# | Portrait | Prime minister
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Mandate | Party | Government | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in
office | |||||||
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George Washington (1732–1799) |
April 30 1789 |
March 4 1797 |
7 years, 308 days | 1788-1789 | Independent | Washington I Pro-Admin.–Anti-Admin.–Hamiltonian | |
1792 | Washington II Pro-Admin.–Anti-Admin.–Hamiltonian | ||||||||
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John Adams (1735–1826) |
March 4 1797 |
December 7 1799 |
2 years, 278 days | 1796 | Federalist | Adams Fed.–Tory | |
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Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
December 7 1799 |
March 4 1808 |
8 years, 88 days | 1799 | Republican | Jefferson I Rep. | |
1803 | Jefferson II Rep. | ||||||||
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James Madison (1751–1836) |
March 4 1808 |
March 4 1818 |
10 years, 0 days | 1807 | Republican | Madison I Rep. | |
1811 | Madison II Rep. | ||||||||
1813 | Madison III Rep. | ||||||||
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James Monroe (1758–1831) |
March 4 1818 |
March 4 1826 |
8 years, 0 days | 1817 | Republican | Monroe I Rep. | |
1821 | Monroe II Rep. | ||||||||
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Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) |
March 4 1826 |
March 4 1838 |
12 years, 0 days | 1825 | Republican | Jackson I Rep.-Const.-Rad. | |
1827 | Jackson II Rep.-Rad. | ||||||||
1829 | Jackson III Rep. | ||||||||
1833 | Jackson IV Rep. | ||||||||
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Daniel Webster (1782–1853) |
March 4 1838 |
November 17 1843 |
5 years, 258 days | 1837 | Whig | Webster I Whig–Tory | |
1841 | Webster II Whig–Tory | ||||||||
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James K. Polk (1795–1849) |
November 17 1843 |
January 3 1848 |
4 years, 47 days | 1843 | Republican | Polk Rep. | |
9 | ![]() |
Henry Clay (1777–1852) |
January 3 1848 |
June 29 1852 |
4 years, 178 days | 1847 | Tory | Clay I Tory–Whig | |
1851 | Clay II Tory–Whig | ||||||||
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John J. Crittenden (1787–1863) |
June 29 1852 |
July 19 1852 |
20 days | — | Tory | Crittenden Tory–Whig | |
11 | ![]() |
Daniel Webster (1782–1853) |
July 19 1852 |
August 1 1853 |
1 year, 13 days | — | Whig | Webster Caretaker Tory–Whig | |
12 | ![]() |
Lewis Cass (1782–1866) |
August 1 1853 |
April 9 1857 |
3 years, 220 days | 1853 | Republican | Cass N. Rep.-S. Rep. | |
April 1856 | |||||||||
August 1856 | |||||||||
13 | ![]() |
James Buchanan (1791–1868) |
April 9 1857 |
September 22 1858 |
1 year, 197 days | 1857 | Republican | Buchanan N. Rep.-S. Rep. | |
14 | ![]() |
Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) |
September 22 1858 |
December 2 1858 |
71 days | — | Republican | Johnson N. Rep.-S. Rep. | |
15 | ![]() |
Franklin Pierce (1804–1869) |
December 2 1858 |
July 14 1859 |
224 days | — | Republican | Pierce N. Rep.-S. Rep. | |
January 1859 | |||||||||
July 1859 | |||||||||
16 | ![]() |
James Guthrie (1792–1869) |
July 14 1859 |
August 15 1859 |
32 days | — | Republican | Guthrie N. Rep. | |
17 | ![]() |
Robert McClelland (1807–1880) |
August 15 1859 |
August 22 1859 |
7 days | — | Republican | McClelland N. Rep. | |
18 | ![]() |
Jeremiah S. Black (1810–1883) |
August 22 1859 |
October 31 1859 |
70 days | — | Republican | Black N. Rep. | |
19 | ![]() |
Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861) |
October 31 1859 |
June 3 1861 |
1 year, 215 days | October 1859 | Republican | Douglas N. Rep.-S. Rep. | |
20 | ![]() |
Joseph Holt (1807–1894) |
June 3 1861 |
June 25 1861 |
22 days | — | Republican | Holt N. Rep. | |
21 | ![]() |
Philip F. Thomas (1810–1890) |
June 25 1861 |
June 27 1861 |
2 days | — | Republican | Thomas N. Rep. | |
22 | ![]() |
John Adams Dix (1798–1879) |
June 27 1861 |
July 12 1861 |
15 days | — | Republican | Dix N. Rep. | |
23 | ![]() |
Daniel S. Dickinson (1800–1866) |
July 12 1861 |
July 18 1861 |
6 days | — | Republican | Dickinson N. Rep. | |
24 | ![]() |
Lewis Cass (1782–1866) |
July 18 1861 |
August 1 1861 |
14 days | — | Republican | Cass Interim N. Rep. | |
25 | ![]() |
Daniel S. Dickinson (1800–1866) |
August 1 1861 |
October 2 1861 |
62 days | — | Republican | Dickinson N. Rep. | |
26 | ![]() |
John Bell (1796–1869) |
October 2 1861 |
January 3 1863 |
1 year, 93 days | 1861 | Unionist | Bell N. Rep.-S. Rep.-Unionist | |
July 1862 | Bell N. Rep.-Unionist | ||||||||
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Abraham Lincoln (1809–1867) |
January 3 1863 |
March 29 1867 |
4 years, 85 days | December 1862 | Liberal | Lincoln I Lib.-Tory-KN-FS | |
1866 | National Union | Lincoln War Nat. Union-Rep.-Rad. Dem. |