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{{Spoiler}}[[File:Seal of the President of the United States.svg|right|200px|The Seal of the President of the United States]]
The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the [[United States of America|United States]], indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. Since the office was established in 1789, by 1962, 35 men have served in 36 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College.
== Presidents before 1965 (1933 - 1965) ==
{| class="wikitable"
!No.
Line 9:
!Term
!Party
!Alliance
!Election
!Vice President
|-
|
|
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
(1882-1945)
|March 4, 1933
-
January 20, 1941
| colspan="2" |[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[w:1932_United_States_presidential_election|1932]]
----[[w:1936_United_States_presidential_election|1936]]
|John Nance Garner
|-
|
|
|[[Thomas E. Dewey]]
(1902-)
|January 20, 1941
-
January 20, 1949
| colspan="2" |[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|[[1940_United_States_presidential_election|1940]]
----[[1944_United_States_presidential_election|1944]]
|Joseph Martin Jr.
|-
|
|
|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
(1890-)
|January 20, 1949
-
January 20, 1957
| colspan="2" |[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[1948_United_States_presidential_election|1948]]
----[[1952_United_States_presidential_election|1952]]
|Burton Wheeler
|-
|
|
|[[Estes Kefauver]]
(1903-1963)
|January 20, 1957
-
January 20, 1961
| colspan="2" |[[Democratic
|[[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]
|Howard McMurray
|-
|
|[[File:Portrait USA Richard Nixon.png|
|[[Richard Nixon]]
(1913-)
|January 20, 1961
-
Nixon's Resignation
|[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]
|[[John F. Kennedy]]
|-
|
|[[File:Portrait USA John Fitzgerald Kennedy.png|center|frameless]]
|[[John F. Kennedy]]
(1917-1964)
|Nixon's Resignation
-
Kennedy's Assassination
({{circa}} 1964)
|[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|
|
|-
|
|[[File:Portrait USA John W McCormack.jpeg|center|frameless]]
|[[John W. McCormack]]
(1891-)
|Kennedy's Assassination
({{circa}} 1964)
-
January 20, 1965
|[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|
|
|}
== Potentially Elected Presidents (Main Mod) (1965 - 1972) ==
{| class="wikitable"
!No.
!Potrait
!Name
(Birth-Death)
!Term
!Party
!Alliance
!Election
!Vice President
|-
! colspan="8" |1964
|-
|39
|[[File:Portrait USA Lyndon B Johnson.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
(1908-)
|January 20, 1965
-
January 20 1969 or 1973
|[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]
----1968
|[[Edmund Muskie]]
|-
|39
|[[File:Portrait USA Wallace F Bennett.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Wallace F. Bennett]]
(1898-)
|January 20, 1965
-
January 20, 1969 or 1973
|[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]
----1968
|[[Gerald Ford]]
|-
|39
|[[File:Portrait USA Bobby Kennedy.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Robert F. Kennedy]]
(1925-)
|January 20, 1965
-
January 20, 1969 or 1973 (or until possible assassination)
|[[Progressive Party|Progressive]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]
----1968
|[[William Guy]]
|-
|39
|[[File:Portrait USA George Wallace.png|center|frameless]]
|[[George Wallace]]
(1919-)
|January 20, 1965
-
January 20, 1969 or 1973
|[[States' Rights Party|States' Rights]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]
----1968
|[[Curtis LeMay]]
|-
! colspan="8" | 1968
|-
|40 or 41
|[[File:Portrait USA Philip Hart 70s.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Philip Hart]]
(1912-)
|January 20, 1969
-
January 20, 1973 or 1977
|[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|1968
----1972
|[[Chep Morrison]]
|-
|40 or 41
|[[File:Portrait USA Barry Goldwater.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Barry Goldwater]]
(1909-)
|January 20, 1969
-
January 20, 1973 or 1977
|[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|1968
----1972
|Walter Judd
|-
|40 or 41
|[[File:Portrait USA Michael Harrington.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Michael Harrington]]
(1928-)
|January 20, 1969
-
January 20, 1973 or 1977
|[[Farmer-Labor Party]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1968
----1972
|Irving Howe
|-
|40 or 41
|[[File:Portrait USA Margaret C Smith.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Margaret Chase Smith]]
(1897-)
|January 20, 1969
-
January 20, 1973 or 1977
|[[Nationalist Party|Nationalist]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1968
----1972
|Spiro Agnew
|-
! colspan="8" |1972
|-
|40, 41, or 42
|[[File:Portrait USA Jeane Kirkpatrick.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]]
(1926-)
|January 20, 1973
-
|[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|1972
|Leonard Woodcock
|-
|40, 41, or 42
|[[File:Portrait USA George Romney.png|center|frameless]]
|[[George Romney]]
(1907-)
|January 20, 1973
-
|[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|1972
|Donald Rumsfeld
|-
|40, 41, or 42
|[[File:Portrait USA Henry M Jackson.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Henry M. Jackson]]
(1912-)
|January 20, 1973
-
|[[Progressive Party|Progressive]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1972
|Sid McMath
|-
|40, 41, or 42
|[[File:Portrait USA Phyllis Schlafly.png|center|frameless]]
|Phyllis Schlafly
(1924-)
|January 20, 1973
-
|[[Nationalist Party|Nationalist]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1972
|John B. Anderson
|-
|40, 41, or 42
|[[File:Portrait USA Gus Hall.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Gus Hall]]
(1910-)
|January 20, 1973
-
|[[Communist Party USA]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1972
|Paul Robeson
|-
|40, 41, or 42
|[[File:Portrait USA Francis Parker Yockey.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Francis Parker Yockey]]
(1917-)
|January 20, 1973
-
|[[American National Vanguard]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1972
|Louis T. Byers
|}
== Potential Presidents Through Succession (Main Mod) ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Portrait
!Name
(Birth-Death)
!Term
!Party
!Alliance
!Vice President
|-
|40
|[[File:Portrait USA Strom Thurmond.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Strom Thurmond]]
(1902-)
|RFK Assassinated
-
January 20, 1969 or 1973
|[[States' Rights Party|States' Rights]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|Maxwell Taylor
|-
|40
|[[File:Portrait USA Curtis Lemay CIV.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Curtis LeMay]]
(1906-)
|Wallace Impeached
-
January 20, 1969 or 1973
|[[Nationalist Party|Nationalist]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|
|-
|41 or 42
|[[File:Portrait USA Chep Morrison.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Chep Morrison]]
(1912-)
|Hart Resigns or Dies
-
January 20, 1977
|[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|Birch Bayh
|}
== Potentially Elected Presidents (''The Second West Russian War)'' (1976) ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Portrait
!Name
(Birth-Death)
!Term
!Party
!Alliance
!Election
!Vice President
|-
|
|[[File:2WRW Portrait Ella Baker.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Ella Baker]]
(1903-)
|January 20, 1977
-
|[[Communist Party USA]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1976
|
|-
|
|[[File:2WRW Portrait Jimmy Carter.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
(1924-)
|January 20, 1977
-
|[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|1976
|
|-
|
|[[File:2WRW Portrait John B Anderson.png|center|frameless]]
|[[John B. Anderson]]
|January 20, 1977
-
|[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|[[Republican-Democratic Coalition]]
|1976
|
|-
|40, 41, or 42
|[[File:2WRW Portrait Henry M Jackson.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Henry M. Jackson]]
(1912-)
|January 20, 1973
-
January 20 1981
|[[Progressive Party|Progressive]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1972
----1976
|Sid McMath
|-
|
|[[File:2WRW Portrait Herman Talmadge.png|center|frameless]]
|[[Herman Talmadge]]
|January 20, 1977
-
|[[Nationalist Party|Nationalist]]
|[[National Progressive Pact]]
|1976
|
|}
|
Latest revision as of 10:56, 27 June 2024
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 via the Electoral College. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. Since the office was established in 1789, by 1962, 35 men have served in 36 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College.
Presidents before 1965 (1933 - 1965)[edit | edit source]
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth-Death) |
Term | Party | Alliance | Election | Vice President |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882-1945) |
March 4, 1933
- January 20, 1941 |
Democratic | 1932
1936 |
John Nance Garner | ||
33 | Thomas E. Dewey
(1902-) |
January 20, 1941
- January 20, 1949 |
Republican | 1940
1944 |
Joseph Martin Jr. | ||
34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1890-) |
January 20, 1949
- January 20, 1957 |
Democratic | 1948
1952 |
Burton Wheeler | ||
35 | Estes Kefauver
(1903-1963) |
January 20, 1957
- January 20, 1961 |
Democratic | 1956 | Howard McMurray | ||
36 | ![]() |
Richard Nixon
(1913-) |
January 20, 1961
- Nixon's Resignation |
Republican | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1960 | John F. Kennedy |
37 | ![]() |
John F. Kennedy
(1917-1964) |
Nixon's Resignation
- Kennedy's Assassination (c. 1964) |
Democratic | Republican-Democratic Coalition | ||
38 | ![]() |
John W. McCormack
(1891-) |
Kennedy's Assassination
(c. 1964) - January 20, 1965 |
Democratic | Republican-Democratic Coalition |
Potentially Elected Presidents (Main Mod) (1965 - 1972)[edit | edit source]
No. | Potrait | Name
(Birth-Death) |
Term | Party | Alliance | Election | Vice President |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | |||||||
39 | ![]() |
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1908-) |
January 20, 1965
- January 20 1969 or 1973 |
Democratic | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1964
1968 |
Edmund Muskie |
39 | ![]() |
Wallace F. Bennett
(1898-) |
January 20, 1965
- January 20, 1969 or 1973 |
Republican | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1964
1968 |
Gerald Ford |
39 | ![]() |
Robert F. Kennedy
(1925-) |
January 20, 1965
- January 20, 1969 or 1973 (or until possible assassination) |
Progressive | National Progressive Pact | 1964
1968 |
William Guy |
39 | ![]() |
George Wallace
(1919-) |
January 20, 1965
- January 20, 1969 or 1973 |
States' Rights | National Progressive Pact | 1964
1968 |
Curtis LeMay |
1968 | |||||||
40 or 41 | ![]() |
Philip Hart
(1912-) |
January 20, 1969
- January 20, 1973 or 1977 |
Democratic | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1968
1972 |
Chep Morrison |
40 or 41 | ![]() |
Barry Goldwater
(1909-) |
January 20, 1969
- January 20, 1973 or 1977 |
Republican | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1968
1972 |
Walter Judd |
40 or 41 | ![]() |
Michael Harrington
(1928-) |
January 20, 1969
- January 20, 1973 or 1977 |
Farmer-Labor Party | National Progressive Pact | 1968
1972 |
Irving Howe |
40 or 41 | ![]() |
Margaret Chase Smith
(1897-) |
January 20, 1969
- January 20, 1973 or 1977 |
Nationalist | National Progressive Pact | 1968
1972 |
Spiro Agnew |
1972 | |||||||
40, 41, or 42 | ![]() |
Jeane Kirkpatrick
(1926-) |
January 20, 1973
- |
Democratic | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1972 | Leonard Woodcock |
40, 41, or 42 | ![]() |
George Romney
(1907-) |
January 20, 1973
- |
Republican | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1972 | Donald Rumsfeld |
40, 41, or 42 | ![]() |
Henry M. Jackson
(1912-) |
January 20, 1973
- |
Progressive | National Progressive Pact | 1972 | Sid McMath |
40, 41, or 42 | ![]() |
Phyllis Schlafly
(1924-) |
January 20, 1973
- |
Nationalist | National Progressive Pact | 1972 | John B. Anderson |
40, 41, or 42 | ![]() |
Gus Hall
(1910-) |
January 20, 1973
- |
Communist Party USA | National Progressive Pact | 1972 | Paul Robeson |
40, 41, or 42 | ![]() |
Francis Parker Yockey
(1917-) |
January 20, 1973
- |
American National Vanguard | National Progressive Pact | 1972 | Louis T. Byers |
Potential Presidents Through Succession (Main Mod)[edit | edit source]
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth-Death) |
Term | Party | Alliance | Vice President |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | ![]() |
Strom Thurmond
(1902-) |
RFK Assassinated
- January 20, 1969 or 1973 |
States' Rights | National Progressive Pact | Maxwell Taylor |
40 | ![]() |
Curtis LeMay
(1906-) |
Wallace Impeached
- January 20, 1969 or 1973 |
Nationalist | National Progressive Pact | |
41 or 42 | ![]() |
Chep Morrison
(1912-) |
Hart Resigns or Dies
- January 20, 1977 |
Democratic | Republican-Democratic Coalition | Birch Bayh |
Potentially Elected Presidents (The Second West Russian War) (1976)[edit | edit source]
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth-Death) |
Term | Party | Alliance | Election | Vice President |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Ella Baker
(1903-) |
January 20, 1977
- |
Communist Party USA | National Progressive Pact | 1976 | ||
![]() |
Jimmy Carter
(1924-) |
January 20, 1977
- |
Democratic | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1976 | ||
![]() |
John B. Anderson | January 20, 1977
- |
Republican | Republican-Democratic Coalition | 1976 | ||
40, 41, or 42 | ![]() |
Henry M. Jackson
(1912-) |
January 20, 1973
- January 20 1981 |
Progressive | National Progressive Pact | 1972
1976 |
Sid McMath |
![]() |
Herman Talmadge | January 20, 1977
- |
Nationalist | National Progressive Pact | 1976 |