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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 ...
The length of a full four-year term of office for a president of the United States usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar days except the first day (day zero).
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)
The Electoral College's electors then formally elect the president and vice president. [2] [3] The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1804) provides the procedure by which the president and vice president are elected; electors vote separately for each office. Previously, electors cast two votes for president, and the winner ...
The 2018 Siena poll of 157 presidential scholars reported George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson as the top five US presidents, with SCRI director Don Levy stating, "The top five, Mount Rushmore plus FDR, is carved in granite with presidential historians". [9]
The following is a summary of United States presidential elections from 1828 to 2020. Year Democratic [a] Republican [b] Other Total Turn-out [1] [c] Majority [d ...
This is a graphical timeline listing the presidents and vice presidents of the United States. This page was last edited on 7 April 2024, at 08:10 (UTC). Text is ...
List of efforts to impeach presidents of the United States; List of presidents of the United States by military service; List of unsuccessful major party candidates for President of the United States; List of unsuccessful major party candidates for Vice President of the United States; Little v. Barreme