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The U.S. president is the head of the country and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the citizens through the Electoral College.
Since 1789, 46 men have served as president. George Washington was the first U.S. president. Grover Cleveland was the only president who worked two non-consecutive terms. (22nd and 24th president of the U.S.). There are currently four living former presidents.
The presidency of Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in U.S. history. Franklin D. Roosevelt worked the longest, over 20 years. He is the only president to have served more than 2 times.
Since the 21 Amendment’s acceptance to the U.S. Constitution in 1951, no candidate may be chosen president more than twice.
Twenty-one states today have the honor of being home to at least one U.S. president. Virginia has given the country 8 presidents, including the 1st head of state, George Washington
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Virginia
#1 – George Washington, 1789–1797 (Westmoreland County) #3 – Thomas Jefferson, 1801–1809 (Shadwell) #4 – James Madison, 1809–1817 (Port Conway) #5 – James Monroe, 1817–1825 (Monroe Hall) #9 – William Henry Harrison, 1841 (Charles City County) #10 – John Tyler, 1841–1845 (Charles City County) #12 – Zachary Taylor, 1849–1850 (Barboursville) #28 – Woodrow Wilson, 1913–1921 (Staunton)
Ohio
#18 – Ulysses S. Grant, 1869–1877 (Point Pleasant) #19 – Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877–1881 (Delaware) #20 – James A. Garfield, 1881 (Moreland Hills) #23 – Benjamin Harrison, 1889–1893 (North Bend) #25 – William McKinley, 1897–1901 (Niles) #27 – William Howard Taft, 1909–1913 (Cincinnati) #29 – Warren G. Harding, 1921–1923 (Blooming Grove)
New York
#8 – Martin Van Buren, 1837–1841 (Kinderhook) #13 – Millard Fillmore, 1850–1853 (Moravia) #26 – Theodore Roosevelt, 1901–1909 (New York City) #32 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933–1945 (Hyde Park) #45 – Donald Trump, 2017–present (New York City)
Massachusetts
#2 – John Adams, 1797–1801 (Quincy) #6 – John Quincy Adams, 1825–1829 (Quincy) #35 – John F. Kennedy, 1961–1963 (Brookline) #41 – George H. W. Bush, 1989–1993 (Milton)
North Carolina
#7 – Andrew Jackson, 1829–1837 (Waxhaws region, exact location unknown, evidence suggests North of the border) #11 – James K. Polk, 1845–1849 (Pineville) #17 – Andrew Johnson, 1865–1869 (Raleigh)
