Who is the most powerful person in the United States? As commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces, the President is arguably recognized as the single most powerful person in the U.S. The President is elected by the people through the Electoral College and a person may serve as President up to 2 four-year term.
Presidents of the United States in Chronological Order
![George-Washington-1st-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/George-Washinton-1st-US-President.jpg)
![John-Adams-2nd-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/John-Adams-2nd-US-President1.jpg)
![Thomas-Jefferson-3rd-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Thomas-Jefferson-3rd-US-President.jpg)
![James-Madison-4th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/James-Madison-4th-US-President.jpg)
![James-Monroe-5th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/James-Monroe-5th-US-President.jpg)
![John-Quincy-Adams-6th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/John-Quincy-Adams-6th-US-President.jpg)
![Andrew-Jackson-7th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Andrew-Jackson-7th-US-President.jpg)
![Martin-Van-Buren-8th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Martin-Van-Buren-8th-US-President.jpg)
![William-Henry-Harrison-9th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/William-Henry-Harrison-9th-US-President.jpg)
![John-Tyler-10th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/John-Tyler-10th-US-President.jpg)
![James-K-Polk-11th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/James-K-Polk-11th-US-President.jpg)
![Zachary-Taylor-12th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Zachary-Taylor-12th-US-President.jpg)
![Millard-Fillmore-13th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Millard-Fillmore-13th-US-President.jpg)
![Franklin-Pierce-14th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Franklin-Pierce-14th-US-President.jpg)
![James-Buchanan-15th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/James-Buchanan-15th-US-President.jpg)
![Abraham-Lincoln-16th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Abraham-Lincoln-16th-US-President.jpg)
![Andrew-Johnson-17th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Andrew-Johnson-17th-US-President.jpg)
![Ulysses-S-Grant-18th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Ulysses-S-Grant-18th-US-President.jpg)
![Rutherford-B-Hayes-19th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Rutherford-B-Hayes-19th-US-President.jpg)
![James-A-Garfield-20th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/James-A-Garfield-20th-US-President.jpg)
![Chester-A-Arthur-21st-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Chester-A-Arthur-21st-US-President.jpg)
![Grover-Cleveland-22nd-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Grover-Cleveland-22nd-US-President.jpg)
![Benjamin-Harrison-23rd-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Benjamin-Harrison-23rd-US-President.jpg)
![Grover-Cleveland-24th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Grover-Cleveland-24th-US-President.jpg)
![William-McKinley-25th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/William-McKinley-25th-US-President.jpg)
![Theodore-Roosevelt-26th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Theodore-Roosevelt-26th-US-President.jpg)
![William-Howard-Taft-27th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/William-Howard-Taft-27th-US-President.jpg)
![Woodrow-Wilson-28th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Woodrow-Wilson-28th-US-President.jpg)
![Warren-G-Harding-29th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Warren-G-Harding-29th-US-President.jpg)
![Calvin-Coolidge-30th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Calvin-Coolidge-30th-US-President.jpg)
![Herbert-Hoover-31st-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Herbert-Hoover-31st-US-President.jpg)
![Franklin-D-Roosevelt-32nd-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Franklin-D-Roosevelt-32nd-US-President.jpg)
![Harry-S-Truman-33rd-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Harry-S-Truman-33rd-US-President.jpg)
![Dwight-D-Eisenhower-34th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Dwight-D-Eisenhower-34th-US-President.jpg)
![John-F-Kennedy-35th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/John-F-Kennedy-35th-US-President.jpg)
![Lyndon-B-Johnson-36th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Lyndon-B-Johnson-36th-US-President.jpg)
![Richard-Nixon-37th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Richard-Nixon-37th-US-President.jpg)
![Gerald-Ford-38th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Gerald-Ford-38th-US-President.jpg)
![Jimmy-Carter-39th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Jimmy-Carter-39th-US-President.jpg)
![Ronald-Reagan-40th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Ronald-Reagan-40th-US-President.jpg)
![George-H-W-Bush-41st-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/George-H-W-Bush-41st-US-President.jpg)
![Bill-Clinton-42nd-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Bill-Clinton-42nd-US-President.jpg)
![George-W-Bush-43rd-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/George-W-Bush-43rd-US-President.jpg)
![Barack-Obama-44th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Barack-Obama-44th-US-President.jpg)
![Donald-Trump-45th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Donald-Trump-45th-President-of-the-United-States-120x80-1.png)
![Joe-Biden-46th-US-President](https://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Joe-Biden-46th-president-of-the-United-States-120x80-1.jpg)