U.S. Presidents List, from 1789 onward

The flag of the United States of America, for many, a symbol of the free world

I’m presenting a US presidents list that you may want to memorise. It doesn’t list all the US presidents, since it only includes persons sworn into office following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect on 4 March 1789, but it is a full list of the US presidents from that date onward. Since Grover Cleveland served two terms in office (separate terms, that is, not consecutive), there have been 43 presidents, although there have been 44 presidencies. There have been both four presidents who died in office (of natural causes), and four who were assassinated.

List of the U.S. presidents

In the U.S. Presidents list, four presidents died in office.

The four presidents who died in office were:

• William Henry Harrison
• Zachary Taylor
• Warren G. Harding
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

And the four assassinated US presidents in the U.S. Presidents list were:

• Abraham Lincoln
• James A. Garfield
• William McKinley
• John F. Kennedy

Only one president has resigned from office, Richard M. Nixon, following the Watergate affair.

The Presidents of the United States of America

Seal of the President of the United States of America

Before the rules were changed to stop it happening again, one president in the U.S. Presidents list, Franklin D. Roosevelt, served four consecutive terms, from 1933 to 1945 (coincidentally, 1933 was the year Hitler came to power in Germany and 1945 was the year he committed suicide and his Third Reich was defeated).

John F. Kennedy was the only Roman Catholic president, and Barack Obama is the first African American president in the list of the presidents of the United States of America.

The office of President of the United States of America is one of the highest and most sought after positions in the world. Many people regard the U.S. President as the leader of the free world, and, as the leader of the single remaining superpower in the world, it’s not difficult to see why.

A person can be elected to President of the United States for a term of four years, and usually cannot serve more than two terms of office. If someone assumes a presidency that someone else was elected to (for example after an assassination), and has served more than two years in that office, then he or she can serve no more than one term.

Restrictions on U.S. presidents

If a president dies in office, or resigns, or is removed from office for whatever reason, then the Vice President assumes the presidency. To be elected President, he or she must be at least 35 years of age and a “natural born” citizen of the United States. Who will be next on the U.S. presidents list? With elections coming up, we’ll soon find out.

Twilight at The White House, home to each of the U.S. Presidents

Want to know more about the U.S. government and the way it operates? Visit the official White House site where you’ll find a huge and comprehensive array of sections covering various aspects of the U.S. Administration, information on the U.S. presidents down through the years, latest news from the Briefing Room, extensive photo galleries, etc, etc.

Here’s the list of the U.S. Presidents:

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