AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

The president of the United States of America is the head of State and Government of the United States. It is the highest political office in the country for influence and recognition. The president heads the executive branch of government federal.There were forty-three persons who took charge and forty-four presidencias.Of the persons elected to office, four died during his term of natural causes, one resigned and four were killed. The first president was George Washington, who was inaugurated in 1789 after a unanimous vote of the electoral college. William Henry Harrison was the least time spent in office, with only 32 days, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, with his 12 year tenure, was the one who stayed for more time and the only president who served for more than two terms. The current president is Democrat Barack Obama, who was sworn to office on January 20, 2009.