Presidents and Vice Presidents

History Summaries

Here is a list of all the U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama. The chart lists the number of years served and the dates, political party affiliation, and vice presidents for both first and second terms.

First Name

Last

From

To

Party

1st Term

2nd Term

1

George

Washington

1789 -

1797

(none)

Adams

Adams

John

Adams

1797 -

1801

4

Federalist

Jefferson

Thomas

Jefferson

1801 -

1809

Demo-Repub

Burr

Clinton

James

Madison

1809 -

1817

Demo-Repub

Clinton

Gerry

James

Monroe

1817 -

1825

Demo-Repub

Tompkins

Tompkins

John Quincy

Adams

1825 -

1829

4

Demo-Repub

Calhoun

Andrew

Jackson

1829 -

1837

Democrat

Calhoun

Van Buren

Martin

Van Buren

1837 -

1841

4

Democrat

Johnson

William H.

Harrison

1841 -

0

Whig

Tyler

10

John

Tyler

1841 -

1845

4

Whig

(none)

James Knox

Polk

1845 -

1849

4

Democrat

Dallas

Zachary

Taylor

1849 -

1850

1

Whig

Fillmore

Millard

Fillmore

1850 -

1853

3

Whig

(none)

Franklin

Pierce

1853 -

1857

4

Democrat

King

James

Buchanan

1857 -

1861

4

Democrat

Breckinridge

Abraham

Lincoln

1861 -

1865

4

Hamblin

Johnson

Andrew

Johnson

1865 -

1869

4

Democrat

(none)

Ulysses S.

Grant

1869 -

1877

Colfax

Wilson

Rutherford B.

Hayes

1877 -

1881

4

Wheeler

20

James A.

Garfield

1881

0

Arthur

Chester A.

Arthur

1881 -

1885

4

(none)

Grover

Cleveland

1885 -

1889

4

Democrat

Hendricks

Benjamin

Harrison

1889 -

1893

4

Morton

Grover

Cleveland

1893 -

1897

4

Democrat

Stevenson

William

McKinley

1897 -

1901

4

Hobart

Roosevelt

Theodore

Roosevelt

1901 -

1909

(none)

Fairbanks

William H.

Taft

1909 -

1913

4

Sherman

Woodrow

Wilson

1913 -

1921

Democrat

Marshall

Marshall

Warren G.

Harding

1921 -

1923

2

Coolidge

30

Calvin

Coolidge

1923 -

1929

6

(none)

Dawes

Herbert

Hoover

1929 -

1933

4

Curtis

Franklin D.

Roosevelt

1933 -

1945

Democrat

Garner, Wallace, Truman

Harry S.

Truman

1945 -

1953

Democrat

(none)

Barkley

Dwight D.

Eisenhower

1953 -

1961

Nixon

Nixon

John F.

Kennedy

1961 -

1963

2

Democrat

Johnson

Lyndon B.

Johnson

1963 -

1969

6

Democrat

(none)

Humphrey

Richard M.

Nixon

1969 -

1974

5

Agnew

Ford

Gerald R.

Ford

1974 -

1977

3

Rockefeller

Jimmy

Carter

1977 -

1981

4

Democrat

Mondale

40

Ronald

Reagan

1981 -

1989

Bush

Bush

George H. W.

Bush

1989 -

1993

4

Quayle

William

Clinton

1993 -

1999

Democrat

Gore

Gore

G. Dubya

Bush

2000 -

2006

6

Cheney

Barack

Obama

2008 -

Democrat

Biden

  Presidents shown in Black died in office.
  Vice presidents who later became president are shown in GREEN.

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