Federal government of the United States

“ The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
- George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address
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Government of the United States[]

The U.S. Government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. Powers of these three branches are defined and vested by the U.S. Constitution

President of the United States[]

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

Since the Dollar Flu[]

Current President[]

Secretary of Commerce (possibly) Unknown

Former President[]

Former President Lawrence Waller
Vice President Thomas Eliezer Mendez
Speaker of the House of Representatives Andrew Ellis

United States presidential line of succession[]

The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency (or the office itself, in the instance of succession by the vice president) upon an elected president's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.

No.	Office	Incumbent	Party
0	President of the United States	Lawrence Waller	Democrat Party
1	Vice President	Thomas Eliezer Mendez	Democrat Party
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Andrew Ellis	Republican Party
3	President pro tempore of the Senate	Unknown	Unknown Party
4	Secretary of State	Unknown	Unknown Party
5	Secretary of the Treasury	Unknown	Unknown Party
6	Secretary of Defense	Unknown	Unknown Party
7	Attorney General	Unknown	Unknown Party
8	Secretary of the Interior	Unknown	Unknown Party
9	Secretary of Agriculture	Unknown	Unknown Party
10	Secretary of Commerce	Unknown	Unknown Party
11	Secretary of Labor	Unknown	Unknown Party
12	Secretary of Health and Human Services	Unknown	Unknown Party
13	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Unknown	Unknown Party
14	Secretary of Transportation	Unknown	Unknown Party
15	Secretary of Energy	Unknown	Unknown Party
16	Secretary of Education	Unknown	Unknown Party
17	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Unknown	Unknown Party
18	Secretary of Homeland Security	Calvin McManus	Unknown Party

List of presidents of the United States[]

List of Presidents of the United States (1789 – present)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office	Party	Election(s)	Vice President(s)
1	George Washington (1732–1799)	April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797	Unaffiliated	1788–89, 1792	John Adams
2	John Adams (1735–1826)	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801	Federalist	1796	Thomas Jefferson
3	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809	Democratic-Republican	1800, 1804	Aaron Burr (1801–1805) George Clinton (1805–1809)
4	James Madison (1751–1836)	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817	Democratic-Republican	1808, 1812	George Clinton (1809–1812) Vacant (Apr 20, 1812 – Mar 4, 1813) Elbridge Gerry (1813–1814) Vacant (Nov 23, 1814 – end)
5	James Monroe (1758–1831)	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825	Democratic-Republican	1816, 1820	Daniel D. Tompkins
6	John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	Democratic-Republican → National Republican	1824	John C. Calhoun
7	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837	Democratic	1828, 1832	John C. Calhoun (1829–1832) Vacant (Dec 28, 1832 – Mar 4, 1833) Martin Van Buren (1833–1837)
8	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862)	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841	Democratic	1836	Richard Mentor Johnson
9	William Henry Harrison (1773–1841)	March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841	Whig	1840	John Tyler
10	John Tyler (1790–1862)	April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845	Whig → Unaffiliated	–	Vacant throughout presidency
11	James K. Polk (1795–1849)	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849	Democratic	1844	George M. Dallas
12	Zachary Taylor (1784–1850)	March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850	Whig	1848	Millard Fillmore
13	Millard Fillmore (1800–1874)	July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853	Whig	–	Vacant throughout presidency
14	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869)	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857	Democratic	1852	William R. King (until Apr 18, 1853) Vacant thereafter
15	James Buchanan (1791–1868)	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861	Democratic	1856	John C. Breckinridge
16	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)	March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865	Republican → National Union	1860, 1864	Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) Andrew Johnson (Mar – Apr 1865)
17	Andrew Johnson (1808–1875)	April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869	National Union → Democratic	–	Vacant throughout presidency
18	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877	Republican	1868, 1872	Schuyler Colfax (1869–1873) Henry Wilson (1873–1875) Vacant (Nov 22, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877)
19	Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893)	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881	Republican	1876	William A. Wheeler
20	James A. Garfield (1831–1881)	March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881	Republican	1880	Chester A. Arthur
21	Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886)	September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885	Republican	–	Vacant throughout presidency
22	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889	Democratic	1884	Thomas A. Hendricks (until Nov 25, 1885) Vacant thereafter
23	Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893	Republican	1888	Levi P. Morton
24	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897	Democratic	1892	Adlai Stevenson I
25	William McKinley (1843–1901)	March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901	Republican	1896, 1900	Garret Hobart (1897–1899) Vacant (1899–1901) Theodore Roosevelt (1901)
26	Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)	September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909	Republican	– , 1904	Vacant (1901–1905) Charles W. Fairbanks (1905–1909)
27	William Howard Taft (1857–1930)	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913	Republican	1908	James S. Sherman (1909–1912) Vacant thereafter
28	Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921	Democratic	1912, 1916	Thomas R. Marshall
29	Warren G. Harding (1865–1923)	March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923	Republican	1920	Calvin Coolidge
30	Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)	August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929	Republican	–, 1924	Vacant through March 4, 1925 Charles G. Dawes
31	Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933	Republican	1928	Charles Curtis
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)	March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945	Democratic	1932, 1936, 1940, 1944	John Nance Garner Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman
33	Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)	April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953	Democratic	–, 1948	Vacant through January 20, 1949 Alben W. Barkley
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961	Republican	1952, 1956	Richard Nixon
35	John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963	Democratic	1960	Lyndon B. Johnson
36	Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973)	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969	Democratic	–, 1964	Vacant through January 20, 1965 Hubert Humphrey
37	Richard Nixon (1913–1994)	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974	Republican	1968, 1972	Spiro Agnew Vacant: October 10 – December 6, 1973 Gerald Ford
38	Gerald Ford (1913–2006)	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977	Republican	–	Vacant through December 19, 1974 Nelson Rockefeller
39	Jimmy Carter (1924–2024)	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981	Democratic	1976	Walter Mondale
40	Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989	Republican	1980, 1984	George H. W. Bush
41	George H. W. Bush (1924–2018)	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993	Republican	1988	Dan Quayle
42	Bill Clinton (b. 1946)	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001	Democratic	1992, 1996	Al Gore
43	George W. Bush (b. 1946)	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009	Republican	2000, 2004	Dick Cheney
44	Unknown Female (b. 19??)	January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017	Republican	2008, 2012	Unknown
45	Lawrence Waller (b. 1950-2021)	January 20, 2017 – January 7, 2021	Democrat	2016	Thomas Eliezer Mendez
46	Thomas Eliezer Mendez (b. 1970-2021)	January 7, 2021 – April 9, 2021	Democrat	Incumbent	Vacant
47	Andrew Ellis (b. 1968-2021)	April 9, 2021 – August 30, 2021	Republican	Incumbent	Vacant
48	Unknown (b. 19??-20??)	August 30, 2021 – Unknown	Unknown	Incumbent	Vacant
49	Unknown (b. 19??-20??)	Unknown ??, 20?? – Unknown	Unknown	Incumbent	Vacant
50	Unknown (b. 19??-20??)	Unknown ??, 20?? – Unknown	Unknown	Incumbent	Vacant

Trivia[]

POTUS is the acronym for "President of the United States."