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Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] 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.
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President Donald Trump delivers his 2018 State of the Union Address before Congress. For most of American history, candidates for president have sought election on the basis of a promised legislative agenda. Article II, Section 3, Clause 2 requires the president to recommend such measures to Congress which the president deems "necessary and ...
The fifth person to be elected president while losing the popular vote, [c] he received nearly 2.9 million fewer votes than Clinton, 46.3% to her 48.25%. [139] He was the only president who neither served in the military nor held any government office prior to becoming president. [140]
Became president after Kennedy's assassination, later elected to own term in 1964. Gerald Ford: Richard Nixon: 1973–1974 Became president after Nixon's resignation, lost 1976 election in bid for own term. George H. W. Bush: Ronald Reagan: 1981–1989 Incumbent vice president succeeded Reagan after winning the 1988 election: Joe Biden: Barack ...
Roosevelt is the only American president to have served more than two terms. Following ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, presidents—beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower —have been ineligible for election to a third term or, after serving more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president, to a ...
Notable best presidents include George Washington at No.2, Thomas Jefferson at No. 7, and Barack Obama at No. 12.
The list includes the names of recently elected or appointed heads of state and government who will take office on an appointed date, as presidents-elect and prime ministers–designate, and those leading a government-in-exile if internationally recognised.