United states presidents biography list

U.s. president list

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States , [ 1 ] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Constitution , the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. Cleveland is counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, while Trump is counted as the 45th and 47th president.

The presidency of William Henry Harrison , who died 31 days after taking office in , was the shortest in American history.

Presidents of the united states

Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in He is the only U. Harding , and Franklin D. Roosevelt , four were assassinated Abraham Lincoln , James A. Kennedy , and one resigned Richard Nixon , facing impeachment and removal from office. Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties.

The Constitution is silent on the issue of political parties, and at the time it came into force in , no organized parties existed. Soon after the 1st Congress convened, political factions began rallying around dominant Washington administration officials, such as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. He was, and remains, the only U.

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