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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.

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No. President Took office Left office Party Vice President Term
1 George Washington George Washington April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797 No party John Adams 1
2
2 John Adams John Adams March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801 Federalist Thomas Jefferson 3
3 Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr 4
George Clinton 5
4 James Madison James Madison March 4, 1809 March 4, 1817 Democratic-Republican George Clinton D 6
vacant
Elbridge Gerry D 7
vacant
5 James Monroe James Monroe March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825 Democratic-Republican Daniel D. Tompkins 8
9
6 John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829 Democratic-Republican
National Republican Party
John C. Calhoun 10
7 Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829 March 4, 1837 Democratic John C. Calhoun R 11
vacant
Martin Van Buren 12
8 Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841 Democratic Richard Mentor Johnson 13
9 William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841 D Whig John Tyler 14
10 John Tyler John Tyler April 4, 1841 March 4, 1845 Whig
No party N
vacant
11 James K. Polk James K. Polk March 4, 1845 March 4, 1849 Democratic George M. Dallas 15
12 Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849 July 9, 1850 Whig Millard Fillmore 16
13 Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850 March 4, 1853 Whig vacant
14 Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853 March 4, 1857 Democratic William R. King D 17
vacant
15 James Buchanan James Buchanan March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861 Democratic John C. Breckinridge 18
16 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865 A Republican
National Union Party U
Hannibal Hamlin 19
Andrew Johnson 20
17 Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865 March 4, 1869 Democratic
National Union Party U
vacant
18 Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant March 4, 1869 March 4, 1877 Republican Schuyler Colfax 21
Henry Wilson D 22
vacant
19 Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 Republican William A. Wheeler 23
20 James Garfield James A. Garfield March 4, 1881 September 19, 1881 A Republican Chester A. Arthur 24
21 Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur September 19, 1881 March 4, 1885 Republican vacant
22 Grover Cleveland 1 Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885 March 4, 1889 Democratic Thomas A. Hendricks D 25
vacant
23 Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 March 4, 1893 Republican Levi P. Morton 26
24 Grover Cleveland 2 Grover Cleveland
(2nd term)
March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897 Democratic Adlai E. Stevenson I 27
25 William McKinley William McKinley March 4, 1897 September 14, 1901 A Republican Garret Hobart D 28
vacant
Theodore Roosevelt 29
26 President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901 March 4, 1909 Republican vacant
Charles W. Fairbanks 30
27 William H. Taft William Howard Taft March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 Republican James S. Sherman D 31
vacant
28 Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921 Democratic Thomas R. Marshall 32
33
29 Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923 D Republican Calvin Coolidge 34
30 Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 March 4, 1929 Republican vacant
Charles G. Dawes 35
31 Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 Republican Charles Curtis 36
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945 D Democratic John Nance Garner 37
38
Henry A. Wallace 39
Harry S. Truman 40
33 Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman April 12, 1945 January 20, 1953 Democratic vacant
Alben W. Barkley 41
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower January 20, 1953 January 20, 1961 Republican Richard Nixon 42
43
35 John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963 A Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson 44
36 Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969 Democratic vacant
Hubert Humphrey 45
37 Richard Nixon Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974 R Republican Spiro Agnew R 46
47
vacant
Gerald Ford
38 Gerald R. Ford Gerald Ford] August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Republican vacant
Nelson Rockefeller
39 James E. Carter Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 January 20, 1981 Democratic Walter Mondale 48
40 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981 January 20, 1989 Republican George H. W. Bush 49
50
41 George H. W. Bush George Bush January 20, 1989 January 20, 1997 Republican Dan Quayle 51
52
42 Mario-Cuomo Mario Cuomo January 20, 1997 January 20, 2005 Democratic Joe Biden 53
54
43 Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 Al Gore January 20, 2005 January 20, 2009 Democratic John Kerry 55
44 Official portrait of John McCain (2009) John McCain January 20, 2009 Incumbent Republican Sarah Palin 56
57

Notes[]

  • D Died in office of natural causes.
  • R Resigned.
  • A Assassinated.
  • N Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.
  • U Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864.
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