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The presidential primaries and caucuseswere held between February 1 and June 14, 2016, staggered among the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories. The U.S. Congresscertified the electoral result on January 6, 2017, and the new president and vice president were inauguratedon January 20, 2017. 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover 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 ...
Since the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788, there have been 52 unsuccessful major party candidates for President of the United States. [ a] Additionally, since 1796, eight third party or independent candidates have won at least ten percent of the popular or electoral vote, but all failed to win the presidency. Since the ...
While nationwide opinion polls in 2015 indicated that Clinton was the front-runner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, she faced strong challenges from independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, [93] who became the second major candidate when he formally announced on April 30, 2015, that he was running for the Democratic ...
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter.
Only former president to ever run for an office outside the United States. Andrew Johnson. 1865–1869. Denied nomination by his party. 1872. U.S. House of Representatives. Lost. Ran as an Independent and finished 3rd in the general election.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. 4,422 days. (1933–1945) William Henry Harrison. 31 days. (1841) This is a list of presidents of the United States by time in office. The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates, which counts the number of calendar days except the last day. The length of a full four-year presidential term of ...
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama, from January 1 to December 31, 2015.For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.