American Presidents

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Took office

President

Left office

Party

Vice Term[*] President 1

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George April 30, March 4, Washingto 1789 1797 n

John Adams

No party John Adams 2

March 4, March 4, Federalist 1797 1801

Thomas March 4, March 4, Jefferson 1801 1809

Democratic Republican

Thomas Jefferson

3

Aaron Burr

4

George Clinton

5

George Clinton[D] 6

4

James Madison

Democratic March 4, March 4, 1809 1817 Republican

vacant Elbridge Gerry[D] 7 vacant 8

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6

Democratic Daniel D. Tompkins Republican

James Monroe

March 4, March 4, 1817 1825

John Quincy Adams

Democratic March 4, March 4, Republican 1825 1829 National Republican

John C. Calhoun

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10

John C. Calhoun[R] 11 7

Andrew Jackson

March 4, March 4, Democratic 1829 1837

vacant Martin Van Buren

12

8

9

Martin Van March 4, March 4, Democratic Buren 1837 1841

William Henry Harrison

March 4, April 4, 1841 1841[D]

Whig

Richard Mentor Johnson

13

John Tyler

14

April 4, March 4, Whig 1841 1845 No party[N]

10

John Tyler

vacant

11

James K. March 4, March 4, George M. Democratic Polk 1845 1849 Dallas

15

12

Zachary Taylor

March 4, 1849

July 9, 1850[D]

Whig

Millard Fillmore 16

13

Millard Fillmore

July 9, 1850

March 4, 1853

Whig

vacant

William R. King[D] 14

Franklin Pierce

March 4, March 4, Democratic 1853 1857

17 vacant

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16

John C. James March 4, March 4, Democratic Breckinridg Buchanan 1857 1861 e

Abraham March 4, April 15, Lincoln 1861 1865[A]

Republican National Union[U]

18

Hannibal Hamlin

19

Andrew Johnson

20

17

Andrew Johnson

April 15, March 4, 1865 1869

Democratic National Union[U]

vacant

Schuyler Colfax 18

Ulysses S. March 4, March 4, Republican Grant 1869 1877

21

Henry Wilson[D] 22 vacant

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20

Rutherford March 4, March 4, William A. Republican B. Hayes 1877 1881 Wheeler

James A. March 4, Garfield 1881

23

Septembe Chester A. r 19, Republican Arthur 1881[A]

24

21

Chester A. Septembe March 4, Republican Arthur r 19, 1881 1885

vacant

Thomas A. Hendricks[D] 22

Grover March 4, March 4, Democratic Cleveland 1885 1889

25 vacant

23

Benjamin March 4, March 4, Republican Harrison 1889 1893

Levi P. Morton

24

Grover March 4, March 4, Adlai E. Democratic Cleveland 1893 1897 Stevenson I

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27

(2nd term)

Garret Hobart[D] 28 25

William March 4, McKinley 1897

Septembe r 14, Republican 1901[A]

vacant Theodore Roosevelt

29

vacant

26

Theodore Septembe March 4, Republican Roosevelt r 14, 1901 1909

Charles W. Fairbanks

30

James S. Sherman[D] 27

William Howard Taft

March 4, March 4, Republican 1909 1913

31 vacant

32

28

Woodrow March 4, March 4, Thomas R. Democratic Wilson 1913 1921 Marshall

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29

Warren G. March 4, August 2, Calvin Republican Harding 1921 1923[D] Coolidge

34

30

31

Calvin August 2, March 4, Republican Coolidge 1923 1929

Herbert Hoover

March 4, March 4, Republican 1929 1933

vacant

Charles G. Dawes

35

Charles Curtis

36

37 John Nance Garner 38 32

Franklin D. March 4, April 12, Democratic Henry A. Roosevelt 1933 1945[D] Wallace Harry S. Truman

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40

vacant 33

Harry S. Truman

April 12, January Democratic 1945 20, 1953

Alben W. Barkley

41

42 34

Dwight D. January January Eisenhowe Republican 20, 1953 20, 1961 r

Richard Nixon

43

35

John F. Kennedy

January 20, 1961

November Lyndon B. 22, Democratic Johnson 1963[A]

44

36

Lyndon B. Novembe January Democratic Johnson r 22, 1963 20, 1969

vacant

Hubert Humphrey

45

46 Spiro Agnew[R] 47 37

Richard Nixon

January August 9, Republican 20, 1969 1974[R]

vacant Gerald Ford

vacant

38

Gerald Ford

August 9, January Republican 1974 20, 1977

39

Jimmy Carter

January January Walter Democratic 20, 1977 20, 1981 Mondale

Nelson Rockefeller

48

49 40

41

Ronald Reagan

January January George H. Republican 20, 1981 20, 1989 W. Bush

George H. January January Republican Dan Quayle W. Bush 20, 1989 20, 1993

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Bill Clinton

January January Democratic 20, 1993 20, 2001

Al Gore 53

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George W. January Bush 20, 2001

Barack Obama

Incumben t (Term expires January 20, 2009)

Republican

Dick Cheney

January January Democrati Joe Biden 20, 2009 20, 2013 c

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