Presidents edit


List of presidents of the United States from 1789 – till date.
No.[a] Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term[1] Party[b][2] Election Vice President[3]
1   George Washington
(1732–1799)
April 30, 1789

March 4, 1797
Unaffiliated 1788–1789

1792

John Adams[c]
2   John Adams
(1735–1826)
March 4, 1797

March 4, 1801
Federalist 1796 Thomas Jefferson[d]
3   Thomas Jefferson
(1743–1826)
March 4, 1801

March 4, 1809
Democratic-
Republican
1800

1804

Aaron Burr

George Clinton

4   James Madison
(1751–1836)
March 4, 1809

March 4, 1817
Democratic-
Republican
1808

1812

George Clinton[e]

Vacant after
April 20, 1812


Elbridge Gerry[e]


Vacant after
November 23, 1814

5   James Monroe
(1758–1831)
March 4, 1817

March 4, 1825
Democratic-
Republican
1816

1820

Daniel D. Tompkins
6   Stephen Van Rensselaer
(1764–1839)
March 4, 1825

March 4, 1833
Federalist 1824

1828

Daniel Webster
7   Andrew Jackson
(1767–1845)
March 4, 1833

March 4, 1841
Democratic 1832

1836

John C. Calhoun[f]

Vacant after
December 28, 1834


Martin Van Buren

8   Henry Clay
(1777–1852)
March 4, 1841

March 4, 1849
Whig 1840
1844
John Tyler
9   Daniel Webster
(1782–1852)
March 4, 1849

October 24, 1852[e]
Whig 1848 Millard Filmore
10   Millard Fillmore
(1800–1874)
October 24, 1852

March 4, 1853
Whig Vacant throughout
presidency
11   Franklin Pierce
(1804–1869)
March 4, 1853

May 30, 1856
Democratic 1852 William R. King[e]

Vacant after
April 18, 1853

12   Nathaniel P. Banks
(1816–1894)
May 30, 1856

March 4, 1857
American Vacant throughout
presidency
13   John C. Frémont
(1813–1890)
March 4, 1857[g]

March 4, 1865
Republican 1856

1860

William L. Dayton
Abraham Lincoln
14   Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1876)
March 4, 1865

March 4, 1873
Republican 1864

1868

Hannibal Hamlin
15   Ulysses S. Grant
(1822–1885)
March 4, 1873

March 4, 1881
Republican 1872

1876

Schuyler Colfax

Vacant after
July 19, 1873


Zachariah Chandler

16   Hamilton Fish
(1808–1893)
March 4, 1881

March 4, 1885[e]
Republican 1880 John A. Logan
17   James G. Blaine
(1830–1885)
March 4, 1885[h]

October 7, 1885
Republican 1884 John A. Logan
18   John A. Logan
(1826–1886)
October 7, 1885

December 26, 1886
Republican Vacant throughout
presidency
19   John G. Carlisle
(1834–1910)
December 26, 1886

July 23, 1887
Democratic Vacant throughout
presidency
20   Thomas Brackett Reed
(1839–1902)
July 23, 1887

March 4, 1889
Republican Vacant throughout
presidency
21   Grover Cleveland
(1837–1908)
March 4, 1889[i]

March 4, 1897
Democratic 1888

1892

Allen G. Thurman
22   William McKinley
(1843–1901)
March 4, 1897

September 14, 1901
Republican 1896

1900

Garret Hobart

Vacant after
November 21, 1899


Theodore Roosevelt

23   Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1919)
September 14, 1901

March 4, 1913
Republican

Progressive


1904

1908

Vacant through
March 4, 1905

Charles W. Fairbanks


Albert J. Beveridge
24   Wilfrid Laurier
(1841–1919)
March 4, 1913

February 17, 1919
Progressive 1912

1916

Booker T. Washington

Vacant after
November 21, 1899


Andrew Montague

25   Andrew Montague
(1862–1837)
February 17, 1919

March 4, 1921[e]
Progressive Vacant throughout
presidency
26   Warren G. Harding
(1865–1923)
March 4, 1921

August 2, 1923
Republican 1920 Calvin Coolidge
27   Calvin Coolidge
(1872–1933)
August 2, 1923

March 4, 1925
Republican Vacant throughout
presidency
28   Robert La Follette
(1855–1925)
March 4, 1925

June 18, 1925
Progressive 1924 Burton K. Wheeler
29   Burton K. Wheeler
(1865–1923)
March 4, 1921

August 2, 1923[e]
Progressive Vacant throughout
presidency
30   Calvin Coolidge
(1872–1933)
March 4, 1929

January 5, 1933
Republican 1928 Charles Curtis
31   Charles Curtis
(1860–1936)
January 5, 1933

March 4, 1933
Republican Vacant throughout
presidency
32   William Lyon Mackenzie King
(1874–1950)
March 4, 1933

January 20, 1941
Democratic-
Progressive
1932

1936

Franklin D. Roosevelt
33   Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882–1945)
January 20, 1941

January 20, 1945
Democratic-
Progressive
1940 Henry A. Wallace
34   Henry A. Wallace
(1888–1965)
January 20, 1945

January 20, 1949
Democratic-
Progressive
1944 Charlotta Bass
35   Harry S. Truman
(1884–1972)
January 20, 1949

January 20, 1953
Democratic 1948 Adlai Stevenson II
36   Thomas Dewey
(1902–1971)
January 20, 1953

January 20, 1961
Republican 1952

1956

John Bricker
37   John Diefenbaker
(1895–1979)
January 20, 1961

January 20, 1965[f]
Democratic 1960 Adlai Stevenson II
38   Robert F. Kennedy
(1925–2007)
January 20, 1965[j]

January 20, 1973
Progressive 1964

1968

Russell B. Long
39   Nelson Rockefeller
(1908–1979)
January 20, 1973

January 20, 1977
Republican 1972 Bob Dole
40   Jimmy Carter

(b. 1924)

January 20, 1977

January 20, 1981

Democratic 1976 Walter Mondale
41   Russell B. Long
(1918–1985)
January 20, 1981

May 19, 1985
Progressive 1980

1984

John Buchanan
42   John Buchanan
(1931–2019)
May 19, 1985

August 4, 1990
Progressive

1988

Vacant:
May 19 – June 14, 1985

Geraldine Ferraro
43   Geraldine Ferraro
(1935–2011)
August 4, 1990

January 20, 1993
Republican

Independent

Vacant:
August 4 – November 22, 1985

Al Gore
44   John Glenn
(1921–2016)
January 20, 1993

January 20, 1997
Moderation 1992 Bill Weld
45   Bob Dole
(1923–2021)
January 20, 1997

January 20, 2005
Republican 1996
2000
John McCain
46   John Lewis
(1940–2020)
[11]
January 20, 2005

January 20, 2009
Democratic 2004 Joe Biden
47   Mitt Romney
(b. 1947)
January 20, 2009

January 20, 2013
Republican 2008 Bill Cassidy
48   Joe Biden
(b. 1942)
January 20, 2013

January 20, 2021
Democratic 2012
2016
Brian Gallant
49   Miguel Díaz-Canel
(b. 1960)
January 20, 2021

Incumbent
Progress and Prosperity 2020 Bernie Sanders
  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, 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]
  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. ^ a b c d e f g Died in office[6]
  6. ^ a b Resigned from office[6]
  7. ^ Millard Fillmore succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Zachary Taylor.[7]
  8. ^ Andrew Johnson succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Abraham Lincoln.[8]
  9. ^ Chester A. Arthur succeeded to the presidency upon the death of James A. Garfield.[9]
  10. ^ Gerald Ford succeeded to the presidency upon the resignation of Richard Nixon.[10]
  1. ^ LOC; whitehouse.gov.
  2. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), pp. 257–258.
  3. ^ LOC.
  4. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), pp. 197, 272; Nardulli (1992), p. 179.
  5. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), p. 274.
  6. ^ a b Neale (2004), p. 22.
  7. ^ Abbott (2005), p. 639.
  8. ^ Trefousse (2000).
  9. ^ Greenberger (2017), pp. 174–175.
  10. ^ Greene (2013).
  11. ^ whitehouse.gov (g).