List of presidents

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No.
[n 1]
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term
(Election)
[n 1]
Political party Term of office Vice President Ref.
1   George Washington
(1732–1799)
1
(1789)
None April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797 John Adams
April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
[1]
2
(1792)
Passage of the Bill of Rights; Whiskey Rebellion; Judiciary Act of 1789; Jay Treaty; Proclamation of Neutrality; chartering of the First Bank of the United States; Naval Act of 1794; Farewell Address and establishment of the two-term tradition.
2   John Adams
(1735–1826)
3
(1796)
Federalist March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801 Thomas Jefferson
March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
[2]
Quasi-War; the XYZ Affair; the Alien and Sedition Acts; first President to live in the White House; nominated the Midnight judges before leaving office.
3   Thomas Jefferson
(1743–1826)
4
(1800)
Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809 Aaron Burr
March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805
[3]
5
(1804)
George Clinton[n 2]
March 4, 1805 – April 20, 1812
First Barbary War; the Louisiana Purchase; establishment of the United States Military Academy; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Embargo Act of 1807.
4   James Madison
(1751–1836)
6
(1808)
Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1809 March 4, 1817 [4][5]
7
(1812)
vacant[n 3]
April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813
Elbridge Gerry[n 2]
March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814
vacant[n 3]
November 23, 1814 – March 4, 1817
Sued for peace with the Britain and France, but when he saw war as inevitable, he signed a declaration of war that began the War of 1812, where American forces were eventually routed; fled to Virginia during the Burning of Washington; a national bank, the Second Bank of the United States was chartered; the Tariff of 1816, the first protective tariff enacted by the U.S. Congress, is instituted.
5   James Monroe
(1758–1831)
8
(1816)
Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825 Daniel D. Tompkins
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
[6][5]
9
(1820)
Authorized the First Seminole War; oversaw the ceding of the Florida Territory to the United States; passage of the Missouri Compromise; pioneered the Monroe Doctrine.
6   John Quincy Adams
(1767–1848)
10
(1824)
Democratic-
Republican;
National
Republican
March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829 John C. Calhoun[n 4]
March 4, 1825 – December 28, 1832
[7][5]
His numerous efforts regarding education, science and the economy were stymied by Jacksonians in Congress; ground-breaking of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; institution of the Tariff of Abominations.
7   Andrew Jackson
(1767–1845)
11
(1828)
Democratic March 4, 1829 March 4, 1837 [8][5]
vacant[n 3]
December 28, 1832 – March 4, 1833
12
(1832)
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837
First President to use the spoils system in American politics; the Nullification Crisis; passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830; the Bank War.
8   Martin Van Buren
(1782–1862)
13
(1836)
Democratic March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841 Richard Mentor Johnson
March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
[9][5]
The Panic of 1837; the Aroostook War; the Caroline affair; resisted the admission of Texas into the Union, as Texas practiced slavery.
9   William Henry Harrison
(1773–1841)
14
(1840)
Whig March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841
[n 2]
John Tyler
March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
[10]
Died exactly a month after assuming the office, of pneumonia. He was the first President to ever die in office.
10
[n 5]
  John Tyler
(1790–1862)
Whig
April 4, 1841 – September 13, 1841
April 4, 1841 March 4, 1845 vacant[n 3]
April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
[11][5]
None[n 6]
September 13, 1841 – March 4, 1845
The Webster–Ashburton Treaty with Britain; the Treaty of Wanghia with China; reorganization of the United States Navy; enhancements to the United States Naval Observatory; the annexation of Texas.
11   James K. Polk
(1795–1849)
15
(1844)
Democratic March 4, 1845 March 4, 1849 George M. Dallas
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
[12][5]
The Oregon Treaty; led the United States to victory in the Mexican American War; the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which gave the United States most of its present-day Southwest; passage of the Walker Tariff; opening of the United States Naval Academy, and the Smithsonian Institution.
12   Zachary Taylor
(1784–1850)
16
(1848)
Whig March 4, 1849 July 9, 1850
[n 2]
Millard Fillmore
March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
[13]
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty; resisted Southern threats to secede from the Union; died in office, of cholera.
13   Millard Fillmore
(1800–1874)
Whig July 9, 1850 March 4, 1853 vacant[n 3]
July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
[14][5]
Institution of the Compromise of 1850, which saw five separate bills enacted, and the threat of civil war delayed; passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850; the Perry Expedition to Japan.
14   Franklin Pierce
(1804–1869)
17
(1852)
Democratic March 4, 1853 March 4, 1857 William R. King[n 2]
March 4, 1853 – April 18, 1853
[15]
vacant[n 3]
April 18, 1853 – March 4, 1857
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
15   James Buchanan
(1791–1868)
18
(1856)
Democratic March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861 John C. Breckinridge
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
[16]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
16   Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865)
19
(1860)
Republican
National Union[n 7]
March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865
[n 8]
Hannibal Hamlin
March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
[17]
20
(1864)
Andrew Johnson
March 4, 1865 – April 15, 1865
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
17   Andrew Johnson
(1808–1875)
Democratic
National Union;[n 7]
None[n 9]
April 15, 1865 March 4, 1869 vacant[n 3]
April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869
[18]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
18   Ulysses S. Grant
(1822–1885)
21
(1868)
Republican March 4, 1869 March 4, 1877 Schuyler Colfax
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873
[19]
22
(1872)
Henry Wilson[n 2]
March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875
vacant[n 3]
November 22, 1875 – March 4, 1877
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
19   Rutherford B. Hayes
(1822–1893)
23
(1876)
Republican March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 William A. Wheeler
March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
[20]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
20   James A. Garfield
(1831–1881)
24
(1880)
Republican March 4, 1881 September 19, 1881
[n 8]
Chester A. Arthur
March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
[21]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
21   Chester A. Arthur
(1829–1886)
Republican September 19, 1881 March 4, 1885 vacant[n 3]
September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1881
[22]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
22   Grover Cleveland
(1837–1908)
25
(1884)
Democratic March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889 Thomas A. Hendricks[n 2]
March 4, 1885 – November 25, 1885
[23]
vacant[n 3]
November 25, 1885 – March 4, 1889
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
23   Benjamin Harrison
(1833–1901)
26
(1888)
Republican March 4, 1889 March 4, 1893 Levi P. Morton
March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
[24]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
24   Grover Cleveland
(1837–1908)
27
(1892)
Democratic March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897 Adlai E. Stevenson I
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
[25]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
25   William McKinley
(1843–1901)
28
(1896)
Republican March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901
[n 8]
Garret Hobart[n 2]
March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899
[26]
vacant[n 3]
November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901
29
(1900)
Theodore Roosevelt
March 4, 1901 – September 14, 1901
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
26   Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1919)
Republican September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909 vacant[n 3]
September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905
[27]
30
(1904)
Charles W. Fairbanks
March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
27   William Howard Taft
(1857–1930)
31
(1908)
Republican March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 James S. Sherman[n 2]
March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912
[28]
vacant[n 3]
October 30, 1912 – March 4, 1913
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
28   Woodrow Wilson
(1856–1924)
32
(1912)
Democratic March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921 Thomas R. Marshall
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
[29]
33
(1916)
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
29   Warren G. Harding
(1865–1923)
34
(1920)
Republican March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923
[n 2]
Calvin Coolidge
March 4, 1905 – August 2, 1923
[30]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
30 Calvin Coolidge
(1872–1933)
Republican August 2, 1923 March 4, 1929 vacant[n 3]
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
[31]
35
(1924)
Charles G. Dawes
March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
31   Herbert Hoover
(1874–1964)
36
(1928)
Republican March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 Charles Curtis
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
[32]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
32   Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882–1945)
37
(1932)
[n 10]
Democratic March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945
[n 2]
John Nance Garner
March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941
[33]
38
(1936)
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
39
(1940)
Henry A. Wallace
January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945
40
(1944)
Harry S. Truman
January 20, 1945 – April 12, 1945
33   Harry S. Truman
(1884–1972)
Democratic April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953 vacant[n 3]
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949
[34]
41
(1948)
Alben W. Barkley
January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
34   Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1890–1969)
42
(1952)
Republican January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961
[n 11]
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
[35]
43
(1956)
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
35   John F. Kennedy
(1917–1963)
44
(1960)
Democratic January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963
[n 8]
Lyndon B. Johnson
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
[36]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
36   Lyndon B. Johnson
(1908–1973)
Democratic November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969 vacant[n 3]
November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965
[37]
45
(1964)
Hubert Humphrey
January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
37   Richard Nixon
(1913–1994)
46
(1968)
Republican January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974
[n 4]
Spiro Agnew [38]
47
(1972)
VARIOUS EVENTS TK vacant[n 3]
October 10, 1973 – December 6, 1973
Gerald Ford
December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974
38   Gerald Ford
(1913–2006)
Republican August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 vacant[n 3]
August 9, 1974 – December 19, 1974
[39]
Nelson Rockefeller
December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
39   Jimmy Carter
(1924– )
48
(1976)
Democratic January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981 Walter Mondale
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
[40]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
40   Ronald Reagan
(1911–2004)
49
(1980)
Republican January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 George H. W. Bush
January 20, 1981– January 20, 1989
[41]
50
(1984)
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
41   George H. W. Bush
(1924– )
51
(1988)
Republican January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993 Dan Quayle
January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
[42]
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
42   Bill Clinton
(1946– )
52
(1992)
Democratic January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001 Al Gore
January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
[43]
53
(1996)
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
43   George W. Bush
(1946– )
54
(2000)
Republican January 20, 2001 January 20, 2009 Dick Cheney
January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
[44]
55
(2004)
VARIOUS EVENTS TK
44   Barack Obama
(1961– )
56
(2008)
Democratic January 20, 2009 Incumbent Joe Biden
January 20, 2009 – Incumbent
[45]
57
(2012)
VARIOUS EVENTS TK

Notes

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  1. ^ a b A presidency is defined as consecutive time in office served by a single person. For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Gerald Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, serving out the remainder of what would have been Nixon's second term. The fact that Ford was not voted into office does not affect the numbering, which makes him the 38th president. In addition, under this numbering, Grover Cleveland is counted as having two separate presidencies, having served two non-consecutive terms.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Died in office of natural causes.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Before the ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the Vice Presidency. Richard Nixon was the first president to fill such a vacancy under the provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment when he appointed Gerald Ford. Ford later became the second president to fill a vice presidential vacancy when he appointed Nelson Rockefeller to succeed him.
  4. ^ a b Resigned.
  5. ^ The first vice president to assume the presidency, Tyler set a precedent that a vice president who assumes the office of president becomes a fully functioning president who has his own presidency, as opposed to just a caretaker president. His political opponents attempted to refer to him as "Acting President", but he refused to allow that. The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution put Tyler's precedent into the Constitution.
  6. ^ Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.
  7. ^ a b Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864.
  8. ^ a b c d Assassinated.
  9. ^ Andrew Johnson did not identify with the two main parties while president and tried to build a party of loyalists under the National Union label. His failure to do so left him without a party.
  10. ^ This term was shortened by 43 days by the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which moved inauguration day from March 4 to January 20.
  11. ^ Dwight Eisenhower is the first president to have been legally prohibited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution from seeking a third term.

References

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  1. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "George Washington". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  2. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "John Adams". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  3. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Thomas Jefferson". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  4. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "James Madison". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
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  7. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "John Quincy Adams". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  8. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Andrew Jackson". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  9. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Martin Van Buren". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  10. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "William Henry Harrison". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  11. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "John Tyler". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  12. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "James K. Polk". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  13. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Zachary Taylor". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  14. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Millard Fillmore". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  15. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Franklin Pierce". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  16. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "James Buchanan". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  17. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Abraham Lincoln". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  18. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Andrew Johnson". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  19. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Ulysses S. Grant". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  20. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Rutherford B. Hayes". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  21. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "James Garfield". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  22. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Chester A. Arthur". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  23. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Grover Cleveland". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  24. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Benjamin Harrison". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  25. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Grover Cleveland". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  26. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "William McKinley". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  27. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Theodore Roosevelt". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  28. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "William Howard Taft". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  29. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Woodrow Wilson". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
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  31. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Calvin Coolidge". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  32. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Herbert Hoover". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  33. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Franklin D. Roosevelt". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  34. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Harry S. Truman". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  35. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Dwight D. Eisenhower". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  36. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "John F. Kennedy". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  37. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Lyndon B. Johnson". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  38. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Richard M. Nixon". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  39. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Gerald R. Ford". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  40. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "James Carter". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  41. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Ronald Reagan". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  42. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "George H. W. Bush". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  43. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "William J. Clinton". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  44. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "George W. Bush". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  45. ^ Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey (2009). "Barack Obama". The Presidents of the United States of America. White House Historical Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.