Presidents of the United States: 1789 to Present
Explore every U.S. President in chronological order, from George Washington's in 1789 to the current President. This offical list the features presidential terms, political affiliations, birth details, and the Vice Presidents, with the portraits and links to the comprehensive biographies.
DOB
1732-02-22
ELECTION YEAR/S
1789/1792
NAME
George Washington
PARTY
Unaffiliated
POB
Westmoreland County, Virginia
SUMMARY
First President of the United States, unanimously elected by the Electoral College, established many presidential precedents, led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
TERM END
1797-03-04
TERM START
1789-04-30
VICE-PRESIDENT
John Adams
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
DOB
1735-10-30
ELECTION YEAR/S
1796
NAME
John Adams
PARTY
Federalist
POB
Braintree, Massachusetts
SUMMARY
Second President, diplomat and political theorist, played key role in American independence, father of John Quincy Adams.
TERM END
1801-03-04
TERM START
1797-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Thomas Jefferson
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams
DOB
1743-04-13
ELECTION YEAR/S
1800/1804
NAME
Thomas Jefferson
PARTY
Democratic-Republican
POB
Shadwell, Virginia
SUMMARY
Third President, principal author of Declaration of Independence, completed Louisiana Purchase, founder of University of Virginia.
TERM END
1809-03-04
TERM START
1801-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Aaron Burr (1801-1805); George Clinton (1805-1809)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson
DOB
1751-03-16
ELECTION YEAR/S
1808/1812
NAME
James Madison
PARTY
Democratic-Republican
POB
Belle Grove, Virginia
SUMMARY
Fourth President, Father of the Constitution, led nation during War of 1812, co-author of Federalist Papers.
TERM END
1817-03-04
TERM START
1809-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
George Clinton (1809-1812); Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison
DOB
1758-04-28
ELECTION YEAR/S
1816/1820
NAME
James Monroe
PARTY
Democratic-Republican
POB
Westmoreland County, Virginia
SUMMARY
Fifth President, presided over Era of Good Feelings, established Monroe Doctrine, oversaw Missouri Compromise.
TERM END
1825-03-04
TERM START
1817-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Daniel D. Tompkins
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe
DOB
1767-07-11
ELECTION YEAR/S
1824
NAME
John Quincy Adams
PARTY
Democratic-Republican
POB
Braintree, Massachusetts
SUMMARY
Sixth President, son of John Adams, diplomat and congressman, won presidency in House of Representatives after no electoral majority.
TERM END
1829-03-04
TERM START
1825-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
John C. Calhoun
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams
DOB
1767-03-15
ELECTION YEAR/S
1828/1832
NAME
Andrew Jackson
PARTY
Democratic
POB
The Waxhaws region between North and South Carolina
SUMMARY
Seventh President, military hero, expanded presidential power, championed common man, opposed national bank.
TERM END
1837-03-04
TERM START
1829-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
John C. Calhoun (1829-1832); Martin Van Buren (1833-1837)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson
DOB
1782-12-05
ELECTION YEAR/S
1836
NAME
Martin Van Buren
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Kinderhook, New York
SUMMARY
Eighth President, first president born as US citizen, faced Panic of 1837 economic crisis, skilled political organizer.
TERM END
1841-03-04
TERM START
1837-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Richard Mentor Johnson
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren
DOB
1773-02-09
ELECTION YEAR/S
1840
NAME
William Henry Harrison
PARTY
Whig
POB
Charles City County, Virginia
SUMMARY
Ninth President, shortest presidency (31 days), died of pneumonia, military hero at Battle of Tippecanoe.
TERM END
1841-04-04
TERM START
1841-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
John Tyler
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison
DOB
1790-03-29
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
John Tyler
PARTY
Whig (expelled)
POB
Charles City County, Virginia
SUMMARY
Tenth President, first VP to assume presidency by succession, annexed Texas, expelled from Whig Party.
TERM END
1845-03-04
TERM START
1841-04-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
None
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler
DOB
1795-11-02
ELECTION YEAR/S
1844
NAME
James Knox Polk
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
SUMMARY
Eleventh President, expansionist, acquired Oregon Territory and Mexican Cession, fulfilled campaign promises in one term.
TERM END
1849-03-04
TERM START
1845-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
George M. Dallas
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Knox_Polk
DOB
1784-11-24
ELECTION YEAR/S
1848
NAME
Zachary Taylor
PARTY
Whig
POB
Barboursville, Virginia
SUMMARY
Twelfth President, military hero in Mexican-American War, opposed expansion of slavery, died in office after 16 months.
TERM END
1850-07-09
TERM START
1849-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Millard Fillmore
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor
DOB
1800-01-07
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
Millard Fillmore
PARTY
Whig
POB
Moravia, New York
SUMMARY
Thirteenth President, signed Compromise of 1850, last Whig president, opened trade with Japan.
TERM END
1853-03-04
TERM START
1850-07-09
VICE-PRESIDENT
None
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
DOB
1804-11-23
ELECTION YEAR/S
1852
NAME
Franklin Pierce
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Hillsborough, New Hampshire
SUMMARY
Fourteenth President, signed Kansas-Nebraska Act, increased sectional tensions over slavery, only president from New Hampshire.
TERM END
1857-03-04
TERM START
1853-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
William R. King
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce
DOB
1791-04-23
ELECTION YEAR/S
1856
NAME
James Buchanan
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
SUMMARY
Fifteenth President, presided over pre-Civil War crisis, considered among worst presidents, only bachelor president.
TERM END
1861-03-04
TERM START
1857-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
John C. Breckinridge
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan
DOB
1809-02-12
ELECTION YEAR/S
1860/1864
NAME
Abraham Lincoln
PARTY
Republican
POB
Hodgenville, Kentucky
SUMMARY
Sixteenth President, led nation through Civil War, issued Emancipation Proclamation, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
TERM END
1865-04-15
TERM START
1861-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865); Andrew Johnson (1865)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
DOB
1808-12-29
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
Andrew Johnson
PARTY
Democratic (National Union)
POB
Raleigh, North Carolina
SUMMARY
Seventeenth President, Reconstruction-era president, first president impeached by House, acquitted by one Senate vote.
TERM END
1869-03-04
TERM START
1865-04-15
VICE-PRESIDENT
None
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson
DOB
1822-04-27
ELECTION YEAR/S
1868/1872
NAME
Ulysses S. Grant
PARTY
Republican
POB
Point Pleasant, Ohio
SUMMARY
Eighteenth President, Civil War commanding general, Reconstruction policies, administration marked by corruption scandals.
TERM END
1877-03-04
TERM START
1869-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873); Henry Wilson (1873-1875)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
DOB
1822-10-04
ELECTION YEAR/S
1876
NAME
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
PARTY
Republican
POB
Delaware, Ohio
SUMMARY
Nineteenth President, ended Reconstruction, won disputed election, civil service reform, served single term as promised.
TERM END
1881-03-04
TERM START
1877-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
William A. Wheeler
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes
DOB
1831-11-19
ELECTION YEAR/S
1880
NAME
James Abram Garfield
PARTY
Republican
POB
Moreland Hills, Ohio
SUMMARY
Twentieth President, assassinated after 200 days in office, advocate for civil rights and education.
TERM END
1881-09-19
TERM START
1881-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Chester A. Arthur
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield
DOB
1829-10-05
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
Chester Alan Arthur
PARTY
Republican
POB
Fairfield, Vermont
SUMMARY
Twenty-first President, supported civil service reform, signed Pendleton Act, modernized US Navy.
TERM END
1885-03-04
TERM START
1881-09-19
VICE-PRESIDENT
None
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur
DOB
1837-03-18
ELECTION YEAR/S
1884
NAME
Grover Cleveland
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Caldwell, New Jersey
SUMMARY
Twenty-second President, only president to serve non-consecutive terms, fought political corruption.
TERM END
1889-03-04
TERM START
1885-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Thomas A. Hendricks
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland
DOB
1833-08-20
ELECTION YEAR/S
1888
NAME
Benjamin Harrison
PARTY
Republican
POB
North Bend, Ohio
SUMMARY
Twenty-third President, grandson of William Henry Harrison, signed Sherman Antitrust Act, expanded Navy.
TERM END
1893-03-04
TERM START
1889-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Levi P. Morton
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison
DOB
1837-03-18
ELECTION YEAR/S
1892
NAME
Grover Cleveland
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Caldwell, New Jersey
SUMMARY
Twenty-fourth President, same person as 22nd president, faced Panic of 1893, repealed Sherman Silver Purchase Act.
TERM END
1897-03-04
TERM START
1893-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Adlai Stevenson I
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland
DOB
1843-01-29
ELECTION YEAR/S
1896/1900
NAME
William McKinley
PARTY
Republican
POB
Niles, Ohio
SUMMARY
Twenty-fifth President, led nation during Spanish-American War, promoted protective tariffs, assassinated in Buffalo.
TERM END
14/09/1901
TERM START
1897-03-04
VICE-PRESIDENT
Garret Hobart (1897-1899); Theodore Roosevelt (1901)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley
DOB
1858-10-27
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
Theodore Roosevelt
PARTY
Republican
POB
New York City, New York
SUMMARY
Twenty-sixth President, youngest president at 42, trust-buster, conservationist, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
TERM END
04/03/1909
TERM START
14-09-1901
VICE-PRESIDENT
Charles W. Fairbanks (1905-1909)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
DOB
1857-09-15
ELECTION YEAR/S
1908
NAME
William Howard Taft
PARTY
Republican
POB
Cincinnati, Ohio
SUMMARY
Twenty-seventh President, later Chief Justice, continued Progressive Era reforms, dollar diplomacy.
TERM END
04/03/1913
TERM START
04-03-1909
VICE-PRESIDENT
James S. Sherman
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft
DOB
1856-12-28
ELECTION YEAR/S
1912/1916
NAME
Woodrow Wilson
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Staunton, Virginia
SUMMARY
Twenty-eighth President, led during WWI, Fourteen Points, League of Nations advocate, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
TERM END
04/03/1921
TERM START
04-03-1913
VICE-PRESIDENT
Thomas R. Marshall
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson
DOB
1865-11-02
ELECTION YEAR/S
1920
NAME
Warren Gamaliel Harding
PARTY
Republican
POB
Blooming Grove, Ohio
SUMMARY
Twenty-ninth President, Return to Normalcy policy, died in office, administration scandals including Teapot Dome.
TERM END
02/08/1923
TERM START
04-03-1921
VICE-PRESIDENT
Calvin Coolidge
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding
DOB
1872-07-04
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
Calvin Coolidge
PARTY
Republican
POB
Plymouth Notch, Vermont
SUMMARY
Thirtieth President, Silent Cal, pro-business policies, Roaring Twenties prosperity, reduced government spending.
TERM END
04/03/1929
TERM START
02-08-1923
VICE-PRESIDENT
Charles G. Dawes (1925-1929)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge
DOB
1874-08-10
ELECTION YEAR/S
1928
NAME
Herbert Clark Hoover
PARTY
Republican
POB
West Branch, Iowa
SUMMARY
Thirty-first President, faced Great Depression, humanitarian before presidency, defeated by FDR in 1932.
TERM END
04/03/1933
TERM START
04-03-1929
VICE-PRESIDENT
Charles Curtis
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover
DOB
1882-01-30
ELECTION YEAR/S
1932/1936/1940/1944
NAME
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Hyde Park, New York
SUMMARY
Thirty-second President, only president elected four times, New Deal programs, led during WWII, died in office.
TERM END
12/04/1945
TERM START
04-03-1933
VICE-PRESIDENT
John Nance Garner (1933-1941); Henry A. Wallace (1941-1945); Harry S. Truman (1945)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
DOB
1884-05-08
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
Harry S. Truman
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Lamar, Missouri
SUMMARY
Thirty-third President, decided to use atomic bomb, Marshall Plan, NATO formation, Korean War.
TERM END
20/01/1953
TERM START
12-04-1945
VICE-PRESIDENT
Alben W. Barkley (1949-1953)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
DOB
1890-10-14
ELECTION YEAR/S
1952/1956
NAME
Dwight David Eisenhower
PARTY
Republican
POB
Denison, Texas
SUMMARY
Thirty-fourth President, WWII Supreme Allied Commander, Interstate Highway System, ended Korean War.
TERM END
20/01/1961
TERM START
20-01-1953
VICE-PRESIDENT
Richard Nixon
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
DOB
29-05-1917
ELECTION YEAR/S
1960
NAME
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Brookline, Massachusetts
SUMMARY
Thirty-fifth President, youngest elected president, Cuban Missile Crisis, space program, assassinated in Dallas.
TERM END
22/11/1963
TERM START
20-01-1961
VICE-PRESIDENT
Lyndon B. Johnson
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
DOB
27-08-1908
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
Lyndon Baines Johnson
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Stonewall, Texas
SUMMARY
Thirty-sixth President, Great Society programs, Civil Rights Act, Vietnam War escalation.
TERM END
20/01/1969
TERM START
22-11-1963
VICE-PRESIDENT
Hubert Humphrey (1965-1969)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson
DOB
09-01-1913
ELECTION YEAR/S
1968/1972
NAME
Richard Milhous Nixon
PARTY
Republican
POB
Yorba Linda, California
SUMMARY
Thirty-seventh President, opened relations with China, ended Vietnam War, only president to resign due to Watergate.
TERM END
09/08/1974
TERM START
20-01-1969
VICE-PRESIDENT
Spiro Agnew (1969-1973); Gerald Ford (1973-1974)
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon
DOB
14-07-1913
ELECTION YEAR/S
None (VP succession)
NAME
Gerald Rudolph Ford
PARTY
Republican
POB
Omaha, Nebraska
SUMMARY
Thirty-eighth President, only unelected president, pardoned Nixon, faced economic challenges.
TERM END
20/01/1977
TERM START
09-08-1974
VICE-PRESIDENT
Nelson Rockefeller
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford
DOB
01-10-1924
ELECTION YEAR/S
1976
NAME
James Earl Carter Jr.
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Plains, Georgia
SUMMARY
Thirty-ninth President, human rights advocate, Camp David Accords, Iran hostage crisis, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
TERM END
20/01/1981
TERM START
20-01-1977
VICE-PRESIDENT
Walter Mondale
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
DOB
06-02-1911
ELECTION YEAR/S
1980/1984
NAME
Ronald Wilson Reagan
PARTY
Republican
POB
Tampico, Illinois
SUMMARY
Fortieth President, former actor and California governor, conservative revolution, ended Cold War, supply-side economics.
TERM END
20/01/1989
TERM START
20-01-1981
VICE-PRESIDENT
George H. W. Bush
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan
DOB
12-06-1924
ELECTION YEAR/S
1988
NAME
George Herbert Walker Bush
PARTY
Republican
POB
Milton, Massachusetts
SUMMARY
Forty-first President, foreign policy president, Gulf War, fall of Berlin Wall, father of George W. Bush.
TERM END
20/01/1993
TERM START
20-01-1989
VICE-PRESIDENT
Dan Quayle
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
DOB
19-08-1946
ELECTION YEAR/S
1992/1996
NAME
William Jefferson Clinton
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Hope, Arkansas
SUMMARY
Forty-second President, economic prosperity, NAFTA, impeached but acquitted, saxophone player.
TERM END
20/01/2001
TERM START
20-01-1993
VICE-PRESIDENT
Al Gore
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton
DOB
06-07-1946
ELECTION YEAR/S
2000/2004
NAME
George Walker Bush
PARTY
Republican
POB
New Haven, Connecticut
SUMMARY
Forty-third President, son of George H.W. Bush, 9/11 attacks, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, No Child Left Behind.
TERM END
20/01/2009
TERM START
20-01-2001
VICE-PRESIDENT
Dick Cheney
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
DOB
04-08-1961
ELECTION YEAR/S
2008/2012
NAME
Barack Hussein Obama
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Honolulu, Hawaii
SUMMARY
Forty-fourth President, first African American president, Affordable Care Act, Paris Climate Agreement, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
TERM END
20/01/2017
TERM START
20-01-2009
VICE-PRESIDENT
Joe Biden
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
DOB
14-06-1946
ELECTION YEAR/S
2016
NAME
Donald John Trump
PARTY
Republican
POB
Queens, New York
SUMMARY
Forty-fifth President, businessman and reality TV star, America First policies, impeached twice, first president elected non-consecutively since Cleveland.
TERM END
20/01/2021
TERM START
20-01-2017
VICE-PRESIDENT
Mike Pence
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
DOB
20-11-1942
ELECTION YEAR/S
2020
NAME
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
PARTY
Democratic
POB
Scranton, Pennsylvania
SUMMARY
Forty-sixth President, former Vice President under Obama, oldest president at inauguration, Infrastructure Investment Act.
TERM END
20/01/2025
TERM START
20-01-2021
VICE-PRESIDENT
Kamala Harris
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
DOB
14-06-1946
ELECTION YEAR/S
2024
NAME
Donald John Trump
PARTY
Republican
POB
Queens, New York
SUMMARY
Forty-seventh President, second non-consecutive term, first president since Cleveland to serve non-consecutive terms.
TERM END
Present
TERM START
20-01-2025
VICE-PRESIDENT
J.D. Vance
WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump