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.

Timeline

• Martin Van Buren, born December 5, 1782, was the first president born after the Declaration of Independence and was thus arguably the first president who was not born a British subject. Interestingly, he is also the first president not of British descent.
• John Tyler, born March 29, 1790, was the first president born after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. All presidents born before him were eligible to be president because they were citizens at the time the Constitution was adopted. (Zachary Taylor was born on November 24, 1784, before the Constitution was adopted).
• Franklin Pierce, born November 23, 1804, was the first president born in the 19th century. Millard Fillmore was born January 7, 1800, the last year of the 18th century.
• Warren Harding, born November 2, 1865, was the first president born after the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee surrendered April 9, 1865.
• John F. Kennedy, born May 29, 1917, was the first person born in the 20th century to become president (1961).
• Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, was born on August 27, 1908. Three other Presidents who followed Johnson in office were also born before Kennedy (in order of birth, Reagan, Nixon, and Ford).
• Jimmy Carter, born October 1, 1924, was the first person born after World War I to become president.
• George H. W. Bush, who succeeded Carter's successor, was born on June 12, 1924.
• Bill Clinton, born August 19, 1946, was the first person born after World War II to become president.
• Clinton's successor, George W. Bush, was born July 6, 1946.