How Many American Presidents Have There Been?

There have been 43 Presidents of the United States, dating from the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1789. Normally, a president may serve a maximun of two terms of four years each. The one exception was Franklin D.Roosevelt, who served four terms between 1933 and 1945. George Washington was the first president, holding that office from 1789 until 1797. He was an Independent. Other parties which presidents have belonged to include Federalist, Democratic-Republican, Whig and - as has been the case for the last 150 years or so - either Democrat or Republican. There have been 15 Democrat presidents, including Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. The 18 Republican presidents include Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush and his son and current president George W. Bush. Four presidents were assassinated whilst in office - Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and Kennedy.

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