Timeline: Presidents of the United States (1953-2012) | Timetoast

Jan 20, 1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th president
1953-1961
Jan 20, 1961

John F. Kennedy

35th president
1961-1963
He was assassinated in 1963.
Jan 20, 1965

Lyndon B. Johnson

36th president
1963-1969
He was JFK's vice president. When JFK was assassinated, he became president.
Jan 20, 1969

Richard M. Nixon

37th president
1969-1974
Aug 9, 1974

Gerald R. Ford

38th president
1974-1977
Oath of Office was August 9th, 1974
Jan 20, 1977

Jimmy Carter

39th president
1977-1981
Jan 20, 1981

Ronald Reagan

40th president
1981-1989
Jan 20, 1989

George H. W. Bush

41st president
1989-1993
Jan 20, 1993

William J. Clinton

42nd president
1993-2001
Jan 20, 2001

George W. Bush

43rd president
2001-2009
Jan 20, 2009

Barack Obama

44th president
2009-current