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List of Presidents of the United States
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The list of Presidents of the United States consists of the 43 (as of 2005) heads of state in the history of the United States. The list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as President of the United States following the ratification of the United States Constitution, which took effect in 1789. For American leaders prior to this ratification, see President of the Continental Congress. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under Amendment XXV of the U.S. Constitution. The numbering reflects the uninterrupted time in office served by a single person. For example, George Washington served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Gerald Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, serving out the remainder of what would have been Nixon's second term. The fact that Ford was not voted into office does not affect the numbering, which makes him the 38th president. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted as both the 22nd and the 24th U.S. President. Because of this, the list below contains 43 presidencies, but only 42 people. The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each President. Vice President (s) John Adams
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Name George Washington
Took office
Left office
Party
1
April 30, 1789 March 4, 1797 No party
2 John Adams
March 4, 1797 March 4, 1801 Federalist
Thomas Jefferson
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3
Thomas Jefferson
March 4, 1801 March 4, 1809
DemocraticRepublican
Aaron Burr George Clinton George Clinton
4 James Madison
DemocraticMarch 4, 1809 March 4, 1817 Republican
[D]
Elbridge Gerry
[D]
5 James Monroe
March 4, 1817 March 4, 1825
DemocraticRepublican DemocraticRepublican
Daniel D. Tompkins
6
John Quincy Adams
March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829
John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun 7 Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829 March 3, 1837 Democrat
[R]
Martin Van Buren Richard Mentor Johnson
8
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837 March 4, 1841 Democrat
9
William Henry Harrison[D]
March 4, 1841 April 4, 1841
Whig
John Tyler
10 John Tyler
April 4, 1841
March 4, 1845 Whig[1]
None
11
James Knox Polk
March 4, 1845 March 4, 1849 Democrat
George M. Dallas
12
Zachary Taylor
[D]
March 4, 1849
[2]
July 9, 1850
Whig
Millard Fillmore
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Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850
March 4, 1853 Whig
None
William R. King 14 Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853 March 4, 1857 Democrat
[D]
None James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln[A] Andrew 17
I Johnson[ ]
15
March 4, 1857 March 4, 1861 Democrat
John C. Breckinridge Hannibal Hamlin Andrew Johnson
16
March 4, 1861 April 15, 1865 Republican
April 15, 1865 March 4, 1869 Democrat[3]
None Schuyler Colfax Henry Wilson[D] None William A. Wheeler
Ulysses S. 18 Grant
March 4, 1869 March 3, 1877 Republican
19
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
March 3, 1877 March 4, 1881 Republican
20
James Abram Garfield[A]
March 4, 1881
September 19, Republican 1881
Chester A. Arthur
21
Chester Alan Arthur
September 20, March 3, 1885 Republican 1881
None
Stephen 22 Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 March 3, 1889 Democrat
Thomas A. Hendricks[D] None
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Benjamin Harrison VI
March 4, 1889 March 3, 1893 Republican
Levi P. Morton
Stephen 24 Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893 March 3, 1897 Democrat
Adlai E. Stevenson Garret A. Hobart
William 25 McKinley[A]
September 14, March 4, 1897 Republican 1901
[D]
None Theodore Roosevelt None Charles W. Fairbanks James S. Sherman[D] None Thomas R. Marshall
Theodore 26 Roosevelt, Jr.
September 14, March 3, 1909 Republican 1901
William 27 Howard Taft Thomas 28 Woodrow Wilson Warren 29 Gamaliel Harding[D] John Calvin 30 Coolidge, Jr.
March 4, 1909 March 4, 1913 Republican
March 4, 1913 March 3, 1921 Democrat
March 4, 1921
August 2, 1923
Republican
Calvin Coolidge
August 3, 1923
March 3, 1929 Republican
None Charles G. Dawes
31
Herbert Clark Hoover
March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 Republican
Charles Curtis
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Franklin 32 Delano Roosevelt[D]
March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945 Democrat
John Nance Garner Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman None Alben W. Barkley Richard M. Nixon
Harry S. 33 Truman
January 20, April 12, 1945 1953
Democrat
34
Dwight David Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
January 20, 1961
Republican
John 35 Fitzgerald Kennedy[A] Lyndon Baines 36 Johnson
January 20, 1961
November 22, Democrat 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson None Hubert H. Humphrey Spiro Agnew[R] None Gerald Ford None Nelson Rockefeller Walter F. Mondale
November 22, January 20, 1963 1969
Democrat
Richard 37 Milhous Nixon
[R]
January 20, 1969
August 9, 1974
Republican
Gerald 38 Rudolph Ford, Jr. James Earl Carter, Jr.
August 9, 1974
January 20, 1977
Republican
39
January 20, 1977
January 20, 1981
Democrat
40
Ronald Wilson Reagan
January 20, 1981
January 20, 1989
Republican
George H. W. Bush
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George 41 Herbert Walker Bush William 42 Jefferson I Clinton[ ] George Walker Bush
January 20, 1989
January 20, 1993
Republican
James Danforth Quayle
January 20, 1993
January 20, 2001
Democrat
Albert A. Gore, Jr.
43
January 20, 2001
Incumbent
Republican
Richard B. Cheney
[A] [D] [I]
Assassinated. Died in office of natural causes.
Impeached. Resigned. Democrat on Whig ticket. Sworn in later than expected (see last fact in the Presidential Facts: Transition Events for
[R] [1] [2]
more information.)
[3]
Democrat who ran on Union ticket with Republican Lincoln.
References
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Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey, "The Presidents of the United States". The White House. Robert S. Summers, "POTUS: Presidents of the United States". Internet Public Library. List of Presidents of the United States of U.S. Presidents, Vice Presidents and Candidates
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