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This 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 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 38^th president. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the 22^nd and the 24^th president. Because of this, the list below contains 43 presidencies, but only 42 people.

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Presidents of the United States

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Presidents of the United States

#	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President	Term
'1'	George Washington		April 30 1789	March 4 1797	No party	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

|- style="background:#ffddaa"
| rowspan=2 | '4'
| rowspan=2 | James Madison
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | March 4 1809
| rowspan=2 | March 4 1817
| rowspan=2 | Democratic-Republican
| George ClintonDied in office of natural causes.
''vacant''
| align=center | 6
|- style="background:#ffddaa"
| Elbridge Gerry
''vacant''
| align=center | 7
|- style="background:#ffddaa"
| rowspan=2 | '5'
| rowspan=2 | James Monroe
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | March 4 1817
| rowspan=2 | March 4 1825
| rowspan=2 | Democratic-Republican
| rowspan=2 | Daniel Tompkins
| align=center | 8
|- style="background:#ffddaa"
| align=center | 9
|- style="background:#ffddaa"
| '6' || John Quincy Adams
|

| March 4 1825
| March 4 1829
| Democratic-Republican
| John Calhoun
| align=center | 10
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| rowspan=2 | '7'
| rowspan=2 | Andrew Jackson
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | March 4 1829
| rowspan=2 | March 4 1837
| rowspan=2 | Democratic
| John CalhounResigned.
''vacant''
| 11
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| Martin Van Buren
| align=center | 12
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '8'
| Martin Van Buren
|

| March 4 1837
| March 4 1841
| Democratic
| Richard Johnson
| 13
|- style="background:#ffffcc"
| '9'
| William H. Harrison
|

| March 4 1841
| April 4 1841
| Whig
| John Tyler
| rowspan=2 align=center | 14
|- style="background:#ffffcc"
| '10'
| John Tyler
|

| April 4 1841
| March 4 1845
| Whig
No party^[1]
|''vacant''
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '11'
| James K. Polk
|

| March 4 1845
| March 4 1849
| Democratic
| George Dallas
| align=center | 15
|- style="background:#ffffcc"
| '12'
| Zachary Taylor
|

| March 4 1849
| July 9 1850
| Whig
| Millard Fillmore
| rowspan=2 align=center | 16
|- style="background:#ffffcc"
| '13'
| Millard Fillmore
|

| July 9 1850
| March 4 1853
| Whig
| ''vacant''
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '14'
| Franklin Pierce
|

| March 4 1853
| March 4 1857
| Democratic
| William King
''vacant''
| align=center | 17
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '15'
| James Buchanan
|

| March 4 1857
| March 4 1861
| Democratic
| John Breckinridge
| align=center | 18
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '16'
| rowspan=2 | Abraham Lincoln
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | March 4 1861
| rowspan=2 | April 15 1865Assassinated.
| rowspan=2 | Republican
National UnionAbraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864.
| Hannibal Hamlin
| align=center | 19
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| Andrew Johnson || rowspan=2 align=center | 20
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '17'
| Andrew Johnson
|

| April 15 1865
| March 4 1869
| Democratic
National Union
| ''vacant''
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '18'
| rowspan=2 | Ulysses S. Grant
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | March 4 1869
| rowspan=2 | March 4 1877
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| Schuyler Colfax
| align=center | 21
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| Henry Wilson
''vacant''
| align=center | 22
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '19'
| Rutherford B. Hayes
|

| March 4 1877
| March 4 1881
| Republican
| William Wheeler
| align=center | 23
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '20'
| James Garfield
|

| March 4 1881
| September 19 1881
| Republican
| Chester A. Arthur
| rowspan=2 align=center | 24
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '21'
| Chester A. Arthur
|

| September 19 1881
| March 4 1885
| Republican
| ''vacant''
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '22'
| Grover Cleveland
|

| March 4 1885
| March 4 1889
| Democratic
| Thomas Hendricks
''vacant''
| align=center | 25
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '23'
| Benjamin Harrison
|

| March 4 1889
| March 4 1893
| Republican
| Levi Morton
| align=center | 26
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '24'
| Grover Cleveland
''(2nd term)''
|

| March 4 1893
| March 4 1897
| Democratic
| Adlai E. Stevenson
| align=center | 27
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '25'
| rowspan=2 | William McKinley
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | March 4 1897
| rowspan=2 | September 14 1901
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| Garret Hobart
''vacant''
| align=center | 28
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| Theodore Roosevelt
| rowspan=2 align=center | 29
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '26'
| rowspan=2 | Theodore Roosevelt
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | September 14 1901
| rowspan=2 | March 4 1909
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| ''vacant''
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| Charles Fairbanks
| align=center | 30
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '27'
| William H. Taft
|

| March 4 1909
| March 4 1913
| Republican
| James Sherman
''vacant''
| align=center | 31
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| rowspan=2 | '28'
| rowspan=2 | Woodrow Wilson
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | March 4 1913
| rowspan=2 | March 4 1921
| rowspan=2 | Democratic
| rowspan=2 | Thomas Marshall
| align=center | 32
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| align=center | 33
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '29'
| Warren G. Harding
|

| March 4 1921
| August 2 1923
| Republican
| Calvin Coolidge
| rowspan=2 align=center | 34
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '30'
| rowspan=2 | Calvin Coolidge
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | August 2 1923
| rowspan=2 | March 4 1929
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| ''vacant''
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| Charles Dawes
| align=center | 35
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '31'
| Herbert Hoover
|

| March 4 1929
| March 4 1933
| Republican
| Charles Curtis
| align=center | 36
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| rowspan=4 | '32'
| rowspan=4 | Franklin D. Roosevelt
| rowspan=4 |

| rowspan=4 | March 4 1933
| rowspan=4 | April 12 1945
| rowspan=4 | Democratic
| rowspan=2 | John Garner
| align=center | 37
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| align=center | 38
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| Henry Wallace
| align=center |39
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| Harry S. Truman
| rowspan=2 align=center | 40
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| rowspan=2 | '33'
| rowspan=2 | Harry S. Truman
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | April 12 1945
| rowspan=2 | January 20 1953
| rowspan=2 | Democratic
| ''vacant''
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| Alben Barkley
| align=center | 41
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '34'
| rowspan=2 | Dwight D. Eisenhower
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | January 20 1953
| rowspan=2 | January 20 1961
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| rowspan=2 | Richard Nixon
| align=center | 42
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| align=center | 43
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '35'
| John F. Kennedy
|

| January 20 1961
| November 22 1963
| Democratic
| Lyndon B. Johnson
| rowspan=2 align=center | 44
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| rowspan=2 | '36'
| rowspan=2 | Lyndon B. Johnson
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | November 22 1963
| rowspan=2 | January 20 1969
| rowspan=2 | Democratic
| ''vacant''
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| Hubert Humphrey
| align=center | 45
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '37'
| rowspan=2 | Richard Nixon
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | January 20 1969
| rowspan=2 | August 9 1974
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| Spiro Agnew
| align=center | 46
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| Spiro Agnew
''vacant''
Gerald Ford
| rowspan=2 align=center | 47
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '38'
| Gerald Ford
|

| August 9 1974
| January 20 1977
| Republican
| ''vacant''
Nelson Rockefeller
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| '39'
| Jimmy Carter
|

| January 20 1977
| January 20 1981
| Democratic
| Walter Mondale
| align=center | 48
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '40'
| rowspan=2 | Ronald Reagan
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | January 20 1981
| rowspan=2 | January 20 1989
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| rowspan=2 | George H. W. Bush
| align=center | 49
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| align=center | 50
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| '41'
| George H. W. Bush
|

| January 20 1989
| January 20 1993
| Republican
| Dan Quayle
| align=center | 51
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| rowspan=2 | '42'
| rowspan=2 | Bill Clinton
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | January 20 1993
| rowspan=2 | January 20 2001
| rowspan=2 | Democratic
| rowspan=2 | Al Gore
| align=center | 52
|- style="background:#ddeeff"
| align=center | 53
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| rowspan=2 | '43'
| rowspan=2 | George W. Bush
| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=2 | January 20 2001
| rowspan=2 | Incumbent
(''Term expires January 20 2009'')
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| rowspan=2 | Dick Cheney
| align=center | 54
|- style="background:#ffe1e1"
| align=center | 55
|- style="background:#cccccc"
|}
1. Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.

See also

★ President of the United States

★ Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States

★ List of educational institutions named after U.S. presidents

★ Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005

Sources

★ Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey, "The Presidents of the United States". The White House.

★ Robert S. Summers, "POTUS: Presidents of the United States". Internet Public Library.

External links

★ Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies

★ Detailed Quick Facts on All U.S. Presidents

★ All Presidents of the United States