Presidents (United States)

Presidents

Unaffiliated (2) Federalist (1) Democratic-Republican (4) Democratic (15) Whig (4) Republican (19) National Union (2)
Presidency^[a]
President
Prior office^[b]
Party^[c]
Term^[d]
Vice President
1
April 30, 1789
^[e]
–
March 4, 1797

George Washington
1732–1799
(Lived: 67 years)
^[3][4][5]
Commander-in-Chief
of the
Continental Army
(1775–1783)
Unaffiliated
^[2]
(1788–89)
1
(1789)
John Adams
^[f][g]
(1792)
2
(1793)
2
March 4, 1797
–
March 4, 1801

John Adams
1735–1826
(Lived: 90 years)
^[6][7][8]
1st
Vice President of the United States
Federalist
(1796)
3
(1797)
Thomas Jefferson
^[h]
3
March 4, 1801
–
March 4, 1809

Thomas Jefferson
1743–1826
(Lived: 83 years)
^[9][10][11]
2nd
Vice President of the United States
Democratic-
Republican
(1800)
4
(1801)
Aaron Burr
March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805
(1804)
5
(1805)
George Clinton
March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809
4
March 4, 1809
–
March 4, 1817

James Madison
1751–1836
(Lived: 85 years)
^[12][13][14]
5th
United States Secretary of State
(1801–1809)
Democratic-
Republican
(1808)
6
(1809)
George Clinton
March 4, 1809 – April 20, 1812
(Died in office)
Office vacant
(Balance of Clinton's term)
(1812)
7
(1813)
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)
^[15][16][17]
7th
United States Secretary of State
(1811–1817)
Democratic-
Republican
(1816)
8
(1817)
Daniel D. Tompkins
(1820)
9
(1821)
6
March 4, 1825
–
March 4, 1829

John Quincy Adams
1767–1848
(Lived: 80 years)
^[18][19][20]
8th
United States Secretary of State
(1817–1825)
Democratic-
Republican
(1824)
10
(1825)
John C. Calhoun
7
March 4, 1829
–
March 4, 1837

Andrew Jackson
1767–1845
(Lived: 78 years)
^[21][22][23]
U.S. Senatorfrom Tennessee
(1797–1798 & 1823–1825)
Democratic
(1828)
11
(1829)
John C. Calhoun
^[i]
March 4, 1829 –December 28, 1832
(Resigned from office)
Office vacant
(Balance of Calhoun's term)
(1832)
12
(1833)
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837
8
March 4, 1837
–
March 4, 1841

Martin Van Buren
1782–1862
(Lived: 79 years)
^[24][25][26]
8th
Vice President of the United States
Democratic
(1836)
13
(1837)
Richard M. Johnson
9
March 4, 1841
–
April 4, 1841
(Died in office)

William Henry Harrison
1773–1841
(Lived: 68 years)
^[27][28][29]
United States Minister to Colombia
(1828–1829)
Whig
(1840)
14
(1841)
(1841)
^[j]
John Tyler
(Succeeded to presidency)
10
April 4, 1841
^[k]
–
March 4, 1845

John Tyler
1790–1862
(Lived: 71 years)
^[30][31][32]
10th
Vice President of the United States
Whig
April 4, 1841 –September 13, 1841
Office vacant
Unaffiliated
September 13, 1841– March 4, 1845
^[l]
11
March 4, 1845
–
March 4, 1849

James K. Polk
1795–1849
(Lived: 53 years)
^[33][34][35]
9th
Governor of Tennessee
(1839–1841)
Democratic
(1844)
15
(1845)
George M. Dallas
12
March 4, 1849
–
July 9, 1850
(Died in office)

Zachary Taylor
1784–1850
(Lived: 65 years)
^[36][37][38]
Major General of the 1st Infantry Regiment
United States Army
(1846–1849)
(No prior elected office)
Whig
(1848)
16
(1849)
(1850)
^[j]
Millard Fillmore
(Succeeded to presidency)
13
July 9, 1850
^[m]
–
March 4, 1853

Millard Fillmore
1800–1874
(Lived: 74 years)
^[39][40][41]
12th
Vice President of the United States
Whig
Office vacant
14
March 4, 1853
–
March 4, 1857

Franklin Pierce
1804–1869
(Lived: 64 years)
^[42][43][44]
Brigadier General of the 9th Infantry
United States Army
(1847–1848)
Democratic
(1852)
17
(1853)
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)
^[45][46][47]
United States Minister to the
Court of St James's
(1853–1856)
Democratic
(1856)
18
(1857)
John C. Breckinridge
16
March 4, 1861
–
April 15, 1865
(Died in office)

Abraham Lincoln
1809–1865
(Lived: 56 years)
^[48][49][50]
U.S. Representative for Illinois' 7th District
(1847–1849)
Republican
(National Union)
^[n]
(1860)
19
(1861)
Hannibal Hamlin
March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
(1864)
20
(1865)
(1865)
^[j]
Andrew Johnson
March 4 – April 15, 1865
(Succeeded to presidency)
17
April 15, 1865
–
March 4, 1869

Andrew Johnson
1808–1875
(Lived: 66 years)
^[51][52][53]
16th
Vice President of the United States
National Union
April 15, 1865 –c. 1868
Office vacant
Democratic
c. 1868 –March 4, 1869
^[o]
18
March 4, 1869
–
March 4, 1877

Ulysses S. Grant
1822–1885
(Lived: 63 years)
^[54][55][56]
Commanding General of the U.S. Army
(1864–1869)
(No prior elected office)
Republican
(1868)
21
(1869)
Schuyler Colfax
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873
(1872)
22
(1873)
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)
^[57][58][59]
29th & 32nd
Governor of Ohio
(1868–1872 & 1876–1877)
Republican
(1876)
23
(1877)
William A. Wheeler
20
March 4, 1881
–
September 19, 1881
(Died in office)

James A. Garfield
1831–1881
(Lived: 49 years)
^[60][61][62]
U.S. Representative for Ohio's 19th District
(1863–1881)
Republican
(1880)
24
(1881)
(1881)
^[j]
Chester A. Arthur
(Succeeded to presidency)
21
September 19, 1881
^[p]
–
March 4, 1885

Chester A. Arthur
1829–1886
(Lived: 57 years)
^[63][64][65]
20th
Vice President of the United States
Republican
Office vacant
22
March 4, 1885
–
March 4, 1889

Grover Cleveland
1837–1908
(Lived: 71 years)
^[66][67]
28th
Governor of New York
(1883–1885)
Democratic
(1884)
25
(1885)
Thomas A. Hendricks
March 4 – November 25, 1885
(Died in office)
Office vacant
(Balance of Hendricks' term)
23
March 4, 1889
–
March 4, 1893

Benjamin Harrison
1833–1901
(Lived: 67 years)
^[68][69][70]
U.S. Senatorfrom Indiana
(1881–1887)
Republican
(1888)
26
(1889)
Levi P. Morton
24
March 4, 1893
–
March 4, 1897

Grover Cleveland
1837–1908
(Lived: 71 years)
^[66][67]
22nd
President of the United States
(1885–1889)
Democratic
(1892)
27
(1893)
Adlai Stevenson
25
March 4, 1897
–
September 14, 1901
(Died in office)

William McKinley
1843–1901
(Lived: 58 years)
^[71][72][73]
39th
Governor of Ohio
(1892–1896)
Republican
(1896)
28
(1897)
Garret Hobart
March 4, 1897 –November 21, 1899
(Died in office)
Office vacant
(Balance of Hobart's term)
(1900)
29
(1901)
(1901)
^[j]
Theodore Roosevelt
March 4 – September 14, 1901
(Succeeded to presidency)
26
September 14, 1901
–
March 4, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt
1858–1919
(Lived: 60 years)
^[74][75][76]
25th
Vice President of the United States
Republican
Office vacant
September 14, 1901 –March 4, 1905
(1904)
30
(1905)
Charles W. Fairbanks
March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
27
March 4, 1909
–
March 4, 1913

William Howard Taft
1857–1930
(Lived: 72 years)
^[77][78][79]
42nd
United States Secretary of War
(1904–1908)
Republican
(1908)
31
(1909)
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)
^[80][81][82]
34th
Governor of New Jersey
(1911–1913)
Democratic
(1912)
32
(1913)
Thomas R. Marshall
(1916)
33
(1917)
29
March 4, 1921
–
August 2, 1923
(Died in office)

Warren G. Harding
1865–1923
(Lived: 57 years)
^[83][84][85]
U.S. Senator from Ohio
(1915–1921)
Republican
(1920)
34
(1921)
(1923)
^[j]
Calvin Coolidge
(Succeeded to presidency)
30
August 2, 1923
^[q]
–
March 4, 1929

Calvin Coolidge
1872–1933
(Lived: 60 years)
^[86][87][88]
29th
Vice President of the United States
Republican
Office vacant
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1925
(1924)
35
(1925)
Charles G. Dawes
March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
31
March 4, 1929
–
March 4, 1933

Herbert Hoover
1874–1964
(Lived: 90 years)
^[89][90][91]
3rd
United States Secretary of Commerce
(1921–1928)
(No prior elected office)
Republican
(1928)
36
(1929)
Charles Curtis
32
March 4, 1933
–
April 12, 1945
(Died in office)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882–1945
(Lived: 63 years)
^[92][93][94]
44th
Governor of New York
(1929–1932)
Democratic
(1932)
37
(1933)
John N. Garner
March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941
^[r]
(1936)
38
(1937)
(1940)
39
(1941)
Henry A. Wallace
January 20, 1941 –January 20, 1945
(1944)
40
(1945)
(1945)
^[j]
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)
^[95][96][97]
34th
Vice President of the United States
Democratic
Office vacant
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949
(1948)
41
(1949)
Alben W. Barkley
January 20, 1949 –January 20, 1953
34
January 20, 1953
–
January 20, 1961

Dwight D. Eisenhower
1890–1969
(Lived: 78 years)
^{[98][99][100]}
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
(1949–1952)
(No prior elected office)
Republican
(1952)
42
(1953)
Richard Nixon
(1956)
43
(1957)
35
January 20, 1961
–
November 22, 1963
(Died in office)

John F. Kennedy
1917–1963
(Lived: 46 years)
^{[101][102][103]}
U.S. Senatorfrom Massachusetts
(1953–1960)
Democratic
(1960)
44
(1961)
(1963)
^[j]
Lyndon B. Johnson
(Succeeded to presidency)
36
November 22, 1963
–
January 20, 1969

Lyndon B. Johnson
1908–1973
(Lived: 64 years)
^[104][105]
37th
Vice President of the United States
Democratic
Office vacant
November 22, 1963 –January 20, 1965
(1964)
45
(1965)
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)
^{[106][107][108]}
36th
Vice President of the United States
(1953–1961)
Republican
(1968)
46
(1969)
Spiro Agnew
January 20, 1969 –October 10, 1973
(Resigned from office)
(1972)
47
(1973)
(1974)
^[j]
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)
^{[109][110][111]}
40th
Vice President of the United States
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
(93 years old)
^{[112][113][114]}
76th
Governor of Georgia
(1971–1975)
Democratic
(1976)
48
(1977)
Walter Mondale
40
January 20, 1981
–
January 20, 1989

Ronald Reagan
1911–2004
(Lived: 93 years)
^{[115][116][117]}
33rd
Governor of California
(1967–1975)
Republican
(1980)
49
(1981)
George H. W. Bush
(1984)
50
(1985)
41
January 20, 1989
–
January 20, 1993

George H. W. Bush
Born 1924
(93 years old)
^{[118][119][120]}
43rd
Vice President of the United States
Republican
(1988)
51
(1989)
Dan Quayle
42
January 20, 1993
–
January 20, 2001

Bill Clinton
Born 1946
(71 years old)
^{[121][122][123]}
40th & 42nd
Governor of Arkansas
(1979–1981 & 1983–1992)
Democratic
(1992)
52
(1993)
Al Gore
(1996)
53
(1997)
43
January 20, 2001
–
January 20, 2009

George W. Bush
Born 1946
(71 years old)
^[124][125]
46th
Governor of Texas
(1995–2000)
Republican
(2000)
54
(2001)
Dick Cheney
(2004)
55
(2005)
44
January 20, 2009
–
January 20, 2017

Barack Obama
Born 1961
(56 years old)
^[126][127]
U.S. Senator from Illinois
(2005–2008)
Democratic
(2008)
56
(2009)
Joe Biden
(2012)
57
(2013)
45
January 20, 2017
–
Incumbent

Donald Trump
Born 1946
(71 years old)
^[128][129]
Chairman of
The Trump Organization
(1971–2017)
(No prior elected office)
Republican
(2016)
58
(2017)
Mike Pence