List of Presidents of the United States (SIADD)

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This a List of Presidents of the United States. 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 official position 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. Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected to the office of the President more than twice.

List of Presidents[]

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No. ^{[n 1]}		Took office	Left office	Party	Term ^{[n 1]}	Vice President
1	George Washington (1732–1799)	April 30, 1789	March 4, 1797	no party	1 (1789)		John Adams
1	George Washington (1732–1799)	April 30, 1789	March 4, 1797	no party	2 (1792)		John Adams
2	John Adams (1735–1826)	March 4, 1797	March 4, 1801	Federalist	3 (1796)		Thomas Jefferson
3	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1809	Democratic- Republican	4 (1800)		Aaron Burr
3	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1809	Democratic- Republican	5 (1804)		George Clinton
4	James Madison (1751–1836)	March 4, 1809	March 4, 1817	Democratic- Republican	6 (1808)		George Clinton^{[n 2]} March 4, 1809 – April 20, 1812
					6 (1808)	vacant^{[n 3]} April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813
					7 (1812)		Elbridge Gerry^{[n 2]} April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813 March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814
					7 (1812)	vacant^{[n 3]} November 23, 1814 – March 4, 1817
5	James Monroe (1758–1831)	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic- Republican	8 (1816)		Daniel D. Tompkins
5	James Monroe (1758–1831)	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic- Republican	9 (1820)		Daniel D. Tompkins
6	John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)	March 4, 1825	March 4, 1829	Democratic- Republican	10 (1824)		John C. Calhoun
7	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)	March 4, 1829	March 4, 1837	Democratic	11 (1828)		John C. Calhoun^{[n 4]} April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813 March 4, 1829 – December 28, 1832
					11 (1828)	vacant^{[n 3]} December 28, 1832 – March 4, 1833
					12 (1832)		[[Martin Van Buren
8	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862)	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1841	Democratic	13 (1836)		Richard Mentor Johnson
9	William Henry Harrison (1773–1841)	March 4, 1841	April 4, 1841 ^{[n 2]}	Whig	14 (1840)		John Tyler
10 ^{[n 5]}	John Tyler (1790–1862)	April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845	Whig April 4, 1841 – September 13, 1841		vacant^{[n 3]}
10 ^{[n 5]}	John Tyler (1790–1862)	April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845	No party^{[n 6]} September 13, 1841 – March 4, 1845		vacant^{[n 3]}
11	James K. Polk (1795–1849)	March 4, 1845	March 4, 1849	Democratic	15 (1844)		George M. Dallas
12	Zachary Taylor (1784–1850)	March 4, 1849	July 9, 1850 ^{[n 2]}	Whig	16 (1848)		Millard Fillmore
13	Millard Fillmore (1800–1874)	July 9, 1850	March 4, 1853	Whig	16 (1848)	vacant^{[n 3]}
14	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869)	March 4, 1853	March 4, 1857	Democratic	17 (1852)		William R. King^{[n 2]} March 4, 1853 – April 18, 1853
14	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869)	March 4, 1853	March 4, 1857	Democratic	17 (1852)	vacant^{[n 3]} April 18, 1853 – March 4, 1857
15	James Buchanan (1791–1868)	March 4, 1857	March 4, 1861	Democratic	18 (1856)		John C. Breckinridge
16	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)	March 4, 1861	April 15, 1865 ^{[n 7]}	Republican	19 (1860)		Hannibal Hamlin
16	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)	March 4, 1861	April 15, 1865 ^{[n 7]}	Republican National Union^{[n 8]}	20 (1864)		Andrew Johnson
17	Andrew Johnson (1808–1875)	April 15, 1865	March 4, 1869	Democratic National Union;^{[n 8]} No party^{[n 9]}	20 (1864)	vacant ^{[n 3]}
18	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1877	Republican	21 (1868)		Schuyler Colfax
					22 (1872)		Henry Wilson^{[n 2]} March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875
					22 (1872)	vacant^{[n 3]} November 22, 1875 – March 4, 1877
19	Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893)	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1881	Republican	23 (1876)		William A. Wheeler
20	James A. Garfield (1831–1881)	March 4, 1881	September 19, 1881 ^{[n 7]}	Republican	24 (1880)		Chester A. Arthur
21	Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886)	September 19, 1881	March 4, 1885	Republican	24 (1880)	vacant^{[n 3]}
22	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889	Democratic	25 (1884)		Thomas A. Hendricks^{[n 2]} March 4, 1885 – November 25, 1885
22	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889	Democratic	25 (1884)	vacant^{[n 3]} November 25, 1885 – March 4, 1889
23	Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1893	Republican	26 (1888)		Levi P. Morton
24	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1897	Democratic	27 (1892)		Adlai Stevenson I
25	William McKinley (1843–1901)	March 4, 1897	September 14, 1901 ^{[n 7]}	Republican	28 (1896)		Garret Hobart^{[n 2]} March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899
					28 (1896)	vacant^{[n 3]} November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901
					29 (1900)		Theodore Roosevelt
26	Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)	September 14, 1901	March 4, 1909	Republican	29 (1900)	vacant^{[n 3]}
26	Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)	September 14, 1901	March 4, 1909	Republican	30 (1904)		Charles W. Fairbanks
27	William Howard Taft (1857–1930)	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913	Republican	31 (1908)		James S. Sherman^{[n 2]} March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912
27	William Howard Taft (1857–1930)	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913	Republican	31 (1908)	vacant^{[n 3]} October 30, 1912 – March 4, 1913
28	Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Democratic	32 (1912)		Thomas R. Marshall
28	Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Democratic	33 (1916)		Thomas R. Marshall
29	Warren G. Harding (1865–1923)	March 4, 1921	August 2, 1923 ^{[n 2]}	Republican	34 (1920)		Calvin Coolidge
30	Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)	August 2, 1923	March 4, 1929	Republican	34 (1920)	vacant^{[n 3]}
30	Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)	August 2, 1923	March 4, 1929	Republican	35 (1924)		Charles G. Dawes
31	Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Republican	36 (1928)		Charles Curtis
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)	March 4, 1933 (1933-03-04)	April 12, 1945 (1945-04-12) ^{[n 2]}	Democratic	37 (1932) ^{[n 10]}		John Nance Garner
					38 (1936)		John Nance Garner
					39 (1940)		Henry A. Wallace
					40 (1944)		Harry S. Truman
33	Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)	April 12, 1945	January 20, 1953	Democratic	40 (1944)	vacant^{[n 3]}
33	Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)	April 12, 1945	January 20, 1953	Democratic	41 (1948)		Alben W. Barkley 1949 - 1953
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961 ^{[n 11]}	Republican	42 (1952)		Richard Nixon
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961 ^{[n 11]}	Republican	43 (1956)		Richard Nixon
35	John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)	January 20, 1961	November 22, 1963 ^{[n 7]}	Democratic	44 (1960)		Lyndon B. Johnson
36	Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973)	November 22, 1963	January 20, 1969	Democratic	44 (1960)	vacant^{[n 3]}
36	Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973)	November 22, 1963	January 20, 1969	Democratic	45 (1964)		Hubert Humphrey January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
37	Richard Nixon (1913–1994)	January 20, 1969	August 9, 1974 ^{[n 4]}	Republican	46 (1968)		Spiro Agnew^{[n 4]} January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973
					47 (1972)		Spiro Agnew^{[n 4]} January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973
						vacant^{[n 3]} October 10, 1973 – December 6, 1973
							Gerald Ford December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974
38	Gerald Ford (1913–2006)	August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977	Republican		vacant^{[n 3]} August 9, 1974 – December 19, 1974
38	Gerald Ford (1913–2006)	August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977	Republican			Nelson Rockefeller December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
39	Jimmy Carter (1924– )	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981	Democratic	48 (1976)		Walter Mondale
40	Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Republican	49 (1980)		George H. W. Bush
40	Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Republican	50 (1984)		George H. W. Bush
41	George H. W. Bush (1924– )	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	Republican	51 (1988)		Dan Quayle
42	Bill Clinton (1946– )	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Democratic	52 (1992)		Al Gore
42	Bill Clinton (1946– )	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Democratic	53 (1996)		Al Gore
43	George W. Bush (1946– )	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009	Republican	54 (2000)		Dick Cheney
43	George W. Bush (1946– )	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009	Republican	55 (2004)		Dick Cheney
44	John McCain (1936– )	January 20, 2009	Incumbent	Republican	56 (2008)		Tim Pawlenty
44	John McCain (1936– )	January 20, 2009	Incumbent	Republican	57 (2012)		Tim Pawlenty

Living former presidents[]

November 2012, there are four living former presidents:

President	Term of office	Date of birth
Jimmy Carter	1977–1981	October 1, 1924 (1924-10-01) (age 99)
George H. W. Bush	1989–1993	June 12, 1924 (1924-06-12) (age 99)
Bill Clinton	1993–2001	August 19, 1946 (1946-08-19) (age 77)
George W. Bush	2001–2009	July 6, 1946 (1946-07-06) (age 77)

The most recent death of a former president was that of Gerald Ford (1974–1977) on December 26, 2006.

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 For the purposes of numbering, a presidency is defined as an uninterupted period of time in office served by one person. For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Upon the resignation of 37th president Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford became the 38th president even though he simply served out the remainder of Nixon's second term and was never elected to the presidency in his own right. Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd president and the 24th president, his two terms having been non-consecutive. A period during which a vice-president temporarily becomes Acting President under the Twenty-fifth Amendment is not a presidency, because the president remains in office during such a period.
↑ ^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.
↑ ^3.00 ^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 mechanism by which a vacancy in the Vice Presidency could be filled. 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.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Resigned.
↑ 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.
↑ Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Assassinated.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864.
↑ 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 left Johnson without a party.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

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