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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 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 ).
[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. Jimmy Carter had the longest lifespan of any president, becoming the first president to reach the age ...
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, his campaign slogan was "Change we can believe in." He ran on the platform that called for the country to come together and create the positive change ...
Several presidents were unmarried for all or part of their administration. Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Chester A. Arthur, and Martin Van Buren were widowed prior to becoming president and remained unmarried during their administration; in these cases, family members acted in the place of First Lady and White House host.
PHOTO: President Joe Biden speaks during his farewell address at the White House in Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 2025, as second gentleman Doug Emhoff and Vice President Kamala Harris listen.
The claim: John Hanson was the first Black president of the United States. In the past few years, multiple social media posts have declared John Hanson, not Barack Obama, as the first Black ...
1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A. Garfield. [4] [5] 1 president served as speaker of the House of Representatives, James K. Polk. 1 president served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, John Tyler.