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1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A. Garfield. [4] [5] 1 president served as speaker of the House of Representatives, James K. Polk. 1 president served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, John Tyler.
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] The incumbent president is Donald Trump , who assumed office on January 20, 2025 . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 47 presidencies; the discrepancy arises because of Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump, who were ...
Nixon formally resigned on August 9, making Ford the first President of the United States who had not been elected as either president or vice president. [ 6 ] Immediately after taking the oath of office in the East Room of the White House, Ford spoke to the assembled audience in a speech broadcast live to the nation. [ 7 ]
Lost as incumbent vice president in the 1960 election, later ran and won the 1968 election becoming the first former vice president to win the presidency. Lyndon B. Johnson: John F. Kennedy: 1961–1963 Became president after Kennedy's assassination, later elected to own term in 1964. Gerald Ford: Richard Nixon: 1973–1974
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897.He was the first Democrat to win election to the presidency after the Civil War and the first of two U.S. presidents to serve nonconsecutive terms.
George Washington, widely viewed as the first president, was elected into office in 1789 after leading the Continental Army to victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War.
First president to be elected while being a sitting U.S. senator. [bt] [122] First president to learn about his victory over the radio. [220] First president to be elected on his birthday. [220] First president elected after women gained the right to vote. [85] First president to ride to and from his inauguration in a car. [33]
The delegates to the Convention for the first presidential election anticipated a Washington presidency and left it to him to define the office once elected. [169] When the state electors voted on February 4, 1789, [174] Washington was unanimously elected, unique among U.S. presidents. [175] John Adams was elected vice president. [176]