President of the United States is the head of government within the government of the United States. This position was implemented into the constitution.
List of presidents of the United States[]
| # | Portrait | Name | Term Length | Party | Notes/comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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John Adams | April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797 | Federalist
(Formerly known as the Pro-administration Party) |
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| 2 | 
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Horatio Gates | March 4, 1797 - 1800 | Stepped down to run for the New York State Legislative in 1800. Replaced with Charles C. Pinckney | ||
| 3 | 
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Charles C. Pinckney | 1800 - March 4, 1801 | |||
| 4 | 
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John Jay | March 4, 1801 - July 12, 1804 | |||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1805 | Alexander Hamilton had died and John Jay becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 5 | 
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George Clinton | March 4, 1805 - April 20, 1812 | Democratic-Republican Party | ||
| 6 | 
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DeWitt Clinton | April 20, 1812 - March 4, 1813 | Federalist | George Clinton died and was replaced with DeWitt Clinton as the next president | |
| 7 | 
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Rufus King | March 4, 1813 - March 4, 1817 | |||
| 8 | 
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John E. Howard | March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1821 | |||
| 9 | 
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Daniel D. Tompkins | March 4, 1821 - March 4, 1825 | Democratic-Republican Party | ||
| 10 | 
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John C. Calhoun | March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829 | |||
| March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1833 | Democratic Party | |||||
| 11 | 
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Martin Van Buren | March 4, 1833 - March 4, 1837 | |||
| 12 | 
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Francis Granger | March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841 | Whig Party | ||
| 13 | 
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John Tyler | March 4, 1841 - April 4, 1841 | |||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1845 | William Henry Harrison had died and John Tyler becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 14 | 
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Silas Wright | March 4, 1845 - August 27, 1847 | Democratic Party | ||
| 15 | 
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Theodore Frelinghuysen | August 27, 1847 - March 4, 1849 | Whig Party | Silas Wright died and was replaced with Theodore Frelinghuysen as the next president | |
| 16 | 
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Millard Fillmore | March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850 | |||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1853 | Zachary Taylor had died and Millard Fillmore becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 17 | 
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William R. King | March 4, 1853 - April 18, 1853 | Democratic Party | ||
| 18 | 
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John C. Breckinridge | April 18, 1853 - March 4, 1857 | William R. King died and was replaced with John C. Breckinridge as the next president | ||
| 19 | 
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Ralph Waldo Emerson | March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861 | Republican Party | Only transcendentalist president | |
| 20 | 
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Hannibal Hamlin | March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865 | |||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1869 | Lincoln was assassinated and Hannibal Hamlin becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 21 | 
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Schuyler Colfax | March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877 | Republican Party | ||
| 22 | 
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Benjamin Tucker | March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1881 | The only individual anarchist and libertarian socialist president | ||
| 23 | 
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Chester A. Arthur | March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881 | |||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1885 | James A. Garfield was assassinated and Chester A. Arthur becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 24 | 
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James G. Blaine | March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1889 | Republican Party | ||
| 25 | 
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Alson Streeter | March 4, 1889 - March 4, 1893 | Labor Party | ||
| 26 | 
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Adlai Stevenson | March 4, 1893 - August 3, 1894 | Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland was impeached and Stevenson becomes the new prime minister | |
| 27 | 
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James B. Weaver | August 3, 1894 - March 4, 1901 | Labor Party | ||
| 28 | 
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Theodore Roosevelt | March 4, 1901 - September 14, 1901 | Republican Party | ||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1905 | McKinley was assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 29 | 
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James S. Sherman | March 4, 1905 - October 30, 1912 | Labor Party | Died in office and was replaced with Nicholas Murray Butler | |
| 30 | 
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Nicholas Murray Butler | October 30, 1912 - March 4, 1913 | Republican Party | ||
| 31 | 
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Hiram Johnson | March 4, 1913 - January 6, 1919 | Bull Moose Party (Progressive Party 1912) | ||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1921 | Theodore Roosevelt had died and Hiram Johnson becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 32 | 
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Eugene V. Debs | March 4, 1921 - March 4, 1925 | Labor Party | ||
| 33 | 
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Burton K. Wheeler | March 4, 1925 - June 18, 1925 | Progressive Party 1924 | ||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1929 | Robert M. La Follette had died and Burton K. Wheeler becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 34 | 
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John Nance Garner | March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933 | Democratic Party | ||
| 35 | 
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Henry A. Wallace | March 4, 1933 - March 4, 1937 | New Deal Party (Progressive Party) | ||
| 36 | 
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Wendell Willkie | March 4, 1937 - April 18, 1938 | Republican Party | Impeached and removed from office, and then, replaced with Thomas E. Dewey | |
| 37 | 
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Thomas E. Dewey | April 18, 1938 - August 24, 1940 | Days after Dewey winning the 1940 Republican Party national primaries for prime minister, he was impeached and removed from office, and then, the leader of the New Deal Party appointed himself (Henry A. Wallace) back in power. | ||
| 38 | 
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Henry A. Wallace | August 24, 1940 - September 5, 1940 | New Deal Party (Progressive Party) | The first leader of the New Deal Party, Henry A. Wallace was impeached, convicted, and arrested due to abuse of power and constitutional violations. Replaced with Henry Skillman Breckinridge. NOTE: Sovereign of the Republic got authorization from the parliament to hold an impeachment inquiry against a politician within the president position, this was the last time the Sovereign of the Republic ever held an impeachment inquiry. | |
| 39 | 
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge | September 5, 1940 - March 3, 1941 | Democratic Party | Won reelection | |
| x |
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Henry A. Wallace | March 3, 1941 - March 5, 1941 | New Deal Party (Progressive Party) | Henry A. Wallace, his supporters, and their allies planned to rally in DC to refuse to concede to Breckinridge and had planned an attempt to assassinate Henry Skillman Breckinridge on inauguration day, but it failed and supporters and the allies involved were charged with treason. It also caused Huey Long to flee the country when he had involvement with the rally and was caught after Long's impeachment inquiry was a success, so Long was deported to Russia, which he chose instead of being sentenced to death. | |
| x | Military Rule | March 5, 1941 - March 5, 1942 | Military | The Sovereign of the Republic got authorization from the parliament to declare martial law in Washington DC and called the US military to temporarily occupy the District of Columbia for a year, along with the Capitol Police and the Potomac National Guard. The US military, the FBI, Capitol Police, and the Potomac National Guard caught Henry A. Wallace, and Wallace was executed by hanging for treason. This event almost caused the Second American Civil War, in which the US would have been divided between the New Deal Coalition, and the opposition of the New Deal, which the opposition associates themselves with the National Unity Committee, despite MacArthur being way more favorable towards Roosevelt than Truman. | ||
| 39 |
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge | March 5, 1942 | Democratic Party | After martial law in DC ended, the US military temporary brought back the legitimate president in power, but the US military called for a snap election. Didn't run for the snap election to endorse MacArthur and join the National Unity Committee, but he was later appointed by the Sovereign of the Republic to become the Minister of the Cabinet. | |
| 40 | 
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Douglas MacArthur | March 5, 1942 - March 4, 1945 | National Unity Committee | He was the only leader in the US within the 20th century that lead troops in battle, which was during the War in the Pacific. Due to MacArthur, presidents now have the vice commander-in-chief position | |
| 41 | 
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Harry S. Truman | March 4, 1945 - April 12, 1945 | New Deal Party (Progressive Party) | ||
| x | Vacant until March 4, 1949 | FDR had died and Harry Truman becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 42 | 
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Strom Thurmond | March 4, 1949 - March 4, 1953 | Dixiecrat Party | ||
| 43 | 
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Matthew Ridgway | March 4, 1953 - December 31, 1954 | Republican Party | Matthew Ridgway was appointed as the next Sovereign of the Republic after Thomas E. Dewey retired. Replaced with Robert A. Taft | |
| 44 | 
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Robert A. Taft | December 31, 1954 - March 4, 1957 | |||
| 45 | 
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Richard Nixon | March 4, 1957 - March 4, 1961 | |||
| 46 | 
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Lyndon B. Johnson | March 4, 1961 - November 22, 1963 | New Deal Party (Progressive Party) | ||
| x | Vacant until January 20, 1965 | Kennedy was assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 47 | 
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George Wallace | January 20, 1965 - January 20, 1969 | Dixiecrat Party | Lost reelection due to the US rapidly desegregating, especially in the south, from the success of the Civil Rights Movement. | |
| 48 | 
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Spiro Agnew | January 20, 1969 - October 10, 1973 | Republican Party | Resigned and replaced with Gerald Ford as the new president | |
| 49 | 
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Gerald Ford | October 10, 1973 - August 9, 1974 | |||
| x | Vacant until January 20, 1977 | After Nixon resigned, Ford becomes the new prime minister | ||||
| 50 | 
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George McGovern | January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981 | Democratic Party | ||
| 51 | 
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George H. W. Bush | January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989 | Republican Party | ||
| 52 | 
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Dan Quayle | January 20, 1989 - August 1993 | |||
| 53 | 
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James Stockdale | January 20, 1993 - August 1996 | Independent | From the 1992 general election to the 2016 general election, people can no longer vote for the president position due to the 1990 United Electoral Ticket Act. | |
| x | Vacant until January 20, 1997 | James Stockdale became prime minister after Ross Perot suffered from heart failure for ten consecutive days in office. | ||||
| 54 | 
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Al Gore | January 20, 1997 - February 12, 1999 | Democratic Party | ||
| x | Vacant until January 20, 2001 | Al Gore became prime minister after the Impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton succeeded, which then Bill Clinton was convicted and arrested for constitutional violations. | ||||
| 55 | 
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Joe Lieberman | January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2005 | Democratic Party | ||
| 56 | 
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John Edwards | January 20, 2005 - January 20, 2009 | |||
| 57 | 
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Joe Biden | January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2017 | |||
| 58 | 
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Elizabeth Warren | January 20, 2017 - March 5, 2020 | |||
| March 5, 2020 - Present | Progressive Party | Since the 2020 United States general election, people can now vote for the president position again, which is separate from the prime minister position after repealing provisions of the George HW Bush-era federal act (1990 United Electoral Ticket Act), which requires the president to be the Prime Minister's running mate, and removes all alternative options within the political parties for alternative candidates, removes protest voting and removes write-in voting. The repeal of these provisions was passed in the House on March 5, 2018, in the Senate on March 12, 2018, and the repeal of these provisions was signed by Bernie Sanders on March 13, 2018. | ||||
See also[]
- Minister of the Cabinet (United States) (Parliamentary America)
- Minister of the Judiciary (United States) (Parliamentary America)
- Minister of the Legislation (United States) (Parliamentary America)
- Prime Minister of the United States (Parliamentary America)
- Sovereign of the Republic (United States) (Parliamentary America)