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How many American presidents have been men?

All of the US presidents have been men. There have been no female presidents.


How many democratic presidents have there been and how many republican presidents have there been?

There were 5 Jacksonian Democratic presidents before the Civil War. There have been 9 modern Democrats since the Civil War. (The Democratic Party split over slavery in 1860 . After the Civil War ended a new Democratic Party emerged in opposition to the Republicans. ) Some people add the 5 and 9 to get 14 Democratic presidents. There was one president, George Washington, before parties came into being. There was one Federalistm John Adams, There are 4 Whig presidents. There are 4 Democratic-Republican (Jeffersonian) presidents. John Quincy Adams had ties with the residue of the old Federalist party and later was a leader in the Whig party. He did not really belong to a national party when hew was elected. There were 18 Republican presidents , counting Andrew Johnson, who ran as a Republican with Lincoln but had been a Democratic Senator and joined to the reformed Democratic party after he was President. Summary: 18 Republican, 13 Democrat, 4 Whig, 4 Democratic Republican, 2 unaffiliated, and one National Union Party (Andrew Johnson).


Could Truman have run for President a second term?

Yes. The 22nd amendment was proposed and ratified while Truman was president and he was explicitly exempted from its application. He could have run a second time and for an many terms as he could get elected. The amendment applied to all presidents after Truman, however.


How many gay presidents have there been?

There has never been any openly gay president.


Why was the 22nd Amendment passed?

It was passed (ratified in 1951) so that US presidents would be limited to only 2 terms. Mainly due to World War Two, FDR was elected to unprecented third and fourth terms, and many in politics worried about having a "president for life". However, passage of the term limit has resulted in difficulties for Presidents late in their second term, as so-called "lame ducks".