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Prime ministers of the United Provinces of America[edit]

American custom is to count by the individuals who were prime minister, not by terms.[1] Since Confederation, 27 prime ministers have been "called upon" by the governor general to form 29 American Ministries.[1]

Abbreviation key: No.: Incumbent number, Min.: Ministry, Refs: References
Colour key:
Provinces key: BC: British Columbia, CA: California, CT: Connecticut, DE: Delaware, IL: Illinois, IN: Indiana, IA: Iowa, KS: Kansas, ME: Maine, MA: Massachusetts, MI: Michigan, MN: Minnesota, NM: New Mexico, NY: New York, ON: Ontario, OR: Oregon, PA: Pennsylvania, QC: Quebec, SK: Saskatchewan
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Electoral mandates (Assembly) Political party Riding Cabinet Ref.
1
Hannibal Hamlin
(1809–1891)
7 October
1861
22 September
1877
Title created (caretaker government)⁠

1861 election (1st Parl.)⁠


1866 election (2nd Parl.)⁠


1871 election (3rd Parl.)⁠


1874 election (4th Parl.)

Conservative MP for Bangor, ME 1st
First Prime Minister. Oversaw the admission of Kansas, California, Colorado, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Prince Edward Islands as provinces. Signed the Oklahoma Treaty with Texas and Dixie, Granted a knighthood by Queen Victoria.
2
(1 of 2)
James B. Weaver
(1833–1912)
22 September
1877
18 July
1882
1877 election (5th Parl.) Liberal MP for Des Moines, IA 2nd
First Liberal Prime Minister. Passed the 1879 Rail and Transport act. Oversaw the admission of Nebraska, Dakota, and Nevada as provinces. Refused a Knighthood.
3
John A. Macdonald
(1815–1891)
18 July
1882
6 June
1891
1882 election (6th Parl.)⁠

1885 election (7th Parl.)⁠


1888 election (8th Parl.)

Conservative MP for Kingston, ON 3rd
Passed the 1883 Indian Settlement Act. Signed the Treaty of St. Louis. Passed the 1888 Monopolies Act. Oversaw the admission of Cheyenne and Oregon as provinces. Knighted by Queen Victoria. Died in office.
4
(1 of 2)
Matt Quay
(1833–1904)
16 June
1891
13 March
1893
Appointment (8th Parl.) Conservative MP for Philadelphia Centre, PA 4th
Handled the response to the Montreal Riots. Passed the Reed Tariff. Knighted by Queen Victoria.
2
(2 of 2)
James B. Weaver
(1833–1912)
13 March
1893
23 June
1898
1893 election (9th Parl.)⁠

1894 election (10th Parl.)

Liberal MP for Des Moines, IA 5th
Led the Liberals in America's first ever minority government in 1893. Won a majority in the 1894 snap election. Created the Federal Reserve Bank of America. Passed the 1896 Income Tax Act establishing the first income tax in American history.
4
(2 of 2)
Matt Quay
(1833–1904)
23 June
1898
15 February
1903
1898 election (11th Parl.) Conservative MP for Philadelphia Centre, PA 6th
Oversaw the admission of Alberta and Saskatchewan as provinces. Cabinet was embroiled in the Yosemite Scandal causing the resignation of 4 prominent cabinet ministers. Death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII.
5
Hiram Johnson
(1866–1945)
15 February
1903
5 August
1924
1903 election (12th Parl.)⁠

1908 election (13th Parl.)⁠


1912 election (14th Parl.)⁠


1915 election (15th Parl.)⁠


1919 election (16th Parl.)

Progressive MP for Sacramento, CA 7th
Longest serving Prime Minister. Became Prime Minister at the age of 37, the youngest person to ever hold the position. Death of Edward VII and accession of George V. Passed the 1911 Labor Relations Act. Passed the 1921 Indian Citizenship act. Oversaw the admission of New Mexico and Utah as provinces. Passed the 1921 Women's Suffrage Act granting the right to vote to women. Oversaw the United Provinces' involvement in the Panamanian War and the Great War. Only Progressive Prime Minister.
6
Calvin Coolidge
(1872–1933)
5 August
1924
5 January
1933
1924 election (17th Parl.)⁠

1929 election (18th Parl.)

Conservative MP for Hampshire, MA 8th
Passed the 1925 Negro Naturalization Act with support form both the Liberals and Progressives. Joined the League of Nations. Signed the Balfour Declaration of 1926 giving the United Provinces equal status with the United Kingdom and other dominions in the British Empire. Statute of Westminster in 1931 gives the United Provinces full legal autonomy from the United Kingdom. Knighted by George V. Died in office.
7
Charles Curtis
(1860–1936)
15 January
1933
4 September
1933
Appointment (18th Parl.) Conservative MP for Shawnee-Douglas, KS 9th
First and only Native American Prime Minister. Was Interim Leader of the Conservative Party until a leadership convention could take place later in the Year. Oversaw the response to the Indianapolis Strike in the Province of Indiana.
8
James Eli Watson
(1864–1948)
4 September
1933
11 July
1939
Appointment (18th Parl.)⁠

1934 election (19th Parl.)⁠


1937 election (20th Parl.)

Conservative MP for Flatrock-Big Blue River, IN 10th
Unexpectedly won the 1935 Conservative leadership election. Passed the 1935 pensions act. Was Prime Minister during the first half of the Great Depression. Death of George V accession of Edward VIII. Passed the Succession to the Thorne Act of 1937. Abdication of Edward VIII accession of George VI. Lost his seat in the 1939 election.
9
Al Smith
(1873–1944)
11 July
1939
4 October
1944
1939 election (21st Parl.) Liberal MP for Manhattan-Greenwich, NY 11th
First Catholic Prime Minister. Oversaw the implementation of the New Deal in response to the Great Depression. Passed the 1940 Industry Standards Act. Oversaw the United Provinces' involvement in the Rhineland War. Died in Office.
10
William O. Douglas
(1898–1980)
12 October
1944
22 May
1948
Appointment (21st Parl.)⁠

1944 election (22nd Parl.)

Liberal MP for Seattle South, BC 12th
Passed the 1945 Labour Standards Act. Surrender of Germany in the Rhineland War. Signed the Treaty of Brussels. Oversaw the formation of the Council of Federation with the Provincial Premiers.
11
Thomas Dewey
(1902–1971)
22 May
1948
7 July
1958
1948 election (23rd Parl.)⁠

1953 election (24th Parl.)

Conservative MP for Manhattan East Centre, NY 13th
Passed the 1953 Voter Rights Act. Helped in the foundation of the League of Nations Authority Council withe United Provinces becoming a permanent member. Oversaw the intervention in the 2nd Cuban Civil war alongside Dixie. Oversaw the admission of Newfoundland and Alaska as provinces. Death of George VI and accession of Elizabeth II.
12
Lester Pearson
(1897–1972)
7 July
1958
4 February
1966
1958 election (25th Parl.)⁠

1961 election (26th Parl.)

Liberal MP for Algoma, ON 14th
Passed legislation with the Progressives to create AmeriCare the single-payer healthcare system of the United Provinces. Passed the 1962 Education Attainment Act. Oversaw the American response to the Hawaii Crisis. Oversaw the admission of The Bahamas, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico as Provinces.
13
Hubert Humphrey
(1911–1978)
4 February
1966
15 March
1970
Appointment (26th Parl.)⁠

1966 election (27th Parl.)

Liberal MP for Minneapolis Midtown, MN 15th
Passed the 1968-1969 Welfare and Entitlements Acts reforming and expanding welfare programs. Oversaw the response to the Haitian Missile Crisis and help prevent a full scale nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. Decriminalized Homosexuality and Abortion in 1968.
14
George W. Romney
(1907–1995)
15 March
1970
12 September
1973
Mar. 1970 election (28th Parl.)⁠

Oct. 1970 election (29th Parl.)

Conservative MP for Macomb-Clinton, MI 16th
oversaw the Creation of the North American Aerospace Defense with Dixie and Texas. Passed the Fair Housing Act of 1970. Implementation of the war powers act in Quebec. Government fell to a no confidence motion following the Kansas City savings Scandal. Romney would be cleared of all wrongdoing in a later investigation by the Udall Government.
15
Mo Udall
(1922–1998)
12 September
1973
4 October
1981
1973 election (30th Parl.)⁠

1974 election (31st Parl.)⁠


1978 election (32nd Parl.)

Liberal MP for Maricopa East, NM 17th
Passed the 1976 Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Act. Reformed and restructured the Americare health system increasing federal oversight and helping set national health standards. Attended the 1979 American-Soviet conference on nuclear weapons leading to a arms reduction treaty in 1980. Negotiated with province of Quebec allowing for the 1980 Independence referendum to take place, with Quebec voting against independence. Oversaw the American involvement in the Papua War.
16
Frank Church
(1924–1984)
4 October
1981
31 August
1983
Appointment (32nd Parl.) Liberal MP for Boise-Caldwell, OR 18th
Signed the Treaty of Tehran with Iran. Government was implicated in the Civiletti Scandal. Appointed the first female Governor-General. Lost seat in the 1983 Federal Election.
17
Sandra Day O'Connor
(b. 1930)
31 August
1983
22 February
1986
1983 election (33rd Parl.) Conservative MP for Scottsdale-Camelback, NM 19th
First female Prime Minister. Passed the 1984 Sanctions against the Empire of Japan act in response to crackdown on protests in Japanese Korea. Lifted sanctions in 1985 following negotiations with the Japanese Government. Passed the Equal Rights Act of 1985.
18
George Bush
(1924–2018)
22 February
1986
7 September
1991
Appointment (33rd Parl.)⁠

1988 election (34th Parl.)⁠


Apr. 1991 election (35th Parl.)

Conservative MP for Fairfield Coast, CT 20th
Prime Minister during the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Passed the 1986 Immigration and Naturalization Act. Signed the North American Free Trade Union with Texas and Dixie. Oversaw the American intervention in the Mexican Civil War. Attended the 1990 Cologne Conference. Passed the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
19
Jean Chrétien
(b. 1934)
7 September
1991
13 October
1999
Sep. 1991 election (36th Parl.)⁠

1996 election (37th Parl.)

Liberal MP for Saint-Maurice, QC 21st
First Francophone Prime Minister. Oversaw the Federal response to the 1995 Quebec Crisis. Passed the 1994 Judicial Restructuring Act. Oversaw the admission of Denendeh as a province. Guided the response to the 1997 Spokane Bombing. Official Languages act of 1996 establishes English, Spanish, and French as the official languages of the United Provinces. Passed the Clarity Act of 1998. Cession of Panama Canal to Panama. Fully decriminalized abortion.
20
Joe Biden
(b. 1942)
13 October
1999
21 August
2003
Appointment (37th Parl.)⁠

2001 election (38th Parl.)

Liberal MP for Wilmington-New Castle, DE 22nd
Oversaw the ratification of the Boston Protocols. Guided the Federal response to the HMS Middlesex disaster. Passed the 2000 Election and Campaign Act which reformed campaign finance. Accession of Mexico into the North American Free Trade Union. Appointed the first Black American Governor-General.
21
Chris Dodd
(b. 1944)
21 August
2003
2 November
2003
Appointment (38th Parl.) Liberal MP for Windham-Toland, CT 23rd
Shortest serving Prime Minister. Only served on an interim basis following the resignation of Joe Biden.
22
Ralph Goodale
(b. 1949)
2 November
2003
13 April
2005
Appointment (38th Parl.) Liberal MP for Regina, SK 24th
Attended the 2004 Glasgow Conference on Climate Change. Signed the Glasgow Climate Accord. Blagojevich bribery scandal. Creation of the North American Customs Union. Lost Seat in the 2005 Federal Election, Liberals reduced to third-party status.
23
Mitt Romney
(b. 1947)
13 April
2005
31 October
2014
2005 election (39th Parl.)⁠

2010 election (40th Parl.)

Conservative MP for Middlesex West Centre, MA 25th
Youngest son of the 14th Prime Minister George Romney. Passed the 2005 Entitlement Reform Act. Oversaw the response to the 2005 Erie bombing. Passed the 2006 Civil Marriages Act. Passed the 2007 Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. Passed the 2008 Federal Stimulus and Asset Relief Act. Oversaw the Imperial Commonwealth Peacekeeping mission in Guyana. Passed the 2012 Carbon Reduction Act. 2013 Succession to the Throne Act.
24
Hillary Rodham
(b. 1947)
31 October
2014
13 November
2015
Appointment (40th Parl.) Conservative MP for Highland-Lakeshore, IL 26th
Was the Deputy Prime Minister, Attorney General, and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Romney ministry. Signed the 2015 Seoul World Financial Agreement. 2014-2015 Zika Virus outbreak. Signed the United Provinces-Dixie-Texas Energy Agreement of 2015. 2015 Recognized Minority Languages Act. .
25
Barack Obama
(b. 1961)
13 November
2015
29 July
2022
2015 election (41st Parl.)⁠

2019 election (42nd Parl.)

Liberal MP for Chicago Loop-South Side, IL 27th
First Black American Prime Minister. Passed the 2016 LGBT+ Equal Rights Act. 2016 Fixed Terms Act. Passed the 2017 Tax and Revenue Act. Passed the 2017 Cannabis Legalization Act. United Provinces-Russia agreement. United Provinces-Europe Free Trade Deal. Trans Pacific Partnership. Cancelation of the American-Dixie oil pipeline. Handled the response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Coalition with the Progressives and Greens. 2021 American Dental Care Act. 2021 ban on the sale of Handguns.
26
Chrystia Freeland
(b. 1968)
29 July
2022
6 February
2023
Appointment (42nd Parl.) Liberal MP for Toronto-University-Spadina, ON 28th
Passed the 2022 Child Benefit Act. 2022 Green Energy Act. Death of Elizabeth II accession of Charles III Progressives exit the coalition due to failure to pass the American Prescription Plan. Government loses vote of no confidence in December.
27
Alfonso Reyes
(b. 1967)
6 February
2023
incumbent 2023 election (43rd Parl.) Conservative MP for Huntington Beach, CA 29th
Born in Spain. First Hispanic Prime Minister. Former Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of America and the Bank of England. Passed the 2023 Affordable Housing Act. Passed the 2023 Zoning Reform Act. Abolished the Long-Gun registry.
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