President-elect of the United States Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids President-elect of the United States
Style	The Honorable
Term length	The period between the United States presidential election on Election Day in November, and Noon (Eastern Standard Time) on the following January 20, Inauguration Day
Inaugural holder	George Washington April 6, 1789

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.

Logo of President-elect during Biden-Harris transition

Since the election for U.S. president is not by popular vote, the title is used for the apparent winner. 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.

List of presidents-elect

Nonpartisan Democratic-Republican Democratic Whig Republican
President–elect		Party		From	To
1	George Washington		Nonpartisan	April 6, 1789	April 30, 1789
2	John Adams		Federalist	December 1796	March 4, 1797
3	Thomas Jefferson		Democratic-Republican	February 17, 1801	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	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	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

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List of presidents-elect