Republicans
No, they have to be of the same political party.
Democrat
George Washington was the only US President without party affiliation.
whig
Alexander Hamilton was a political leader but was not born in the US and could not be President. The Communist Party was outlawed at one time and its leaders could not run for President .
President Obama is a Democrat . His term lasts until Jan. 20, 2017.
Barack Obama and he was representing democrats.
Democrats
Once upon a time....... Service was more important than political party but that died out pretty quickly in the great political experiment that is the United States of America.
Bill Clinton, a Democratic President, nominated Justice Breyer in 1994. US Supreme Court justices are nominated by Presidents, not by political parties (although the President belongs to a political party).
No, the first political party to have a President in office was the Federalist Party, who seated the second US President, John Adams.The Democratic-Republicans (originally called the Anti-Federalists) were the second official political party. They elected four successive Presidents: Thomas Jefferson (3), James Madison (4), James Monroe (5), and John Quincy Adams (6). The party split after that.