List of presidents of the United States

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the people through the Electoral College. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

Presidents

Presidency		President		Party		Election	Vice President
1	April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797		George Washington		Unaffiliated	1788–89	John Adams
						1792
2	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801		John Adams		Federalist	1796	Thomas Jefferson
3	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809		Thomas Jefferson		Democratic-Republican	1800	Aaron Burr
						1804	George Clinton
4	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817		James Madison		Democratic-Republican	1808	George Clinton (died in office)
							Vacant after April 20, 1812
						1812	Elbridge Gerry (died in office)
							Vacant after November 23, 1814
5	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825		James Monroe		Democratic-Republican	1816	Daniel D. Tompkins
						1820
6	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829		John Quincy Adams		Democratic-Republican	1824	John C. Calhoun
7	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837		Andrew Jackson		Democratic	1828	John C. Calhoun (resigned from office)
							Vacant after December 28, 1832
						1832	Martin Van Buren
8	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841		Martin Van Buren		Democratic	1836	Richard Mentor Johnson
9	March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 (died in office)		William Henry Harrison		Whig	1840	John Tyler
10	April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845		John Tyler		Whig (1841) Unaffiliated (1841 - 1845)		Vacant throughout presidency
11	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849		James K. Polk		Democratic	1844	George M. Dallas
12	March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 (died in office)		Zachary Taylor		Whig	1848	Millard Fillmore
13	July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853		Millard Fillmore		Whig		Vacant throughout presidency
14	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857		Franklin Pierce		Democratic	1852	William R. King (died in office)
							Vacant after April 18, 1853
15	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861		James Buchanan		Democratic	1856	John C. Breckinridge
16	March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 (died in office)		Abraham Lincoln		Republican	1860	Hannibal Hamlin
					National Union	1864	Andrew Johnson
17	April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869		Andrew Johnson		National Union		Vacant throughout presidency
18	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877		Ulysses S. Grant		Republican	1868	Schuyler Colfax
						1872	Henry Wilson (died in office)
							Vacant after November 22, 1875
19	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881		Rutherford B. Hayes		Republican	1876	William A. Wheeler
20	March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 (died in office)		James A. Garfield		Republican	1880	Chester A. Arthur
21	September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885		Chester A. Arthur		Republican		Vacant throughout presidency
22	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889		Grover Cleveland		Democratic	1884	Thomas A. Hendricks (died in office)
							Vacant after November 25, 1885
23	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893		Benjamin Harrison		Republican	1888	Levi P. Morton
24	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897		Grover Cleveland	-	Democratic	1892	Adlai Stevenson
25	March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 (died in office)		William McKinley		Republican	1896	Garret Hobart (died in office)
							Vacant after November 21, 1899
						1900	Theodore Roosevelt
26	September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909		Theodore Roosevelt		Republican		Vacant through March 4, 1905
						1904	Charles W. Fairbanks
27	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913		William Howard Taft		Republican	1908	James S. Sherman (died in office)
							Vacant after October 30, 1912
28	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921		Woodrow Wilson		Democratic	1912	Thomas R. Marshall
						1916
29	March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 (died in office)		Warren G. Harding		Republican	1920	Calvin Coolidge
30	August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929		Calvin Coolidge		Republican		Vacant through March 4, 1925
						1924	Charles G. Dawes
31	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933		Herbert Hoover		Republican	1928	Charles Curtis
32	March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 (died in office)		Franklin D. Roosevelt		Democratic	1932	John Nance Garner
						1936
						1940	Henry A. Wallace
						1944	Harry S. Truman
33	April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953		Harry S. Truman		Democratic		Vacant through January 20, 1949
						1948	Alben W. Barkley
34	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961		Dwight D. Eisenhower		Republican	1952	Richard Nixon
						1956
35	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 (died in office)		John F. Kennedy		Democratic	1960	Lyndon B. Johnson
36	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969		Lyndon B. Johnson		Democratic		Vacant through January 20, 1965
						1964	Hubert Humphrey
37	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 (resigned from office)		Richard Nixon		Republican	1968	Spiro Agnew (resigned from office)
						1972
							Vacant, Oct. 10 – Dec. 6, 1973
							Gerald Ford
38	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977		Gerald Ford		Republican		Vacant through December 19, 1974
							Nelson Rockefeller
39	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981		Jimmy Carter		Democratic	1976	Walter Mondale
40	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989		Ronald Reagan		Republican	1980	George Bush
						1984
41	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1997		Stevenson		???	1988	???
						1992
42	January 20, 1997 – January 20, 2005		POTUS 42		???	1996	???
						2000
43	January 20, 2005 – January 20, 2013		POTUS 43		Opposition	2004	???
						2008
44	January 20, 2013 – January 24, 2016 (resigned from office)		Stuart Hughes		Main	2012	Selina Meyer
45	January 24, 2016 – January 20, 2017		Selina Meyer		Main		Vacant through February 2016
							Andrew Doyle
46	January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021		Laura Montez		Opposition	2016	???
47	January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025		Selina Meyer		Main	2020	Jonah Ryan (Impeached, removed/resigned from office)
							???
48 49 or 50	Two terms between 2025 and 2041		Kemi Talbot		Main		???
50 or 51	January 20, 2041 – Incumbent		Richard Splett		Main	2040	???
						2044

Subsequent public office

Four former presidents held another U.S. federal office after serving as president.

President	Tenure		Subsequent service
John Quincy Adams	6	1825–1829	U.S. representative from Massachusetts (1831–1848)
Andrew Johnson	17	1865–1869	U.S. senator from Tennessee (1875)
William Howard Taft	27	1909–1913	Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930)
Stuart Hughes	44	2013–2016	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2018–present)

See also

• List of vice presidents of the United States