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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.
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [a] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general , Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War .
President James A. Garfield with James G. Blaine after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau. The assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, took place at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:20 AM on Saturday, July 2, 1881, less than four months after he took office.
Before Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting U.S. presidents, former presidents and major party ...
In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly-elected president. But after a rejected office-seeker shot President James Garfield, reformers won long ...
One full term; assassinated: died 6 months and 10 days into second term, 8 days after being shot 21: Abraham Lincoln: 1,503 16th • March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 [c] One full term; assassinated: died 1 month and 11 days into second term, 1 day after being shot 22: Donald Trump: 1,472 [k] 45th • January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
Trump repeatedly said that God saved his life after he survived an assassination attempt last year, earning a standing ovation from Republicans. ... Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant ...
20th president James A. Garfield (died September 19, 1881) 3 years, 307 days before 18th president Ulysses S. Grant (died July 23, 1885) 11 years, 120 days before 19th president Rutherford B. Hayes (died January 17, 1893) 29th president Warren Harding (died August 2, 1923) 185 days before 28th president Woodrow Wilson (died February 3, 1924)