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"Presidents of the United States" redirects here. For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation).

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 via the Electoral College.

The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. Since the office was established in , 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president.

The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in , was the shortest in American in D.

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