Presidents of the United States

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The complete list of Presidents of the United States consists of the 42 heads of state in the history of the United States.

The list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as President of the United States following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect in 1789. For American leaders prior to this ratification, see President of the United States in Congress Assembled (under the Articles of Confederation), and President of the Continental Congress. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under Amendment XXV of the U.S. Constitution.

 

 

The numerals indicate the 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. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted as both the 22nd and the 24th U.S. President. Because of this, the list below contains 43 presidencies, but only 42 people.

The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each President.  

# President Took office Left office Party Vice President Term
1George Washington April 30 , 1789 March 3 , 1797 none
(Federalist policies)
John Adams 1
2
2John Adams March 4 , 1797 March 3 , 1801 Federalist Thomas Jefferson 3
3Thomas Jefferson March 4 , 1801 March 3 , 1809 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr 4
George Clinton 5
4James Madison March 4 , 1809 March 3 , 1817 Democratic-Republican George Clinton [D]
vacant
6
Elbridge Gerry [D]
vacant
7
5James Monroe March 4 , 1817 March 3 , 1825 Democratic-Republican Daniel Tompkins 8
9
6John Quincy Adams March 4 , 1825 March 3 , 1829 Democratic-Republican John Calhoun 10
7Andrew Jackson March 4 , 1829 March 3 , 1837 Democrat John Calhoun [R]
vacant
11
Martin Van Buren 12
8Martin Van Buren March 4 , 1837 March 3 , 1841 Democrat Richard Johnson 13
9William Harrison March 4 , 1841 April 4 , 1841 [D]Whig John Tyler 14
10John Tyler April 4 , 1841 March 3 , 1845 Whig [W]vacant
11James Polk March 4 , 1845 March 3 , 1849 Democrat George Dallas 15
12Zachary Taylor March 4 , 1849 July 9 , 1850 [D]Whig Millard Fillmore 16
13Millard Fillmore July 9 , 1850 March 3 , 1853 Whig vacant
14Franklin Pierce March 4 , 1853 March 3 , 1857 Democrat William King [D]
vacant
17
15James Buchanan March 4 , 1857 March 3 , 1861 Democrat John Breckinridge 18
16Abraham Lincoln March 4 , 1861 April 15 , 1865 [A]Republican Hannibal Hamlin 19
Andrew Johnson [U]20
17Andrew Johnson April 15 , 1865 March 3 , 1869 Democrat [U]vacant
18Ulysses Grant March 4 , 1869 March 3 , 1877 Republican Schuyler Colfax 21
Henry Wilson [D]
vacant
22
19Rutherford Hayes March 4 , 1877 March 3 , 1881 Republican William Wheeler 23
20James Garfield March 4 , 1881 September 19 , 1881 [A]Republican Chester Arthur 24
21Chester Arthur September 19 , 1881 March 3 , 1885 Republican vacant
22Grover Cleveland March 4 , 1885 March 3 , 1889 Democrat Thomas Hendricks [D]
vacant
25
23Benjamin Harrison March 4 , 1889 March 3 , 1893 Republican Levi Morton 26
24Grover Cleveland
(2nd time)
March 4 , 1893 March 3 , 1897 Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson 27
25William McKinley March 4 , 1897 September 14 , 1901 [A]Republican Garret Hobart [D]
vacant
28
Theodore Roosevelt 29
26Theodore Roosevelt September 14 , 1901 March 3 , 1909 Republican vacant
Charles Fairbanks 30
27William Taft March 4 , 1909 March 3 , 1913 Republican James Sherman [D]
vacant
31
28Woodrow Wilson March 4 , 1913 March 3 , 1921 Democrat Thomas Marshall 32
33
29Warren Harding March 4 , 1921 August 2 , 1923 [D]Republican Calvin Coolidge 34
30Calvin Coolidge August 2 , 1923 March 3 , 1929 Republican vacant
Charles Dawes 35
31Herbert Hoover March 4 , 1929 March 3 , 1933 Republican Charles Curtis 36
32Franklin Roosevelt March 4 , 1933 April 12 , 1945 [D]Democrat John Garner 37
38
Henry Wallace 39
Harry Truman 40
33Harry Truman April 12 , 1945 January 20 , 1953 Democrat vacant
Alben Barkley 41
34Dwight Eisenhower January 20 , 1953 January 20 , 1961 Republican Richard Nixon 42
43
35John Kennedy January 20 , 1961 November 22 , 1963 [A]Democrat Lyndon Johnson 44
36Lyndon Johnson November 22 , 1963 January 20 , 1969 Democrat vacant
Hubert Humphrey 45
37Richard Nixon January 20 , 1969 August 9 , 1974 [R]Republican Spiro Agnew 46
Spiro Agnew [R]
vacant
Gerald Ford
47
38Gerald Ford August 9 , 1974 January 20 , 1977 Republican vacant
Nelson Rockefeller
39Jimmy Carter January 20 , 1977 January 20 , 1981 Democrat Walter Mondale 48
40Ronald Reagan January 20 , 1981 January 20 , 1989 Republican George H. W. Bush 49
50
41George H. W. Bush January 20 , 1989 January 20 , 1993 Republican Dan Quayle 51
42Bill Clinton January 20 , 1993 January 20 , 2001 Democrat Al Gore 52
53
43George W. Bush January 20 , 2001 PresentRepublican Richard Cheney 54
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