PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, the chief executive of the gov ernment. He is Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the country, and has the nomination of most of the execu tive officers of the government, besides a large number of judicial and admin istrative functionaries. He is elected for a term of four years, and is eligible for any number of re-elections, though, in conformity with the precedent set by George Washington, no President has yet been elected more than twice. The President's salary was originally $25,000 a year. In 1873 it was doubled. In 1907 an additional $25,000 was allowed for traveling expenses and in 1909 the salary was fixed at $75,000. The Presi dent has a veto power and unlimited pardoning prerogative as to offenders against National laws. He is elected by an electoral college, which in some con tingencies makes the choice by States. In case of his death or total disability the functions of the office devolve on the Vice-President, who is the presiding of ficer of the Senate. The following is the list of Presidents up to the present: George Washington, 1789 and 1793; John Adams, 1797; Thomas Jefferson, 1801 and 1805; James Madison, 1809 and 1813; James Monroe, 1817 and 1821; John Quincy Adams, 1825; Andrew Jackson, 1829 and 1833; Martin Van Buren, 1837; William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841), 1841; John Tyler (elected as Vice President) , 1841; James Knox Polk, 1845; Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850), 1849; Millard Fillmore (elected as Vice-President), 1850; Franklin Pierce, 1853; James Buchanan, 1857; Abraham Lincoln (assassinated April 14, 1865), 1861 and 1865; Andrew Johnson (elected as Vice-President), 1865; Ulysses S.
Grant, 1869 and 1873; Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877; James A. Garfield (died by assassination Sept. 19, 1881), 1881; Chester A. Arthur (elected as Vice President) , 1881; Grover Cleveland, 1885; Benjamin Harrison, 1889; Gro ver Cleveland, 1893; William Mc Kinley, 1897 and 1901 (assassinated Sept. 6, 1901) ; Theodore Roosevelt (1901). Elected 1905. William H. Taft, 1909; Woodrow Wilson, 1913 and 1917; Warren G. Harding, 1921.