Presidents of the United States
All 47 presidencies, in order. Select any president to read a full record.
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George Washington
1789-1797
Father of His Country; refusing to become king.
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John Adams
1797-1801
Advocating independence; Alien and Sedition Acts.
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Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809
Author of Declaration; promoting liberty and education.
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James Madison
1809-1817
Constitutional architect; small stature but big intellect.
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James Monroe
1817-1825
Last Founding Father president; promoting American isolationism.
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John Quincy Adams
1825-1829
Corrupt bargain with Henry Clay; later anti-slavery advocate in Congress.
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Andrew Jackson
1829-1837
Jacksonian democracy; Trail of Tears; duels and tough persona.
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Martin Van Buren
1837-1841
Handling economic depression; founder of Democratic Party.
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William Henry Harrison
1841
Tippecanoe and Tyler too campaign; shortest term.
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John Tyler
1841-1845
His Accidency; first to assume presidency upon death.
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James K. Polk
1845-1849
Manifest Destiny; dark horse candidate.
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Zachary Taylor
1849-1850
Rough and Ready; death from illness.
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Millard Fillmore
1850-1853
Last Whig president; Fugitive Slave Act.
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Franklin Pierce
1853-1857
Pro-Southern Northerner; personal tragedies.
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James Buchanan
1857-1861
Inaction on secession; only bachelor president.
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Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865
Honest Abe; assassination by Booth.
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Andrew Johnson
1865-1869
First impeached president; tailor by trade.
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Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877
Unconditional Surrender; memoirs.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
1877-1881
Lemonade Lucy wife; bearded president.
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James A. Garfield
1881
Second assassinated president; ambidextrous.
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Chester A. Arthur
1881-1885
Elegant Arthur; machine politician turned reformer.
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Grover Cleveland
1885-1889
Honest politician; married in White House.
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Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893
Billion Dollar Congress; front porch campaign.
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Grover Cleveland
1893-1897
Only non-consecutive president; veto king.
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William McKinley
1897-1901
Third assassinated president; front porch campaign.
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Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909
Rough Riders; Speak softly and carry a big stick.
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William Howard Taft
1909-1913
Heaviest president; Chief Justice later.
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Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921
Kept us out of war; stroke in office.
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Warren G. Harding
1921-1923
Teapot Dome scandal; died in office.
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Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929
Silent Cal; Coolidge prosperity.
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Herbert Hoover
1929-1933
Great Engineer; blamed for Depression.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933-1945
Only four-term president; Pearl Harbor; died in office.
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Harry S. Truman
1945-1953
The buck stops here; Fair Deal.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953-1961
Ike; golfing president.
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John F. Kennedy
1961-1963
Camelot; assassination in Dallas.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1969
LBJ; Vietnam escalation.
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Richard Nixon
1969-1974
Watergate; I am not a crook; resignation.
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Gerald Ford
1974-1977
Only unelected president; WIN campaign.
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Jimmy Carter
1977-1981
Iran hostage crisis; peanut farmer.
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Ronald Reagan
1981-1989
Great Communicator; actor president.
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George H. W. Bush
1989-1993
Read my lips: no new taxes; WWII pilot.
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Bill Clinton
1993-2001
First Democrat reelected since FDR; Monica Lewinsky scandal.
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George W. Bush
2001-2009
War on Terror; Hurricane Katrina response.
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Barack Obama
2009-2017
Healthcare reform; 'Yes We Can' slogan.
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Donald Trump
2017-2021
Business background; social media use; impeachment twice.
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Joe Biden
2021-2025
Long Senate career; unity emphasis.
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Donald Trump
2025-present
Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland.