# List of personal coats of arms of presidents of the United States

Many United States presidents have borne a coat of arms; largely through inheritance, assumption, or grants from foreign heraldic authorities: President Dwight Eisenhower receiving his in Denmark upon becoming a Knight of the Order of the Elephant.
The President of the United States, as a position, uses the Seal of the President of the United States as a coat of arms, but this is a coat of arms of office, not a personal coat of arms.

## Arms of presidents by century
### 18th century

| Arms | Name of president and blazon |
| | Arms of George Washington, 1st president, 1789–1797 Shield: Argent, two bars and in chief three mullets gules. Crest: Out of a crest-coronet a raven rising wings elevated and addorsed proper. Motto: Exitus Acta Probat (The outcome is the test of the act). See also: Washington family arms |
| | Arms of John Adams, 2nd president, 1797–1801 Shield: Gules, six crosses-crosslet fitchy argent, on a chief or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lis and the other two with lions passant guardant argent. Crest: A lion passant holding in his dexter paw a cross-crosslet fitchy argent. Motto: Libertatem Amicitiam Retinebis, Et Fidem (Freedom and friendship thou shall preserve, and faith). Connections to other Presidents' arms: Same as the 4th (Boylston) quartering in the arms used by his son, John Quincy Adams |

### 19th century

| Arms | Name of president and blazon |
| | Arms of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president, 1801–1809 Shield: Azure, a fret argent and on a chief gules three leopards' faces argent. Crest: A lion's head erased or. Motto: Ab Eo Libertas A Quo Spiritus (The one who gives life gives liberty). |
| — | James Madison, 4th president, 1809–1817 Shield: Argent, two halberts in saltire sable. Motto: Veritas non verba magistri (Truth, not the word of masters). |
| — | James Monroe, 5th president, 1817–1825 No arms known. |
| | Arms of John Quincy Adams, 6th president, 1825–1829 Shield: Quarterly: 1st argent, on a mount vert a stag trippant toward a pine tree, in base a codfish naiant on a sea all proper, overall thirteen stars in annulet azure (for Adams); 2nd sable, a fess cotised between three martlets or (for Smith); 3rd gules, seven mascles conjoined 3, 3, and 1 or (for Quincy); 4th gules, six crosses-crosslet fitchy argent, on a chief or three pellets, the center one charged with a fleur-de-lis and the outer two with lions passant guardant argent (for Boylston). Crest: A lion passant holding in his dexter paw a cross-crosslet fitchy argent, langued and armed gules. Motto: Fidem Libertatem Amicitiam Retinebis (Faith, freedom and friendship thou shall preserve). Connections to other Presidents' arms: 4th (Boylston) quartering in the arms of his father, John Adams |
| — | Andrew Jackson, 7th president, 1829–1837 No arms known. |
| | Arms of Martin van Buren, 8th president, 1837–1841 Shield: Per pale or and gules, in dexter a greyhound rampant contourny and in sinister two bars embattled-counterembattled, all counterchanged. Crest: A greyhound rampant between two wings, the dexter gules, the sinister or. |
| | Arms of William Henry Harrison, 9th president, 1841 Shield: Or, on a fess sable three eagles displayed or, a crescent sable for difference. Crest: An eagle's head erased or. Connections to other Presidents' arms: Same arms as used by his grandson, Benjamin Harrison |
| — | John Tyler, 10th president, 1841–1845 No arms known. |
| — | James K. Polk, 11th president, 1845–1849 No arms known. |
| | Crest of Zachary Taylor, 12th president, 1849–1850 Crest: A naked arm embowed holding an arrow proper. Motto: Consequitur Quodcumque Petit (Seize whatever follows). |
| — | Millard Fillmore, 13th president, 1850–1853 No arms known. |
| — | Franklin Pierce, 14th president, 1853–1857 No arms known. |
| — | Arms of James Buchanan, 15th president, 1857–1861 Shield: Or, a lion rampant sable armed and langued gules holding in his dexter paw a cap of honour turned up ermine surmounted by a rose gules, all within a double tressure flory-counterflory sable. Crest: A dexter Hand holding a Scimitar proper. Motto: Audacia Et Industria (By boldness and effort) |
| — | Arms of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president, 1861–1865 Shield: Or, a leopard rampant sable armed argent. Further information: Lincoln arms in Swanton Morley Church |
| — | Andrew Johnson, 17th president, 1865–1869 No arms known. |
| — | Arms of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president, 1869–1877 Shield: Gules, a chevron ermine between three fleurs-de-lys or. Crest: A burning hill proper. Motto: Stand fast. |
| | Crest of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president, 1877–1881 Crest: Upon an anvil a falcon rising proper. Motto: Recte (Right). Additional motto: Qui Patriæ Optime Servit Optime Servit Suis Partibus (He who serves his party best serves his country best). Clan: Hay |
| | Arms of James A. Garfield, 20th president, 1881 Shield: Or, three bars gules, on a canton ermine a cross paty gules. Crest: Issuant from a human heart a dexter hand holding a sword proper. Motto: In Cruce Vinco (In the cross I conquer). |
| | Arms of Chester A. Arthur, 21st president, 1881–1885 Shield: Gules, a chevron argent between three rests [clarions] or. Crest: A falcon rising proper belled and jessed or. Motto: Impelle Obstantia (Thrust aside obstacles). |
| | Arms of Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president, 1885–1889 and 1893–1897 Shield: Per chevron sable and ermine, a chevron engrailed counterchanged. Crest: A demi-old man proper habited azure, on his head a cap gules turned up with hair front, holding in his dexter hand a spear, the head argent, on the top of which is fixed a line proper passing behind him and coiled up in his sinister hand. Motto: Semel Et Semper (Once and always). Alternative mottoes: Pro Deo Et Patria (For God and country); Vincit Amor Patriæ (Love of country conquers). |
| | Arms of Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president, 1889–1893 Shield: Or, on a fess sable three eagles displayed or, a crescent sable for difference. Crest: An Eagle's Head erased or. Connections to other Presidents' arms: Same as the arms used by his paternal grandfather, William Henry Harrison |
| — | William McKinley, 25th president, 1897–1901 No arms known. |

### 20th century

| Arms | Name of president and blazon |
| | Arms of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president, 1901–1909 Shield: Argent, upon a grassy mound a rose bush proper bearing three roses gules barbed and seeded proper. Crest: Three ostrich plumes each per pale gules and argent. Motto: Qui Plantavit Curabit (He who planted will preserve). Symbolism: The Roosevelt arms feature a rose bush in reference to the name: "Roosevelt", which is archaic Dutch for "rose field", making these an example of canting arms. Connections to other Presidents' arms: Similar to the arms used by his distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the primary difference being the depiction of a grassy mound in Theodore's arms. |
| — | William Howard Taft, 27th president, 1909–1913 No arms known. |
| — | Woodrow Wilson, 28th president, 1913–1921 No arms known. |
| — | Warren G. Harding, 29th president, 1921–1923 No arms known. |
| | Arms of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president, 1923–1929 Shield: Vert, a griffin segreant or. Crest: A demi-griffin segreant or. Motto: Virtute Et Fide (By valor and faith). Note: Attributed by Henry Bond MD, no evidence President Coolidge ever bore these arms. |
| — | Herbert Hoover, 31st president, 1929–1933 No arms known. |
| | Arms of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president, 1933–1945 Shield: Argent, three roses one in pale and two in saltire gules, barbed, seeded, slipped, and leaved proper. Crest: Three ostrich plumes each per pale gules and argent. Motto: Qui Plantavit Curabit (He who planted will preserve). Symbolism: The Roosevelt arms feature a rose bush in reference to the name: "Roosevelt", which is Dutch for "rose field", making these an example of canting arms. Connections to other Presidents' arms: Similar to the arms used by his distant cousin Theodore Roosevelt, which were differenced by the depiction of a grassy mound. |
| — | Harry S. Truman, 33rd president, 1945–1953 No arms known. |
| | Arms of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president, 1953–1961 Shield: Or, an anvil azure. Crest: Five stars of five points conjoined as on the points of a pentagram argent. Motto: Peace Through Understanding. Foreign honors: The Bath Circlet encircled by the Collar of the Order of the Elephant surrounding the Shield and suspended below by its ribbon the insignia of the Order of Merit. Symbolism: The anvil alludes to the German origin of his name: Eisenhauer, meaning "iron hewer". The five stars come from his rank insignia Eisenhower wore as a General of the Army during World War II. Note: Adopted following being invested with the Order of the Elephant in 1950. |
| | Arms of John F. Kennedy, 35th president, 1961–1963 Shield: Sable, three helmets in profile or within a bordure per saltire gules and ermine. Crest: Between two Olive branches a Cubit sinister arm in armor erect, the hand holding a Sheaf of four Arrows, points upward, all proper. Symbolism: The Kennedy arms allude to their supposed descent from the O'Kennedys of Ormonde. Note: Granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland in 1961. |
| | Arms of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president, 1963–1969 Shield: Azure, on a saltire gules fimbriated argent between four eagles displayed a mullet or. Crest: An armed hand argent supporting an eagle rising or. Motto: Nobilitatis virtus non stemma character (Virtue, not lineage, is the mark of nobility). |
| — | Richard Nixon, 37th president, 1969–1974 No arms known. |
| — | Gerald Ford, 38th president, 1974–1977 No arms known. |
| — | Jimmy Carter, 39th president, 1977–1981 No arms known. |
| | Arms of Ronald Reagan, 40th president, 1981–1989 Shield: Or, a bear rampant sable armed and langued gules holding between its forepaws a star argent, on a chief sable standing upon a ducal coronet or a falcon's wings displayed and inverted argent armed or and langued gules. Crest: A demi-horse forcené sable unguled or and charged on the shoulder with an actor's mask or. Motto: Facta non verba (Deeds, not words). Foreign honors: Surrounding the Shield the Collar of the Order of the Bath. |
| — | George H. W. Bush, 41st president, 1989–1993 No arms proven. |
| | Arms of Bill Clinton, 42nd president, 1993–2001 Shield: Or, a lion rampant gules charged with three bars argent holding in the dexter paw an olive branch proper between in the dexter chief and sinister base a cross-crosslet fitchy sable and in the sinister chief and dexter base a shamrock slipped vert. Crest: An anchor erect azure, on the stock the letters SPES argent. Motto: An leon do bheir an chraobh (The lion carries away the branch). Foreign honors: Surrounding the Shield the Collar of the Order of the White Lion. Note: Granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland in 1995. |

### 21st century

| Arms | Name of president and blazon |
| — | George W. Bush, 43rd president, 2001–2009 No arms proven. |
| — | Barack Obama, 44th president, 2009–2017 No arms known. |
| | Arms of Donald Trump, 45th and 47th president, 2017–2021 and 2025–present. Shield: Argent ermined or, two chevronels couped between three demi-lions rampant, all or. Crest: A cubit arm argent enfiling a mascle and grasping a spear, all or. See also: Trump organization arms |
| — | Joe Biden, 46th president, 2021–2025 No arms known. |