List of presidents of the United States
The president of the United States is indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the people through the Electoral College. Since the office was established in 1789, there have been 45 presidencies, while 44 men have served as president. The 45th and current president is Donald Trump, who has served since January 20, 2017.
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The president of the United States is indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the people through the Electoral College. Since the office was established in 1789, there have been 45 presidencies, while 44 men have served as president. The 45th and current president is Donald Trump, who has served since January 20, 2017. The most recent to die was George H. W. Bush, on November 30, 2018. The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history.
Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president.
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