What would the president be called?

Mr. President is the top honorific, and the proper address when talking to a President.

President Wilson had a Ph.D. My Senator Tammy Duckworth does. I had to look it up, I never hear either referred to as Dr.

I remember Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Henry Kissinger being called Doctor, but not Madeleine Albright.

Outside their fields, most PhD’s don’t use the title in everyday life. It comes off as inflated self-importance.

Yes Jay. But it’s the President. And if he’s a medical doctor then he hasn’t been called Mr. anything since finishing med school.

And kids, respect General please. I hate to flag and clean up. There is Social for that. Thanks.

The Germans use double titles -

“Frau Doktor”
“Herr Doktor”
“doktor doktor”

In Germany, double doctorates are indicated in the title by “Dr. Dr.” or “DDr.” and triple doctorates as “Dr. Dr. Dr.” or “DDDr.”. More doctorates are indicated by the addition of “mult.”, such as “Dr. mult.”.

I think he would be called “Mister President”. It wouldn’t change.

The representative in my district is a physician, but is called Congressman Bera, not Congressman Doctor Bera.

I’ve always heard “Mr. President.”

Been interesting if Martin Luther King Jr had become president, him being titled Dr & all.
Not that it was ever likely to happen in the climate of the time, but still.

President King would sound a bit odd too.

A touch greedy perhaps, but not odd.

When I was in Civil Air Patrol, we had military ranks (that were modeled after Air Force ranks but I don’t know if ours were slightly different, so I’m talking about CAP if they are)
Chief Master Sergeant is the sergeant rank before the officer ranks. Usually, Chiefs are eligible to be First Sergeants, and if they get that position, you’d ditch calling them “Chief” and refer to them as “First Sergeant”. Chief and the First sergeant were the 2 highest sergeant ranks in that program but you’d always pick the highest of the two and refer to them like that.

So, to put it in shorter terms, because “Doctor” and “President” are high positions, I’m sure you’d go with the highest, which is “President” in this situation.

That would apply to senators, governors, as well. It’s “Senator…...” or “Governor…..” So usually, unless they request another title, you’d cal them by the highest title earned.

But you still say Mr. President… not President.

Ex-presidents should be addressed as “Mr.” or “The Honorable…”. Governors and senators are not governors and senators after leaving office. People using their titles after leaving office is a recent conceit, and it grates my ears.

It seems to me it took off in the early 2000s, when the press accepted the usage from campaigns puffing up their candidates’ images.

Emily Post Institute – When addressing a former President of the United States in a formal setting, the correct form is “Mr. LastName.” (“President LastName” or “Mr. President” are terms reserved for the current head of state.) This is true for other ex-officials, as well.

Robert Hickey, author of Honor & Respect: the Official Guide to Names, Titles, and Forms of Address – To explain the correct form I would say “using the title of a former position is flattering to the former official and he or she may not correct you, but is not respectful to the current office