No doubt, The United States of America (USA) is one of the blessed country in the world with numerous resources and quality facilities. It has been able to grow overtime through hard-work and without relenting. The U.S is known to have 50 states, a federal district and 5 major self governing territories.
The United states stands to be the world’s largest country by total area with 3.8 million square miles and also the third most populous country with a population of 325 million.
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term by the people through the electoral college.
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The first president of the United States is the former military leader, George Washington who took over the office on April 30, 1789. Here are names of other past presidents of the United States.
- George Washington 1789-1797
- John Adams 1797-1801
- Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
- James Madison 1809-1817
- James Monroe 1817-1825
- John Quincy Adams 1825-1829
- Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
- Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
- William H. Harrison 1841
- John Tyler 1841-1845
- James Knox Polk 1845-1849
- Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
- Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
- Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
- James Buchanan 1857-1861
- Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
- Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
- Ulysses Simpson Grant 1869-1877
- Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881
- James Abram Garfield 1881
- Chester Alan Arthur 1885-1889
- Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893
- Grover Cleveland 1893-1897
- William McKinley 1897-1901
- Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
- William Howard Taft 1909-1913
- Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
- Warren G. Harding 1921-1923
- Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
- Herbert Clark Hoover 1929-1933
- Franklin D. Eisenhower 1933-1945
- Harry S. Truman 1945-1953
- Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961
- John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
- Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969
- Richard M. Nixon 1969-1974
- Gerald R. Ford 1974-1977
- James E. Carter,Jr. 1977-1981
- Ronald Wilson Reagan 1981-1989
- George H. Walker Bush 1989-1993
- William J. Clinton 1993-2001
- George Walker Bush 2001-2009
- Barack Obama 2009-2017
- Donald Trump 2017-2021
- Joe Biden 2021-
