Presidents

of the USA
The president of the United 
                 States 

•    is the head of state and head

of government of the United
States, indirectly elected to a
four-year term by the American
people through the Electoral
College. The office holder leads
the executive brance of
the federal government and is
the commander-in-chief of
the United States Armed
Forces.
• Since the office was established
in 1789, 45 people have served
in 46 presidencies.
Benjamin Franklin

• was an American polymath who was

active as a writer, scientist, inventor,
statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher
and political philosopher. Among the
leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin
was one of the Founding Fathers of the
United States, a drafter and signer of
the United States Declaration of
Independence, and the first United States
postmaster general. As a scientist, he was
a major figure in the American
Enlightenmens and the history of
physics for his studies of electricity.
 George Washington
•  was an American military officer,
statesman, and Founding Father who
served as the first president of the
United States from 1789 to 1797.
Appointed by the Continental Congress
as commander of the Continental Army,
Washington led the Patriot forces to
victory in the American Revolutionary
War, and served as the president of
the Constitutional Convention of 1787,
which created the Constitution of the
United States and the American federal
government. Washington has been
called the "Father of the Nation" for his
manifold leadership in the formative
days of the country
Thomas Jefferson

• was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer,

architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who
served as the third president of the United
States from 1801 to 1809. He had previously
served as the second vice president of the United
States under John Adams and as the first United
States secretary of state under George
Washington. The principal author of
the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a
proponent of democracy, republicanism, and
individual rights, motivating American colonists to
break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form
a new nation; he produced formative documents
and decisions at both the state and national levels.
Abraham Lincoln

• Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer and

statesman who served as the 16th president of the
United States from 1861 until his assassination in
1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American
Civil War and succeeded in preserving
the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal
government, and modernizing the U.S. economy.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 

• often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was

an American politician, statesman, conservationist,
naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the
26th president of the United States from 1901 to
1909. He previously served as the 25th vice
president under William McKinley from March to
September 1901, and as the 33rd governor of New
York from 1899 to 1900. Having assumed the
presidency after McKinley's assassination,
Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican
Party and became a driving force for anti-
trust and Progressive policies.
Franklin Delano Rooseve
lt
•   often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American
politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of
the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As a
member of the Democratic Party, he won a record
four presidential elections and became a central figure in world
events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt
directed the federal government during most of the Great
Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in
response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a
dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition,
which defined modern liberalism in the United
States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His
third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which
ended shortly after he died in office.
John F. Kennedy

•  often referred to by his initials JFK, was an

American politician who served as the
35th president of the United States from
1961 until his assassination near the end
of his third year in office. Kennedy served
at the height of the Cold War, and the
majority of his work as president
concerned relations with the Soviet
Union and Cuba. A Democrat, he
represented Massachusetts in both houses
of the U.S. Congress prior to his
presidency.
 Ronald
Reagan
• was an American politician who
served as the 40th president of
the United States from 1981 to
1989. A member of
the Republican Party, he
previously served as the
33rd governor of California from
1967 to 1975 after a career as
a Hollywood actor
and union leader.
William Jefferson
Clinton
• was an American politician who served as the
42nd president of the United States from 1993 to
2001. He previously served as governor of
Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to
1992, and as attorney general of Arkansas from 1977
to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton
became known as a New Democrat, as many of his
policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political
philosophy. He is the husband of Hillary Clinton, who
was a senator from New York from 2001 to
2009, secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 and the
Democratic nominee for president in the 2016
presidential election.
George W. Bush

• was an American politician who

served as the 43rd president of
the United States from 2001 to
2009. A member of the Bush
family and Republican Party, he
previously served as the
46th governor of Texas from
1995 to 2000.