President-elect of the United States
winning candidate of the U.S. presidential election in the time before inauguration
President-elect of the United States is the title used for an incoming president of the United States between the general election on Election Day in November and noon Eastern Standard Time on Inauguration Day, January 20. During this time, the elected nominee is not in office yet.
| President-elect of the United States of America | |
|---|---|
| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | In the period between the general election on Election Day in November and Noon (Eastern Standard Time) on Inauguration Day Can only serve two terms |
| Inaugural holder | George Washington January 10, 1789 |
| Formation | No official formation |
| Deputy | Vice President-elect of the United States |
| Salary | None |
Since the election for U.S. president is not by popular vote, the title is used for the apparent winner.[1] The decision is finalized when votes of the Electoral College, cast in December, are counted by a joint session of Congress in early January.
If the current president has won re-election, they are not given the title of president-elect because he or she is already in office and not waiting to become president. If a new president is scheduled to enter, then the current-standing one is said to hold the office on a lame duck basis.[2]
List of presidents-elect
change| President–elect | Party | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington | Nonpartisan | April 6, 1789[3] | April 30, 1789 | |
| 2 | John Adams | Federalist | December 1796 | March 4, 1797 | |
| 3 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | February 17, 1801[4] | March 4, 1801 | |
| 4 | James Madison | Democratic-Republican | December 1808 | March 4, 1809 | |
| 5 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | December 1816 | March 4, 1817 | |
| 6 | John Quincy Adams | Democratic-Republican | February 9, 1825[4] | March 4, 1825 | |
| 7 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic | December 3, 1828 | March 4, 1829 | |
| 8 | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | December 7, 1836 | March 4, 1837 | |
| 9 | William Henry Harrison | Whig | December 2, 1840 | March 4, 1841 | |
| 10 | James K. Polk | Democratic | December 4, 1844 | March 4, 1845 | |
| 11 | Zachary Taylor | Whig | November 7, 1848 | March 4, 1849 | |
| 12 | Franklin Pierce | Democratic | November 2, 1852 | March 4, 1853 | |
| 13 | James Buchanan | Democratic | November 4, 1856 | March 4, 1857 | |
| 14 | Abraham Lincoln | Republican | November 6, 1860 | March 4, 1861 | |
| 15 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | November 3, 1868 | March 4, 1869 | |
| 16 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | March 2, 1877 | March 4, 1877 | |
| 17 | James A. Garfield | Republican | November 2, 1880 | March 4, 1881 | |
| 18 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | November 4, 1884 | March 4, 1885 | |
| 19 | Benjamin Harrison | Republican | November 6, 1888 | March 4, 1889 | |
| 20 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | November 8, 1892 | March 4, 1893 | |
| 21 | William McKinley | Republican | November 3, 1896 | March 4, 1897 | |
| 22 | William Howard Taft | Republican | November 3, 1908 | March 4, 1909 | |
| 23 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | November 5, 1912 | March 4, 1913 | |
| 24 | Warren G. Harding | Republican | November 2, 1920 | March 4, 1921 | |
| 25 | Herbert Hoover | Republican | November 6, 1928 | March 4, 1929 | |
| 26 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | November 8, 1932 | March 4, 1933 | |
| 27 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | November 4, 1952 | January 20, 1953 | |
| 28 | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | November 8, 1960 | January 20, 1961 | |
| 29 | Richard Nixon | Republican | November 5, 1968 | January 20, 1969 | |
| 30 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | November 2, 1976 | January 20, 1977 | |
| 31 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | November 4, 1980 | January 20, 1981 | |
| 32 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | November 8, 1988 | January 20, 1989 | |
| 33 | Bill Clinton | Democratic | November 3, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | |
| 34 | George W. Bush | Republican | December 13, 2000[5] | January 20, 2001 | |
| 35 | Barack Obama | Democratic | November 4, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | |
| 36 | Donald Trump | Republican | November 8, 2016 | January 20, 2017 | |
| 37 | Joe Biden | Democratic | November 7, 2020 | January 20, 2021 | |
| 38 | Donald Trump | Republican | November 6, 2024 | ||
References
change- ↑ "Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (Public Law 88-277)". General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ↑ "Lame Duck Definition". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ↑ Date the House and Senate met in joint session to count the electoral votes, and declared Washington elected president
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Date of election by House of Representatives
- ↑ The election date was November 7, 2000. On December 13, 2000, Al Gore conceded following the U.S. Supreme Court's halting of recount efforts in Florida (See: Ian Christopher McCaleb (December 13, 2000). "Bush, now president-elect, signals will to bridge partisan gaps". CNN.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2009-02-10.).