president are at present held in all the States on the first Tuesday in November, every four years; and on the 4th of March following the new president elect is inaugurated.
President of the United States.—Ulysses Grant, born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, 1822; studied military science at the college of Westpoint, 1839-44; entered the army as lieutenant, 1845; promoted captain, 1853; resigned his commission and settled as a farmer in Missouri, 1854; re-entered the army at the outbreak of the civil war, and appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, July, 1861; nominated lieutenant-general and commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States, December 27, 1862; elected president of the United States, by 214 against 80 votes of the Electoral College, November 3, 1868; installed as president, March 4, 1869.
Vice-president of the United States.—Schuyler Colfax, born in the city of New York, 1823; learnt the trade of printer, and established himself in the town of South-Bend, Indiana, where he founded the 'South-Bend Register' newspaper; returned member of Congress for the state of Indiana, 1859; chosen speaker of the Lower House of Congress, 1863; elected vice-president of the United States, November 3, 1868; installed March 4, 1869.
The president of the United States has an annual salary of 25,000 dollars currency, or 3,750 ₤, and the vice-president of 8,000 dollars currency, or 1,200 ₤.
Since the adoption of the constitution the offices of president and vice-president have been occupied as follows:—
Presidents of the United States.
| Name | From State | Term of Service | Born | Died |
| George Washington | Virginia | 1789-1797 | 1732 | 1799 |
| John Adams | Massachusetts | 1797-1801 | 1735 | 1826 |
| Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | 1801-1809 | 1743 | 1826 |
| James Madison | Virginia | 1809-1817 | 1751 | 1837 |
| James Monroe | Virginia | 1817-1825 | 1759 | 1831 |
| John Quincy Adams | Massachusetts | 1825-1829 | 1767 | 1848 |
| Andrew Jackson | Tennessee | 1829-1837 | 1767 | 1845 |
| Martin Van Buren | New York | 1837-1841 | 1782 | 1862 |
| William H. Harrison | Ohio | 1841-1841 | 1773 | 1841 |
| John Tyler | Virginia | 1841-1845 | 1790 | 1862 |
| James Knox Polk | Tennessee | 1845-1849 | 1795 | 1849 |
| Zachary Taylor | Louisiana | 1849-1850 | 1784 | 1850 |
| Millard Fillmore | New York | 1850-1853 | 1800 | —— |
| Franklin Pierce | New Hampshire | 1853-1857 | 1804 | 1869 |
| James Buchanan | Pennsylvania | 1857-1861 | 1791 | 1868 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Illinois | 1861-1865 | 1809 | 1865 |
| Andrew Johnson | Tennessee | 1865-1869 | 1808 | —— |
| Ulysses Grant | Illinois | 1869 —— | 1822 | —— |
