List of Presidents of the United States
Presidents

List of Presidents of the United States

Section Title: Presidents
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Unaffiliated (2) Federalist (1) Democratic-Republican (4) Democratic (15) Whig (4) Republican (19) National Union (2)

Presidency	President	Prior office	Party	Election	Vice President

1	April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797	-	George Washington 1732–1799 (Lived: 67 years)	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783)	Unaffiliated	1788–89	John Adams

1792

2	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801	-	John Adams 1735–1826 (Lived: 90 years)	1st Vice President of the United States (1789–1797)	Federalist	1796	Thomas Jefferson

3	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809	-	Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 (Lived: 83 years)	2nd Vice President of the United States (1797–1801)	Democratic- Republican	1800	Aaron Burr March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805

1804	George Clinton March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809

4	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817	-	James Madison 1751–1836 (Lived: 85 years)	5th United States Secretary of State (1801–1809)	Democratic- Republican	1808	George Clinton March 4, 1809 – April 20, 1812 (Died in office)

Office vacant (Balance of Clinton's term)

1812	Elbridge Gerry March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814 (Died in office)

Office vacant (Balance of Gerry's term)

5	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825	-	James Monroe 1758–1831 (Lived: 73 years)	7th United States Secretary of State (1811–1817)	Democratic- Republican	1816	Daniel D. Tompkins

1820

6	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	-	John Quincy Adams 1767–1848 (Lived: 80 years)	8th United States Secretary of State (1817–1825)	Democratic- Republican	1824	John C. Calhoun

7	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837	-	Andrew Jackson 1767–1845 (Lived: 78 years)	U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1797–1798 & 1823–1825)	Democratic	1828	John C. Calhoun March 4, 1829 – December 28, 1832 (Resigned from office)

Office vacant (Balance of Calhoun's term)

1832	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837

8	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841	-	Martin Van Buren 1782–1862 (Lived: 79 years)	8th Vice President of the United States (1833–1837)	Democratic	1836	Richard M. Johnson

9	March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 (Died in office)	-	William Henry Harrison 1773–1841 (Lived: 68 years)	United States Minister to Colombia (1828–1829)	Whig	1840	John Tyler (Succeeded to presidency)

10	April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845	-	John Tyler 1790–1862 (Lived: 71 years)	10th Vice President of the United States (1841)	Whig April 4, 1841 – September 13, 1841	Office vacant

Unaffiliated September 13, 1841 – March 4, 1845

11	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849	-	James K. Polk 1795–1849 (Lived: 53 years)	9th Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841)	Democratic	1844	George M. Dallas

12	March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 (Died in office)	-	Zachary Taylor 1784–1850 (Lived: 65 years)	Major General of the 1st Infantry Regiment United States Army (1846–1849) (No prior elected office)	Whig	1848	Millard Fillmore (Succeeded to presidency)

13	July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853	-	Millard Fillmore 1800–1874 (Lived: 74 years)	12th Vice President of the United States (1849–1850)	Whig	Office vacant

14	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857	-	Franklin Pierce 1804–1869 (Lived: 64 years)	Brigadier General of the 9th Infantry United States Army (1847–1848)	Democratic	1852	William R. King March 4 – April 18, 1853 (Died in office)

Office vacant (Balance of King's term)

15	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861	-	James Buchanan 1791–1868 (Lived: 77 years)	United States Minister to the Court of St James's (1853–1856)	Democratic	1856	John C. Breckinridge

16	March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 (Died in office)	-	Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 (Lived: 56 years)	U.S. Representative for Illinois's 7th District (1847–1849)	Republican (National Union)	1860	Hannibal Hamlin March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865

1864	Andrew Johnson March 4 – April 15, 1865 (Succeeded to presidency)

17	April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869	-	Andrew Johnson 1808–1875 (Lived: 66 years)	16th Vice President of the United States (1865)	National Union April 15, 1865 – c. 1868	Office vacant

Democratic c. 1868 – March 4, 1869

18	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877	-	Ulysses S. Grant 1822–1885 (Lived: 63 years)	Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864–1869) (No prior elected office)	Republican	1868	Schuyler Colfax March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873

1872	Henry Wilson March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875 (Died in office)

Office vacant (Balance of Wilson's term)

19	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881	-	Rutherford B. Hayes 1822–1893 (Lived: 70 years)	29th & 32nd Governor of Ohio (1868–1872 & 1876–1877)	Republican	1876	William A. Wheeler

20	March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 (Died in office)	-	James A. Garfield 1831–1881 (Lived: 49 years)	U.S. Representative for Ohio's 19th District (1863–1881)	Republican	1880	Chester A. Arthur (Succeeded to presidency)

21	September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885	-	Chester A. Arthur 1829–1886 (Lived: 57 years)	20th Vice President of the United States (1881)	Republican	Office vacant

22	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889	-	Grover Cleveland 1837–1908 (Lived: 71 years)	28th Governor of New York (1883–1885)	Democratic	1884	Thomas A. Hendricks March 4 – November 25, 1885 (Died in office)

Office vacant (Balance of Hendricks's term)

23	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893	-	Benjamin Harrison 1833–1901 (Lived: 67 years)	U.S. Senator from Indiana (1881–1887)	Republican	1888	Levi P. Morton

24	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897	-	Grover Cleveland 1837–1908 (Lived: 71 years)	22nd President of the United States (1885–1889)	Democratic	1892	Adlai Stevenson

25	March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 (Died in office)	-	William McKinley 1843–1901 (Lived: 58 years)	39th Governor of Ohio (1892–1896)	Republican	1896	Garret Hobart March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899 (Died in office)

Office vacant (Balance of Hobart's term)

1900	Theodore Roosevelt March 4 – September 14, 1901 (Succeeded to presidency)

26	September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909	-	Theodore Roosevelt 1858–1919 (Lived: 60 years)	25th Vice President of the United States (1901)	Republican	Office vacant September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905

1904	Charles W. Fairbanks March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909

27	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913	-	William Howard Taft 1857–1930 (Lived: 72 years)	42nd United States Secretary of War (1904–1908)	Republican	1908	James S. Sherman March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912 (Died in office)

Office vacant (Balance of Sherman's term)

28	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921	-	Woodrow Wilson 1856–1924 (Lived: 67 years)	34th Governor of New Jersey (1911–1913)	Democratic	1912	Thomas R. Marshall

1916

29	March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 (Died in office)	-	Warren G. Harding 1865–1923 (Lived: 57 years)	U.S. Senator from Ohio (1915–1921)	Republican	1920	Calvin Coolidge (Succeeded to presidency)

30	August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929	-	Calvin Coolidge 1872–1933 (Lived: 60 years)	29th Vice President of the United States (1921–1923)	Republican	Office vacant August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1925

1924	Charles G. Dawes March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929

31	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933	-	Herbert Hoover 1874–1964 (Lived: 90 years)	3rd United States Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928) (No prior elected office)	Republican	1928	Charles Curtis

32	March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 (Died in office)	-	Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–1945 (Lived: 63 years)	44th Governor of New York (1929–1932)	Democratic	1932	John N. Garner March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941

1936

1940	Henry A. Wallace January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945

1944	Harry S. Truman January 20 – April 12, 1945 (Succeeded to presidency)

33	April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953	-	Harry S. Truman 1884–1972 (Lived: 88 years)	34th Vice President of the United States (1945)	Democratic	Office vacant April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949

1948	Alben W. Barkley January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953

34	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961	-	Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–1969 (Lived: 78 years)	Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1949–1952) (No prior elected office)	Republican	1952	Richard Nixon

1956

35	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 (Died in office)	-	John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 (Lived: 46 years)	U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1953–1960)	Democratic	1960	Lyndon B. Johnson (Succeeded to presidency)

36	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969	-	Lyndon B. Johnson 1908–1973 (Lived: 64 years)	37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963)	Democratic	Office vacant November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965

1964	Hubert Humphrey January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969

37	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 (Resigned from office)	-	Richard Nixon 1913–1994 (Lived: 81 years)	36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961)	Republican	1968	Spiro Agnew January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973 (Resigned from office)

1972

Office vacant October 10 – December 6, 1973

Gerald Ford December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974 (Succeeded to presidency)

38	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977	-	Gerald Ford 1913–2006 (Lived: 93 years)	40th Vice President of the United States (1973–1974)	Republican	Office vacant August 9 – December 19, 1974

Nelson Rockefeller December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977

39	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981	-	Jimmy Carter Born 1924 (94 years old)	76th Governor of Georgia (1971–1975)	Democratic	1976	Walter Mondale

40	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989	-	Ronald Reagan 1911–2004 (Lived: 93 years)	33rd Governor of California (1967–1975)	Republican	1980	George H. W. Bush

1984

41	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993	-	George H. W. Bush 1924–2018 (Lived: 94 years)	43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989)	Republican	1988	Dan Quayle

42	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001	-	Bill Clinton Born 1946 (72 years old)	40th & 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981 & 1983–1992)	Democratic	1992	Al Gore

1996

43	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009	George-W-Bush.jpeg	George W. Bush Born 1946 (72 years old)	46th Governor of Texas (1995–2000)	Republican	2000	Dick Cheney

2004

44	January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017	-	Barack Obama Born 1961 (57 years old)	U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005–2008)	Democratic	2008	Joe Biden

2012

45	January 20, 2017 – Incumbent	-	Donald Trump Born 1946 (72 years old)	Chairman of The Trump Organization (1971–2017) (No prior elected office)	Republican	2016	Mike Pence

Sentence(s)

Harrison, a Republican, took office as the 23rd United States president in the 1888 election.

final_sentence: Harrison, a Republican, took office as the 23rd United States president in the 1888 election.