US Presidents List v.2.0.0
47 Database Records
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The US Presidents List is a current, structured reference to every official presidential number from George Washington through the present administration. The releas...
Release structure
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Data dictionary
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| presidential_number | integer | Yes | Official ordinal of the presidency. Nonconsecutive presidencies receive separate numbers. |
| person_id | text | Yes | Stable normalized identifier linking separate presidencies held by the same person. |
| full_name | text | Yes | Common full presidential name. |
| birth_date | text | Yes | Birth date in ISO 8601 format. |
| birth_state_or_country | text | Yes | Birth jurisdiction using the historical place's present-day state or country label. |
| death_date | text | No | Death date in ISO 8601 format; blank for a living person. |
| term_start | text | Yes | Date this numbered presidency began. |
| term_end | text | No | Date this numbered presidency ended; blank only for the current presidency. |
| party_at_accession | text | Yes | Party or ticket affiliation at the start of this presidency; historical coalition labels are retained. |
| vice_presidents | text | Yes | Vice presidents and explicitly identified vacancies during this presidency, in service order. |
| accession_method | text | Yes | How the person first entered this numbered presidency. |
| elected_terms | text | No | Election years won for this numbered presidency; blank when the president only succeeded to office. |
| left_office_reason | text | Yes | How this numbered presidency ended, or currently serving. |
| is_current | boolean | Yes | True only for the presidency in office at build time. |
| white_house_source | text | Yes | Official White House source family used for presidential identity and biographical reconciliation. |
Release at a glance
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Each row represents one official presidential ordinal. The primary key is presidential_number, while person_id links nonconsecutive presidencies held by the same person. This produces 47 records for 45 unique people. Dates are normalized to ISO 8601, current and living values are represented explicitly, and vice-presidential vacancies are retained rather than guessed away.