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| [[File:Seal of the President of the United States.svg|thumb|205x205px|Seal of the President of the United States]] | | [[File:Seal of the President of the United States.svg|thumb|205x205px|Seal of the President of the United States]] |
| The '''President of the United States''' ('''POTUS''') is the head of state and head of [[government of the United States of America]]. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States Military|United States Armed Forces]]. The current president of the United States is [[Joe Biden]]. U.S. Presidents are frequently responsible for corruption, war, and repression<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Walter Smolarek|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Civics class for radicals: The presidency|date=2022-12-13|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/civics-class-for-radicals-the-presidency/|retrieved=2022-12-16}}</ref> and effectively have unlimited power. They can invade countries, declare national emergencies, and imprison their enemies without due process.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Chad Pearson|newspaper=[[MR Online]]|title=Sober Up Liberals: The U.S. Constitution Sucks|date=2023-07-12|url=https://mronline.org/2023/07/12/sober-up-liberals-the-u-s-constitution-sucks/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712132453/https://mronline.org/2023/07/12/sober-up-liberals-the-u-s-constitution-sucks/|archive-date=2023-07-12}}</ref> | | The '''President of the United States''' ('''POTUS''') is the head of state and head of [[government of the United States of America]]. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States Military|United States Armed Forces]]. The current president of the United States is [[Joe Biden]]. The president cannot directly pass laws but can veto a law passed by [[United States Congress|Congress]]. U.S. Presidents are frequently responsible for corruption, war, and repression.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Walter Smolarek|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Civics class for radicals: The presidency|date=2022-12-13|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/civics-class-for-radicals-the-presidency/|retrieved=2022-12-16}}</ref> [[Slavery|Slave]] owners won 12 of the first 16 U.S. presidential elections.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=What Is Liberalism?|page=12|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> Even in 2023, five out of the six living presidents are descendants of slave owners.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2023-07-27|title=Several senior US officials descend from slave owner families: Reuters|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/several-senior-us-officials-descend-from-slave-owner-familie|newspaper=[[Al Mayadeen]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627182709/https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/several-senior-us-officials-descend-from-slave-owner-familie|archive-date=2023-06-27}}</ref> |
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| [[Slavery|Slave]] owners won 12 of the first 16 U.S. presidential elections.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=What Is Liberalism?|page=12|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> Even in 2023, five out of the six living presidents are descendants of slave owners.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2023-07-27|title=Several senior US officials descend from slave owner families: Reuters|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/several-senior-us-officials-descend-from-slave-owner-familie|newspaper=[[Al Mayadeen]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627182709/https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/several-senior-us-officials-descend-from-slave-owner-familie|archive-date=2023-06-27}}</ref> | |
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| The President is selected by the electors within the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] to serve a four-year term, and can serve a maximum of two terms as per the [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|22nd Amendment]].<ref group="Note">There has been one exception to this rule: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. FDR was elected four times, in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944; he died less than half a year into his fourth term. The 22nd Amendment was passed two years after his death in 1947.</ref> In total, there have been forty-five officeholders. Twenty-one of those forty-five officeholders were elected more than once, and all Presidents (with the exception of [[Grover Greveland]]) served their term(s) consecutively.
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| == Veto power ==
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| The president cannot directly pass laws but can veto a law passed by [[United States Congress|Congress]].<ref name=":0" /> Between 1789 and 2020, presidents vetoed 2,584 bills, and Congress only overturned 112 of these.<ref name=":1" />
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| == List of Presidents ==
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| This list does not include [[Jefferson Davis]], the [[President of the Confederate States of America|President of the Confederacy]]; nor does it include [[David Rice Atchison]], who claimed to have served as [[Acting President of the United States]] from 4-5 March 1849.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+
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| !Number
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| !Name
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| !Party
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| !Term began
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| !Term ended
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| |-
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| |1
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| |[[George Washington]]
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| |Unaffiliated
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| |30 April 1789
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| |4 March 1797
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| |-
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| |2
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| |[[John Adams]]
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| |[[Federalist Party]]
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| |4 March 1797
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| |4 March 1801
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| |-
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| |3
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| |[[Thomas Jefferson]]
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| |[[Democratic-Republican Party]]
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| |4 March 1801
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| |4 March 1809
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| |-
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| |4
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| |[[James Madison]]
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| |Democratic-Republican Party
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| |4 March 1809
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| |4 March 1817
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| |-
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| |5
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| |[[James Monroe]]
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| |Democratic-Republican Party
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| |4 March 1817
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| |4 March 1825
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| |-
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| |6
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| |[[John Quincy Adams]]
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| |Democratic-Republican Party
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| [[National Republican Party]]
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| |4 March 1825
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| |4 March 1829
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| |-
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| |7
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| |[[Andrew Jackson]]
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| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
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| |4 March 1829
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| |4 March 1837
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| |-
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| |8
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| |[[Martin Van Buren]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |4 March 1837
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| |4 March 1841
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| |-
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| |9
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| |[[William Henry Harrison]]
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| |[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]]
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| |4 March 1841
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| |4 April 1841<ref name=":0" group="Note">Died in office</ref>
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| |-
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| |10
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| |[[John Tyler]]
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| |Whig Party
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| Unaffiliated
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| |4 April 1841
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| |4 March 1845
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| |-
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| |11
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| |[[James K. Polk]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |4 March 1845
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| |4 March 1849
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| |-
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| |12
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| |[[Zachary Taylor]]
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| |Whig Party
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| |4 March 1849
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| |9 July 1850<ref name=":0" group="Note" />
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| |-
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| |13
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| |[[Millard Fillmore]]
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| |Whig Party
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| |9 July 1850
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| |4 March 1853
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| |-
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| |14
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| |[[Franklin Pierce]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |4 March 1853
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| |4 March 1857
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| |-
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| |15
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| |[[James Buchanan]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |4 March 1857
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| |4 March 1861
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| |-
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| |16
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| |[[Abraham Lincoln]]
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| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]][[National Union Party (United States)|National Union Party]]
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| |4 March 1861
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| |15 April 1865<ref name=":0" group="Note" />
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| |-
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| |17
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| |[[Andrew Johnson]]
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| |National Union Party
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| Democratic Party
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| |15 April 1865
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| |4 March 1869
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| |-
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| |18
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| |[[Ulysses S. Grant]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |4 March 1869
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| |4 March 1877
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| |-
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| |19
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| |[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |4 March 1877
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| |4 March 1881
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| |-
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| |20
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| |[[James A. Garfield]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |4 March 1881
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| |19 September 1881<ref name=":0" group="Note" />
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| |-
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| |21
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| |[[Chester A. Arthur]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |19 September 1881
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| |4 March 1885
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| |-
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| |22
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| |[[Grover Cleveland]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |4 March 1885
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| |4 March 1889
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| |-
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| |23
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| |[[Benjamin Harrison]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |4 March 1889
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| |4 March 1893
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| |-
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| |24
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| |Grover Cleveland (again)
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| |Democratic Party
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| |4 March 1893
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| |4 March 1897
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| |-
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| |25
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| |[[William McKinley]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |4 March 1897
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| |14 September 1901<ref name=":0" group="Note" />
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| |-
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| |26
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| |[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |14 September 1901
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| |4 March 1909
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| |-
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| |27
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| |[[William Howard Taft]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |4 March 1909
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| |4 March 1913
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| |-
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| |28
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| |[[Woodrow Wilson]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |4 March 1913
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| |4 March 1921
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| |-
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| |29
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| |[[Warren G. Harding]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |4 March 1921
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| |2 August 1923<ref name=":0" group="Note" />
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| |-
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| |30
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| |[[Calvin Coolidge]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |2 August 1923
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| |4 March 1929
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| |-
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| |31
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| |[[Herbert Hoover]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |4 March 1929
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| |4 March 1933
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| |-
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| |32
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| |[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |4 March 1933
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| |12 April 1945<ref name=":0" group="Note" />
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| |-
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| |33
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| |[[Harry S. Truman]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |12 April 1945
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| |20 January 1953
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| |-
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| |34
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| |[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |20 January 1953
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| |20 January 1961
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| |-
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| |35
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| |[[John F. Kennedy]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |20 January 1961
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| |22 November 1963<ref name=":0" group="Note" />
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| |-
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| |36
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| |[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |22 November 1963
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| |20 January 1969
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| |-
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| |37
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| |[[Richard Nixon]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |20 January 1969
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| |9 August 1974<ref group="Note">Resigned</ref>
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| |-
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| |38
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| |[[Gerald Ford]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |9 August 1974
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| |20 January 1977
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| |-
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| |39
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| |[[Jimmy Carter]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |20 January 1977
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| |20 January 1981
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| |-
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| |40
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| |[[Ronald Reagan]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |20 January 1981
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| |20 January 1989
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| |-
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| |41
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| |[[George H. W. Bush]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |20 January 1989
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| |20 January 1993
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| |-
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| |42
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| |[[Bill Clinton]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |20 January 1993
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| |20 January 2001
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| |-
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| |43
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| |[[George W. Bush]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |20 January 2001
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| |20 January 2009
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| |-
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| |44
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| |[[Barack Obama]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |20 January 2009
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| |20 January 2017
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| |-
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| |45
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| |[[Donald Trump]]
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| |Republican Party
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| |20 January 2017
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| |20 January 2021
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| |-
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| |46
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| |[[Joe Biden]]
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| |Democratic Party
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| |20 January 2021
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| |Incumbent
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| |}
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
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| | * [[List of Presidents of the United States]] |
| * [[United States Congress|Congress of the United States]] | | * [[United States Congress|Congress of the United States]] |
| * [[Supreme Court of the United States]] | | * [[Supreme Court of the United States]] |
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| == Notes ==
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| <references group="Note" />
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| == References == | | == References == |
| | [[Category:Stubs]] |
| [[Category:Government of the United States of America]] | | [[Category:Government of the United States of America]] |
| [[Category:Presidents of the United States]] | | [[Category:Presidents of the United States]] |