Differences between Presidents in Vive l'Emperor and OTL:
- Presidents are (from 1824 election) elected directly by popular vote.
- There is no 22nd amendment. Presidents can be re-elected as many times as they like as long so they are in successive terms, Presidents can't be renominated after losing an election (like Grover Cleveland in OTL)
- If the Vice President resigns or dies the President must nominate a successor within 20 days, the office of Vice President must always be filled (1826 reform).
# | Portrait | Name | Born - Died | Party | Vice President | Term(s) | Notes |
1 | George Washington | February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799 | John Adams (1789 - 1797) | April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797 | First President of the U.S. | ||
2 | John Adams | October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826 | Thomas Jefferson (1797 - 1801) | March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801 | First Vice President (1789 - 1797). | ||
3 | Thomas Jefferson | April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826 |
Aaron Burr (1801 - 1805) George Clinton (1805 - 1809) |
March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1809 | Served as Adams' vice President (1797 - 1801). Walked a diplomatic tightrope between France and Britain | ||
4 | James Madison | March 16, 1751 - June 28, 1836 |
Elbridge T. Gerry (1809 - 1813) John Armstrong (1813 - 1821) |
March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1817 | Served as secretary of state (1801 - 1809). First Pro French President. Started 1st (1811 - 1813) and 2nd (1815 - 1818) Anglo American wars. | ||
5 | James Monroe | April 28, 1758 - July 4, 1831 | William H. Crawford | March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1821 | |||
6 | Andrew Jackson | March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845 |
John C. Calhoun (1821 - 1823) Martin van Buren (1823 - 1833) |
March 4, 1821 - January 1, 1833 | Hero of Anglo American Wars. His 4 term Presidency saw many changes in American social and political attitudes. Introduced many reforms to increase Presidential powers and reform voting system. Still regarded by modern historians as the USA's greatest President. | ||
7 | Martin van Buren | December 5, 1782 - July 24, 1862 | Richard M. Johnson (1837 - 1841) | January 1, 1833 - January 1, 1837 | |||
8 | Lewis Cass | October 9, 1782 - June 17, 1866 | January 1, 1837 - January 1, 1841 | ||||
9 | Zachary Taylor | November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850 | James Buchanan (1841 - 1849) | January 1, 1837 - January 1, 1841 | |||
10 | James K. Polk | November 2, 1795 - June 15, 1849 | January 1, 1845 - January 1, 1849 | ||||
11 |
Winfield Scott | June 13, 1786 - May 29, 1866 | January 1, 1849 - January 1, 1853 | ||||
12 | Franklin Pierce | January 1, 1853 - January 1, 1857 | |||||
13 | James Buchanan | January 1, 1857 - January 1, 1857 | |||||
14 | John C. Fremont | January 21, 1813 - April 6, 1861 | Abraham Lincoln (1861)ascended | January 1, 1861 - April 6, 1861 | Radical Republican and Anti Slavery Candidate. His ideas were arguably too strong for his time and he was assassinated after four months in office. His assassination was the spark that set off the Civil war. | ||
15 | Abraham Lincoln | February 12, 1809 - April 23, 1881 | Hannibal Hamlin (1861 - 1865) | April 6, 1861 - January 1, 1865 | Fremont's vice President (1861). Led US in civil war, charismatic wartime leader but still unpopular. Lost 1864 election. | ||
16 | George B. McClellan | December 3, 1826 - October 29, 1885 |
George H. Pendleton (1865 - 1866) resigned Horatio Seymour (1866 - 1869) |
January 1, 1865 - January 1, 1869 | War hero and C in C army (1862 - 1864). Led US through final years of civil war (1865 - 1868) and began reconstruction. Lost 1868 election by narrowest margin in election history. | ||
17 | Ulysses S. Grant | April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885 |
William H. Seward (1869 - 1872) died Schuyler Colfax (1872 - 1873) |
January 1, 1869 - January 1, 1873 | War hero and C in C army (1864 - 1869). His narrow minded pro northern government was unpopular in south. regarded by many modern historians as presidential faliure. | ||
18 | Winfield Scott Hancock | February 14, 1824 - February 9, 1886 | Samuel J. Tilden (1875 - 1877) | January 1, 1873 - January 1, 1877 | |||
19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | October 4, 1822 - January 17, 1893 | James G. Blaine (1877 - 1881) | January 1, 1877 - January 1, 1881 | Oversaw purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire (1878) and final stages of southern reconstruction. | ||
20 | Thomas F. Bayard | October 29, 1828 - July 2, 1881 | Thomas A. Hendricks (1881) ascended | January 1, 1881 - July 2, 1881 | Assassinated by madman 7 months into Presidency. | ||
21 | Thomas A. Hendricks | September 7, 1819 - November 25, 1885 | William Hayden English (1881 - 1885) | July 2, 1881 - January 1, 1885 | |||
22 | James G. Blaine | January 31, 1830 - January 9, 1893 |
Chester A Arthur (1885 - 1886) died John A. Logan (1886) died John Sherman (1886 - 1889) |
January 1, 1885 - January 1, 1889 | |||
23 | Grover Cleveland | March 18, 1837 - June 24, 1908 | Allen G. Thurman (1889 - 1893) | January 1, 1889 - January 1, 1893 | |||
24 | Benjamin Harrison | August 20, 1833 - September 8, 1895 | Robert Todd Lincoln (1893 - 1895) | January 1, 1893 - September 8, 1895 | |||
25 | Robert Todd Lincoln | August 1, 1843 - July 26, 1926 | September 8, 1895 - January 1, 1897 | ||||
26 | William McKinley | January 29, 1843 - December 13, 1908 | January 1, 1897 - January 1, 1901 | ||||
27 | George Dewey | December 26, 1837 - January 16, 1917 | Adlai Stevenson I (1901 - 1905) | January 1, 1901 - January 1, 1905 | C in C Navy (1890 - 1901) and war hero. | ||
28 | Alton B. Parker | May 14, 1852 - May 10, 1926 | Henry G. Davis (1905 - 1909) | January 1, 1905 - January 1, 1909 | |||
29 | Theodore Roosevelt | October 27, 1858 - May 6, 1939 | Robert M. La Follette (1909 - 1913) Hiram Johnson (1913–19 | January 1, 1909 - January 1, 1921 | |||
30 | John J. Pershing | September 13, 1860 - July 15, 1948 |
Warren G. Harding (1921 - 1923) died Charles G. Dawes (1923 - 1929) |
January 1, 1921 - January 1, 1929 | |||
31 | Herbert Hoover | August 10, 1874 - | January 1, 1929 - June 4, 1931 | ||||
32 | Charles Evans Hughes | April 11, 1862 - | June 4, 1931 - January 1, 1933 | ||||
33 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1944 | January 1, 1933 - January 1, 1941 | ||||
34 | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | September 13, 1887 - July 12, 1944 | January 1, 1941 - July 12, 1944 | ||||
35 | Wendell Willkie | February 18, 1892 - October 8, 1944 | July 12, 1944 - October 8, 1944 | ||||
36 | Thomas E. Dewey | March 24, 1902 - March 16, 1971 | October 8, 1944 - January 1, 1949 | ||||
37 | Douglas MacArthur | January 26, 1880 - April 5, 1964 | Joseph McCarthy | January 1, 1949 - January 1, 1953 | |||
38 | Robert Taft | September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953 | John W. Bricker | January 1, 1953 - July 31, 1953 | |||
39 | John W. Bricker | September 6, 1893 - March 22, 1986 | July 31, 1953 - January 1, 1957 | ||||
40 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | October 14, 1890 - | January 1, 1957 - January 1, 1961 | ||||
41 | John F. Kennedy | May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1966 | January 1, 1961 - November 22, 1966 | ||||
42 | Lyndon B. Johnson | August 27, 1908 - January 22, 1973 | November 22, 1966 - January 1, 1969 | ||||
43 | Barry Goldwater | January 2, 1909 - May 29, 1998 |
Richard Nixon (1969 - 1973) Spiro Agnew (1973 - 1977) |
January 1, 1969 - January 1, 1977 | |||
44 | Ronald Reagan | February 6, 1911 - March 30, 1987 | Bob Dole (1977 - 1981) | January 1, 1977 - January 1, 1989 | |||
45 | George Bush | Dan Quayle (1989 - 1993) | January 1, 1989 - January 1, 1993 | ||||
46 | Liz Dole | July 29, 1936 - |
Robert Gates (1996 - 1997) |
January 1, 1993 - January 1, 1997 | First Female President of the U.S. | ||
47 | Al Gore | March 31, 1948 - | Hillary Clinton (1997 - 2001) | January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2001 | |||
48 | Hillary Clinton | October 26, 1947 - |
John Kerry (2001 - 2006) Hilda Solis (2006 - 2009) |
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2009 | |||
49 | Sarah Palin | February 11, 1964 - | January 1, 2009 - |