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

No.	Portrait	Name	Term	Party		Election	Vice President
1		George Washington	April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797		Unaffiliated	1788–89 1792	John Adams
2		John Adams	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801		Federalist	1796	Thomas Jefferson
3		Thomas Jefferson	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809		Democratic-Republican	1800 1804	Aaron Burr George Clinton
4		James Madison	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817		Democratic-Republican	1808 1812	George Clinton (died in office) Vacant after April 20, 1812 Elbridge Gerry (died in office) Vacant after November 23, 1814
5		James Monroe	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825		Democratic-Republican	1816 1820	Daniel D. Tompkins
6		John Quincy Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829		Democratic-Republican	1824	John C. Calhoun
7		Andrew Jackson	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837		Democratic	1828 1832	John C. Calhoun (resigned from office) Vacant after December 28, 1832 Martin Van Buren
8		Martin Van Buren	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841		Democratic	1836	Richard Mentor Johnson
9		William Henry Harrison	March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 (died in office)		Whig	1840	John Tyler
10		John Tyler	April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845		Whig (1841) Unaffiliated (1841–1845)	-	Vacant throughout presidency
11		James K. Polk	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849		Democratic	1844	George M. Dallas
12		Zachary Taylor	March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 (died in office)		Whig	1848	Millard Fillmore
13		Millard Fillmore	July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853		Whig	-	Vacant throughout presidency
14		Franklin Pierce	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857		Democratic	1852	William R. King (died in office) Vacant after April 18, 1853
15		James Buchanan	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861		Democratic	1856	John C. Breckinridge
16		Abraham Lincoln	March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 (died in office)		Republican	1860 1864	Hannibal Hamlin Andrew Johnson
17		Andrew Johnson	April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869		National Union	-	Vacant throughout presidency
18		Ulysses S. Grant	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877		Republican	1868 1872	Schuyler Colfax Henry Wilson (died in office) Vacant after November 22, 1875
19		Rutherford B. Hayes	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881		Republican	1876	William A. Wheeler
20		James A. Garfield	March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 (died in office)		Republican	1880	Chester A. Arthur
21		Chester A. Arthur	September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885		Republican	-	Vacant throughout presidency
22		Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889		Democratic	1884	Thomas A. Hendricks (died in office) Vacant after November 25, 1885
23		Benjamin Harrison	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893		Republican	1888	Levi P. Morton
24		Grover Cleveland	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897		Democratic	1892	Adlai Stevenson
25		William McKinley	March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 (died in office)		Republican	1896 1900	Garret Hobart (died in office) Vacant after November 21, 1899 Theodore Roosevelt
26		Theodore Roosevelt	September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909		Republican	- 1904	Vacant through March 4, 1905 Charles W. Fairbanks
27		William Howard Taft	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913		Republican	1908	James S. Sherman (died in office) Vacant after October 30, 1912
28		Woodrow Wilson	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921		Democratic	1912 1916	Thomas R. Marshall
29		Warren G. Harding	March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 (died in office)		Republican	1920	Calvin Coolidge
30		Calvin Coolidge	August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929		Republican	- 1924	Vacant through March 4, 1925 Charles G. Dawes
31		Herbert Hoover	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933		Republican	1928	Charles Curtis
32		Franklin D. Roosevelt	March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 (died in office)		Democratic	1932 1936 1940 1944	John Nance Garner Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman
33		Harry S. Truman	April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953		Democratic	- 1948	Vacant through January 20, 1949 Alben W. Barkley
34		Dwight D. Eisenhower	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961		Republican	1952 1956	Richard Nixon
35		John F. Kennedy	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 (died in office)		Democratic	1960	Lyndon B. Johnson
36		Lyndon B. Johnson	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969		Democratic	- 1964	Vacant through January 20, 1965 Hubert Humphrey
37		Richard Nixon	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 (resigned from office)		Republican	1968 1972	Spiro Agnew (resigned from office) Vacant, Oct. 10 – Dec. 6, 1973 Gerald Ford
38		Gerald Ford	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977		Republican	-	Vacant through December 19, 1974 Nelson Rockefeller
39		Jimmy Carter	January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981		Democratic	1976	Walter Mondale
40		Ronald Reagan	January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989		Republican	1980 1984	George Bush
41		Stevenson	January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1997		???	1988 1992	???
42		POTUS 42	January 20, 1997 - January 20, 2005		???	1996 2000	???
43		POTUS 43	January 20, 2005 - January 20, 2013		Opposition	2004 2008	???
44		Stuart Hughes	January 20, 2013 - January 24, 2016 (resigned from office)		Main	2012	Selina Meyer
45		Selina Meyer	January 24, 2016 - January 20, 2017		Main	-	Vacant through February 2016 Andrew Doyle
46		Laura Montez	January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2021		Opposition	2016	???
47		Selina Meyer	January 20, 2021 - January 20, 2025		Main	2020	Jonah Ryan (impeached) ???
48 49 or 50		Kemi Talbot	Two terms between 2025 and 2041		Main		???
50 or 51		Richard Splett	January 20, 2041 - Incumbent		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