Preses o the Unitit States

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Preses o the
Unitit States o Americae
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Incumbent
Joe Biden

since 20 Januar 2021 (2021-01-20)
Executive branch o the U.S. Govrenment
Executive Office o the Preses
StyleMr. Preses/Madam Preses
(Informal)[1][2]
The Honorable
(Formal)[3]
His Excellency[4][5][6]
(diplomatic, ootside the U.S.)
Member oCabinet
Domestic Policy Cooncil
Naitional Economic Cooncil
Naitional Security Cooncil
ResidenceThe White Hoose
SeatWashington, D.C.
AppynterElectoral College
Term lengthFower years
renewable ance
Constitutin instrumentUnitit States Constitution
FurmationMarch 4, 1789
First haulderGeorge Washington
Aprile 30, 1789
Salary$400,000 annually (2001-)
WabsteidThe White Hoose

The Preses o the Unitit States o Americae (POTUS)[7] is the heid o state an heid o govrenment o the Unitit States. The preses leads the executive branch o the federal govrenment an is the commander-in-chief o the Unitit States Airmed Forces. The person in this poseetion is the kintra's leader o whilk haes the lairgest economy an the lairgest militar, wi command authority ower the lairgest active nuclear arsenal. The preses is afttimes describit as the maist pouerfu person in the warld.[8][9][10][11][12]

Leet o Preses o the Unitit States[eedit | eedit soorce]

# Name Took Office Left Office Party Vice President(s)
1 Gilbert Stuart Vaughn Portrait of George Washington.jpg George Washington 1789 1797 Nae party John Adams
2 Johnadams.jpg John Adams 1797 1801 Federalist Thomas Jefferson
3 02 Thomas Jefferson 3x4.jpg Thomas Jefferson 1801 1809 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr an George Clinton[n 1]
4 Chester Harding - James Madison - Google Art Project.jpg James Madison 1809 1817 Democratic-Republican Elbridge Gerry[n 1]
5 John Vanderlyn - James Monroe - Google Art Project.jpg James Monroe 1817 1825 Democratic-Republican Daniel D. Tompkins
6 George Caleb Bingham - John Quincy Adams - Google Art Project.jpg John Quincy Adams 1825 1829 Democratic-Republican John C. Calhoun
7 Andrew Jackson by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl.jpg Andrew Jackson 1829 1837 Democratic John C. Calhoun[n 2] an Martin Van Buren
8 Martin Van Buren by George PA Healy, 1858.gif Martin Van Buren 1837 1841 Democratic Richard Mentor Johnson
9 William Henry Harrison.jpg William Henry Harrison[n 3] 1841 1841 Whig John Tyler
10 John Tyler by George P. A. Healy.JPG John Tyler 1841 1845 Whig[n 4] none
11 JamesKnoxPolk.png James K. Polk 1845 1849 Democratic George M. Dallas
12 Zachary Taylor 2.jpg Zachary Taylor[n 3] 1849[n 5] 1850 Whig Millard Fillmore
13 Millard Fillmore 1840.jpg Millard Fillmore 1850 1853 Whig none
14 FranklinPierce.png Franklin Pierce 1853 1857 Democratic William R. King[n 6]
15 James Buchanan, by George Peter Alexander Healy.jpg James Buchanan 1857 1861 Democratic John C. Breckinridge
16 Abrahamlincoln.jpg Abraham Lincoln[n 7] 1861 1865 Republican Hannibal Hamlin an Andrew Johnson
17 Washington Bogart Cooper - Andrew Johnson (after 1866) - Google Art Project.jpgAndrew Johnson 1865 1869 Democratic[n 8] none
18 Thomas Le Clear - Ulysses S. Grant - Google Art Project.jpg Ulysses S. Grant 1869 1877 Republican Schuyler Colfax an Henry Wilson[n 6]
19 Rutherford B. Hayes at NPG.jpg Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 1881 Republican William A. Wheeler
20 Ole Peter Hansen Balling - James Garfield - Google Art Project.jpg James Garfield[n 7] 1881 1881 Republican Chester A. Arthur
21 Chester A. Arthur by Ole Peter Hansen Balling.JPG Chester A. Arthur 1881 1885 Republican none
22 Grover Cleveland, painting by Anders Zorn.jpg Grover Cleveland 1885 1889 Democratic Thomas A. Hendricks[n 6]
23 Benjamin Harrison by Eastman Johnson (1895).jpg Benjamin Harrison 1889 1893 Republican Levi P. Morton
24 Grover Cleveland, painting by Anders Zorn.jpg Grover Cleveland 1893 1897 Democratic Adlai E. Stevenson
25 August Benziger - William McKinley - Google Art Project.jpg William McKinley[n 7] 1897 1901 Republican Garret A. Hobart[n 6] syne Theodore Roosevelt
26 TRSargent.jpg Theodore Roosevelt 1901 1909 Republican None then Charles W. Fairbanks
27 Joaquin Sorolla Portrait of President Taft.jpg William Howard Taft 1909 1913 Republican James S. Sherman[n 6]
28 William Orpen Woodrow Wilson.jpg Woodrow Wilson 1913 1921 Democratic Thomas R. Marshall
29 Wh29.gif Warren G. Harding[n 3] 1921 1923 Republican Calvin Coolidge
30 Calvin Coolidge.jpg Calvin Coolidge 1923 1929 Republican None then Charles G. Dawes
31 Herberthoover.jpg Herbert Hoover 1929 1933 Republican Charles Curtis
32 Froosevelt.jpeg Franklin D. Roosevelt[n 3] 1933 1945 Democratic John Nance Garner an Henry A. Wallace an Harry S. Truman
33 HarryTruman.jpg Harry S. Truman 1945 1953 Democratic None then Alben W. Barkley
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower, official Presidential portrait.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953 1961 Republican Richard Nixon
35 John F Kennedy Official Portrait.jpg John F. Kennedy[n 7] 1961 1963 Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson
36 Lyndon B. Johnson.jpg Lyndon B. Johnson 1963 1969 Democratic Nane syne Hubert H. Humphrey
37 Richard Nixon - Presidential portrait.jpg Richard Nixon[n 9] 1969 1974 Republican Spiro Agnew[n 2] syne Nane syne Gerald Ford
38 GeraldFord.jpg Gerald Ford 1974 1977 Republican Nane syne Nelson Rockefeller
39 Jimmy Carter.jpg Jimmy Carter 1977 1981 Democratic Walter F. Mondale
40 Ronald Reagan 1981 presidential portrait.jpg Ronald Reagan 1981 1989 Republican George H. W. Bush
41 George H. W. Bush presidential portrait.jpg George H. W. Bush 1989 1993 Republican James Danforth Quayle III
42 Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton 1993 2001 Democratic Albert A. Gore, Jr.
43 George-W-Bush.jpeg George W. Bush 2001 2009 Republican Richard B. Cheney
44 President Barack Obama (cropped) 3.jpg Barack Obama 2009 2017 Democratic Joseph R. Biden
45 Donald Trump official portrait.jpg Donald Trump 2017 2021 Republican Mike Pence
46 Joe Biden presidential portrait.jpg Joseph R. Biden 2021 Democratic Kamala Harris

Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b Died while Vice Preses.
  2. a b Resigned as Vice Preses.
  3. a b c d Died o naitral causes.
  4. Democrat on Whig ticket.
  5. Wisnae sworn intae office on the day he wis expeckit tae.
  6. a b c d e Died while Vice Preses, wisnae replaced.
  7. a b c d Assassinated.
  8. Democrat who ran on Union ticket with Republican Lincoln.
  9. Resigned.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "How To Address The President; He Is Not Your Excellency Or Your Honor, But Mr. President". The New York Times. 2 August 1891.
  2. "USGS Correspondence Handbook - Chapter 4". Usgs.gov. 18 Julie 2007. Archived frae the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. "Models of Address and Salutation". Ita.doc.gov. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  4. HEADS OF STATE, HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, Protocol and Liaison Service, Unitit Naitions. Retrieved on November 1, 2012.
  5. The White House Office of the Press Secretary (1 September 2010). "Remarks by President Obama, President Mubarak, His Majesty King Abdullah, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas Before Working Dinner". WhiteHouse.gov. Retrieved 19 Julie 2011.
  6. "Exchange of Letters". Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations. September 1978. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 19 Julie 2011.
  7. Safire, William, "On language: POTUS and FLOTUS," New York Times, October 12, 1997. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  8. Noer, Michael; Perlroth, Nicole (11 November 2009). "The World's Most Powerful People". Forbes. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  9. "The Most Powerful Man in the World is a Black Man – The Los Angeles Sentinel". Lasentinel.net. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  10. "Who should be the world's most powerful person?". The Guardian. London. 3 Januar 2008.
  11. Jon Meacham (20 December 2008). "Meacham: The History of Power". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  12. Fareed Zakaria (20 December 2008). "The NEWSWEEK 50: Barack Obama". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 September 2010.