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The majority of American presidents have belonged to Protestant faiths. St. John's Church, an Episcopal church in Washington, D.C., has been visited by every sitting president since James Madison.
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
Two U.S. presidents, Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump, were voted out of office after one term, only to later be elected to a second non-consecutive term. Consequently, while there have been 47 presidencies in the nation's history, only 45 people have been sworn into office.
This is a list of presidents of the United States by other offices (either elected or appointed) held. Every president of the United States except Donald Trump has served as at least one of the following: a member of the Presidential Cabinet (either Vice President or Cabinet secretary) a member of Congress (either U.S. senator or representative)
Adams was the last member of the Democratic-Republican party elected president and the only member of the National Republican party elected president. [c] T. Coleman Andrews: 1956: States' Rights: 108,956 0.18% Third-party candidate. Bo Gritz: 1992: Populist: 106,152 0.10% Third-party candidate. Thomas Jefferson: 1804: Democratic-Republican ...
5 presidents taught at a university: James A. Garfield, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. 2 presidents served as president of the United States for two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump. 2 presidents served as party leaders of the House of Representatives, James A. Garfield and Gerald Ford.
A list of U.S. presidents grouped by primary state of residence and birth, with priority given to residence. Only 20 out of the 50 states are represented. Presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).
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.