There have been a total of forty-four United States presidents to date, starting with George Washington who was the first, and Barack Obama who is the forty-fourth.
In over 200 years, the United States has been led by 44 presidents; the first being George Washington in 1789, and the most recent being Barack Obama in 2009.
There have been 44 presidents of the united States, up to and including Barack Obama. This count ignores the southern states electing their own president during the civil war.
