Who was the youngest U.S. President?

Theodore Roosevelt became president at age 42 after McKinley's assassination (1901). John F. Kennedy was the youngest elected president at 43.

How many U.S. Presidents have there been?

As of 2023, there have been 46 U.S. presidencies held by 45 individuals (Grover Cleveland served non-consecutive terms as the 22nd and 24th president).

Which President served the longest term?

Franklin D. Roosevelt served 12 years (1933-1945), winning four elections. The 22nd Amendment (1951) now limits presidents to two terms.

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