Presidents of the United States of America

     The President of the United States (informally called "Potus") is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

     The president is considered to be the world's most powerful political figure, as the leader of the only contemporary global superpower. The role includes being the commander-in-chief of the world's most expensive military with the second largest nuclear arsenal.

     Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets the following qualifications of eligibility about holding the presidency:

- be a natural-born citizen of the United States;

- be at least thirty-five years old;

- be a resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.

     Take a look to the list of Presidents and their presidency 

1	George Washington	April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
2	John Adams	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
3	Thomas Jefferson	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
4	James Madison	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
5	James Monroe	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
6	John Q. Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
7	Andrew Jackson	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
8	Martin Van Buren	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
9	William H. Harrison	March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 (Died in office)
10	John Tyler	April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
11	James K. Polk	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
12	Zachary Taylor	March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 (Died in office)
13	Millard Fillmore	July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
14	Franklin Pierce	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
15	James Buchanan	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
16	Abraham Lincoln	March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 (Died in office)
17	Andrew Johnson	April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869
18	Ulysses S. Grant	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
20	James A. Garfield	March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 (Died in office)
21	Chester A. Arthur	September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
22	Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889
23	Benjamin Harrison	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
24	Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
25	William McKinley	March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 (Died in office)
26	Theodore Roosevelt	September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
27	William H. Taft	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
28	Woodrow Wilson	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
29	Warren G. Harding	March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 (Died in office)
30	Calvin Coolidge	August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
31	Herbert Hoover	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 (Died in office)
33	Harry S. Truman	April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
35	John F. Kennedy	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 (Died in office)
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
37	Richard Nixon	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 (Resigned from office)
38	Gerald Ford	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
39	Jimmy Carter	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
40	Ronald Reagan	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
41	George H. W. Bush	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
42	Bill Clinton	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
43	George W. Bush	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
44	Barack Obama	January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
45	Donald Trump	January 20, 2017 – present