How many American presidents have there been?

Question

How many American presidents have there been? Make sure you post a link. I haven't gotten a good answer yet.

You all fell for my trick question. I said American presidents, not US presidents. Doesn't Mexico and other American countries have presidents too?

Answer 1

All of them :)

Answer 2

43 different presidents1. George Washington 1789 -1797
2. John Adams 1797-1801
3. Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
4. James Madison 1809-1817
5. James Monroe 1817-1825
6. John Quincy Adams 1825-1829
7. Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
8. Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
9. William Henry Harrison 1841- 841
10. John Tyler 1841-1845
11. James Knox Polk 1845-1849
12. Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
13. Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
14. Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
15. James Buchanan 1857-1861
16. Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
17. Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
18. Ulysses Simpson Grant 1869-1877
19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes 1877-1881
20. James Abram Garfield 1881
21. Chester Alan Arthur 1881-1885
22. Grover Cleveland 1885-1889
23. Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893
24. Grover Cleveland 1893-1897
25. William McKinley 1897-1901
26. Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
27. William Howard Taft 1909-1913
28. Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
29. Warren Gamaliel Harding 1921-1923
30. Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
31. Herbert Clark Hoover 1929-1933
32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945
33. Harry S. Truman 1945-1953
34. Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961
35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1961-1963
36. Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969
37. Richard Milhous Nixon 1969-1974
38. Gerald Rudolph Ford 1974-1977
39. James Earl Carter Jr. 1977-1981
40. Ronald Wilson Reagan 1981-1989
41. George Herbert Walker Bush 1989-1993
42. William Jefferson Clinton 1993-2001
43. George W. Bush 2001-now

Answer 3

Actually that was not a trick question. The name America is synonymous with the United States because the full name of our country is The United States of America. People in all countries know that if you ask about anything American you are speaking of the US. Mexico is not an "American" country, technically it is located in the region we call Central America. The other countries you are alluding to are located on a continent called South America.

Answer 4

Try Google, It's 42 Presidents.

Answer 5

the answer is 53 american presidents. other countries do not count, because you must be a president of a country, and the USA is the only country referred to as america. don't try to be tricky with grammar, when you are not literate. anyway, there were 10 american presidents under the articles of confederation, and 43 under the constitution

Answer 6

Actually there have been 43 presidencies, but only 42 presidents. Clevelend served two non-consecutive terms

Answer 7

George W. Bush is the 43rd president of these United States. See:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
for more information.

Answer 8

From Wikipedia

There have been 43 men who've held the office of President, who have served a total of 55 terms in office. I have put their full name down.

18th CENTURY:
Name--took office--left office
1 GEORGE WASHINGTON April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797
2 JOHN ADAMS,JR.-- March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801

19th century:

3 THOMAS JEFFERSON -- March 4, 1801-- March 4, 1809
4 JAMES MADISON-- March 4, 1809-- March 4, 1817
5 JAMES MONROE-- March 4, 1817 --March 4, 1825
6 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS-- March 4, 1825-- March 4, 1829 (son of #2)
7 ANDREW JACKSON-- March 4, 1829 March 4,1837 (nickname was "Old Hickory" because of his renown for toughness)
8 MARTIN VAN BUREN-- March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841
9 WILLIAM HENRY. HARRISON -- March 4, 1841-- April 4, 1841 (died in office after only 1 month)
10 JOHN TYLER, JR.-- April 4, 1841-- March 4, 1845
11 JAMES KNOX. POLK -- March 4, 1845-- March 4, 1849
12 ZACHARY TAYLOR-- March 4, 1849--July 9, 1850 (died of either cholera morbus, typhoid fever, food poisoning)
13 MILLARD FILLMORE -- July 9, 1850-- March 4, 1853
14 FRANKLIN PIERCE -- March 4, 1853-- March 4, 1857
15 JAMES BUCHANAN -- March 4, 1857-- March 4, 1861
16 ABRAHAM LINCOLN-- March 4, 1861-- April 15, 1865 (Assassinated)
17 ANDREW JOHNSON--April 15, 1865--March 4, 1869
18 ULYSSES SIMPSON. GRANT-- March 4, 1869-- March 4, 1877 (Civil War general, Union side)
19 RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD. HAYES-- March 4, 1877-- March 4, 1881
20 JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD-- March 4, 1881-- September 19, 1881(Assassinated after only 6 months in office)
21 CHESTER ALAN. ARTHUR-- September 19, 1881-- March 4, 1885
22, & 24 (STEPHEN) GROVER CLEVELAND -- March 4, 1885-- March 4, 1889 ;
(2nd term: March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897)
23 BENJAMIN HARRISON, VI -- March 4, 1889-- March 4, 1893 (served between Cleveland's 2 terms)
25 WILLIAM McKINLEY, JR -- March 4, 1897-- September 14, 1901 (Assassinated)

20th CENTURY
26 THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR -- September 14, 1901-- March 4, 1909 (aka: "Teddy")
27 WILLIAM HOWARD. TAFT-- March 4, 1909-- March 4, 1913
28 (THOMAS) WOODROW WILSON -- March 4, 1913-- March 4, 1921
29 WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING -- March 4, 1921-- August 2, 1923 (First president to visit Alaska; died of heart attack or stroke at age 57)
30 (JOHN) CALVIN COOLIDGE, JR-- August 2, 1923 --March 4, 1929
31 HERBERT CLARK HOOVER -- March 4, 1929 --March 4, 1933
32 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT-- March 4, 1933-- April 12, 1945 (only President to serve 4 consecutive terms, during World War 2; had 3 Vice-Presidents; died of cerebral hemorrhage)
33 HARRY S TRUMAN -- April 12, 1945-- January 20, 1953
34 DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER-- January 20, 1953-- January 20, 1961 (was a 5-star Army General in European Theater of WW2)
35 JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY -- January 20, 1961-- November 22, 1963 (WW2 hero--commander of Navy Patrol Torpedo boat # 109; Assassinated in Dallas, Tex.)
36 LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON-- November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969
37 RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON -- January 20, 1969-- August 9, 1974[
38 GERALD RUDOLPH FORD, JR -- August 9, 1974-- January 20, 1977
39 (JAMES EARL) "JIMMY" CARTER,JR -- January 20, 1977 --January 20, 1981
40 RONALD WILSON REAGAN -- January 20, 1981-- January 20, 1989
41 GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH -- January 20, 1989 --January 20, 1993
42. (WILLIAM JEFFERSON) "BILL" CLINTON--January 20,1993-January 20,2001 (Impeached, Dec. 19,1998)


21st CENTURY:
43. GEORGE WALKER BUSH--January 20, 2001--January 20,2008 (son of #41)


I counted at least 36 presidents in Mexico's history. Central America and South America aren't known.

(PS: For those of us who spent a lot of time finding your "answer to a TRICK question, I say " BOOOOOOOO TO YOU!!!")

Answer 9

Most will say 43; however, Cleveland had two non-consecutive terms, so to be exact, it would be 42.

Answer 10

43 through Pres. George W. Bush.

They are pictured in order here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

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