Woodrow Wilson worked in the United States.
The President of the United States is the elected head of state and head of government of the United States .. President of the United States. President of the United States. head of state. head of state. head of government. head of government. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces .. executive branch. Executive ( government ). federal government. Federal government of the United States. commander-in-chief. Commander-in-chief#United States. United States Armed Forces. United States Armed Forces. The president is indirectly elected to a four-year term by the people through an Electoral College -LRB- or by the House of Representatives , should the Electoral College fail to award an absolute majority of votes to any person -RRB- .. indirectly elected. Indirect election. term. Term of office. Electoral College. Electoral College ( United States ). House of Representatives. United States House of Representatives. Since the office was established in 1789 , 44 people have served as president .. The first , George Washington , won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College .. Electoral College. Electoral College ( United States ). George Washington. George Washington. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms in office , and is counted as the nation 's 22nd and 24th president .. Grover Cleveland. Grover Cleveland. Thus the incumbent , Donald Trump , is the nation 's 45th president .. Donald Trump. Donald Trump. There are currently five living former presidents .. living former presidents. Living Presidents of the United States. The most recent death of a former president was on December 26 , 2006 with the death of Gerald Ford ; the most recently serving president to die was Ronald Reagan on June 5 , 2004 .. Gerald Ford. Gerald Ford. Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan. William Henry Harrison spent the shortest time in office , dying 31 days after taking office in 1841 .. William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrison. Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest , over twelve years , before dying early in his fourth term in 1945 ; he is the only president to have served more than two terms .. term. Term of office. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951 , no person may be elected president more than twice , and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once .. term. Term of office. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Of the individuals elected as president , four died in office of natural causes -LRB- William Henry Harrison , Zachary Taylor , Warren G. Harding , and Franklin D. Roosevelt -RRB- , four were assassinated -LRB- Abraham Lincoln , James A. Garfield , William McKinley , and John F. Kennedy -RRB- , and one resigned -LRB- Richard Nixon -RRB- .. William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrison. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Zachary Taylor. Zachary Taylor. Warren G. Harding. Warren G. Harding. assassinated. List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots. Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln. James A. Garfield. James A. Garfield. William McKinley. William McKinley. John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy. Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon. John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency intra-term , and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with his own presidency , as opposed to a caretaker president .. term. Term of office. John Tyler. John Tyler. The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution put Tyler 's precedent into law in 1967 .. Twenty-fifth Amendment. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. It also established a mechanism by which an intra-term vacancy in the vice presidency could be filled .. term. Term of office. Richard Nixon was the first president to fill a vacancy under this Provision when he appointed Gerald Ford to the office .. Gerald Ford. Gerald Ford. Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon. Later , Ford became the second to do so when he appointed Nelson Rockefeller to succeed him .. Nelson Rockefeller. Nelson Rockefeller. Previously , an intra-term vacancy was left unfilled .. term. Term of office. Throughout most of its history , politics of the United States have been dominated by political parties .. politics. Politics of the United States. political parties. Political party. The Constitution is silent on the issue of political parties , and at the time it came into force in 1789 , there were no parties .. political parties. Political party. came into force. Coming into force. Soon after the 1st Congress convened , factions began rallying around dominant Washington Administration officials , such as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson .. 1st Congress. 1st United States Congress. Washington Administration. Presidency of George Washington. Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson. Greatly concerned about the very real capacity of political parties to destroy the fragile unity holding the nation together , Washington remained unaffiliated with any political faction or party throughout his eight-year presidency .. political parties. Political party. He was , and remains , the only U.S. president never to be affiliated with a political party .. Since Washington , every president has been affiliated with a political party at the time they assumed office .