinton
  19. James Madison
  20. Al Gore
  21. Stefan Löfven
  22. Ardolph L. Kline
  23. William H. Crawford
  24. George Bancroft
  25. James Forrestal
  26. Francis Granger
  27. Samuel J. Tilden
  28. Lysander Spooner
  29. Charles Curtis
  30. Les Aspin
  31. Arthur Fletcher
  32. Patsy Mink
  33. Rufus King
  34. Hugh L. White
  35. George H. Pendleton
  36. Pat Schroeder
  37. Joseph I. France
  38. John Pastore
  39. Robert Stanfield
  40. Francis Fukuyama
  41. William Randolph Hearst
  42. William Knowland
  43. Thomas H. Seymour
  1. Charles Evans Hughes
  2. Henry George
  3. Benjamin Franklin
  4. John Jay
  5. Alf Landon
  6. Martin Van Buren
  7. Daniel Webster
  8. Robert R. Livingston
  9. Roscoe Conkling
  10. Thomas E. Dewey
  11. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
  12. Nelson Rockefeller
  13. Paul Tsongas
  14. Richard Lugar
  15. Henry Clay
  16. Eugene V. Debs
  17. DeWitt Clinton
  18. James Madison
  19. Al Gore
  20. Stefan Löfven
  21. Ardolph L. Kline
  22. William H. Crawford
  23. George Bancroft
  24. James Forrestal
  25. Arthur Fletcher
  26. Francis Granger
  27. William Jennings Bryan
  28. Lysander Spooner
  29. Charles Curtis
  30. Les Aspin
  31. Patsy Mink
  32. Samuel J. Tilden
  33. Rufus King
  34. Hugh L. White
  35. John Pastore
  36. George H. Pendleton
  37. Pat Schroeder
  38. Joseph I. France
  39. Francis Fukuyama
  40. William Randolph Hearst
  41. John Pastore
  42. William Knowland
  43. Thomas H. Seymour
  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. John Jay
  3. Charles Evans Hughes
  4. Henry George
  5. Martin Van Buren
  6. Alf Landon
  7. Roscoe Conkling
  8. Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
  9. Robert R. Livingston
  10. Daniel Webster
  11. Thomas E. Dewey
  12. Paul Tsongas
  13. Nelson Rockefeller
  14. Eugene V. Debs
  15. William Jennings Bryan
  16. DeWitt Clinton
  17. James Madison
  18. Richard Lugar
  19. Stefan Löfven
  20. Ardolph L. Kline
  21. Al Gore
  22. Henry Clay
  23. William H. Crawford
  24. George Bancroft
  25. James Forrestal
  26. Francis Granger
  27. Lysander Spooner
  28. Charles Curtis
  29. Les Aspin
  30. Arthur Fletcher
  31. Patsy Mink
  32. Samuel J. Tilden
  33. Pat Schroeder
  34. Hugh L. White
  35. George H. Pendleton
  36. Rufus King
  37. Joseph I. France
  38. William Knowland
  39. John Pastore
  40. Robert Stanfield
  41. Dwayne Johnson
  42. William Randolph Hearst
  43. Francis Fukuyama
  44. Thomas H. Seymour