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Welcome to WikiProject Presidents of the United States on the English Wikipedia! We are a project dedicated to constant improvement of articles covering the presidents of the United States, the office, its history, and related biographies (as well as the vice presidents).

Goal

The goal of this project is to improve articles on presidents, vice presidents, their spouses and acting first ladies, and all related articles, and bring them to featured article standard. It is also to expand Wikipedia's knowledge base about U.S. presidents, and topics related to U.S presidents.

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Task 1

Task 1: Get all president articles to Featured Article status, with the ultimate goal of making United States Presidents a Featured topic: 43.5% complete

List of Presidents of the United States
1789–1824	1825–1860	1861–1896	1897–1932	1933–1968	1969–2008	2009–present
George Washington	John Quincy Adams	Abraham Lincoln	William McKinley	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Richard Nixon	Barack Obama
John Adams	Andrew Jackson	Andrew Johnson	Theodore Roosevelt	Harry S. Truman	Gerald Ford	Donald Trump
Thomas Jefferson	Martin Van Buren	Ulysses S. Grant	William Howard Taft	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Jimmy Carter	Joe Biden
James Madison	William Henry Harrison	Rutherford B. Hayes	Woodrow Wilson	John F. Kennedy	Ronald Reagan
James Monroe	John Tyler	James A. Garfield	Warren G. Harding	Lyndon B. Johnson	George H. W. Bush
	James K. Polk	Chester A. Arthur	Calvin Coolidge		Bill Clinton
	Zachary Taylor	Grover Cleveland	Herbert Hoover		George W. Bush
	Millard Fillmore	Benjamin Harrison
	Franklin Pierce
	James Buchanan

Legend
FA	GA	Incumbent	Other

Task 2

Task 2: Get all vice president articles to Featured Article status, with the ultimate goal of making United States Vice Presidents a Featured topic: 28.6% complete

List of Vice Presidents of the United States
1789–1824	1825–1860	1861–1896	1897–1932	1933–1968	1969–2008	2009–present
John Adams	John C. Calhoun	Hannibal Hamlin	Garret Hobart	John N. Garner	Spiro Agnew	Joe Biden
Thomas Jefferson	Martin Van Buren	Andrew Johnson	Theodore Roosevelt	Henry A. Wallace	Gerald Ford	Mike Pence
Aaron Burr	Richard M. Johnson	Schuyler Colfax	Charles W. Fairbanks	Harry S. Truman	Nelson Rockefeller	Kamala Harris
George Clinton	John Tyler	Henry Wilson	James S. Sherman	Alben W. Barkley	Walter Mondale	JD Vance
Elbridge Gerry	George M. Dallas	William A. Wheeler	Thomas R. Marshall	Richard Nixon	George H. W. Bush
Daniel D. Tompkins	Millard Fillmore	Chester A. Arthur	Calvin Coolidge	Lyndon B. Johnson	Dan Quayle
	William R. King	Thomas A. Hendricks	Charles G. Dawes	Hubert Humphrey	Al Gore
	John C. Breckinridge	Levi P. Morton	Charles Curtis		Dick Cheney
		Adlai Stevenson I

Legend
FA	GA	Incumbent	Other

Task 3

Task 3: Get all other major party presidential candidates to Featured Article status: 19.4% complete

List of unsuccessful major party candidates for President of the United States
1789–1824	1825–1860	1861–1896	1897–1932	1933–1968	1969–2008	2009–present
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney	Hugh Lawson White	George B. McClellan	Alton B. Parker	Alf Landon	George McGovern	Mitt Romney
DeWitt Clinton	Lewis Cass	Horatio Seymour	Charles Evans Hughes	Wendell Willkie	Michael Dukakis	Hillary Clinton
Rufus King	Winfield Scott	Horace Greeley	James M. Cox	Thomas E. Dewey	Bob Dole	Kamala Harris
Henry Clay	John C. Frémont	Samuel J. Tilden	John W. Davis	Adlai Stevenson II	John Kerry
William H. Crawford	Stephen A. Douglas	Winfield S. Hancock	Al Smith	Barry Goldwater	John McCain
		James G. Blaine		George Wallace
		William Jennings Bryan

Legend
FA	GA	Other

Other tasks

Raise all presidency articles (e.g. presidency of Abraham Lincoln) to Featured Article status
Raise President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, White House, Air Force One, Historical rankings of presidents of the United States, and other presidency-related articles to Featured Article or Featured List status
Improve the quality and maintain articles related to Donald Trump, as part of the Donald Trump task force

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Ronald Reagan filmography

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Did you know? articles

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ADAMS, John Q-President (BEP engraved portrait)
ADAMS,John-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Another voice for Cleveland - F.B. LCCN95522869 - restoration2
BUCHANAN, James-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Barack Obama family portrait 2011
Barack Obama with artistic gymnastic McKayla Maroney 2
CLEVELAND, Grover-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Cabinet card of William Howard Taft by Pach Brothers - Cropped to image
Carter and Sadat White House2
Chester A. Arthur by Abraham Bogardus
Dean Franklin - 06.04.03 Mount Rushmore Monument (by-sa)-3 new
Ellen Axson Wilson (4435974396) - cropped and retouched
FILLMORE, Millard-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Frances Folsom Cleveland, by Charles Milton Bell
GARFIELD, James A-President (BEP engraved portrait)
George Washington by John Trumbull (1780)
Gerald Ford hearing2
Gilbert Stuart - George Washington - Google Art Project
Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington
Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, c. 1800-1815, NGA 42933
Grover Cleveland by Charles Milton Bell color change
HARRISON, Benjamin-President (BEP engraved portrait)
HARRISON, William H-President (BEP engraved portrait)
HAYES, Rutherford B-President (BEP engraved portrait)
JACKSON, Andrew-President (BEP engraved portrait)
JFK limousine
JOHNSON, Andrew-President (BEP engraved portrait)
James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated
John F Kennedy Official Portrait
John Quincy Adams drawing2
Laura Bush portrait
Lincoln assassination slide c1900 - Restoration
MADISON, James-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Obama and Biden await updates on bin Laden
Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981
PIERCE, Franklin-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Pach Brothers - Benjamin Harrison
President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880
ROOSEVELT, Theodore-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Ronald Reagan with cowboy hat 12-0071M edit
T Roosevelt
TAYLOR, Zachary-President (BEP engraved portrait)
TYLER, John-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Theodore Roosevelt by the Pach Bros
Theodore Rooseveltnewtry
United States President Barack Obama bends down to allow the son of a White House staff member to touch his head
VAN BUREN, Martin-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Vincenzo Laviosa - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Google Art Project
WASHINGTON, George-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Walter Johnson and Calvin Coolidge shake hands FINAL

Former featured pictures

Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait

Featured article candidates

George Washington

In the News articles

Main page featured articles

Main page featured lists

Picture of the day pictures

ADAMS, John Q-President (BEP engraved portrait)
ADAMS,John-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait
BUCHANAN, James-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Barack Obama family portrait 2011
Barack Obama with artistic gymnastic McKayla Maroney 2
CLEVELAND, Grover-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Cabinet card of William Howard Taft by Pach Brothers - Cropped to image
Carter and Sadat White House2
Dean Franklin - 06.04.03 Mount Rushmore Monument (by-sa)-3 new
FILLMORE, Millard-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Frances Folsom Cleveland, by Charles Milton Bell
GARFIELD, James A-President (BEP engraved portrait)
George Washington by John Trumbull (1780)
Gerald Ford hearing2
Gilbert Stuart - George Washington - Google Art Project
Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington
Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, c. 1800-1815, NGA 42933
HARRISON, Benjamin-President (BEP engraved portrait)
HARRISON, William H-President (BEP engraved portrait)
HAYES, Rutherford B-President (BEP engraved portrait)
JACKSON, Andrew-President (BEP engraved portrait)
JFK limousine
JOHNSON, Andrew-President (BEP engraved portrait)
James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated
John F Kennedy Official Portrait
John Quincy Adams drawing2
Lincoln assassination slide c1900 - Restoration
MADISON, James-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Obama and Biden await updates on bin Laden
Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981
PIERCE, Franklin-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Pach Brothers - Benjamin Harrison
President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880
ROOSEVELT, Theodore-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Ronald Reagan with cowboy hat 12-0071M edit
T Roosevelt
TAYLOR, Zachary-President (BEP engraved portrait)
TYLER, John-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Theodore Rooseveltnewtry
United States President Barack Obama bends down to allow the son of a White House staff member to touch his head
VAN BUREN, Martin-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Vincenzo Laviosa - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Google Art Project
WASHINGTON, George-President (BEP engraved portrait)
Walter Johnson and Calvin Coolidge shake hands FINAL

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23 Jan 2025 – Bill Pulte (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by BeanieFan11 (t · c); see discussion
23 Jan 2025 – Point the Finger (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Viriditas (t · c); see discussion
15 Jan 2025 – Statue of George Washington (Trenton, New Jersey) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Zeete (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

22 Jan 2025 – RBG PAC (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by ElijahPepe (t · c) was closed by SportingFlyer (t · c) on 24 Jan 2025; see discussion (5 participants)
20 Jan 2025 – Don Colossus (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mlkj (t · c) was closed as redirect by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 28 Jan 2025; see discussion (11 participants)
15 Jan 2025 – Trump Oil Corporation (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Isla (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 22 Jan 2025; see discussion (4 participants)

Redirects for discussion

22 Jan 2025 – List of United States political parties by time holding the presidency (talk · edit · hist) →List of presidents of the United States was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
21 Jan 2025 – Unelected US presidents (talk · edit · hist) →President of the United States was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
21 Jan 2025 – Unelected US Presidents (talk · edit · hist) →President of the United States was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
16 Jan 2025 – 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C 20500 (talk · edit · hist) →White House was RfDed by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion
16 Jan 2025 – 20500 (talk · edit · hist) →White House was RfDed by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion
16 Jan 2025 – Executive Mansion (talk · edit · hist) →White House was RfDed by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion
09 Dec 2024 – Trump the sequel (talk · edit · hist) →Second presidency of Donald Trump was RfDed by Someone-123-321 (t · c); see discussion
16 Jan 2025 – White Home (talk · edit · hist) →White House RfDed by Cremastra (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Featured article candidates

27 Dec 2024 – George Washington (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by ErnestKrause (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

27 Jan 2025 – Political activities of Elon Musk (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

26 Jan 2025 – Andrew Jackson (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by DisneyGuy744 (t · c); see discussion
23 Jan 2025 – Jimmy Carter (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Векочел (t · c); see discussion
22 Jan 2025 – 2028 United States presidential election (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Chetsford (t · c); see discussion
21 Jan 2025 – Department of Government Efficiency (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by NateNate60 (t · c); see discussion
11 Jan 2025 – Joe Biden (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by WikiFouf (t · c); see discussion
04 Jan 2025 – Ronald Reagan (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Векочел (t · c); see discussion
26 Dec 2024 – Elon Musk (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Firecat93 (t · c); see discussion
21 Jan 2025 – John Quincy Adams (talk · edit · hist) RfC by EarthDude (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Peer reviews

16 Dec 2024 – Outline of George Washington (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Atakes Ris (t · c); see discussion
26 Sep 2024 – Lucky Loser (book) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Lisha2037 (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

25 Jan 2025 – Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2025 Q1) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Timeline of Donald Trump's second presidency (2025 Q1) by EatingCarBatteries (t · c); see discussion
06 Jan 2025 – Deep state in the United States (talk · edit · hist) move request to Deep state conspiracy theory in the United States by BootsED (t · c) was moved to Deep state conspiracy theory in the United States (talk · edit · hist) by CommunityNotesContributor (t · c) on 25 Jan 2025; see discussion

Articles to be merged

24 Jan 2025 – RBG PAC (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Political activities of Elon Musk by ElijahPepe (t · c); see discussion
23 Aug 2024 – List of former Trump administration officials who endorsed Joe Biden (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of former Trump administration officials who endorsed Kamala Harris by Relinus (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

18 Jan 2025 – Restrictions on TikTok in the United States (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Gluonz (t · c); see discussion
10 Dec 2024 – Presidencies of Grover Cleveland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Batong1930 (t · c); see discussion
11 Nov 2024 – Trumpism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BootsED (t · c); see discussion
27 Oct 2024 – Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ManOfDirt (t · c); see discussion
25 Oct 2024 – List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign non-political endorsements (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
14 Aug 2024 – Eleanor Roosevelt (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Vinnylospo (t · c); see discussion

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