List of presidents of the United States

Head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States

This is a list of men who served as the president of the United States.

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List of presidents

Presidency[a]PortraitPresidentParty[b]ElectionVice President
1April 30, 1789

March 4, 1797
George WashingtonUnaffiliated1788–89John Adams[c]
1792
2March 4, 1797

March 4, 1801
John AdamsFederalist1796Thomas Jefferson[d]
3March 4, 1801

March 4, 1809
Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-
Republican
1800Aaron Burr
1804George Clinton[e]
4March 4, 1809

March 4, 1817
James MadisonDemocratic-
Republican
1808
Vacant after
Apr. 20, 1812
1812Elbridge Gerry[e]
Vacant after
Nov. 23, 1814
5March 4, 1817

March 4, 1825
James MonroeDemocratic-
Republican
1816Daniel D. Tompkins
1820
6March 4, 1825

March 4, 1829
John Quincy AdamsDemocratic-
Republican
[f]
1824John C. Calhoun[g][h]
National Republican
7March 4, 1829

March 4, 1837
Andrew JacksonDemocratic1828
Vacant after
Dec. 28, 1832
1832Martin Van Buren
8March 4, 1837

March 4, 1841
Martin Van BurenDemocratic1836Richard Mentor Johnson
9March 4, 1841

April 4, 1841
William Henry Harrison[e]Whig1840John Tyler
10April 4, 1841[i]

March 4, 1845
John TylerWhig[j]Vacant throughout
presidency
Unaffiliated
11March 4, 1845

March 4, 1849
James K. PolkDemocratic1844George M. Dallas
12March 4, 1849

July 9, 1850
Zachary Taylor[e]Whig1848Millard Fillmore
13July 9, 1850[k]

March 4, 1853
Millard FillmoreWhigVacant throughout
presidency
14March 4, 1853

March 4, 1857
Franklin PierceDemocratic1852William R. King[e]
Vacant after
Apr. 18, 1853
15March 4, 1857

March 4, 1861
James BuchananDemocratic1856John C. Breckinridge
16March 4, 1861

April 15, 1865
Abraham Lincoln[l]Republican1860Hannibal Hamlin
National Union[m]1864Andrew Johnson
17April 15, 1865

March 4, 1869
Andrew JohnsonNational Union[n]Vacant throughout
presidency
Democratic
18March 4, 1869

March 4, 1877
Ulysses S. GrantRepublican1868Schuyler Colfax
1872Henry Wilson[e]
Vacant after
Nov. 22, 1875
19March 4, 1877

March 4, 1881
Rutherford B. HayesRepublican1876William A. Wheeler
20March 4, 1881

September 19, 1881
James A. Garfield[o]Republican1880Chester A. Arthur
21September 19, 1881[p]

March 4, 1885
Chester A. ArthurRepublicanVacant throughout
presidency
22March 4, 1885

March 4, 1889
Grover ClevelandDemocratic1884Thomas A. Hendricks[e]
Vacant after
Nov. 25, 1885
23March 4, 1889

March 4, 1893
Benjamin HarrisonRepublican1888Levi P. Morton
24March 4, 1893

March 4, 1897
Grover ClevelandDemocratic1892Adlai Stevenson I
25March 4, 1897

September 14, 1901
William McKinley[q]Republican1896Garret Hobart[e]
Vacant after
Nov. 21, 1899
1900Theodore Roosevelt
26September 14, 1901

March 4, 1909
Theodore RooseveltRepublicanVacant through
Mar. 4, 1905
1904Charles W. Fairbanks
27March 4, 1909

March 4, 1913
William Howard TaftRepublican1908James S. Sherman[e]
Vacant after
Oct. 30, 1912
28March 4, 1913

March 4, 1921
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic1912Thomas R. Marshall
1916
29March 4, 1921

August 2, 1923
Warren G. Harding[e]Republican1920Calvin Coolidge
30August 2, 1923[r]

March 4, 1929
Calvin CoolidgeRepublicanVacant through
Mar. 4, 1925
1924Charles G. Dawes
31March 4, 1929

March 4, 1933
Herbert HooverRepublican1928Charles Curtis
32March 4, 1933

April 12, 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt[e]Democratic1932John Nance Garner
1936
1940Henry A. Wallace
1944Harry S. Truman
33April 12, 1945

January 20, 1953
Harry S. TrumanDemocraticVacant through
Jan. 20, 1949
1948Alben W. Barkley
34January 20, 1953

January 20, 1961
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican1952Richard Nixon
1956
35January 20, 1961

November 22, 1963
John F. Kennedy[s]Democratic1960Lyndon B. Johnson
36November 22, 1963

January 20, 1969
Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocraticVacant through
Jan. 20, 1965
1964Hubert Humphrey
37January 20, 1969

August 9, 1974
Richard Nixon[h]Republican1968Spiro Agnew[h]
1972
Vacant, Oct. 10 – Dec. 6, 1973
Gerald Ford[t]
38August 9, 1974

January 20, 1977
Gerald FordRepublicanVacant through
Dec. 19, 1974
Nelson Rockefeller[t]
39January 20, 1977

January 20, 1981
Jimmy CarterDemocratic1976Walter Mondale
40January 20, 1981

January 20, 1989
Ronald ReaganRepublican1980George H. W. Bush
1984
41January 20, 1989

January 20, 1993
George H. W. BushRepublican1988Dan Quayle
42January 20, 1993

January 20, 2001
Bill ClintonDemocratic1992Al Gore
1996
43January 20, 2001

January 20, 2009
George W. BushRepublican2000Dick Cheney
2004
44January 20, 2009

January 20, 2017
Barack ObamaDemocratic2008Joe Biden
2012
45January 20, 2017

January 20, 2021
Donald TrumpRepublican2016Mike Pence
46January 20, 2021

Incumbent
Joe BidenDemocratic2020Kamala Harris
Sources:[1][2][3]

References

  1. "Presidents". whitehouse.gov. Washington, D.C.: White House. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  2. "Chronological List of Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents of the United States". Washington, D.C.: Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. Kelly, Martin (February 17, 2020). "Chart of the Presidents and Vice Presidents". thoughtco.com. New York City: Dotdash. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

Notes

  1. Presidents are numbered according to uninterrupted periods served by the same person. For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Upon the resignation of 37th president Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford became the 38th president even though he simply served out the remainder of Nixon's second term and was never elected to the presidency in his own right. Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd president and the 24th president because his two terms were not consecutive. A vice president who temporarily becomes acting president under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution is not counted, because the president remains in office during such a period.
  2. Reflects the president's political party at the start of their presidency. Changes during their time in office are noted. Also reflects the vice president's political party unless otherwise noted beside the individual's name.
  3. Political parties had not been anticipated when the Constitution was drafted in 1787 and ratified in 1788, nor did they exist at the time of the first presidential election in 1788–89. When they did develop, during Washington's first term, Adams joined the faction that became the Federalist Party. The elections of 1792 were the first ones in the United States that were contested on anything resembling a partisan basis.
  4. The 1796 presidential election was the first contested American presidential election and the only one in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing political parties. Federalist John Adams was elected president, and Jefferson of the Democratic-Republicans was elected vice president.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Died in office of natural causes.
  6. Early during Adams' term the Democratic-Republican Party dissolved; his allies in Congress and at the state-level were referred to as "Adams' Men" during the Adams presidency. When Andrew Jackson became president in 1829, this group became the "Anti-Jackson" opposition, and organized themselves as the National Republican Party.
  7. John Calhoun, formerly a Democratic-Republican, founded the Nullifier Party in 1828 to oppose the Tariff of 1828 and advance the cause of states' rights, but was brought on as Andrew Jackson's running mate in the 1828 presidential election in an effort to broaden the democratic coalition led by Jackson.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Resigned from office
  9. John Tyler was sworn in as president on April 6, 1841.
  10. John Tyler was elected vice president on the Whig Party ticket in 1840. His policy priorities as president soon proved to be opposed to most of the Whig agenda, and he was expelled from the party in September 1841.
  11. Millard Fillmore was sworn in as president on July 10, 1850.
  12. Died April 15, 1865; see Assassination of Abraham Lincoln for further details.
  13. When he ran for reelection in 1864, Republican Abraham Lincoln formed a bipartisan electoral alliance with War Democrats by selecting Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate, and running on the National Union Party ticket.
  14. While president, Johnson tried and failed to build a party of loyalists under the National Union banner. Near the end of his presidency, Johnson rejoined the Democratic Party.
  15. Died September 19, 1881; see Assassination of James A. Garfield for further details.
  16. Chester A. Arthur was initially sworn in as president on September 20, 1881, and then again on September 22.
  17. Died September 14, 1901; see Assassination of William McKinley for further details.
  18. Calvin Coolidge was initially sworn in as president on August 3, 1923, and then again on August 21.
  19. Died November 22, 1963; see Assassination of John F. Kennedy for further details.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Appointed as vice president under terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, Section 2.

Related pages

List of vice presidents of the United States

List of first ladies of the United States

List of second ladies and gentlemen of the United States

Official websites

"The Presidents". The White House. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

"U.S. Presidents". Miller Center. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

"The Presidents Timeline". White House Historical Association. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

"Presidents". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

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