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The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] 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 ...
Date of birth President Birthplace State † of birth In office February 22, 1732: George Washington: Popes Creek: Virginia † (1st) April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797: October 30, 1735: John Adams: Braintree: Massachusetts † (2nd) March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801: April 13, 1743 * Thomas Jefferson: Shadwell: Virginia † (3rd) March 4, 1801 ...
Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...
The oldest person inaugurated president is Donald Trump, at age 78 years, 7 months, for his second term. [1] [3] Assassinated at age 46, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president at the end of his tenure, and his lifespan was the shortest of any president. [4] The oldest president at the end of his tenure is Joe Biden at age 82 years, 2 months.
The 2011 survey, the first poll asking UK academics to rate American presidents, was conducted by the United States Presidency Centre (USPC) at the Institute for the Study of the Americas (located in the University of London's School of Advanced Study). This polled the opinion of British specialists in American history and politics to assess ...
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.
John Tyler becomes the 10th president of the United States upon the death of President William Henry Harrison on April 4, 1841; The extralegal Provisional Government of Oregon governs the Oregon Country, May 2, 1843 – August 14, 1848; Illinois Mormon War, June 7, 1844 – September 17, 1846 Assassination of Joseph Smith, Jr. on June 27, 1844
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