Under the United States Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States.
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List of Presidents
NO. President Took Office Left Office Party
1 George Washington April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797 Independent
2 John Adams March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801 Federalist
3 Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809 Democratic- Republican
4 James Madison March 4, 1809 March 4, 1817 Democratic- Republican
5 James Monroe March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825 Democratic- Republican
6 John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829 Democratic- Republican
7 Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829 March 4, 1837 Democratic
8 Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841 Democratic
9 William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841 Whig
10 John Tyler April 4, 1841 March 4, 1845 Whig
11 James K. Polk March 4, 1845 March 4, 1849 Democratic
12 Democratic March 4, 1849 July 9, 1850 Whig
13 Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850 March 4, 1853 Whig
14 Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853 March 4, 1857 Democratic
15 James Buchanan March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861 Democratic
16 Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865 Republican
17 Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865 March 4, 1869 Democratic
18 Ulysses S. Grant March 4, 1869 March 4, 1877 Republican
19 Rutherford B. Hayes March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 Republican
20 James A. Garfield March 4, 1881 September 19, 1881 Republican
21 Chester A. Arthur September 19, 1881 March 4, 1885 Republican
22 Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889 Democratic
23 Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 March 4, 1893 Republican
24 Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897 Democratic
25 William McKinley March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901 Republican
26 Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909 Republican
27 William Howard Taft March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 Republican
28 Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921 Democratic
29 Warren G. Harding March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923 Republican
30 Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 March 4, 1929 Republican
31 Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 Republican
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945 Democratic
33 Harry S. Truman April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953 Democratic
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961 Republican
35 John F. Kennedy January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963 Democratic
36 Lyndon B. Johnson November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969 Democratic
37 Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974 Republican
38 Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Republican
39 Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981 Democratic;
40 Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 Republican
41 George H. W. Bush January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993 Republican
42 Bill Clinton January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001; Democratic
43 George W. Bush January 20, 2001 January 20, 2009 Republican
44 Barack Obama January 20, 2009 Incurrent Democratic

Barack Hussein Obama

D.O.B:

August 4, 1961 / in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

IS the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. His term in office started in 2009. The major events of presidency have included the economic crisis at home and the on-going fight against terrorism.

His parents were Ann Dunham, a white American from Kansas, and Barack Obama who was a black Kenyan studying at the University of Hawaii. Barack Obama's father left the family when Obama was two and returned to Kenya where he died in an automobile accident. He was educated at Columbia University and Harvard. The career of Barack Obama includes the roles of Community Organizer, Politician and Statesman. He became the 44th president of America in 2009.

Barack Obama married Michelle LaVaughn Robinson on October 18, 1992 following a brief courtship and engagement. Barack Obama and his wife have 2 children. Their names are Malia Ann and Natasha, known as Sasha.

Barack Obama belongs to the Democrat Political Party. He was 47 years old when he was inaugurated as the 44th president. Inauguration is a president's swearing-in ceremony. Joe Biden stood as the Vice president. Barack Obama is the first African American to be elected president of the United and told supporters that "change has come to America" as he claimed victory in his presidential election.