Answer:
In the United States, there are currently 45 individuals that have served as a president.
Explanation:
Although there has been 45 presidents overall, technically there has been 46 presidencies due to Grover Cleveland who was elected two times not back to back.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
