UNITED STATE PRESIDENTS

LIST OF PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED
STATE OF AMERICA

  

Nonpartisan     Federalist     Democratic-Republican     Democratic     Whig     Republican
President			Presidency[a]	Party		Election	Previous service	Vice President
1		George Washington 1732–1799 (Lived: 67 years) [10][11][12]	April 30, 1789 [b] – March 4, 1797		Nonpartisan [13]	1 (1788–89)	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–83)	John Adams [c][d]
						2 (1792)
2		John Adams 1735–1826 (Lived: 90 years) [14][15][16]	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801		Federalist	3 (1796)	1st Vice President of the United States	Thomas Jefferson [e]
3		Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 (Lived: 83 years) [17][18][19]	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809		Democratic- Republican	4 (1800)	2nd Vice President of the United States	Aaron Burr March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805
						5 (1804)		George Clinton March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809
4		James Madison 1751–1836 (Lived: 85 years) [20][21][22]	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817		Democratic- Republican	6 (1808)	5th United States Secretary of State (1801–09)	George Clinton March 4, 1809 – April 20, 1812 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Clinton's 2nd term)
						7 (1812)		Elbridge Gerry March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Gerry's term)
5		James Monroe 1758–1831 (Lived: 73 years) [23][24][25]	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825		Democratic- Republican	8 (1816)	7th United States Secretary of State (1811–17)	Daniel D. Tompkins
						9 (1820)
6		John Quincy Adams 1767–1848 (Lived: 80 years) [26][27][28]	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829		Democratic- Republican	10 (1824)	8th United States Secretary of State (1817–25)	John C. Calhoun
7		Andrew Jackson 1767–1845 (Lived: 78 years) [29][30][31]	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837		Democratic	11 (1828)	U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1823–25)	John C. Calhoun [f] March 4, 1829 – December 28, 1832 (Resigned from office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Calhoun's term)
						12 (1832)		Martin Van Buren March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837
8		Martin Van Buren 1782–1862 (Lived: 79 years) [32][33][34]	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841		Democratic	13 (1836)	8th Vice President of the United States	Richard Mentor Johnson
9		William Henry Harrison 1773–1841 (Lived: 68 years) [35][36][37]	March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 (Died in office)		Whig	14 (1840)	United States Minister to Colombia (1828–29)	John Tyler (Succeeded to presidency)
10		John Tyler 1790–1862 (Lived: 71 years) [38][39][40]	April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845		Whig April 4, 1841 – September 13, 1841		10th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant
					Nonpartisan September 13, 1841 – March 4, 1845 [g]
11		James K. Polk 1795–1849 (Lived: 53 years) [41][42][43]	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849		Democratic	15 (1844)	9th Governor of Tennessee (1839–41)	George M. Dallas
12		Zachary Taylor 1784–1850 (Lived: 65 years) [44][45][46]	March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 (Died in office)		Whig	16 (1848)	Major General of the 1st Infantry Regiment United States Army (1846–49)	Millard Fillmore (Succeeded to presidency)
13		Millard Fillmore 1800–1874 (Lived: 74 years) [47][48][49]	July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853		Whig		12th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant
14		Franklin Pierce 1804–1869 (Lived: 64 years) [50][51][52]	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857		Democratic	17 (1852)	Brigadier General of the 9th Infantry United States Army (1847–48)	William R. King March 4 – April 18, 1853 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of King's term)
15		James Buchanan 1791–1868 (Lived: 77 years) [53][54][55]	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861		Democratic	18 (1856)	United States Minister to the Court of St James's (1853–56)	John C. Breckinridge
16		Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 (Lived: 56 years) [56][57][58]	March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 (Died in office)		Republican (National Union) [h]	19 (1860)	U.S. Representative for Illinois' 7th District (1847–49)	Hannibal Hamlin March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
						20 (1864)		Andrew Johnson March 4 – April 15, 1865 (Succeeded to presidency)
17		Andrew Johnson 1808–1875 (Lived: 66 years) [59][60][61]	April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869		Democratic (National Union) [h] Unaffiliated [i]		16th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant
18		Ulysses S. Grant 1822–1885 (Lived: 63 years) [62][63][64]	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877		Republican	21 (1868)	Commanding General of the U.S. Army (1864–69)	Schuyler Colfax March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873
						22 (1872)		Henry Wilson March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Wilson's term)
19		Rutherford B. Hayes 1822–1893 (Lived: 70 years) [65][66][67]	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881		Republican	23 (1876)	32nd Governor of Ohio (1868–72 & 1876–77)	William A. Wheeler
20		James A. Garfield 1831–1881 (Lived: 49 years) [68][69][70]	March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 (Died in office)		Republican	24 (1880)	U.S. Representative for Ohio's 19th District (1863–81)	Chester A. Arthur (Succeeded to presidency)
21		Chester A. Arthur 1829–1886 (Lived: 57 years) [71][72][73]	September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885		Republican		20th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant
22		Grover Cleveland 1837–1908 (Lived: 71 years) [74][75]	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889		Democratic	25 (1884)	28th Governor of New York (1883–85)	Thomas A. Hendricks March 4 – November 25, 1885 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Hendricks' term)
23		Benjamin Harrison 1833–1901 (Lived: 67 years) [76][77][78]	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893		Republican	26 (1888)	U.S. Senator from Indiana (1881–87)	Levi P. Morton
24		Grover Cleveland 1837–1908 (Lived: 71 years) [74][75]	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897		Democratic	27 (1892)	22nd President of the United States (1885–89)	Adlai Stevenson
25		William McKinley 1843–1901 (Lived: 58 years) [79][80][81]	March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 (Died in office)		Republican	28 (1896)	39th Governor of Ohio (1892–96)	Garret Hobart March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Hobart's term)
						29 (1900)		Theodore Roosevelt March 4 – September 14, 1901 (Succeeded to presidency)
26		Theodore Roosevelt 1858–1919 (Lived: 60 years) [82][83][84]	September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909		Republican		25th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905
						30 (1904)		Charles W. Fairbanks March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
27		William Howard Taft 1857–1930 (Lived: 72 years) [85][86][87]	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913		Republican	31 (1908)	42nd United States Secretary of War (1904–08)	James S. Sherman March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Sherman's term)
28		Woodrow Wilson 1856–1924 (Lived: 67 years) [88][89][90]	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921		Democratic	32 (1912)	34th Governor of New Jersey (1911–13)	Thomas R. Marshall
						33 (1916)
29		Warren G. Harding 1865–1923 (Lived: 57 years) [91][92][93]	March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 (Died in office)		Republican	34 (1920)	U.S. Senator from Ohio (1915–21)	Calvin Coolidge (Succeeded to presidency)
30		Calvin Coolidge 1872–1933 (Lived: 60 years) [94][95][96]	August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929		Republican		29th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1925
						35 (1924)		Charles G. Dawes March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
31		Herbert Hoover 1874–1964 (Lived: 90 years) [97][98][99]	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933		Republican	36 (1928)	3rd United States Secretary of Commerce (1921–28)	Charles Curtis
32		Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–1945 (Lived: 63 years) [100][101][102]	March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 (Died in office)		Democratic	37 (1932)	44th Governor of New York (1929–32)	John Nance Garner March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941 [j]
						38 (1936)
						39 (1940)		Henry A. Wallace January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945
						40 (1944)		Harry S. Truman January 20 – April 12, 1945 (Succeeded to presidency)
33		Harry S. Truman 1884–1972 (Lived: 88 years) [103][104][105]	April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953		Democratic		34th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949
						41 (1948)		Alben W. Barkley January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953
34		Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–1969 (Lived: 78 years) [106][107][108]	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961		Republican	42 (1952)	Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1949–52)	Richard Nixon
						43 (1956)
35		John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 (Lived: 46 years) [109][110][111]	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 (Died in office)		Democratic	44 (1960)	U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1953–60)	Lyndon B. Johnson (Succeeded to presidency)
36		Lyndon B. Johnson 1908–1973 (Lived: 64 years) [112][113]	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969		Democratic		37th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965
						45 (1964)		Hubert Humphrey January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
37		Richard Nixon 1913–1994 (Lived: 81 years) [114][115][116]	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 (Resigned from office)		Republican	46 (1968)	36th Vice President of the United States (1953–61)	Spiro Agnew January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973 (Resigned from office)
						47 (1972)
								Office vacant October 10 – December 6, 1973
								Gerald Ford December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974 (Succeeded to presidency)
38		Gerald Ford 1913–2006 (Lived: 93 years) [117][118][119]	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977		Republican		40th Vice President of the United States	Office vacant August 9 – December 19, 1974
								Nelson Rockefeller December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
39		Jimmy Carter Born 1924 (91 years old) [120][121][122]	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981		Democratic	48 (1976)	76th Governor of Georgia (1971–75)	Walter Mondale
40		Ronald Reagan 1911–2004 (Lived: 93 years) [123][124][125]	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989		Republican	49 (1980)	33rd Governor of California (1967–75)	George H. W. Bush
						50 (1984)
41		George H. W. Bush Born 1924 (92 years old) [126][127][128]	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993		Republican	51 (1988)	43rd Vice President of the United States	Dan Quayle
42		Bill Clinton Born 1946 (70 years old) [129][130][131]	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001		Democratic	52 (1992)	40th & 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–81 & 1983–92)	Al Gore
						53 (1996)
43		George W. Bush Born 1946 (70 years old) [132][133]	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009		Republican	54 (2000)	46th Governor of Texas (1995–2000)	Dick Cheney
						55 (2004)
44		Barack Obama Born 1961 (55 years old) [134][135]	January 20, 2009 – Incumbent		Democratic	56 (2008)	U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005–08)	Joe Biden
						57 (2012)

 

Living as of September 2016
President		Presidency[a]	Date of birth
39	Jimmy Carter	1977–1981	October 1, 1924 (age 91)
41	George H. W. Bush	1989–1993	June 12, 1924 (age 92)
42	Bill Clinton	1993–2001	August 19, 1946 (age 70)
43	George W. Bush	2001–2009	July 6, 1946 (age 70)

From left: President Obama stands alongside the four living former U.S. Presidents in descending order of service at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, April 2013