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