President of the United States
![]() head of state and of government of the United States | |||||
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Instance of | elected office, position | ||||
Subclass of | president, head of state, head of government | ||||
Part of | Federal Government of the United States, First Family of the United States | ||||
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Inception | 30 April 1787 | ||||
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The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States.
Portraits[edit]
Since the office was established in 1789, 44 people have served as president. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms in office, and is counted as the nation's 22nd and 24th president. Thus the incumbent, Donald Trump, is the nation's 45th president.
1. George Washington
(1789–1797)2. John Adams
(1797–1801)3. Thomas Jefferson
(1801–1809)4. James Madison
(1809–1817)5. James Monroe
(1817–1825)6. John Quincy Adams
(1825–1829)7. Andrew Jackson
(1829–1837)8. Martin Van Buren
(1837–1841)9. William Henry Harrison
(1841)10. John Tyler
(1841–1845)11. James K. Polk
(1845–1849)12. Zachary Taylor
(1849–1850)13. Millard Fillmore
(1850–1853)14. Franklin Pierce
(1853–1857)15. James Buchanan
(1857–1861)16. Abraham Lincoln
(1861–1865)17. Andrew Johnson
(1865–1869)18. Ulysses S. Grant
(1869–1877)19. Rutherford B. Hayes
(1877–1881)20. James A. Garfield
(1881)21. Chester A. Arthur
(1881–1885)22. Grover Cleveland
(1885–1889)23. Benjamin Harrison
(1889–1893)24. Grover Cleveland
(1893–1897)25. William McKinley
(1897–1901)26. Theodore Roosevelt
(1901–1909)27. William Howard Taft
(1909–1913)28. Woodrow Wilson
(1913–1921)29. Warren G. Harding
(1921–1923)30. Calvin Coolidge
(1923–1929)31. Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(1933–1945)33. Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)34. Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)35. John Fortnite Kennedy
(1961–1963)36. Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)37. Richard Nixon
(1969-1974)38. Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)39. Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)40. Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)41. George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)42. Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)43. George W. Bush
(2001–2009)44. Barack Obama
(2009–2017)45. Donald Trump
(2017–present)
Official White House paintings[edit]
The following are the official White House paintings of the former presidents of United States. In recent years, an official painting of the current sitting president is usually not unveiled until after they leave office.
2. John Adams
5. James Monroe
10. John Tyler
11. James K. Polk
12. Zachary Taylor
13. Millard Fillmore
14. Franklin Pierce
15. James Buchanan
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Andrew Johnson
18. Ulysses S. Grant
22. Grover Cleveland
24. Grover Cleveland
25. William McKinley
28. Woodrow Wilson
30. Calvin Coolidge
31. Herbert Hoover
33. Harry S. Truman
35. John F. Kennedy
37. Richard Nixon
39. Jimmy Carter