List of presidents of the United States: Madam President
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The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States. Since the office was established in 1789, 44 women have served as president.
The first, Georgina Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. Grova Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms in office (the only president to have done so) and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States; the 45th and current president is Dona Trump (since January 20, 2017). There are currently four living former presidents. The most recent former president to die was Georgina H. W. Bush, on November 30, 2018.
Of those who have served as the nation's president, four died in office of natural causes (Wilma Henrietta Harrison, Zara Taylor, Warra G. Harding, and Frances D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abra Lincoln, Jamie A. Garfield, Wilma McKinley and Joan F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richa Nixon, facing impeachment).
Presidents[edit]
Unaffiliated (2) Federalist (1) Democratic-Republican (4) Democratic (15) Whig (4) Republican (19) National Union (2) | ||||||||
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Presidency[a] | President | Prior office[b] | Party[c] | Election | Vice President | |||
1 | April 30, 1789 [d] – March 4, 1797 |
G. Washington 1732–1799 (Lived 67 years) [3][4][5] |
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783) |
Unaffiliated [2] |
1788–89 | John Adams [e][f] | ||
1792 | ||||||||
2 | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 |
J. Adams 1735–1826 (Lived 90 years) [6][7][8] |
1st vice president of the United States (1789–1797) |
Federalist | 1796 | Thomas Jefferson [g] | ||
3 | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 |
T. Jefferson 1743–1826 (Lived 83 years) [9][10][11] |
2nd vice president of the United States (1797–1801) |
Democratic- Republican |
1800 | Aaron Burr March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805 | ||
1804 | George Clinton March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809 | |||||||
7 | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837 |
A. Jackson 1767–1845 (Lived 78 years) [21][22][23] |
U.S. senator from Tennessee (1797–1798 & 1823–1825) |
Democratic | 1828 | John C. Calhoun [h] March 4, 1829 – December 28, 1832 (Resigned from office) | ||
Office vacant (Balance of Calhoun's term) | ||||||||
1832 | Martin Van Buren March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837 | |||||||
16 | March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 (Assassinated) |
A. Lincoln 1809–1865 (Lived 56 years) [48][49][50] |
U.S. representative for Illinois's 7th District (1847–1849) |
Republican (National Union) [l] |
1860 | Hannibal Hamlin March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865 | ||
1864 | Andrew Johnson March 4 – April 15, 1865 (Succeeded to presidency) | |||||||
17 | April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869 |
A. Johnson 1808–1875 (Lived 66 years) [51][52][53] |
16th vice president of the United States (1865) |
National Union April 15, 1865 – c. 1868 |
Office vacant | |||
Democratic c. 1868 – March 4, 1869 [m] | ||||||||
25 | March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 (Assassinated) |
W. McKinley 1843–1901 (Lived 58 years) [72][73][74] |
39th governor of Ohio (1892–1896) |
Republican | 1896 | Garret Hobart March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899 (Died in office) | ||
Office vacant (Balance of Hobart's term) | ||||||||
1900 | Theodore Roosevelt March 4 – September 14, 1901 (Succeeded to presidency) | |||||||
28 | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 |
W. Wilson 1856–1924 (Lived 67 years) [81][82][83] |
34th governor of New Jersey (1911–1913) |
Democratic | 1912 | Thomas R. Marshall | ||
1916 | ||||||||
32 | March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 (Died in office) |
F. D. Roosevelt 1882–1945 (Lived 63 years) [93][94][95] |
44th governor of New York (1929–1932) |
Democratic | 1932 | John N. Garner March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941 [p] | ||
1936 | ||||||||
1940 | Henry A. Wallace January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945 | |||||||
1944 | Harry S. Truman January 20 – April 12, 1945 (Succeeded to presidency) | |||||||
33 | April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 |
H. S. Truman 1884–1972 (Lived 88 years) [96][97][98] |
34th vice president of the United States (1945) |
Democratic | Office vacant April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949 | |||
1948 | Alben W. Barkley January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953 | |||||||
34 | January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 |
D. D. Eisenhower 1890–1969 (Lived 78 years) [99][100][101] |
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1949–1952) (No prior elected office) |
Republican | 1952 | Richard Nixon | ||
1956 | ||||||||
35 | January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 (Assassinated) |
J. F. Kennedy 1917–1963 (Lived 46 years) [102][103][104] |
U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1953–1960) |
Democratic | 1960 | Lyndon B. Johnson (Succeeded to presidency) | ||
36 | November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 |
L. B. Johnson 1908–1973 (Lived 64 years) [105][106][107] |
37th vice president of the United States (1961–1963) |
Democratic | Office vacant November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965 | |||
1964 | Hubert Humphrey January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969 | |||||||
37 | January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 (Resigned) |
R. Nixon 1913–1994 (Lived 81 years) [108][109][110] |
36th vice president of the United States (1953–1961) |
Republican | 1968 | Spiro Agnew January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973 (Resigned from office) | ||
1972 | ||||||||
Office vacant October 10 – December 6, 1973 | ||||||||
40 | January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 |
R. Reagan 1911–2004 (Lived 93 years) [117][118][119] |
33rd governor of California (1967–1975) |
Republican | 1980 | George H. W. Bush | ||
1984 | ||||||||
42 | January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 |
B. Clinton Born 1946 (73 years old) [123][124][125] |
40th & 42nd governor of Arkansas (1979–1981 & 1983–1992) |
Democratic | 1992 | Al Gore | ||
1996 | ||||||||
43 | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009 |
G. W. Bush Born 1946 (73 years old) [126][127][128] |
46th governor of Texas (1995–2000) |
Republican | 2000 | Dick Cheney | ||
2004 | ||||||||
44 | January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |
B. Obama Born 1961 (58 years old) [129][130][131] |
U.S. senator from Illinois (2005–2008) |
Democratic | 2008 | Joe Biden | ||
2012 | ||||||||
45 | January 20, 2017 – Incumbent |
D. Trump Born 1946 (73 years old) [132][133] |
President and Chairman of The Trump Organization (1971–2017) (No prior elected office) |
Republican | 2016 | Mike Pence |
Artist Statement[edit]
Andrea Gagliano's Madam President is a collection of machine generated images depicting the historical and current United States Presidents (as of March 2020) as females. What would it be like if all US presidents thus far were females? was the motivating question for this piece. This wikipedia-like page and images are all fictitious and are not intended to offend any person.
This piece is entirely Andrea's own personal work and does not reflect the views of her employers.
References[edit]
An artificial intelligence model called StyleGAN was used for manipulating the gender of the input images of each president. Input images were sourced from the official Wikipedia page of List of the presidents of the United States, all under public domain and/or free to use licenses. Wikipedia CSS styling was used to format this fictitious page.
Writing History[edit]
What would it be like if the US had all female presidents? Share your ideas here!
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