List of Presidents of the United States

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List of Presidents of the United States

, the president's home and office]] The President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
is the head of state

Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
and the head of government

Head of government

The head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet . In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled Prime Minister, President of the Government, Premier, etc....
of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government

Federal government of the United States

The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....
as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the United States by influence and recognition. The president is also the Commander-in-Chief

Commander-in-Chief

A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function....
of the U.S. armed forces

Military of the United States

The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified armed forces of the United States. The United States military was first formed by the second Second Continental Congress to defend the new nation against the British Empire in the American Revolutionary War....
. The president is indirectly elected

Indirect election

Indirect election is a process in which voters in an election don't actually choose between candidates for an office but rather elect persons who will then make the choice....
to a four-year term

Term of office

Term of office refers to the length of time a person serves in a particular office....
by an Electoral College (or by the House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
should the Electoral College fail to award an absolute majority of votes to any person).

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, the president's home and office]] The President of the United States

President of the United States

Head of State

Head of government

Federal government of the United States

Commander-in-Chief

Military of the United States

Indirect election

Indirect election is a process in which voters in an election don't actually choose between candidates for an office but rather elect persons who will then make the choice....
to a four-year term

Term of office

Term of office refers to the length of time a person serves in a particular office....
by an Electoral College (or by the House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Twenty-second Amendment of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for the President of the United States. The United States Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947....
in 1951, no person may be elected to the office of the president more than twice. Upon death, resignation, or removal from office of an incumbent President, the Vice President

Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office in the United States of America created by the Constitution of the United States....
assumes the office. This list includes only those persons who were sworn into office as president following the ratification of the United States Constitution

United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
, which took effect in 1789. For American leaders before this ratification, see President of the Continental Congress

President of the Continental Congress

The President of the Continental Congress was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates that emerged as the first national government of the United States during the American Revolution....
. The list does not include any Acting President

Acting President of the United States

Acting President of the United States is a reference to a person who is legitimately exercising the Presidential powers even though that person does not hold the office of the President of the United States....
s under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the United States Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the United States Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities....
.

There have been forty-three people sworn into office, and forty-four presidencies, due to the fact that Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents....
served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the twenty-second and the twenty-fourth president. Of the individuals elected as president, four died in office of natural causes, one resigned, and four were assassinated

List of United States Presidential assassination attempts

There have been multiple Assassination on President of the United States; there have been 90 known attempts to kill sitting and former presidents as well as President-elect....
. The first president was George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
, who was inaugurated in 1789 after a unanimous Electoral College vote. William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office....
spent the shortest time in office at 32 days. At over twelve years, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , often referred to by his initials FDR, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
spent the longest time in office, and is the only president to serve more than two terms. The current president is Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
; he became president on January 20, 2009.

Presidents

#The numerals indicate the consecutive time in office served by a single person. For example, George Washington George Washington George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas .... served two consecutive terms and is counted as the first president (not the first and second). Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974.... assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office.... , 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 38th president. In addition, under this numbering Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.... is counted twice, having served non-consecutive terms.		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President Vice President of the United States The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office in the United States of America created by the Constitution of the United States....	Term
1 Presidency of George Washington With inauguration on April 30, 1789, the presidency of George Washington initiated a significant leadership role over the United States. George Washington established the executive and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States as well as guaranteed the survival of the United States as a power and independent nation....	George Washington George Washington George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....	April 30, 1789	March 4, 1797	No party Pro-Administration Party (United States) Pro-Administration "Party" is a term used by historians to describe the supporters of the policies of George Washington administration ? especially United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton financial policies ? prior to the formation of the Federalist Party and Democratic-Republican Party Parties....	John Adams John Adams John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....	1
		April 30, 1789	March 4, 1797			2
2	John Adams John Adams John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....	March 4, 1797	March 4, 1801	Federalist Federalist Party (United States) The Federalist Party was an American political party in the period 1792 to 1816, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801....	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....	3
3 Presidency of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jeffersons Presidency of the United States, from March 4 1801 to March 41809, was the first to start and end in the White House ....	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....	March 4, 1801	March 4, 1809	Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792. Supporters usually identified themselves as Republicans, but sometimes as Democrats....	Aaron Burr Aaron Burr Aaron Burr, Jr. was an United States politician, American Revolutionary War hero, and adventurer. He served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States , under Thomas Jefferson....	4
		March 4, 1801	March 4, 1809		George Clinton George Clinton (vice president) George Clinton was an United States soldier and politician. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison....	5
4	James Madison James Madison James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....	March 4, 1809	March 4, 1817	Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792. Supporters usually identified themselves as Republicans, but sometimes as Democrats....	George Clinton George Clinton (vice president) George Clinton was an United States soldier and politician. He was the first Governor of New York, and then the Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.... Died in office of natural causes.	6
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					Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Gerry Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an United States statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States of America, serving under James Madison, from March 4, 1813 until his death a year and a half later....	7
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5	James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; the admission of Maine in 1820 as a free state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine , declaring U.S....	March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825	Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792. Supporters usually identified themselves as Republicans, but sometimes as Democrats....	Daniel D. Tompkins Daniel D. Tompkins Daniel D. Tompkins was an entrepreneur, jurist, United States House of Representatives, Governor of New York, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	8
5		March 4, 1817	March 4, 1825			9
6	John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....	March 4, 1825	March 4, 1829	Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Party (United States) The Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792. Supporters usually identified themselves as Republicans, but sometimes as Democrats.... National Republican National Republican Party (United States) The National Republicans and its precursor factions of Adams supporters and Anti-Jacksonian politicians existed from approximately 1825?1833....	John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States. He was a leading United States Southern politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century....	10
7	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....	March 4, 1829	March 4, 1837	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States. He was a leading United States Southern politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century.... Resigned.	11
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					Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....	12
8	Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....	March 4, 1837	March 4, 1841	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Richard Mentor Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren....	13
9	William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office....	March 4, 1841	April 4, 1841	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party ....	John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....	14
10	John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....	April 4, 1841	March 4, 1845	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party .... No party John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession.... Former Democrat who ran for Vice President on Whig ticket. Clashed with Whig congressional leaders and was expelled from the Whig party in 1841.	vacant	14
11	James K. Polk James K. Polk James Knox Polk was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849. He was 49 years old at the time of his inauguration, making him the youngest President up to that time....	March 4, 1845	March 4, 1849	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	George M. Dallas George M. Dallas George Mifflin Dallas was a United States Senate from Pennsylvania and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under James K....	15
12	Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was an Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.Known as "Old Rough and Ready", Taylor had a 40-year military career in the United States Army, serving in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and Seminole Wars before achieving fame leading U.S....	March 4, 1849	July 9, 1850	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party ....	Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office....	16
13	Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office....	July 9, 1850	March 4, 1853	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party ....	vacant	16
14	Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857, an Politics of the United States and lawyer....	March 4, 1853	March 4, 1857	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	William R. King William R. King William Rufus deVane King was a United States House of Representatives from North Carolina, a United States Senate from Alabama, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	17
14		March 4, 1853	March 4, 1857		vacant	17
15	James Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the last to be born in the 18th century....	March 4, 1857	March 4, 1861	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	John C. Breckinridge John C. Breckinridge John Cabell Breckinridge was a lawyer, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate from Kentucky, the 14th Vice President of the United States, Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States in United States presidential election, 1860, a Confederate States Army General officer in the American Civil War, and...	18
16	Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....	March 4, 1861	April 15, 1865Assassinated.	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP.... National Union National Union Party (United States) The National Union Party was a political party in the United States from 1864 to 1868. It was an alliance between members of the Republican Party who backed incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and Northern Democratic Party during and after the American Civil War.... Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery.... and Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln.... were, respectively, a Republican and a Democrat who ran on the National Union ticket in 1864.	Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under President of the United States Abraham Lincoln from 1861-1865....	19
16		March 4, 1861	April 15, 1865Assassinated.		Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....	20
17	Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....	April 15, 1865	March 4, 1869	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world.... National Union National Union Party (United States) The National Union Party was a political party in the United States from 1864 to 1868. It was an alliance between members of the Republican Party who backed incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and Northern Democratic Party during and after the American Civil War....	vacant	20
18	Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....	March 4, 1869	March 4, 1877	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States House of Representatives from Indiana, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	21
					Henry Wilson Henry Wilson Henry Wilson was a United States Senate from Massachusetts and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	22
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19	Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an Politics of the United States, Law of the United States, Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....	March 4, 1877	March 4, 1881	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	William A. Wheeler William A. Wheeler William Almon Wheeler was a United States House of Representatives from New York and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	23
20	James A. Garfield	March 4, 1881	September 19, 1881	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was an Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....	24
21	Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was an Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....	September 19, 1881	March 4, 1885	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	vacant	24
22	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents....	March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks was a United States House of Representatives and a United States Senate from Indiana, a Governor of Indiana, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States ....	25
22		March 4, 1885	March 4, 1889		vacant	25
23	Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and at age 21 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he became a prominent state politician....	March 4, 1889	March 4, 1893	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Levi P. Morton Levi P. Morton Levi Parsons Morton was a United States House of Representatives from New York and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	26
24	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.... (2nd term)	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1897	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Adlai E. Stevenson I	27
25	William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected....	March 4, 1897	September 14, 1901	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Garret Hobart Garret Hobart Garret Augustus Hobart was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	28
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					Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....	29
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26 Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. He had been the 25th Vice President of the United States before becoming President upon the assassination of President William McKinley....	Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....	September 14, 1901	March 4, 1909	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	vacant
		September 14, 1901	March 4, 1909		Charles W. Fairbanks Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks was a United States Senate from Indiana and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	30
27	William Howard Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the History of the United States Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world pe...	March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	James S. Sherman James S. Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman was a United States Representative from New York and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	31
27		March 4, 1909	March 4, 1913		vacant	31
28	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. A devout Presbyterianism and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913....	March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Thomas R. Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an United States politician who served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States of America under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1921....	32
28		March 4, 1913	March 4, 1921			33
29	Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack or stroke, in 1923....	March 4, 1921	August 2, 1923	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . A Republican Party lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state....	34
30	Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . A Republican Party lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state....	August 2, 1923	March 4, 1929	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	vacant	34
30		August 2, 1923	March 4, 1929		Charles G. Dawes Charles G. Dawes Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	35
31	Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . Besides his political career, Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author....	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1933	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States United States House of Representatives, a longtime United States Senate from Kansas elected to Senate Majority Leader, as well as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	36
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , often referred to by his initials FDR, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....	March 4, 1933	April 12, 1945	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner IV nicknamed "Cactus Jack" was the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States ....	37
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					Henry A. Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States , the 11th United States Secretary of Agriculture , and the tenth United States Secretary of Commerce ....	39
					Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . As the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, he succeeded Franklin D....	40
33	Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . As the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, he succeeded Franklin D....	April 12, 1945	January 20, 1953	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	vacant	40
33		April 12, 1945	January 20, 1953		Alben W. Barkley Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Paducah, Kentucky, majority leader of the Senate, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....	41
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David ?Ike? Eisenhower was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a General of the Army in the United States Army....	January 20, 1953	January 20, 1961	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....	42
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35	John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....	January 20, 1961	November 22, 1963	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States ....	44
36	Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States ....	November 22, 1963	January 20, 1969	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	vacant	44
36		November 22, 1963	January 20, 1969		Hubert Humphrey Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon B....	45
37	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....	January 20, 1969	August 9, 1974	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland....	46
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					Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....
38 Presidency of Gerald Ford The Presidency of Gerald Ford spanned 29 months, lasting from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977....	Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....	August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	vacant
		August 9, 1974	January 20, 1977		Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, the 49th governor of New York, a philanthropist, and a businessperson....
39	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize....	January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Walter Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick Mondale is an Politics of the United States and member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States under President of the United States Jimmy Carter, a two-term United States Senate from Minnesota, and the very unsuccessful Democ...	48
40	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....	January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....	49 Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
40		January 20, 1981	January 20, 1989			50 Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
41	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....	January 20, 1989	January 20, 1993	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle is an United States politician and was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under George H....	51 George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....
42 Presidency of Bill Clinton The United States President of the United States of Bill Clinton, also known as the Clinton Administration, was the Executive of the federal government of the United States from January 20,1993 to January 20 ,2001....	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office....	January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. is an United States environmentalism activist who served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President of the United States Bill Clinton....	52 Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office....
		January 20, 1993	January 20, 2001			53 Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office....
43	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in the George W....	54 George W. Bush's first term as President of the United States George W. Bush's first term as president of the United States began January 20 2001 and ended January 20 2005, with the beginning of his George W....
43		January 20, 2001	January 20, 2009			55 George W. Bush's second term as President of the United States George W. Bush's second term as President of the United States began at noon on January 20, 2005 and expired with the list of United States presidential inaugurations of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, at noon, Washington, D.C....
44 Presidency of Barack Obama File:Barack Obama Inauguration.jpgThe Presidency of Barack Obama began at 12:00 PM Eastern Time Zone on January 20, 2009 at his Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....	January 20, 2009	Incumbent	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Joe Biden Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the List of Vice Presidents of the United States and current Vice President of the United States of the United States....	56 Presidency of Barack Obama File:Barack Obama Inauguration.jpgThe Presidency of Barack Obama began at 12:00 PM Eastern Time Zone on January 20, 2009 at his Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....

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