List of Presidents of the United States

The White House, the president's official residence and center of the administration

Under the U.S. Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and the head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the United States by influence and recognition. The president is also the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. armed forces. The president is indirectly elected to a four-year term by an Electoral College (or by the House of Representatives should the Electoral College fail to award an absolute majority of votes to any person). Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected to the office of the president more than twice or serve more than a total of 10 years.[1] Upon death, resignation, or removal from office of an incumbent president, the Vice President assumes the office.

Contents

About the list

This list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as president following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect on March 4, 1789. For American leaders before this ratification, see President of the Continental Congress. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

There have been forty-three people sworn into office, and forty-four presidencies, due to the fact that Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the twenty-second and the twenty-fourth president. Of the individuals elected as president, four died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), one resigned (Richard Nixon), and four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy). The first president was George Washington, who was inaugurated in 1789 after a unanimous Electoral College vote. William Henry Harrison spent the shortest time in office at 31 days in 1841. At over twelve years, Franklin D. Roosevelt spent the longest time in office, and is the only president to serve more than two terms; he died shortly into his fourth term in 1945. The current president is Barack Obama; he assumed the office on January 20, 2009, and is the first president of African American descent. He is also the first president born outside the Contiguous United States, having been born in Hawaii.

List of presidents

Parties

      No party       Federalist       Democratic-Republican       Democratic       Whig       Republican

Presidency[n 1] President Took office Left office Party Vice President Term[n 1]
1 Washington (3).jpg George Washington
[2][3][4][5]
April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797 no party John Adams 1
2
2 Adamstrumbull.jpg John Adams
[6][7][8][9]
March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801 Federalist Thomas Jefferson 3
3 Tj3.gif Thomas Jefferson
[10][11][12][13]
March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr 4
George Clinton 5
4 James Madison.jpg James Madison
[14][15][16][17]
March 4, 1809 March 4, 1817 Democratic-Republican George Clinton[n 2]
March 4, 1809 – April 20, 1812
6
vacant[n 3]
April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813
Elbridge Gerry[n 2]
March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814
7
vacant [n 3]
November 23, 1814 – March 4, 1817
5 Jm5.gif James Monroe
[18][19][20][21]
March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825 Democratic-Republican Daniel D. Tompkins 8
9
6 John Quincy Adams by GPA Healy, 1858.jpg John Quincy Adams
[22][23][24][25]
March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829 Democratic-Republican
National Republican
John C. Calhoun 10
7 Andrew jackson head.gif Andrew Jackson
[26][27][28][29]
March 4, 1829 March 4, 1837 Democratic John C. Calhoun [n 4]
March 4, 1829 – December 28, 1832
11
vacant[n 3]
December 28, 1832 – March 4, 1833
Martin Van Buren 12
8 Mb8.gif Martin Van Buren
[30][31][32][33]
March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841 Democratic Richard Mentor Johnson 13
9 William Henry Harrison by James Reid Lambdin, 1835.jpg William Henry Harrison
[34][35][36][37]
March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841[n 2] Whig John Tyler 14
10[n 5] WHOportTyler.jpg John Tyler
[38][39][40][41]
April 4, 1841 March 4, 1845 Whig
April 4, 1841 – September 13, 1841
vacant [n 3]
no party[n 6]
September 13, 1841 – March 4, 1845
11 James Knox Polk by GPA Healy, 1858.jpg James K. Polk
[42][43][44][45]
March 4, 1845 March 4, 1849 Democratic George M. Dallas 15
12 Zachary Taylor 2.jpg Zachary Taylor
[46][47][48][49]
March 4, 1849 July 9, 1850[n 2] Whig Millard Fillmore 16
13 Millard Fillmore.gif Millard Fillmore
[50][51][52][53]
July 9, 1850 March 4, 1853 Whig vacant [n 3]
14 Franklin Pierce by GPA Healy, 1858.jpg Franklin Pierce
[54][55][56][57]
March 4, 1853 March 4, 1857 Democratic William R. King[n 2]
March 4, 1853 – April 18, 1853
17
vacant [n 3]
April 18, 1853 – March 4, 1857
15 Jb15.gif James Buchanan
[58][59][60][61]
March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861 Democratic John C. Breckinridge 18
16 Al16.jpg Abraham Lincoln
[62][63][64][65]
March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865[n 7] Republican
National Union[n 8]
Hannibal Hamlin 19
Andrew Johnson 20
17 Aj17.gif Andrew Johnson
[66][67][68][69]
April 15, 1865 March 4, 1869 Democratic
National Union[n 8]
vacant [n 3]
National Union[n 8]
no party[n 9]
18 Ug18.gif Ulysses S. Grant
[70][71][72][73]
March 4, 1869 March 4, 1877 Republican Schuyler Colfax 21
Henry Wilson[n 2]
March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875
22
vacant [n 3]
November 22, 1875 – March 4, 1877
19 Rhayes.png Rutherford B. Hayes
[74][75][76][77]
March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 Republican William A. Wheeler 23
20 James Garfield portrait.jpg James A. Garfield
[78][79][80][81]
March 4, 1881 September 19, 1881[n 7] Republican Chester A. Arthur 24
21 Ca21.gif Chester A. Arthur
[82][83][84][85]
September 19, 1881 March 4, 1885 Republican vacant [n 3]
22 Grover Cleveland portrait2.jpg Grover Cleveland
[86][87][88][89]
March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889 Democratic Thomas A. Hendricks[n 2]
March 4, 1885 – November 25, 1885
25
vacant [n 3]
November 25, 1885 – March 4, 1889
23 Benjamin Harrison by Eastman Johnson (1895).jpg Benjamin Harrison
[90][91][92][93]
March 4, 1889 March 4, 1893 Republican Levi P. Morton 26
24 Grover Cleveland, painting by Anders Zorn.jpg Grover Cleveland
(second term)
[86][87][88][89]
March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897 Democratic Adlai E. Stevenson I 27
25 Wm25.gif William McKinley
[94][95][96][97]
March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901[n 7] Republican Garret Hobart[n 2]
March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899
28
vacant [n 3]
November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901
Theodore Roosevelt 29
26 TRSargent.jpg Theodore Roosevelt
[98][99][100][101]
September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909 Republican vacant [n 3]
Charles W. Fairbanks 30
27 TaftOfficial Portrait.jpg William Howard Taft
[102][103][104][105]
March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 Republican James S. Sherman[n 2]
March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912
31
vacant [n 3]
October 30, 1912 – March 4, 1913
28 Ww28.gif Woodrow Wilson
[106][107][108][109]
March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921 Democratic Thomas R. Marshall 32
33
29 Wh29.gif Warren G. Harding
[110][111][112][113]
March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923[n 2] Republican Calvin Coolidge 34
30 CoolidgeWHPortrait.gif Calvin Coolidge
[114][115][116][117]
August 2, 1923 March 4, 1929 Republican vacant [n 3]
Charles G. Dawes 35
31 Hhover.gif Herbert Hoover
[118][119][120][121]
March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 Republican Charles Curtis 36
32 Fdrpics.gif Franklin D. Roosevelt
[122][123][124][125]
March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945[n 2] Democratic John Nance Garner 37[n 10]
38
Henry A. Wallace 39
Harry S. Truman 40
33 HarryTruman.jpg Harry S. Truman
[126][127][128][129]
April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953 Democratic vacant [n 3]
Alben W. Barkley 41
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower, official Presidential portrait.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower
[130][131][132][133]
January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961[n 11] Republican Richard Nixon 42
43
35 John F Kennedy Official Portrait.jpg John F. Kennedy
[134][135][136][137]
January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963[n 7] Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson 44
36 Lyndon B. Johnson - portrait.png Lyndon B. Johnson
[138][139][140][141]
November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969 Democratic vacant [n 3]
Hubert Humphrey 45
37 Rn37.gif Richard Nixon
[142][143][144][145]
January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974[n 4] Republican Spiro Agnew[n 4]
January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973
46
47
vacant [n 3]
October 10, 1973 – December 6, 1973
Gerald Ford
December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974
38 Gerald R. Ford - portrait.jpg Gerald Ford
[146][147][148][149]
August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Republican vacant [n 3]
August 9, 1974 – December 19, 1974
Nelson Rockefeller
December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
39 James E. Carter - portrait.gif Jimmy Carter
[150][151][152][153]
January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981 Democratic Walter Mondale 48
40 REAGANWH.jpg Ronald Reagan
[154][155][156][157]
January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 Republican George H. W. Bush 49
50
41 George H. W. Bush - portrait by Herbert Abrams (1994).jpg George H. W. Bush
[158][159][160][161]
January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993 Republican Dan Quayle 51
42 Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton
[162][163][164][165]
January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001 Democratic Al Gore 52
53
43 Official painting of George W. Bush.jpg George W. Bush
[166][167][168][169]
January 20, 2001 January 20, 2009 Republican Dick Cheney 54
55
44 Official portrait of Barack Obama.jpg Barack Obama
[170][171][172][173]
January 20, 2009 Incumbent   Democratic   Joe Biden 56

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 A presidency is defined as 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. In addition, under this numbering, Grover Cleveland is counted as having two separate presidencies, having served two non-consecutive terms.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Died in office of natural causes.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 Prior to ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the Vice Presidency. Richard Nixon was the first president to fill such a vacancy under the provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment when he appointed Gerald Ford. Ford later became the second president to fill a vice presidential vacancy when he appointed Nelson Rockefeller to succeed him.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Resigned.
  5. Being the first vice president to assume the presidency, Tyler set a precedent that a vice president who assumes the office of president becomes a fully functioning president who has his own presidency, as opposed to just a caretaker president. His political opponents attempted to refer to him as "Acting President", but he refused to allow that. The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution put Tyler's precedent into the Constitution.
  6. Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Assassinated.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864.
  9. Andrew Johnson did not identify with the two main parties while president and tried and failed to build a party of loyalists under the National Union label. His failure to build a true National Union Party made Johnson without a party.
  10. This term was shortened by 43 days due to the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution going into effect, moving inauguration day from March 4 to January 20.
  11. Dwight Eisenhower is the first president to have been legally prohibited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution from seeking a third term.

See also

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