# List of presidents of the United States

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This is a list of people who have served as President of the United States. As of 2025, there have been 45 men sworn into office and 47 presidencies; there have been more presidencies than people sworn into office because Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump won two nonconsecutive (not back-to-back) terms. Donald Trump is the 47th and current president; he also served as the 45th president.

George Washington, the first president, is the only president who was not a member of a political party. William Henry Harrison spent the shortest time in office, at 31 days; Franklin D. Roosevelt spent the longest at over twelve years. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only president to serve more than two terms; he died early in his fourth. The youngest person to serve as president is Theodore Roosevelt, at 42 years old; the oldest is Joe Biden, at 82 years old. The youngest person elected President is John F. Kennedy at 43 years old; the oldest is Donald Trump at 78 years old. John F. Kennedy had the shortest lifespan of any president, at 46 years; Jimmy Carter had the longest, at 100 years. Eight presidents have died in office (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy). Richard Nixon is the only president to resign from office. Five people (John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump) won the presidency without winning the most votes in their election. Three presidents have been impeached (Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump twice). Barack Obama was the first president of color.

## Presidents

List of presidents of the United States from 1789 – till date.| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term | Party | Election | Vice President |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 |  | **George Washington** (1732–1799) | April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 |  | *Unaffiliated* | 1788–89 | John Adams |
| 1792 |
| 2 |  | **John Adams** (1735–1826) | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 |  | Federalist | 1796 | Thomas Jefferson |
| 3 |  | **Thomas Jefferson** (1743–1826) | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 |  | Democratic- Republican | 1800 | Aaron Burr |
| 1804 | George Clinton |
| 4 |  | **James Madison** (1751–1836) | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817 |  | Democratic- Republican | 1808 | George Clinton |
| *Vacant after April 20, 1812* |
| 1812 | Elbridge Gerry |
| *Vacant after November 23, 1814* |
| 5 |  | **James Monroe** (1758–1831) | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825 |  | Democratic- Republican | 1816 | Daniel D. Tompkins |
| 1820 |
| 6 |  | **John Quincy Adams** (1767–1848) | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 |  | Democratic- Republican | 1824 | John C. Calhoun |
|  | National Republican |
| 7 |  | **Andrew Jackson** (1767–1845) | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837 |  | Democratic | 1828 | John C. Calhoun |
| *Vacant after December 28, 1832* |
| 1832 | Martin Van Buren |
| 8 |  | **Martin Van Buren** (1782–1862) | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |  | Democratic | 1836 | Richard Mentor Johnson |
| 9 |  | **William Henry Harrison** (1773–1841) | March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 |  | Whig | 1840 | John Tyler |
| 10 |  | **John Tyler** (1790–1862) | April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 |  | Whig | – | *Vacant throughout presidency* |
|  | *Unaffiliated* |
| 11 |  | **James K. Polk** (1795–1849) | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 |  | Democratic | 1844 | George M. Dallas |
| 12 |  | **Zachary Taylor** (1784–1850) | March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 |  | Whig | 1848 | Millard Fillmore |
| 13 |  | **Millard Fillmore** (1800–1874) | July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853 |  | Whig | – | *Vacant throughout presidency* |
| 14 |  | **Franklin Pierce** (1804–1869) | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 |  | Democratic | 1852 | William R. King |
| *Vacant after April 18, 1853* |
| 15 |  | **James Buchanan** (1791–1868) | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 |  | Democratic | 1856 | John C. Breckinridge |
| 16 |  | **Abraham Lincoln** (1809–1865) | March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 |  | Republican | 1860 | Hannibal Hamlin |
|  | National Union | 1864 | Andrew Johnson |
| 17 |  | **Andrew Johnson** (1808–1875) | April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869 |  | National Union | – | *Vacant throughout presidency* |
|  | Democratic |
| 18 |  | **Ulysses S. Grant** (1822–1885) | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877 |  | Republican | 1868 | Schuyler Colfax |
| 1872 | Henry Wilson |
| *Vacant after November 22, 1875* |
| 19 |  | **Rutherford B. Hayes** (1822–1893) | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 |  | Republican | 1876 | William A. Wheeler |
| 20 |  | **James A. Garfield** (1831–1881) | March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 |  | Republican | 1880 | Chester A. Arthur |
| 21 |  | **Chester A. Arthur** (1829–1886) | September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 |  | Republican | – | *Vacant throughout presidency* |
| 22 |  | **Grover Cleveland** (1837–1908) *1st term* | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 |  | Democratic | 1884 | Thomas A. Hendricks |
| *Vacant after November 25, 1885* |
| 23 |  | **Benjamin Harrison** (1833–1901) | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |  | Republican | 1888 | Levi P. Morton |
| 24 |  | **Grover Cleveland** (1837–1908) *2nd term* | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 |  | Democratic | 1892 | Adlai Stevenson I |
| 25 |  | **William McKinley** (1843–1901) | March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 |  | Republican | 1896 | Garret Hobart |
| *Vacant after November 21, 1899* |
| 1900 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 26 |  | **Theodore Roosevelt** (1858–1919) | September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 |  | Republican | – | *Vacant through March 4, 1905* |
| 1904 | Charles W. Fairbanks |
| 27 |  | **William Howard Taft** (1857–1930) | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |  | Republican | 1908 | James S. Sherman |
| *Vacant after October 30, 1912* |
| 28 |  | **Woodrow Wilson** (1856–1924) | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 |  | Democratic | 1912 | Thomas R. Marshall |
| 1916 |
| 29 |  | **Warren G. Harding** (1865–1923) | March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 |  | Republican | 1920 | Calvin Coolidge |
| 30 |  | **Calvin Coolidge** (1872–1933) | August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929 |  | Republican | – | *Vacant through March 4, 1925* |
| 1924 | Charles G. Dawes |
| 31 |  | **Herbert Hoover** (1874–1964) | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |  | Republican | 1928 | Charles Curtis |
| 32 |  | **Franklin D. Roosevelt** (1882–1945) | March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 |  | Democratic | 1932 | John Nance Garner |
| 1936 |
| 1940 | Henry A. Wallace |
| 1944 | Harry S. Truman |
| 33 |  | **Harry S. Truman** (1884–1972) | April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 |  | Democratic | – | *Vacant through January 20, 1949* |
| 1948 | Alben W. Barkley |
| 34 |  | **Dwight D. Eisenhower** (1890–1969) | January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 |  | Republican | 1952 | Richard Nixon |
| 1956 |
| 35 |  | **John F. Kennedy** (1917–1963) | January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 |  | Democratic | 1960 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 36 |  | **Lyndon B. Johnson** (1908–1973) | November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 |  | Democratic | – | *Vacant through January 20, 1965* |
| 1964 | Hubert Humphrey |
| 37 |  | **Richard Nixon** (1913–1994) | January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 |  | Republican | 1968 | Spiro Agnew |
| 1972 |
| *Vacant: October 10 – December 6, 1973* |
| Gerald Ford |
| 38 |  | **Gerald Ford** (1913–2006) | August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 |  | Republican | – | *Vacant through December 19, 1974* |
| Nelson Rockefeller |
| 39 |  | **Jimmy Carter** (1924–2024) | January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |  | Democratic | 1976 | Walter Mondale |
| 40 |  | **Ronald Reagan** (1911–2004) | January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 |  | Republican | 1980 | George H. W. Bush |
| 1984 |
| 41 |  | **George H. W. Bush** (1924–2018) | January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |  | Republican | 1988 | Dan Quayle |
| 42 |  | **Bill Clinton** (b. 1946) | January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 |  | Democratic | 1992 | Al Gore |
| 1996 |
| 43 |  | **George W. Bush** (b. 1946) | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009 |  | Republican | 2000 | Dick Cheney |
| 2004 |
| 44 |  | **Barack Obama** (b. 1967) | January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |  | Democratic | 2008 | Joe Biden |
| 2012 |
| 45 |  | **Donald Trump** (b. 1946) *1st term* | January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021 |  | Republican | 2016 | Mike Pence |
| 46 |  | **Joe Biden** (b. 1942) | January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025 |  | Democratic | 2020 | Kamala Harris |
| 47 |  | **Donald Trump** (b. 1946) *2nd term* | January 20, 2025 – *Incumbent* |  | Republican | 2024 | JD Vance |

## List of living former presidents

There are four living former presidents.

* Bill Clinton
 1993–2001
 (1946-08-19) August 19, 1946
* George W. Bush
 2001–2009
 (1946-07-06) July 6, 1946
* Barack Obama
 2009–2017
 (1961-08-04) August 4, 1961
* Joe Biden
 2021–2025
 (1942-11-20) November 20, 1942

## Related pages

• List of vice presidents of the United States

• List of first ladies of the United States

• List of second ladies and gentlemen of the United States

## Official websites

"The Presidents". *The White House*. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

"U.S. Presidents". *Miller Center*. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

"The Presidents Timeline". *White House Historical Association*. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

"Presidents". *The American Presidency Project*. Retrieved December 3, 2023.