44 – The number of wax presidents Madame Tussauds is advertising as having on display in its new U.S. Presidents Gallery, which opens Thursday. 43- the number of wax presidents that actually exist. (We counted … twice.) While President Obama is the 44th president of the United States, only 43 men have actually held the office. Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, which is why there’s confusion.