Presidents

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List of presidents of the United States from 1789 – till date.
No.[a] Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term[1] Party[b][2] Election Vice President[3]
1 Painting of George Washington George Washington
(1732–1799)
[4]
April 30, 1789

March 4, 1797
Unaffiliated 1788–1789

1792

John Adams[c]
2 Painting of John Adams John Adams
(1735–1826)
[6]
March 4, 1797

March 4, 1801
Federalist 1796 Thomas Jefferson[d]
3 Painting of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson
(1743–1826)
[8]
March 4, 1801

March 4, 1809
Democratic-
Republican
1800

1804

Aaron Burr

George Clinton

4 Painting of James Madison James Madison
(1751–1836)
[9]
March 4, 1809

March 4, 1817
Democratic-
Republican
1808

1812

George Clinton[e]

Vacant after
April 20, 1812


Elbridge Gerry[e]


Vacant after
November 23, 1814

5 Painting of James Monroe James Monroe
(1758–1831)
[11]
March 4, 1817

March 4, 1825
Democratic-
Republican
1816

1820

Daniel D. Tompkins
6 Painting of John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams
(1767–1848)
[12]
March 4, 1825

March 4, 1829
Democratic-
Republican
[f]

National Republican

1824 John C. Calhoun[g]
7 Painting of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson
(1767–1845)
[15]
March 4, 1829

March 4, 1837
Democratic 1828

1832

John C. Calhoun[h]

Vacant after
December 28, 1832


Martin Van Buren

8 Painting of Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren
(1782–1862)
[16]
March 4, 1837

March 4, 1841
Democratic 1836 Richard Mentor Johnson
9 Painting of William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison
(1773–1841)
[17]
March 4, 1841

April 4, 1841[e]
Whig 1840 John Tyler
10 Black-and-white photographic portrait of John Tyler John Tyler
(1790–1862)
[18]
April 4, 1841[i]

March 4, 1845
Whig[j]

Unaffiliated

Vacant throughout
presidency
11 Black-and-white photographic portrait of James K. Polk James K. Polk
(1795–1849)
[21]
March 4, 1845

March 4, 1849
Democratic 1844 George M. Dallas
12 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor
(1784–1850)
[22]
March 4, 1849

July 9, 1850[e]
Whig 1848 Millard Fillmore
13 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore
(1800–1874)
[23]
July 9, 1850[k]

March 4, 1853
Whig Vacant throughout
presidency
14 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce
(1804–1869)
[25]
March 4, 1853

March 4, 1857
Democratic 1852 William R. King[e]

Vacant after
April 18, 1853

15 Black-and-white photographic portrait of James Buchanan James Buchanan
(1791–1868)
[26]
March 4, 1857

March 4, 1861
Democratic 1856 John C. Breckinridge
16 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865)
[27]
March 4, 1861

April 15, 1865[e]
Republican

National Union[l]

1860

1864

Hannibal Hamlin

Andrew Johnson

17 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson
(1808–1875)
[29]
April 15, 1865[m]

March 4, 1869
National Union[n]

Democratic

Vacant throughout
presidency
18 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant
(1822–1885)
[30]
March 4, 1869

March 4, 1877
Republican 1868

1872

Henry Wilson[e]

Vacant after
November 22, 1875

19 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes John Sherman
(1823–1900)
[31]
March 4, 1877

March 4, 1885
Republican 1876

1880

James G. Blaine
20 Black-and-white photographic portrait of James A. Garfield Robert Todd Lincoln
(1843–1926)
[32]
March 4, 1885

March 4, 1893
Republican 1884

1888

James A. Garfield
21 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Chester A. Arthur James B. Weaver
(1833–1898)
[33]
March 4, 1893

February 15, 1898[e]
Liberal 1892

1896

David B. Hill
22 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Grover Cleveland David B. Hill
(1843–1910)
[34]
February 15, 1898

March 4, 1901
Liberal Vacant throughout
presidency
23 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Benjamin Harrison Theodore Roosevelt
(1858–1919)
[35]
March 4, 1901

March 4, 1909
Republican 1900

1904

Booker T. Washington


24 Black-and-white photographic portrait of Grover Cleveland John Burke
(1859–1937)
[34]
March 4, 1909

March 4, 1913
Liberal 1908 Patrick Joseph Kennedy


25 Black-and-white photographic portrait of William McKinley Booker T. Washington
(1856–1915)
[36]
March 4, 1913

November 14, 1915[e]
Republican 1912 Albert B. Cummins
26 Black-and-white photographic portrait of William McKinley Albert B. Cummins
(1850–1926)
[36]
November 14, 1915

March 4, 1921
Republican

1916

Vacant through
March 4, 1917

Charles Curtis

27 Black-and-white photographic portrait of William Howard Taft Robert L. Owen
(1856–1921)
[37]
March 4, 1921

October 9, 1921[e]
Liberal 1920 David R. Francis


28 Black-and-white photographic portrait of William McKinley David R. Francis
(1850–1927)
[36]
October 9, 1921

March 4, 1925
Liberal Vacant throughout
presidency
  1. Presidents are numbered according to uninterrupted periods served by the same 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 because his two terms were not consecutive. A vice president who temporarily becomes acting president under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution is not counted, because the president remains in office during such a period.
  2. Reflects the president's political party at the start of their presidency. Changes during their time in office are noted. Also reflects the vice president's political party unless otherwise noted beside the individual's name.
  3. Political parties had not been anticipated when the Constitution was drafted, nor did they exist at the time of the first presidential election in 1788–89. When they did develop, during Washington's first term, Adams joined the faction that became the Federalist Party. The elections of 1792 were the first ones in the United States that were contested on anything resembling a partisan basis.[5]
  4. The 1796 presidential election was the first contested American presidential election and the only one in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing political parties. Federalist John Adams was elected president, and Jefferson of the Democratic-Republicans was elected vice president.[7]
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Died in office[10]
  6. Early during John Quincy Adams' term, the Democratic-Republican Party dissolved; his allies in Congress and at the state level were referred to as "Adams' Men" during the Adams presidency. When Andrew Jackson became president in 1829, this group became the "Anti-Jackson" opposition, and organized themselves as the National Republican Party.[13]
  7. John Calhoun, formerly a Democratic-Republican, founded the Nullifier Party in 1828 to oppose the Tariff of 1828 and advance the cause of states' rights, but was brought on as Andrew Jackson's running mate in the 1828 presidential election in an effort to broaden the democratic coalition led by Jackson.[14]
  8. Resigned from office[10]
  9. John Tyler succeeded to the presidency upon the death of William Henry Harrison.[19]
  10. John Tyler was elected vice president on the Whig Party ticket in 1840. His policy priorities as president soon proved to be opposed to most of the Whig agenda, and he was expelled from the party five months after assuming office.[20]
  11. Millard Fillmore succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Zachary Taylor.[24]
  12. When he ran for reelection in 1864, Republican Abraham Lincoln formed a bipartisan electoral alliance with War Democrats by selecting Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate, and running on the National Union Party ticket.[28]
  13. Andrew Johnson succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Abraham Lincoln.[29]
  14. While president, Andrew Johnson tried and failed to build a party of loyalists under the National Union banner. Near the end of his presidency, Johnson rejoined the Democratic Party.[29]
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  1. LOC; whitehouse.gov.
  2. Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), pp. 257–258.
  3. LOC.
  4. McDonald (2000).
  5. Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), pp. 197, 272; Nardulli (1992), p. 179.
  6. Pencak (2000).
  7. Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), p. 274.
  8. Peterson (2000).
  9. Banning (2000).
  10. 1 2 Neale (2004), p. 22.
  11. Ammon (2000).
  12. Hargreaves (2000).
  13. Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), p. 228; Goldman (1951), p. 159.
  14. Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), p. 892; Houpt (2010), pp. 26, 280.
  15. Remini (2000).
  16. Cole (2000).
  17. Gutzman (2000).
  18. Shade (2000).
  19. Abbott (2013), p. 23.
  20. Cash (2018), pp. 34–36.
  21. Rawley (2000).
  22. Smith (2000).
  23. Anbinder (2000).
  24. Abbott (2005), p. 639.
  25. Gara (2000).
  26. Gienapp (2000).
  27. McPherson (b) (2000).
  28. McSeveney (1986), p. 139.
  29. 1 2 3 Trefousse (2000).
  30. McPherson (a) (2000).
  31. Hoogenboom (2000).
  32. Peskin (2000).
  33. Reeves (2000).
  34. 1 2 Campbell (2000).
  35. Spetter (2000).
  36. 1 2 3 Gould (a) (2000).
  37. Gould (b) (2000).