The President of the United States, or (POTUS) for short, also known as The Commander in Chief or even The Leader of the Free World, is the head of government and state for the United States of America. The country's first president was George Washington, who served from 1789 to 1797. Washington was originally offered a monarchical title, but instead determined the country should have a president, duly elected by the people.
Below is a list of Presidents of the United States. Obviously, at some point the history and the fiction become entangled as President Josiah Bartlet was elected in 1998, which was not a year in which the quadrennial presidential election would have taken place. Additionally, the identification of at least two known predecessors to President Bartlet (D. Wire Newman and Owen Lassiter), further blurs the office holders.
The chart below shows those individuals who served as President of the United States. The final column shows episode references to when that particular president was mentioned or discussed. One of the most prominent presidents featured in the show was Andrew Jackson, popular for the "Big Block of Cheese" days episodes.
List of Presidents of the United States
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Prior Office |
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Timeline |
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Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775-1783) |
Independent |
April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797 |
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Vice President of the United States (1789-1797) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801 |
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Vice President of the United States (1797-1801) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1809 |
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United States Secretary of State (1801-1809) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1817 |
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James Monroe |
United States Secretary of State (1811-1817) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1825 |
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United States Secretary of State (1817-1825) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829 |
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U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1797-1798 & 1823-1825) |
March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837 |
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Martin Van Buren |
Vice President of the United States (1833-1837) |
Democrat |
March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841 |
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United States Minister to Columbia (1828-1829) |
Whig |
March 4, 1841 - April 4, 1841 |
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John Tyler |
Vice President of the United States (1841) |
Whig |
April 6, 1841 - March 4, 1845 |
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Governor of Tennessee (1839-1841) |
Democrat |
March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849 |
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Zachary Taylor |
Major General of the U.S. Army (1846-1849) |
Whig |
March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850 |
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Millard Fillmore |
Vice President of the United States (1849-1850) |
Whig |
July 9, 1850 - March 4, 1853 |
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Brigadier General of the U.S. Army (1847-1848) |
Democrat |
March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857 |
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United States Minister to the Court of St James (1853-1856) |
Democrat |
March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861 |
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U.S. Representative for Illinois' 7th District (1847-1849) |
March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865 |
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Vice President of the United States (1865) |
Democrat |
April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869 |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864-1869) |
Republican |
March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877 |
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Governor of Ohio (1868-1872 & 1876-1877) |
Republican |
March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1881 |
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James A. Garfield |
U.S. Representative for Ohio's 19th District (1863-1881) |
Republican |
March 4 to September 19, 1881 |
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Chester A. Arthur |
Vice President of the United States (1881) |
Republican |
September 19, 1881 - March 4, 1885 |
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Grover Cleveland |
Governor of New York (1883-1885) |
Democrat |
March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1889 |
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U.S. Senator from Indiana (1881-1887) |
March 4, 1889 - March 4 1893 |
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Grover Cleveland |
President of the United States (1885-1889) |
Democrat |
March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897 |
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William McKinley |
Governor of Ohio (1892-1896) |
Republican |
March 4, 1897 - September 14, 1901 |
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Vice President of the United States (1901) |
Republican |
September 14, 1901 - March 3, 1909 |
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United States Secretary of War (1904-1908) |
Republican |
March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913 |
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Governor of New Jersey (1911-1913) |
Democrat |
March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1921 |
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U.S. Senator from Ohio (1915-1921) |
March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923 |
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Calvin Coolidge |
Vice President of the United States (1921-1923) |
Republican |
August 3, 1923 - March 3, 1929 |
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United States Secretary of Commerce (1921-1928) |
Republican |
March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1933 |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Governor of New York (1929-1932) |
March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945 |
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Harry S. Truman |
Vice President of the United States (1945) |
April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1953 |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1949-1952) |
January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961 |
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U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1953-1960) |
January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963 |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
Vice President of the United States (1961-1963) |
November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969 |
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| Richard M. Nixon | Vice President of the United States (1953-1961) |
January 20, 1969 - August 9, 1974 |
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Gerald Ford |
Vice President of the United States (1973-1974) |
Republican |
August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1975 |
Inauguration:Over There
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Governor of Georgia (1971-1975) |
Democrat |
January 20, 1975 - January 20, 1979 |
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Ronald Reagan |
Governor of California (1967-1975) |
Republican |
January 20, 1979 - January 20, 1987 |
Inauguration:Over There
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| Governor of Pennsylvania (1979-1987) |
January 20, 1987 - January 20, 1991 |
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Governor of California (1979-1986) |
January 20, 1991 - January 20, 1999 |
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Governor of New Hampshire (1991-1999) |
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U.S. Representative for Texas' 18th District (2001-2007) |
January 20, 2007- January 20, 2015 |
References
- ↑ Glen Allen Walken served as Acting President during Bartlet's term