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The complete list of Presidents of the United States consists of the 43 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 United States in Congress Assembled (under the Articles of Confederation), and President of the Continental Congress. The list does not include any Acting Presidents under Amendment XXV of the U.S. Constitution.

The numerals indicate the consecutive 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.


# President Took office Left office Party Vice President Term
1 George Washington April 30 1789 March 4 1797 Independent (leaning federalist) John Adams 1
2
2 John Adams March 4 1797 March 4 1801 Federalist Thomas Jefferson 3
3 Thomas Jefferson March 4 1801 March 4 1809 Democratic-Republican Aaron Burr 4
George Clinton 5
4 James Madison March 4 1809 March 4 1817 Democratic-Republican George Clinton[1]
vacant		 6
Elbridge Gerry[1]
vacant		 7
5 James Monroe March 4 1817 March 4 1825 Democratic-Republican Daniel Tompkins 8
9
6 John Quincy Adams March 4 1825 March 4 1829 Democratic-Republican John Calhoun 10
7 Andrew Jackson File:Andrew jackson head.gif March 4 1829 March 4 1837 Democrat John Calhoun[2]
vacant		 11
Martin Van Buren 12
8 Martin Van Buren March 4 1837 March 4 1841 Democrat Richard Johnson 13
9 William Harrison March 4 1841 April 4 1841[1] Whig John Tyler 14
10 John Tyler April 4 1841 March 4 1845 Whig[3] vacant
11 James Polk March 4 1845 March 4 1849 Democrat George Dallas 15
12 Zachary Taylor March 4 1849 July 9 1850[1] Whig Millard Fillmore 16
13 Millard Fillmore July 9 1850 March 4 1853 Whig vacant
14 Franklin Pierce March 4 1853 March 4 1857 Democrat William King[1]
vacant		 17
15 James Buchanan March 4 1857 March 4 1861 Democrat John Breckinridge 18
16 Abraham Lincoln March 4 1861 April 15 1865[4] Republican Hannibal Hamlin 19
Andrew Johnson[5] 20
17 Andrew Johnson April 15 1865 March 4 1869 Democrat[5] vacant
18 Ulysses Grant March 4 1869 March 4 1877 Republican Schuyler Colfax 21
Henry Wilson[1]
vacant		 22
19 Rutherford Hayes March 4 1877 March 4 1881 Republican William Wheeler 23
20 James Garfield March 4 1881 September 19 1881[4] Republican Chester Arthur 24
21 Chester Arthur September 19 1881 March 4 1885 Republican vacant
22 Grover Cleveland March 4 1885 March 4 1889 Democrat Thomas Hendricks[1]
vacant		 25
23 Benjamin Harrison March 4 1889 March 4 1893 Republican Levi Morton 26
24 Grover Cleveland
(2nd time)		 March 4 1893 March 4 1897 Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson 27
25 William McKinley March 4 1897 September 14 1901[4] Republican Garret Hobart[1]
vacant		 28
Theodore Roosevelt 29
26 Theodore Roosevelt September 14 1901 March 4 1909 Republican vacant
Charles Fairbanks 30
27 William Taft March 4 1909 March 4 1913 Republican James Sherman[1]
vacant		 31
28 Woodrow Wilson March 4 1913 March 4 1921 Democrat Thomas Marshall 32
33
29 Warren Harding March 4 1921 August 2 1923[1] Republican Calvin Coolidge 34
30 Calvin Coolidge August 2 1923 March 4 1929 Republican vacant
Charles Dawes 35
31 Herbert Hoover March 4 1929 March 4 1933 Republican Charles Curtis 36
32 Franklin Roosevelt March 4 1933 April 12 1945[1] Democrat John Garner 37
38
Henry Wallace 39
Harry Truman 40
33 Harry Truman April 12 1945 January 20 1953 Democrat vacant
Alben Barkley 41
34 Dwight Eisenhower January 20 1953 January 20 1961 Republican Richard Nixon 42
43
35 John Kennedy January 20 1961 November 22 1963[4] Democrat Lyndon Johnson 44
36 Lyndon Johnson November 22 1963 January 20 1969 Democrat vacant
Hubert Humphrey 45
37 Richard Nixon File:Nixon 30-0316a.gif January 20 1969 August 9 1974[2] Republican Spiro Agnew 46
Spiro AgnewTemplate:Ref R
vacant
Gerald Ford		 47
38 Gerald Ford File:Jerryford.jpg August 9 1974 January 20 1977 Republican vacant
Nelson Rockefeller
39 Jimmy Carter January 20 1977 January 20 1981 Democrat Walter Mondale 48
40 Ronald Reagan January 20 1981 January 20 1989 Republican George H. W. Bush 49
50
41 George H. W. Bush January 20 1989 January 20 1993 Republican Dan Quayle 51
42 Bill Clinton January 20 1993 January 20 2001 Democrat Al Gore 52
53
43 George W. Bush January 20 2001 Incumbent
(Term expires January 20, 2009)		 Republican Dick Cheney 54
55
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Died in office of natural causes.
  2. ^ a b Resigned.
  3. ^ Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.
  4. ^ a b c d Assassinated.
  5. ^ a b Democrat who ran on Union ticket with Republican Lincoln.

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