President of the United States

The President of the United States (often abbreviated "POTUS") is the head of state of the United States. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The full title is President of the United States of America.

Presidential portrait gallery

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Image:George-Washington.jpg|1.George Washington(1789-1797)

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Image:Johnadamsvp.flipped.jpg|2.John Adams(1797-1801)

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Image:Thomas Jefferson rev.jpg|3.Thomas Jefferson(1801-1809)

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Image:Jm4.gif|4.James Madison(1809-1817)

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Image:Jamesmonroe-npgallery.jpg|5.James Monroe(1817-1825)

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Image:John Quincy Adams.jpg|6.John Quincy Adams(1825-1829)

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Image:Andrew jackson head.gif|7.Andrew Jackson(1829-1837)

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Image:Martin Van Buren.jpg|8.Martin Van Buren(1837-1841)

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Image:William Henry Harrison.png|9.William Henry Harrison(1841)

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Image:John Tyler.jpg|10.John Tyler(1841-1845)

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Image:Polkpolk.jpg|11.James K. Polk(1845-1849)

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Image:Zachary Taylor.jpg|12.Zachary Taylor(1849-1850)

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Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|13.Millard Fillmore(1850-1853)

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Image:Franklin Pierce.jpg|14.Franklin Pierce(1853-1857)

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Image:James Buchanan.jpg|15.James Buchanan(1857-1861)

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Image:Lincoln.jpg|16.Abraham Lincoln(1861-1865)

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Image:Andrew Johnson.jpg|17.Andrew Johnson(1865-1869)

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Image:Ulysses Grant 1870-1880.jpg|18.Ulysses S. Grant(1869-1877)

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Image:President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880.jpg|19.Rutherford B. Hayes(1877-1881)

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Image:James a garfield illustration.3.jpg|20.James A. Garfield(1881)

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Image:Chester a arthur illustration.3.jpg|21.Chester A. Arthur(1881-1885)

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Image:Grover Cleveland.jpg|22., 24.Grover Cleveland(1885-1889, 1893-1897)

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Image:Benjamin harrison.jpg|23.Benjamin Harrison(1889-1893)

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Image:Mckinley.jpg|25.William McKinley(1897-1901)

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Image:T Roosevelt.jpg|26.Theodore Roosevelt(1901-1909)

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Image:William Howard Taft.jpg|27.William Howard Taft(1909-1913)

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Image:Wilson.jpg|28.Woodrow Wilson(1913-1921)

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Image:Wharding.jpg|29.Warren G. Harding(1921-1923)

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Image:Ccool.jpg|30.Calvin Coolidge(1923-1929)

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Image:HerbertHoover.jpg|31.Herbert Hoover(1929-1933)

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Image:FDR in 1933.jpg|32.Franklin Delano Roosevelt(1933-1945)

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Image:Harry-truman.jpg|33.Harry S. Truman(1945-1953)

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Image:Eisenhower official.jpg|34.Dwight D. Eisenhower(1953-1961)

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Image:JFKofficial.jpg|35.John F. Kennedy(1961-1963)

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Image:Lbj2.jpg|36.Lyndon B. Johnson(1963-1969)

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Image:Nixon.jpg|37.Richard Nixon(1969-1974)

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Image:Jerryford.jpg|38.Gerald R. Ford(1974-1977)

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Image:Presidentcarter.jpg|39.Jimmy Carter(1977-1981)

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Image:Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpg|40.Ronald Reagan(1981-1989)

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Image:Georgebush.jpg|41.George_H._W._Bush(1989-1993)

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Image:Bill Clinton.jpg|42.Bill Clinton(1993-2001)

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Image:George-W-Bush.jpeg|43.George W. Bush(2001-Present)

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• Note that Cleveland was elected twice nonconsecutively, throwing off the numbers of all presidents after him (starting with McKinley). Thus, George W. Bush is the 43rd president although he is the 42nd person to hold the office.