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)

Fillmore had been Vice President of the United States for 1 year, when he became the 13th United States president.

final_sentence: Fillmore had been Vice President of the United States for 1 year, when he became the 13th United States president.